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VOLUME 115, ISSUE 73 ANALYSIS ASG might face a review 3 campuses call for new direction BY ERIC JOHNSON SENIOR WRITER It is becoming increasingly likely that the UNC-system Association of Student Governments will face a significant overhaul before the end of the academic year. Forrest Gilliam, chairman of the association’s Council of Student Body Presidents, resigned Thursday and added his voice to a growing chorus of student lead ers calling for change. “We can agree that ASG is in shambles right now,” Gilliam wrote in an e-mail that circulated among student body presidents. “I don’t think it can be fixed.” Though he pledged to ASU Student Body President Forrest Gilliam is calling for ASG reform. remain personally involved in the association, Gilliam’s call for dra matic reform echoed that of two other campuses that have refused to participate in the ASG. UNC-Asheville stopped attend ing ASG events in the spring, and UNC-Charlotte announced last week that it would follow suit. With three of the system’s 17 campuses expressing deep dissat isfaction with the statewide stu dent association, there could be a real chance of intervention by the UNC-system Board of Governors. “I think it’s time each side presents their opinion, and have General Administration listen and make a decision,” Gilliam said. The system’s board created the contemporary ASG in 2002, impos ing a $1 student fee to fund the association. Before that, the group received about $2,500 annually; it now collects almost $200,000. With a substantial budget, the association has been able to attract participation from the system’s smaller, more remote campuses. Before 2002, N.C. State University and UNC-Chapel Hill largely domi nated the association. SEE ASG, PAGE 6 Congress provides minority funding SSOOM given on top of Pell Grants BY REBECCA PUTTERMAN STAFF WRITER For many students at N.C. Central University, financial aid from the federal government is a critical lifeline. More than 60 percent of N.C. Central students are recipients of the Federal Pell Grant, the largest direct federal-aid program that helps to offset the financial bur den of low-income students. The grant has been limited to a maximum of $4,050 annually for the past four years, but an act that nation | page 7 STATE OF IRAQ The many reports coming out of Iraq, and the infinite number of ways politicians and experts interpret them, make understanding evaluations of the country's status difficult. @hr laiht (Tar Mrrl Homecoming headliners picked Augustana, Robert Randolph set to perform BY ALEXANDRIA SHEALY ARTS EDITOR Students will get a double dose of musical performances during this year’s Homecoming celebrations. Memorial Hall will play host to up-and coming rock group Augustana on Oct. 27, followed by Robert Randolph and the Family Band on Oct. 30. * 'jm >• 4 '**■..* 9 * m ~ - Z'*- DTH/SARAH HISER Dancers flare their colorful skirts during a performance of the Polka las Bicidetas, a dance with roots in early Mexican folk dances, at the Fiesta de la Familia in Carrboro on Saturday afternoon. passed the U.S. Congress on Sept. 7 will lift the grant ceiling. N.C. Central students, along with thousands of others across the state and nation, are expect ed to benefit significantly from the College Cost Reduction Act, which promises to raise the Pell Grant to $5,400 during the next five years. Minority-serving insti tutions will see an additional infusion of SSOO million. “This act will certainly, over time, have a positive and profound impact on our students,” N.C. Central Chancellor Charlie Nelms said. More than three-quarters of SEE PELL GRANTS, PAGE 6 city I page 5 UNITED PROGRESS The Triangle's United Way kicks off its 2007 campaign season with tours of the Seymour Center and Inter-Faith Council for Social Services for potential contributors. Serving the students and the University community since 1893 www.dailytarheeLcom Breaking the trend from R&B and hip hop performers who have performed at Homecoming in recent years, Carolina Athletic Association’s Homecoming Co chairwoman Laura Sheppard said this is the first time she remembers two headlin ers performing at the event. “To bring two concerts has been a goal for at least three years,” she said. Blue lights ready by year’s end BY BRIAN AUSTIN STAFF WRITER By the end of the year, emergency blue lights should be installed at three off-campus locations, student government officials said. Student Body President Eve Carson’s administration is working to finalize a pro posal to the Chapel Hill Town Council by its Sept. 24 meeting to create both emergency call boxes and street-level lighting. “The idea with blue lights is that they deter crime,” said Katie Sue Zellner, student government’s chief of staff. “There’s a com fort level there.” Blue lights have long been a goal of stu dent government administrations and last spring, former Student Body President James Allred submitted a petition to the Town Council for four blue lights to be installed off campus. One blue-light box was deemed unneces sary because it is across the street from a fire department, where someone is always available in case of emergency. The project was not folly implemented “It’s really different from what we’ve had in the past couple of years, and we thought this is a good pair to reach the majority of the people.” CAA and the Carolina Union Activities Board, winch also sponsors the event, worked together to select the two groups for months. “We collaborate with CUAB every year, and we come up with a wish list and narrow it down based on price and availability and who we think people would like,” Sheppard said. Families celebrate culture Carrboro fiesta retains turnout BY ANASA HICKS STAFF WRITER Spanish music played and the smell of foods from Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Mexico and Venezuela drifted through the air Sunday at the Carrboro Town Commons. On the edge of the Commons, situated next to Carrboro Town Hall, children made tissue-paper flowers, climbed the small jungle gym, played and had their faces painted. Hundreds of residents turned out Sunday for the Fiesta de la Familia in Carrboro to eat food and enjoy music. Fears of immigration raids had affected turnout at a similar event last weekend but did not appear to impact Sunday’s fiesta, as a large group filled the grassy area sur rounded by booths. “Honestly, we don’t know what to expect,” El Centro Latino Executive Director Ben Balderas said Friday before the fiesta. “We’ll have a good time no mat ter what.” This year 18,000 fewer people attended La Fiesta del Pueblo at the N.C. state fairgrounds in Raleigh than last year. El Pueblo, a statewide advocacy group, organized last week’s La Fiesta del Pueblo. Advocacy Director Marisol Jimenez-McGee said fewer people attended because of rumors that immigration officials would be there to arrest illegal aliens. She before the end of Allred’s term, and the Carson administration is now working to finish it The proposal grants SBO,OOO in ear marked money from UNC’s safety and security fee to fond the project. Half of the money will be used to install the three call boxes, and the other half will go to street level lighting in nearby areas. “Street-level lighting is basically limited area lighting,” said Kumar Neppalli, traffic engineer for the town of Chapel Hill. Neppalli said the lighting is mainly for pedestrians, illuminating a smaller area, such as a sidewalk, with more intense light. “A lot of the street-level lighting is going into areas densely populated by students, such as by Rosemary Street and by McCauley Street,” Zellner said. The Chapel Hill Police Department will maintain the call boxes, and the town will supply power and phone lines. Student Body TVeasurer Jordan Myers said the new call boxes will be completed SEE BLUE LIGHTS, PAGE 6 university | page 4 NEWLY OPENED HOUSE The University's American Indian Center, opened this semester, hosts an open house featuring traditional songs and performances. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2007 “These groups are both very different and high-energy so I think people will enjoy them.” Robert Randolph perhaps most renowned for his skill on the pedal steel gui tar ranked in Rolling Stone’s list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time in 2003. “Boston,” Augustana’s first single, climbed the charts after being featured on the TV show “One Tree Hill.” SEE HOMECOMING, PAGE 6 “Honestly, we don't know what to expect. We’ll have a good time no matter what.” BEN BALDERAS, EL CENTRO LATINO, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, BEFORE FIESTA said the rumors were untrue. “We have seen several cases in the past month where literally doz ens of people have been taken in the middle of the night from their homes,” Jimenez-McGee said. Balderas said he wasn’t sure the same thing would happen in Orange County. “Orange County is the only county that has gone on record saying their officers will not act as immigration agents,” he said. Balderas said he hadn’t heard any rumors of immigration agents at the Fiesta de la Familia. And political issues appeared to be far from everyone’s minds at the Fiesta de la Familia. Mexican jewelry and accesso ries, Brazilian paintings and inex pensive clothing were available for purchase. Across from the food and goods were tables of groups and companies including Orange County Human Rights and Relations, Blue Cross and Blue Shield, the University’s Student Health Action Coalition and the Orange County Rape Crisis Center. El Centro, which organized the Fiesta de la Familia, is a nonprofit organization in Carrboro dedicated to serving the town’s Hispanic citi- SEE FIESTA, PAGE 6 Emergency Blue Lights The new blue light locations below were originally proposed by the Allred administration and should be operational by late December. I | Lindsay Street -6 | qj M3 |jP|hort Street # W Rosemary Street Franklin Street W Franklin Street • New Blue light £ tijß location g g^ W Cameron Ave N Patterson Place ••McCauley Street SOURCE: HTTP://MAPS.UNC.EDU DTWALUE WASSUM this day in history SEPT. 17,1968... The Undergraduate Library readies for its grand opening, but a lack of bookshelves causes delays. The shelf manufacturer said the shelves could be ready as late as November. weather yjts. Mostly V sunny index"” 155 police log 2 calendar 2 opinion 8 games 11 sports 12
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