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VOLUME 114, ISSUE 138 $1,350 SSOO $350 $56,48 NONRESIDENT UNDERGRADUATES GRADUATES RESIDENT UNDERGRADUATES STUDENT FEES TUITION HIKES PASS HH a ***" DTH/MAGGIE SARTIN Members of the Board of Trustees met Thursday morning in the Chancellor's Ballroom East and West at the Carolina Inn to discuss increases in student tuition. The Increases were approved by al2 to 1 vote in the BOT, but must get UNC-system Board of Governors' approval before they can take effect. -,.-..4- DTH/MAGGIE SARTIN Students from various campus organizations filled the Chancellor's Ballroom East at the Carolina Inn on Thursday to protest the tuition hikes. Kerr Drug leaving Franklin St. locale Parties unable to reach agreement BY ANDY KENNEY STAFF WRITER The Kerr Drug on Franklin Street will close its doors perma nently today. The store’s closing comes with little warning or fanfare the only indication of the shutdown on Thursday was an inconspicu ous “space available” banner hanging from the building’s sec ond-floor windows. University Mall on South Estes Drive houses the only other Ken- Drug in Chapel Hill. Diane Eliezer, director of mar keting for Kerr Drug, said lease problems led to the store’s clos ing. The store occupies the bottom half of a two-story building, and the owner of the building is rep resented by GVA Advantis, a real estate company. Kerr Drug rented both floors of the building and used the online I dailytarheel.com GODLY WORK Company Carolina puts on the play "Godspell" at the Arts Center GOOGLE TOWN A Google server farm is set to take up residence in Lenoir BAND AID Seminar to help bands learn how to make it in the music business 3hr latlu ®ar 11 tel top floor for storage, said Mac Hammer, the real estate agent for the property. Eliezer said the business could not afford to lease the entire building, and the landowner was unwilling to rent only half of it. Eliezer said Kerr Drug and GVA Advantis attempted to reach an agreement in good faith but were unable to find an acceptable solution. Hammer said part of the prob lem was that the location at 109 E. Franklin St. doesn’t have a phar macy. “I think they like to have phar macies in their stores, and there wasn’t enough room in the space,” he said. Eliezer said the Franklin Street store offers only convenience items, not Kerr Drug’s core prod ucts and services, such as a phar macy. The Franklin Street store does include a one-hour photo center. The University Mall location hosts a pharmacy as well as a SEE KERR DRUG, PAGE 5 IISsmJjI Serving the students and the University community since 1893 www.dailytarheel.com TUITION AND STUDENT FEE INCREASES Students protest increase in droves BY ELISABETH GILBERT STAFF WRITER Freshmen Andrew Abernathy and Nate Fennell still were trying to get rid of the last traces of Carolina-blue body paint Thursday afternoon. The two students were among about 200 who packed the Board of Trustees meeting to protest the proposed tuition increases passed earlier that morning. They entered the board’s meeting room in the Carolina Inn shirtless and covered in paint to register their disapproval while still demon strating school spirit. But the measure carried almost unanimously. “It’s really hard to cope,” Abernathy said after the vote. “They came in with their minds Tar Heels seeking big-time revenge WATCH IT: UNC at MARYLAND 7 P.M. SUNDAY ESPN2 Maryla Jp'm B their I mLmM ing ga KRISTI TOLIVER ® scrimr Sophomore * lce r>7" iSt mRi legs fr H of day: Guard 1 ! than Wi coacl BK. | 1 af our day us, and it helps Jf Following th< . the Terrapins las I if her team would 1 jp* 1 and from the lo< A v season thus far, i1 4MH —* has worked. arts I page 4 EVENT TO REMEMBER Actors are eager for tonight's debut of "lam Writing a Memoir," a play written by a UNC student, at the Elizabeth Price Kenan Theatre. made up.” Standing students lined the walls of the room, and Abernathy and Fennell were not the only ones who used unusual means to get the board’s attention. One group of students arrived with towels wrapped around their waists, carrying posters that read: “I sold my clothes to prepare for the tuition hike,” and “I can barely afford this towel.” Even a student dressed as Spider-man was in attendance, defending against increased tuition. But despite Spidey’s best efforts, the crowd left disheartened. “I think they registered that we were here, but I don’t think that it changed anyone’s real opinion. It’s patronizing,” said junior Kirk BY NICKI JHABVALA STAFF WRITER The No. 2-ranked North Carolina women’s basketball team had a week off before its rematch against defend ing champion and N0.3-ranked Maryland in College Park on Sunday. So how did they spend their free time? Lifting weights, study ing game film, shooting, scrimmaging a male prac tice team and to keep their legs fresh, taking a couple of days off. “We do things different than most teams,” UNC coach Sylvia Hatchell said after the team’s win against N.C. State k on Jan. 21. I “At home, we W don’t shoot on game day, and our travel day is usually our day off. It’s worked for us, and it helps us as far as the style we play.” Following the Final Four loss to the Terrapins last year, Hatchell said her team would learn from the defeat, and from the looks of the Tar Heels’ season thus far, it seems the schooling has worked. viewpoints I page 6 DIVERSE INTERESTS Two columnists take a hard look at diversity at UNC and efforts to improve on the status quo, plus a look at how the University stacks up against others. Allred casts lone vote against plan BY ERIN ZUREICK UNIVERSITY EDITOR Facing a packed room of pro testing students, the UNC Board of Trustees moved Thursday morning to approve campus tuition hikes. Increases of $250 for resident undergradu ates, $1,250 for nonresi dent under graduates and SSOO for grad uate students were passed at the full board TOlTtijN Jana meeting. A student fee increase of $56.48 also will be added to the campus bill. Student Body President James Allred, an ex-officio trustee, was the only dissenting vote among the 13 board members marking the first time since 2004 that a student government leader has exercised the privilege. Allred’s speech to the trustees, which criticized the proposed out-of-state increase as too high and a threat to the University’s reputation for affordability, drew a standing ovation from about 200 students who filled Francis, who said he works 40 hours a week, has two majors and a minor and pays his own in-state tuition. About 10 students addressed the board with concerns during the discussion period. Among them was Anthony Miller, a junior from Houston who said the annual cost of non resident tuition is more than his family’s yearly income. “I have more loans than I know what to do with,” Miller said in his speech. “I definitely can not afford to be here.... I’m doing everything short of begging you not to increase tuition more than necessary.” SEE STUDENTS, PAGE 5 UNC’s only other loss last year was against Maryland in the regu- A lar season, and all three games 4 between the two teams were high scoring —a 98-95 loss in the regu lar season, a 91-80 win in the ACC Tournament and a 81-70 defeat in the Final Four. With a 22-0 record and four games with 100 points or more, UNC has amped up its scoring average by 7.7 points from last season and owns the highest scoring margin in the league at +38.9. Maryland was forced to relinquish its No. 1 spot in the AP poll to Duke after the Blue Devils topped the Terps 81-62 in Durham on Jan. 13, snapping its winning streak at 24 I games. J “I hope we can get all the M layups that Duke got,” Hatchell ■ said in response to the Maryland V loss. “Duke got tons and tons of layups against them, so I’m sure Maryland has straightened that out by now.” After the Duke loss, the Terrapins bounced back to cruise past confer ence foes Virginia, Wake Forest and Clemson, re-instilling Maryland coach Brenda Frese’s confidence in the team’s defense. SEE MARYLAND, PAGE 5 this day in history JAN. 26,1983... UNC political science professors criticize President Reagan's State of the Union address, calling his eco nomic views simplistic and decrying his "stay the course" message. FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 2007 the board’s Carolina Inn meeting room. “I cannot support a decision that will cause Carolina to lose this honor,” Allred said. “And we do not want to be remembered as the board that sold our reputation as America’s best value.” Board members bumped the tuition decision to the top of their agenda Thursday to accommodate student interest and allow for stu- dent comment. About two thirds of the students who attended were out-of-state undergradu ates, and their tactics ranged ONLINE Read the full speech made by Student Body President James Allred. from passionate pleas to clever costumes and signs. “In all the years, it’s one of the better and more creative groups that we’ve had,” trustee Tim Burnett said. And though trustees tried to ease students’ fears that they are not being priced out of the University, members stood firm and said the increases are necessary to catch up with the competition in terms of faculty salaries. “We examined what the pri orities ought to be for campus- SEE TUITION, PAGE 5 ir :c he jyf !■ he ue sh /jw Ed HP ut *** ' • ' hj ns :r --id . I # i IVORY LATTA * Ii Senior ✓ 5*6" Jf mmm* Guard weather O Sunny H 45, L 29 index police log 2 calendar 2 games 5 sports g opinion 10
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