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VOLUME 114, ISSUE 66 Bowles gives UNC efforts high marks Praises focus on graduation rates, retention BY ELIZABETH DEORNELLAS ASSISTANT STATE & NATIONAL EDITOR UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor James Moeser received high praise Thursday for his efforts to raise graduation rates. At Thursday’s meeting of the UNC-sys tem Board of Governors, System President Erskine Bowles said Moeser’s plans, outlined during his State of the University address Wednesday, are exactly the caliber of work he wants to see. “You saw James come out with some very, CAMPUS GETS GLIMPSE OF GREATNESS WORLD-RENOWNED SPORTS TROPHY, THE STANLEY CUP, VISITS CHAPEL HILL BY BRANDON STATON SPORTS EDITOR It has climbed to the top of Bear Mountain. It has been to the White House on several occasions. Now it’s seen the storied rafters of the Smith Center. , In case y° u missed the shining sil ver glare, the Stanley Cup ONLINE A slideshow detailing the Stanley Cup's exciting day on campus. came to campus Thursday. The Cup came courtesy of UNC alums Mike Sundheim, director of media relations for the Carolina Hurricanes and Kyle Hanlin, who also works for the team’s public relations office. _ Any Hurricanes employee who regularly travels with the team is allowed to take the trophy for one day, and the two used theirs to tour their old campus stomping grounds. Arguably the most famous tro phy in all of sports, the Cup is elu sive. Because of its history, Mike Bolt of the Hockey Hall of Fame said there usually isn’t much advance public notification of the next stop. Where it will be next is a mys tery, but it came to the University Thursday, giving students and staff alike the chance to say, “I touched the Stanley Cup.” SEE STANLEY CUP, PAGE 5 Student fee season All graduate and undergraduate students must pay 10 student fees. Health service Dedicated to the operation of Campus $346 sl7 Health Services. Student activity Funds for campus services and facilities $273.32 $20.08 and officially recognized student Athletic Gives students the opportunity to attend $248.50 $0 regular season athletic events and helps maintain outdoor facilities and athletic fields, including intramural fields Debt services Provides funds to repay bond debt $180.50 $0 incurred for construction, expansion and renovation of facilities. Student transit Funds sendees provided by Chapel Hill $86.25 $6 Transit and the P2P Express to supplement student transportation access Administrative Supports the maintenance and SSO $1.75 computing implementation of the new Student Information System. Student Supports all of the Student Information sl3 $0 Information System software maintenance costs for System departments such as Scholarships and registration Student Aid, the University Cashier and University Registrar. UNC One Card Supports issuing identification cards to $7 $0 all students, maintaining the status of each student in an online, real-time database and funding card materials Association Supports the budget and programming $1 $0 of Student oftheASG. Governments SOURCE: STUDENT FEE ADVISORY SUBCOMMITTEE DTH/KURT GENTRY announcement TAKE THE QUIZ Think you're up on your cur rent events? See how well you've been keeping up-to date and take our online readership quiz. Serving the students and the University community since 1893 lath} ®ar Mwl very specific goals for graduation and reten tion,” Bowles said. Bowles has asked every UNC-system school to set target graduation rates for the next five years. “When I saw him it gave me goose bumps, I was so proud,” Bowles said. Moeser set a goal of raising the four-year graduation rate from 71 percent to 75 per cent and the six-year graduation rate from 84 percent to 87 percent. Bowles said system officials are tackling -f nBHMt *m*i£i* r^ryHgi^^pwfflp f DTH/LARRY BAUM Students gather in the North Carolina Journalism Hall of Fame at Carroll Hall on Thursday afternoon to look at the National Hockey League's Stanley Cup. Two former UNC students escorted the trophy to the Dean Dome and Kenan Stadium before it was open for public viewing. online | dailytarhed.com BOOK LEARNING A fundraiser will provide books to prison libraries SAFE IN SCHOOL The city school board passes rules on gangs and guns PERFECT CIRCLE Ensemble cast shines in dramatic adaptation www.dailytarheel.com graduation rates out of an internal desire for progress. “Nobody’s forcing us to do it. We’re doing it because we feel it’s the right thing to do for us, to be held accountable.” Texas, South Carolina, Virginia, Wisconsin and Florida also have developed similar accountability programs, said Alan Mabe, system vice president for academic planning. Each campus was asked to submit a five year plan with specific targets for retention and graduation rates and strategies to reach those goals. In order to write their plans, the campuses New process to decide fees BY COLIN CAMPBELL STAFF WRITER A revamped committee is back in action to discuss how student dollars should best be put to use. The student fee advisory sub committee will meet today to hear requests for changes in the education and technology fee and student transit fee. Formerly known as the Chancellor’s Committee on Student Fees, the group now has fewer members and will report to the tuition advisory task force rather than the chancellor. Student Body President James Allred, who will serve as co-chair man of both groups, said he hopes the two groups work together well. “I’m the only person who stays with these fees on every level,” he said. “I have a unique responsibil ity in that sense. The changes in the committee were prompted by controversy last year regarding increases in the athletic fee and the adminis trative computing fee. The student fee audit committee almost unanimously opposed the City | page 7 NEEDED FANFARE Chapel Hill welcomes football traffic and the profits it brings by offering special promotions and products, like game-day buttons for fans. should review their admission requirements and assess their financial aid programs, said Harold Martin, senior vice president for aca demic affairs for the UNC system. Students with a higher financial need tend to take lighter course loads. They require a greater amount of total financial aid because their need is spread across a longer period of time, Martin said. Bowles’ office would like to request more money from the legislature in order to meet the system’s financial aid needs, he added. “We’re about sls million short of what SEE RATES, PAGE 5 athletic fee hike, but these senti ments were not conveyed effectively through the committees, said Anisa Mohanty, student body treasurer. “By the time it got up to the Board of Trustees, they had the impression that this was some thing people supported,” she said. “That was sort of the impetus for change.” The subcommittee is composed of 11 members. Five students including one non-voting member —as well as administrators, faculty and staff serve on the committee. Twelve members previously served on the committee, includ ing the athletic director and stu dent body vice president. The committee’s work will be submitted to the tuition advisory task force, and the groups will combine their efforts before sub mitting proposals to the trustees in November. “At the system level, they have become more interested in view ing the charges to the students in a more holistic way,” said Roger Patterson, associate vice chancel lor for finance and co-chairman of ATTEND THE MEETING Time: 2:30 p.m. Date: Today Location: 105 South Building the subcommittee. Allred said he and his adminis tration have several goals for the student fee talks, which will occur about once a week. One is an increase in the stu dent transit fee, which will stabilize funds for the Safe Ride program. The Graduate and Professional Student Federation is not advo cating any particular increases, but President Lauren Anderson, who serves on the subcommittee, said she is concerned that gradu ate students are not able to take advantage of the services that fees provide. “We’re investigating some of the fees to make sure students are benefitting.” The subcommittee’s final meet ing to discuss increases is tenta tively scheduled for Sept. 29. Contact the University Editor at udesk@u7ic.edu. this day in history SEPT. 8,1978... The Board of Trustees refuses to reconsider the proposed site of the University Press building despite opposition to the location by Battle Park neighborhood residents. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2006 Class of 2003 six-year graduation rates UNC-Chapel Hill: 82 percent N.C State University: 63 percent Appalachian State University: 61 percent Fayetteville State University: 38 percent UNC-Pembroke3B percent Source: UNC General Administration UNC to host national forum Talks center on college inclusion BY BOBBY MARSHALL ASSISTANT UNIVERSITY EDITOR Movers and shakers in national education are set to engage in a massive brainstorming session at UNC. Starting Sunday, the will host “The Politics Higher Education at a Crossroads,” a conference that aims to address the affordability and accessibility of American higher education. The conference, which will bring together 150 people including state and federal policymakers, business leaders and educators from coast to coast will con clude Wednesday. “I’m hoping for resolve, convic tion and the will to do whatever they can for higher education,” said Shirley Ort, director of schol arships and student aid. The three-day workshop will cover a variety of topics, includ ing “Another Asian American Admissions Controversy” and “University Affirmative Action after Grutter and Gratz.” Jerry Lucido, vice provost for enrollment policy and manage ment at the University of Southern California who previously held the same title at UNC will contribute to a discussion enti tled, “White Students and Their Parents: Fewer, Richer, More Anxious?” He said his discussion will center on the political and social demographics of students going to college and the characteristics of students who should be going to college but are not. “I want to learn a lot more about how we can really turn the levers of politics and economics in higher education to make college more readily available,” Lucido said, adding that he is excited to return to UNC. Daniel Gitterqian, a UNC pro fessor in the department of public policy, will moderate the discus sion, “The Politics of Who Gets to Go to College and Where,” which will address the roles that federal and state governments play in higher education. Ort said UNC is the host of choice because of nationwide admiration for the Carolina Covenant program— an initiative that allows low-income students from across the state and nation to graduate debt-free. Donations from five major foundations including the SEE INCLUSION, PAGE 5 weather P.M. rain " H 81, L6l index police log 2 calendar 2 games 6 sports 7 opinion 10
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