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VOLUME 114, ISSUE 150 Thorp tapped for arts, sciences dean Beats out three other finalists BY KATE SULLIVAN STAFF WRITER Holden Thorp, chairman of UNC’s Department of Chemistry, will serve as the next dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, according to an internal e-mail sent Friday by Chancellor James Moeser. “I’m looking forward to learning about what inspires creativity in all these different disciplines,” Thorp said. “I know about how scientists come up with original things to do, but I have no idea about how his torians and Shakespeare scholars COUNTDOWN TO ELECTIONS: | day UNC to fire 11 printing employees BY ASHLEE SADLER STAFF WRITER UNC Printing Services will lay off 11 employees in a depart ment reorganization, officials announced last week. Officials declined to release the names of those laid off. The layoffs are specific to the off set printing sector of the department and will be effective June 29. Offset printing includes copy-making and full-color printing jobs that are less needed in the digital age, said Richard Mann, vice chancellor for finance and administration. “It’s a national trend,” Mann said. “I think it’s technology. It has changed printing significantly.” Last year offset printing gener ated 537 print orders, a number that has seen a steady decrease. Printing services as a whole was responsible for about 7,000 orders in 2006. The 11 employees account for about 30 percent of printing servic System board OKs all tuition increases BY ERIC JOHNSON SENIOR WRITER GREENSBORO - Student opposition and an admittedly flawed process were not enough to stop UNC-Chapel Hill’s out-of state tuition hike. On Friday the UNC-system Board of Governors approved a $1,250 increase for nonresident undergradu ates, even while acknowledging that campus UNC TUITION $2007 trustees had subverted a proper tuition debate. The board’s decision ultimately rested on the feet that the University needs the funding, and out-of-state students are able to pay. “The process, I strongly disagree with,” UNC-system President Serving the students and the University community since 1893 ®he lathi ®ar Heel do that.” The announcement marks the end of a journey that began three years ago for Thorp. He applied for the position when it was open in 2004, but officials selected for mer dean Bernadette Gray-Little instead of Thorp. . The position opened in July when Gray-Little stepped down to accept the post of provost. He will take office July 1, pend ing approval from the UNC Board of TVustees, which will set his sal ary. Interim dean Madeline Levine makes $132,000 a year. Thorp’s familiarity with UNC and his enthusiasm for the col lege were key factors in the search committee’s decision, said Linda Dykstra, the committee’s chair- KNOWYOUR CANDIDATES BEFORE VOTING Go to dailytarheel. com and use our interactive voter guide . UNC Printing Service layoffs ► 11 employees will lose their jobs, effective June 29. ► $721,000 predicted deficit for the offset printing sector this fis cal year. ► 537 print orders were generated by offset printing last fiscal year. ► 7,000 orders were executed by printing services in 2006. ► $1.2 million is printing ser vices' yearly operating budget. es staff - , but Mann said that keeping the jobs could mean problems for the entire department. As of December, the offset printing deficit was projected to be $721,000. The department hasn’t shown gains since 2003. SEE LAYOFFS, PAGE 6 Erskine Bowles said. “But this is a need-based decision.” Increases of $250 for resident undergraduates and SSOO for graduate students passed with no debate, but board mem bers discussed the out-of state proposal for more than twenty min utes. INSIDE Board of Governors gets started on a five-year study. PAGE 7 Bowles told board mem bers that he had spoken with Chancellor James Moeser and is satisfied that the added revenue from out-of-state students is needed to bolster faculty salaries. He also pointed out that UNC CH remains the best bargain in SEE TUITION, PAGE 6 online I dailytarheel.com NOT SO DEAD INDUSTRY N.C. State University event shows textile innovations BE MY VALENTINE Community members pass out valentines to the elderly DADDIES' LITTLE GIRLS Annual dance brings together fathers and their daughters www.dailytafheel.com | Chemistry department chairman Holden Thorp succeeds on second try for the deanship. woman. “He’s very energetic, very inter ested in the position has a lot of drive, commitment to the college,” Dykstra said. Thorp has a long history at UNC as both a student and professor. He graduated from UNC in 1986 with a degree in chemistry and went on to receive his Ph.D. in chemistry from the California Institute of Technology in 1989. P MONDAY SPOTUGHT BIKE HEISTS ON RISE BY MEREDITH MILLER SENIOR WRITER Leslie Zeldin, a research asso ciate at the School of Dentistry, has been riding her bike to work for about seven years. She said it’s faster than riding the bus, and the parking spot she had been offered on campus was farther away than her home. But in early December, she was left stranded. Her bike had been stolen in broad daylight from the rack in front of the School of Public Health. And she wasn’t the only one. Bike thefts on campus more than doubled in the 2006 fall semester compared to (ft multi medial Plan where to park with our interactive bike theft map. visit dailytarheel a year earlier. “I didn’t think anyone would be bold enough to steal a bike during the day,” Zeldin said. Bikes are often stolen during the day because that’s when most bikes are around, said Randy Young, spokesman for the UNC Department of Public Safety. Bikes are appealing targets for theft because they have a high monetary value and are easy to escape with, Young said. Most times, the best officers can do is file a report and hope for a match. Bike larcenies increase During the fall semester from Aug. 1 to Dec. 31, 2006 the number of bikes reported sto len on campus increased by 174 percent compared to the same period in 2005, according to a DTH review of police reports. “Certainly we’re aware of the increase,” Young said. “But I don’t know that it’s indicative of a trend that’s either national or regional in scope.” One possible explanation for the steep increase could be the department’s push for alternative transportation in recent years, he said. Chapel Hill and Carrboro police departments recorded less dramatic increases in the number of bike larcenies during the same period. From Aoig. 1,2005, to Dec. 31., 2005,38 bikes were reported sto len in Chapel Hill, according to police reports. Thefts rose 29 per cent in 2006 to a total of 49. “I think it just falls in the trend of property crime in the area,” said Chapel Hill Police Department spokeswoman Jane Cousins, who added that the town has seen an increase in overall property crime recently. She said larcenies typically rise when students come back for fall Thorp has been a UNC faculty member for 14 years and has served in several administrative positions. Before accepting the chair man position in the chemistry department, Thorp was director of the Morehead Planetarium and Science Center, where he raised funds and revamped programs to help promote the center. “A couple things that we thought were strong were his record as a scholar and teacher,” Dykstra said. “He has a great deal of fundraising experience probably the most of the four that we interviewed. “Deans have to spend a good deal of time raising funds to put the University at the next level.” As dean, Thorp will oversee 54 different academic departments, AN ANALYSIS OF BIKE THEFT ON CAMPUS H ! I ' M ill '%'• JfjJiirHK mIS . % J 1 MSWAsJtim M i ii^y - .fli tJIPV 11 "Jt A *l ILt DTH/EU SINKUS Nick James, a sophomore biology major, locks his bike to a bike rack outside of Rams Head Dining Hall on Sunday. Bike thefts have been on the rise, and many have reportedly been stolen from campus during daylight. Bicycle thefts on campus Reports of on-campus bicycle theft jumped by 174 percent from the 2005 fall semester to the 2006 fall semester. Police suggest registering your bicycle's serial number and firmly securing a lock before stowing it in a campus rack. Number of Bike Thefts per Month Method 1 2005 . 8811006 RBI 2007 | .-Bike removed without _ _ . front tire 25 _ H Tires removed-] | 20- II l CableCU, “^V\l^^k k II ■ Bike ~* || ■ Bike and 1 .. iIU IP oL- Mlii liMHML # UP'i* ,# J# I .# SOURCE-DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAfETY OTH/LAWSON PARKER semester. “When students are in town there are more bikes to hide,” Cousins said. Carrboro police reported a total of 105 bikes stolen in 2005 and 2006. Thefts remained relatively Sports | page V 2 j HE WAS HERE A few famous alumni took in the Tar Heels' trouncing of Wake Forest on Saturday, including Michael Jordan and other players from past championship teams.. which include more than 900 fac ulty and staff Thorp was one of four finalists competing for the position. The other three were: Steven Matson, chairman of UNC’s Department of Biology; Virginia Sapiro, a professor in the depart ment of political science and women’s studies program at the University of Wisconsin- Madison; and David Zaret, inter im dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Indiana University- Bloomington. Asa scientist with little back ground in the arts or humanities, Thorp said that he has some things to learn before taking on major projects. “The biggest challenge will be similar from one year to the next. Like most crime statistics these numbers do not show the entire picture, as many bikes thefts go unreported. Last fall freshman David this day in history FEB. 12,1971 ... University officials announce they will conduct a survey of women to gauge interest in making Hinton James Residence Hall a coed living facility. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2007 Key duties of the college dean ► Oversee 54 different academic departments, which include more than 900 faculty and staff ► Make decisions about faculty tenure, retention and hiring ► Lead fundraising efforts for the college whether I have enough time to understand all the challenges before I have to start making decisions that affect all those folks,” he said. Dykstra said Thorp will have to SEE THORP, PAGE 6 Jaramillo’s bike was stolen after he left it parked at Hinton James Residence Hall. “I don’t know why anyone want- SEE BIKE THEFTS, PAGE 6 I weather Partly VAx Cloudy H 61, L 41 index police log 2 calendar 2 opinion 9 games 11 sports 12
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