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VOLUME 115, ISSUE 94 Committee to hire search firm Firm will help find chancellor prospects BY KEVIN KILEY STAFF WRITER The chancellor search committee will meet today to discuss hiring an academic search firm to assist in its search process. Committee members will hear proposals from three organizations, aiming to decide which firm to hire by the end of the meeting. The three companies making presentations have not been announced. PAC PUSHES UNC AGENDA UNC-Chapel Hill PAC focuses on the budget Citizens for Higher Education gave the maximum SB,OOO contribution to 17 legislators, mostly in leadership. The group also gave at least $ 1,000 to all but one of the chairmen on budget committees affecting higher education, particularly in the Senate, as shown below. * • Martha Alexander, D-Mecklenburg • Maggie Jeff us, —v. • Mickey Michaux, D-Durham, senior chairman s' • Douglas Yongue, b-scotiand \ -Marian McLawhorn, D-Pitt (all gave $5,000): / te 2 Ray Rapp, D-Madison Roger Perry (chairman) Alston Gardner / / Russell Carter Nelson Schwab / / Hnrnof)TnMM|nM John Ellison Donald Stallings /ritfoonc fnr Hinhar / IrtWl'hH'ffifAwlMfTVwtfdiJKllMilSlHiaßßß Paul Fulton Robert Winston / UUZeiIS TOT -■ |ni|[llir , taucation J HMjB Rick Glazier, D-Cumberland PAC \* hSh • M ■H|H UA.B. Swindell, D-Nash, Senior Chairman \ (Political action Jp •JoeTolson, D-Edgecombe (all gave a minimum of $2,500) \ \. N. y Walter Dalton, D-Rutherford >. Linda Garrou, D-Forsyth Kay Hagan, Di-Guilford ,j , •Julia Boseman, D-New Hanover •Richard Stevens, R-Wake James Crawford, SOURCE: STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS •Chairmen of the Senate Appropriations Committee on Education Chairmen of the House Appropriations Committee DTH/ALUE WASSUM Chairmen of the Senate Appropriations/Base Budget Committee S Chairmen of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Education BY BRENDAN BROWN SENIOR WRITER UNC-Chapel Hill’s high-pow ered political action committee has some policy experts and leg islators worried about the unfair advantages that money brings to the flagship campus. “They undermine the legisla ture’s and the Board of Governors’ ability to fairly address the needs of the state and the system,” said Ran Coble, executive director of the N.C. Center for Public Policy Research. Citizens for Higher Education is the second-most powerful lobbying group in the state, giv ing $425,000 to more than 100 candidates for the N.C. General Assembly in the past election. Only two other system schools N.C. State and East Carolina universities have political action committees, though nei ther of diem approach the scale of CHE. National experts said they were not aware of any other pub lic or private universities that have PACs. For Jim Phillips, chairman of the UNC-system Board of Governors, the danger of campus lobbying groups is the potential to create a scramble among the pub lic universities for state money —a problem the university-sys tem structure was intended to solve when it was created in the 19705. “That’s one of the real risks Few universities nationwide have PACs BY BRENDAN BROWN SENIOR WRITER While debate continues on the role of the political action com mittee for the UNC system’s flag ship school, national experts were surprised to hear that such a thing even existed. “I haven’t encountered any thing like this, so that does mean it’s a little peculiar,” said Alan Rosenthal, a public policy 19 Days lift until MMtttD yntfatit ends WIIW #%V|I WirVßftp VflWB Visit www.co.orange.nc.us/elect <Th' Satin ®ar Mr cl Search firms are national com panies that help universities solicit applicants and provide third-party oversight to searches. “They are increasingly used in high er education because they can do a lot of background work that makes the committee’s work easier,” Executive Associate Provost Steve Allred said. Firms UNC has used in the past include Brill Neumann Associates from Boston, now assisting UNC in Only UNC-Chapel Hill got a disproportionately large amount of the system budget compared to its student body, mainly to pay for more expensive programs such as the medical school. 25 |||! ’ •„ - \ •' * - • m. ■■ Percent of UNC System 20 —-—~ 1 ™ Budget 2006-07* 1 B| Percent of UNC- System v ■ I.’’" Enrollment Fall 2006 . * Agocuriu-aJ *>.o3Hn .vxJAr-K II 1 10 -—a| -—— §1 —| > j-i— fx FrFtx SOURCE: UNC-SYSTEM GENERAL ADMINISTRATION DTH/SONIA BHANDARI that we run,” Phillips said. Generally, the group has been in sync with the system’s priori ties, lobbying last session for faculty salary increases and for a fund supporting cancer research at UNC-Chapel Hill. But critics of CHE point to instances when the group has used its power to skirt die univer sity system in favor of UNC-CH, fearing it could happen again. “In the last several years, their agenda has been the board’s and the university system’s,” Phillips said. “That has not always been the case, and it might not be the case in the future.” professor at Rutgers University who studies lobbying in state governments. Citizens for Higher Education is not formally part of UNC- Chapel Hill, but it consistently takes positions in line with the University’s Board of Trustees. Only two other UNC-system schools N.C. State and East Carolina universities have political action committees, but features | page 5 DORM ROOM DEVILS Roommates can sometimes face insurmountable struggles in getting along and sharing such a small space. Alternative housing is sometimes the answer. Serving the students and the University community since 1893 www.dailytarheel.com ATTEND THE MEETING Tlim: 1 p.m. today Location: Rizzo Center, Friday Center for Continuing Education Info: unc.edu/chan/search finding a chief information officer, and Baker and Associates from Atlanta. In addition to helping find appli cants, search firms help ensure that the process is conducted legally. “There are certain legal ways to carry out a search that must be met in order to provide confidentiality and security” said James Close ties to the BOT Though the group is not for mally part of UNC-CH, it con sistently has taken positions in line with the University’s Board of Trustees since it was created in 2002. Eight of the BOTis 12 members personally contributed the maxi mum $5,000 to CHE last year, and six of them are on the group’s 13-member executive commit tee, which makes decisions about campaign giving. Others on the executive com mittee include former trustees and former deans of the Kenan- Flagler Business School. Other contributors to CHE, neither of them comes dose to the $425,000 in campaign contribu tions CHE gave last election. The political action commit tees are legal and protected under constitutional free speech rights. But Rosenthal and other experts raised concerns about CHE’s close relationship with University trustees, six of whom are on the group’s executive com mittee and make decisions about r £■ t* s ..-Wfi|dtA f, . Ferrare, president of Academic Search Inc., a firm in Washington, D.C. Ferrare said search firms also ensure a diverse applicant pool. “Search com mittees have a desire to make their uni versity the best,” he said. “In that pas sion, they can sometimes forget that there is a legal way of doing things.” The consultant assigned to the committee sits in the meetings. Firms typically assign one consultant to each search, but the entire firm takes on several at once. Brill Neumann, for SEE SEARCH FIRMS, PAGE 5 all of whom must give at least $2,500 a year, include promi nent alumni and other high profile University figures, such as former basketball coach Dean Smith. “They exist to support the institution they all love,” said Sen. Tony Rand, D-Cumberland, an influential legislator and a vocal supporter of UNC-CH. “Nobody is attacking the sys tem. That’s a ‘sky is falling’ argu ment,” said Rand, a Chapel Hill alumnus who consistently has received campaign contributions from CHE. “It’s not self-interest.” SEE RAC, PAGE 5 campaign contributions. “The fact that these people wear two hats may give the appearance of impropriety and may present some impropriety,” said Peggy Kerns of the National Conference of State Legislatures. “It feels too cozy to me,” said Kerns, who is the director of the conference’s Center for Ethics in SEE NATIONWIDE, PAGE 5 State j page 4 FAIR'S CHANGING FACES Artist and longtime amusement industry worker Charles Phillips, known as “Silly Nelson," recalls how the fair changed during his decades in the business. Hie search firm's process: Step by step 1. Advertise the position in higher education publications. Z. Receive applicants and perform checks on criminal backgrounds and professional credentials. 3. Reach out to potential applicants who do not apply on their own through phone calls and meetings. From these meetings, the firm will add about 20 to 25 applicants to the pool. 4. Oversee the selection process to ensure that proceedings are conducted legally, while the search committee narrows the list of potential candidates down to three to present to UNC-system President Erskine Bowles. Voters get say in Durham, Chapel Hill BY ELISABETH ARRIERO STAFF WRITER More than 2,000 Durham County residents will be able to vote in the Nov. 6 Chapel Hill municipal elections because of a little-known zoning protocol. People who live in precincts 27 and 53-2 of Durham County also live in Chapel Hill limits. These residents are allowed to vote in both Durham County elections and Chapel Hill municipal elections. “The lines are not as clean as one might think they are,” said Michael Periy, deputy director of the Durham County Board of Elections. There are 2,311 registered voters living in the two precincts located on the southwestern border of Durham County. - On Chapel Hill Election Day, the voters go to a Durham County poll ing location. The Durham County Board of Elections tabulates the votes and passes them on to the Orange County Board of Elections. The Durham board keeps the tal lies on official record since the voting takes place in a Durham precinct Perry said this system has been in place for at least a decade and probably much longer than that. At one point, Perry said, the Role of chancellor reflects UNC’s call Must represent students, the state BY WHITNEY KISLING UNIVERSITY EDITOR The person who comes into the chancellor position July 1 will face several challenges and projects as the University spirals into a growth spurt But more than picking up the initiatives that Chancellor James Moeser leaves unfinished when he leaves June 30, the new leader will serve as the face of the University. As UNC struggles with its global role, the next chancellor will represent the University in the B See dailytarheel. com for a blog on coverage of the search. town, the state and the world. “He’s an ambassador on and off campus,” General Alumni Association President Doug Dibbert said. But beyond representation —a big enough task as it is the chancellor oversees the institution’s this day in history OCT. 16,1974... WUNC-FM announces the hiring of new director Donald Trapp, who says he will work to bring new programming to the radio station. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2007 Durham County voting/precintts SOURCE: CITY OF DURHAM DTH/REBECCA RbLFE county tried to combine the two locations into one precinct to make things simpler, but the state legis lature draws the precinct lines and the county could not get approval. “We don’t feel like we need to fight to get the precincts changed,” Perry said. “It’s an inconvenience, but not a problem.” Although Perry maintains the system has been in place for years, some residents said they never knew of their voting rights in Chapel Hill. “I’ve lived here 13 years, and SEE PRECINCTS, PAGE 5 vision. He appoints top administra tors who carry out policy and gives final approval on decisions including tuition increases and academic and development priorities. Although he doesn’t have a hand in every aspect of the University, he’s shaping it through his vice chancellors and administrators and the decisions he makes. “Sometimes I say to people: The provost is the prime minister; the chancellor is like the queen,” said Judith Wegner, a law professor and former faculty chairwoman. Specific to UNC is the effort to maintain a national reputation while balancing a dedication to being pub lic that requires accountability to the state citizens and legislature. Because the University’s funding comes from the state and tuition, as well as private donations, the chan cellor must cater to UNC students, potential students, parents and alumni. But even the taxpayers of the state have a tie to UNC. “Our mission is different because we are a university owned by the people, and we have a commitment to the people of North Carolina,” said Jean Kitchin, a former mem ber of the Board of Trustees. SEE CHANCELLOR, PAGE 5 weather Partly . 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