VOLUME 114, ISSUE 114
Moeser seeks one-time tuition sum
Trustees get first
look at proposal
BY ERIN ZUREICK
UNIVERSITY EDITOR
Chancellor James Moeser threw
a curveball to the UNC Board of
Trustees Thursday when members
gathered to discuss tuition policy.
Moeser put anew offer on the
table, proposing that incoming stu
dents receive a one-time increase
in tuition.
A change would mean that
students who enroll at UNC in
fall 2007 would pay a consistent
tuition rate for four years.
A figure likely would fall around
the $4,000 range this year but would
differ for each incoming class.
“Our students are asking for
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Marcus Ginyard (left) plays Connect Four against Bennett Byerley, 10, at UNC Children's Hospital on Thursday.
Basketball players handed out gift bags and played with the children as part of a pre-Thanksgiving party.
Ticketless students
lament new policy
More students take
part in distribution
BY SERGIO TOVAR
STAFF WRITER
When the men’s basketball Wm
tips off against Gardner-Webb on
Sunday for its first regular-season
home game, the same number of
students will be in the stands.
But the process of getting them
there has drawn criticism from
many basketball fans.
‘I think it’s terrible and dumb,”
senior Brady Nash said of the new
online ticket distribution system,
which debuted this semester.
“It promotes an atmosphere
that is not as lively as Carolina
basketball deserves.”
Officials said the system is run
ning well so far, but they acknowl
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predictability,” Moeser said. “This
would provide that”
But those who already attend
the University still would be sub
ject to yearly fluctuations.
“We would use this hopefully
to barter a much lower increase,”
Student Body President James
Allred said of the effect a change
could have on current students.
Locked-in tuition already takes
place at the University of Illinois
and University of Kansas.
Moeser began Thursday’s meet
ing firmly supporting the recom
mendation of the tuition and fee
advisory task force. The proposal
calls for a $250 tuition increase for
in-state undergraduates and a SSOO
increase for all other students.
But it soon became apparent that
many board members were zeroing
in on a heftier sum that could push
edge that many students are
complaining about not receiving
tickets.
Clint Gwaltney, associate ath
letic director for ticket and Smith
Center operations, said all tickets
have been claimed for Saturday’s
N.C. State football game and for
Sunday’s Gardner-Webb basket
ball game.
He said that for the Ohio State
game on Nov. 29,10,500 people
applied for the 5,000 tickets that
were made available to students.
Compared to the old bracelet
system, the number of students
trying to get tickets this year has
increased.
Last year about 8,000 students
received bracelets for each distri
bution, Gwaltney said. Between
4,000 and 6,000 students
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an increase up into the SI,OOO range
for nonresident undergraduates.
The trustees’ stance led Moeser
to pitch the additional option.
He said he has asked Steve
Farmer, director of undergraduate
admissions, to examine the pos
sible implications the policy could
have on enrollment.
The results will be presented
at the board’s January meeting,
when trustees are slated to make
the final decision about tuition for
the 2007-08 year.
Moeser said he believes the tuition
increases that have been piled on
out-of-state students year after year
have had a negative impact on the
student culture at UNC.
“And it’s not just from the non-
North Carolinians,” he told trust-
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Orange County filmmakers to showcase work
BY BENNETT CAMPBELL
STAFF WRITER
Last April, Carrboro resident
Jackie Helvey submitted her
proposal for a local film festi
val to the Orange County Arts
Commission.
Because the town had never
before hosted such an event, she
said she wasn’t quite sure what
the response would be.
Eighty-seven film submissions
later, there is a lot less doubt in
her mind.
The inaugural Carrboro Film
Festival is now a reality, and will
be held from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Sunday in Century Hall at the
Carrboro Century Center. Tickets
are $3, and children 10 and under
can get in free.
“We were very happy with the
response,” said Helvey, who is
more fan than filmmaker. “This
being the first year, we thought
it was really great that so many
people submitted movies.”
Nic Beery, chairman of the film
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SMOKING'S NOT HOT Campus groups
encourage students to shun cigarettes
SANTA'S HELPERS UNC Greek Impact is
collecting gifts for children across the globe
COFFEE TALK Open Eye Cafe is set to
show a free documentary on baristas
LEADERS DETAIL INITIATIVE
TO SPUR GRADUATION RATES
BY ROBBY MARSHALL
ASSISTANT UNIVERSITY EDITOR
UNC is ready to show some
tough love to students who are
struggling to make the grade.
Madeline Levine, interim dean
of the College of Arts and Sciences,
rolled out anew initiative that
seeks to improve four- and six-year
graduation rates at the Thursday
Board of Trustees meeting.
Among the changes are increas
ing academic eligibility standards,
establishing academic probation,
expanding the Summer Bridge
Program and hiring a full-time
retention coordinator.
But she said students should not
fret.
HANDING OUT
HEELING POWER
Players connect
to sick children
BY CLINT JOHNSON
STAFF WRITER
With a smile on his face, UNC
basketball player Danny Green
sat, legs spread, and rolled a min
iature Carolina basketball across
the floor. A
few yards
away, Brandon
Pomeroy -
called “Peanut”
by loved ones
took the ball in
his hands and
fired it back
with perfect
accuracy.
A slideshow
details more of
Thursday's visit
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“You pass better than Danny!”
coach Roy Williams joked.
On Thursday, the UNC men’s
basketball team and coaching staff
visited the N.C. Children’s Hospital
to raise the spirits of kids such as
Brandon, a 2-year-old patient, for
a pre-Thanksgiving party.
And they came bearing gifts.
More than 100 bags containing
a variety of toys were sponsored
by Antawn Jamison, Brendan
Haywood and Jerry Stackhouse
former Tar Heels who now
play in the NBA. Current play
ers handed out the bags and then
walked around, entertaining the
kids and signing autographs for
them.
“We’re here to give back to kids
festival, said organizers used a
broad definition for “local.”
“We didn’t limit it to just folks
that live in Orange County,” he
said. “If you have been to Orange
County, play in Orange County,
shop at Weaver Street or whatever,
you were eligible to enter a film.”
Of the 87 submissions, 22 were
chosen to be shown at the festival.
Four awards made in honor of
Kay Kyser, a former UNC cheer
leader and filmmaker will be
given to the top pictures.
The four award winners will
be shown again Dec. 3 at the
Carrboro Arts Center.
Months after the event’s con
ception, Helvey said that it is hard
to gauge what the turnout will be
like, but that she has high hopes
and expectations.
“There’s no way to know,” she
said. “We’re showing 22 movies,
so there will be at least 22 people
there.”
Helvey also said the festival has
piqued the interests of people not
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HOME FINALE
The Tar Heels are amped to play
the rival N.C. State Wolfpack on
Saturday in Kenan Stadium in
a matchup that will mark John
Bunting's last home game.
“We’ve got purgatory in our new
plan,” she said, noting that students
who don’t meet eligibility require
ments will be granted a probation
period to target improvement.
Levine said several factors con
tribute to students dropping out of
college, including low grades, a lack
of engagement in classes or social
life, and low parental income levels.
“We need to be early and effec
tive,” Chancellor James Moeser
said after hearing Levine’s four
point plan.
Officials said they want UNC to
meet or surpass peer institutions’
graduation rates.
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Mike Copeland (left>plays video games with Jaden Bailey, 5. Many of the
players said they werejpleased that they could lend a hand to children.
who are on a sickbed and bright
en up their day a bit,” forward
Reyshawn Terry said. “It’s defi
nitely a thrill for me.”
Rachel Wiley, 8, said the thrill
was all hers.
“My friends will be jealous,” she
said.
At the same time as the party,
the hospital hosted the N.C.
Children’s Promise Radiothon.
Williams and his coaching staff
participated in the fundraiser,
which benefits children’s pro
grams at the hospital.
Last year’s radiothon raised
more than $474,000.
Livis Freeman, founder of 4our-
Fans, said this is the fifth year the
team has participated in a chari-
Selections from the Carrboro Film Festival
2:1 S to 3:30 p.m. Series One
>• “Greased Elbows*
► “HowTo Be A Girl"
► “Gemini World"
► “The Laughter*
► “Stalker/Stalker"
► “The Wing-Nut and You"
► “The Letter"
► "Van Mujeres"
► “Hippomania*
3:45 to 5:05 p.m. Series Two
► “One Man's Trash'
► “Soldiers Speak Out'
associated with the competition.
“Hopefully filmmakers will
bring their families and friends,
and I’ve heard a lot of people say
they’re coming just because they
like watching movies, and they are
especially interested in movies that
have been made by local people.”
Beery holds similar hopes.
“There seems to be a real strong
interest in film and filmmaking
this day in history
NOV. 17,1856...
Francis Venable was bom in Virginia
at his family's ancestral home. The
namesake of the chemistry building
served as president of the University
from 1900 to 1913.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2006
New initiatives
to improve
graduation rates
► Increase the academic
eligibility standard to a 2.0 GPA
for all years instead of just for
graduation.
► Establish year-to-year
academic probation and inten
sive interventions for students
who fail to meet the 2.0 GPA.
► Hire a full-time retention coor
dinator to work with other cam
pus offices to raise the standard
of student academic achievement
► Expand the Summer Bridge
Program, which helps freshmen
move from small or rural
high schools to college, from 50
to 60 participants.
table event close to Thanksgiving.
4ourFans is an organization
formed to help professional ath
letes and businesses give back to
their communities.
“It’s a changing of the guard,”
Freeman said. Often when players
become professionals, they don’t
make charity a priority, he said.
“We’re trying to show the guys
that they shouldn’t forget where
they came from.”
Thursday’s event took place
in the Robbie Page Play Atrium.
Trees and manicured fields are
painted on the walls of the wide
room, which contains dozens of
toys and several play areas.
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► 'All's Fair in Love & Police
Actions"
► “Finding The Balance*
► “The Beaver"
► “Brand New Board*
► "Clover's Run"
5:20 to 6:35 p.m. Series Three
► "Sunday"
>• "Sorry, Goodbye"
► "Balloon Animals"
► 'Act of Oaring”
► “Crease*
► "SWOOP"
and independent films in this
area,” he said.
“And with the way that people
have told everyone on our commit
tee how excited they are about this,
I just won’t be surprised if we have
a full house, with standing room
only.”
The attention gained by the fes-
SEE FILM FESTIVAL, PAGE 4
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