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VOLUME 115, ISSUE 109 Council may see recount BY ELISABETH ARRIERO STAFF WRITER Uncertainty about who will occupy the eighth Chapel Hill Town Council seat remained Wednesday after a narrow vote in Tuesday’s town elections. In the unofficial results, newcomer Matt Czajkowski bested incumbent Cam Hill by athin margin of 65 votes as of 9 p.m. Wednesday. Such a small margin, less than 1 percent, means a recount will occur within the next two weeks, Director of Elections Barry Gamer said Tbesday. “It was a little disturbing to hear Jpl A biweekly analysis of Chancellor Moeser’s term - -" Moeser shores upfaculty support IK- - : WBj mmfflmammn ■ - I I I ■ smnmS' 1 ?- WBK •—I mb ipf : k is •A w ,/ ' : r im - < -3^ fe DTH FILE Director of Athletics Dick Baddour (left) and Chancellor James Moeser address faculty leaders June 13,2003. The meeting focused on the potential expansion of the ACC. It was one of the few occasions when the chancellor and faculty openly butted heads. Moeser has championed improved faculty salaries and support during his time at UNC. Funding, academicfreedom hallmarks of term BY KEVIN KILEY STAFF WRITER When Chancellor James Moeser announced that he will step down this summer, he said he would be stepping into “the most exalted title this University can confer on an individual professor.” That statement reflects a key focus of Moeser’s term at UNC. He has repeat edly stated that faculty support, includ ing salaries, relationships, retention and recruitment, are central to the success of the University. In his past five State of the University addresses, Moeser has said that faculty support is the University’s No. 1 priority. While Moeser has fought to support fac ulty throughout his chancellorship, he also Fire survivors on the road to recovery DTH/TRACI WHITE Susan Thorne is recovering from her September jump from the Highland Hills apartment fire in Carrboro. online | dailytarheel.com TALKING BACK Students visit the Pit to give input on academic advising reforms. SWIMMING RIVALRY The UNC swim teams are preparing to take on Duke. TOWN COUNCIL Council members heard an update on the drought Wednesday. Serving the students and the University community since 1893 ®hr Sailu (Far lUrrl that I had won and then to hear that it changed,” Hill said. “But we are going to wait and see what the recount comes out as.” Fellow incumbent Jim Ward said he was not startled by the results and maintained that there still is a good chance Hill will be able to keep his seat. “It’s really not such a huge upset because had he just had a mere 70 more votes, there wouldn’t be a story at all,” Ward said. But some candidates suggested that the implications of such an upset are significant and might had to work to win over the faculty’s support when he first arrived on campus. He had to face a severe budget crisis at the beginning of his term and has had to work with a state legislature that has not always backed up his plans financially. As Moeser prepares to enter the field he rigorously fought for, faculty needs remain a challenge for the next chancellor as UNC plans for unprecedented faculty retirements and a bidding war with other schools. 'Palpable skepticism' The faculty environment Moeser entered in 2000 was one of uncertainty. SEE FACULTY, PAGE 11 BY SARAH FRIER STAFF WRITER Twenty screws, two metal plates and several pieces of artificial bone keep Kristin Pietrowicz’s feet intact, while a back brace stabilizes her spine. It’s been just more than a month since the night roommates Pietrowicz and Susan Thorne jumped off the balcony of their flaming Carrboro apartment, surviving a deadly fire but sustaining severe injuries. But Pietrowicz said that even as her bones regain their normal functions, her perspective on life has changed forever. The women, who lived in the Colonial Village at Highland Hills apartments, were among 20 residents who lost their homes in the Sept. 30 fire. Gloria Suarez, 55, was killed in the blaze. announcement BASKETBALL PREVIEW Pick up The Daily Tar Heel on Friday for a special section of previews on the men's and women's basketball teams and the men's ACC competition. www.dailytarheel.com hint at a changing mentality among the voters. “The results mean that other members on the council are going to need to address the fact that sen timents in Chapel Hill are chang ing,” Czajkowski said. Incumbents Ward, Sally Greene and Bill Strom all received more than 17 percent of the vote; Hill received less than 14 percent “I can’t speculate why Cam did not win and the other three did,” Czajkowski said. “I just don’t think he had as much core support as the other incumbents.” Faculty salary and retention at UNC Under Chancellor James Moeser's leadership, faculty salaries have increased steadily, while retention rates have improved significantly in recent years because of strong state support. $150,000 [~ , $120,000 _ Average salary of $90,000 “ ■ profs mm i IJ| " H Average salary of —— mmmmmmmmmm ’ associate professors $60,000 “ mvmvp* , Average salary of assistant professors m Retention rate of $30,000 1 1 1 1 i.. |KU||> 1999-2000 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 |IJ J J 50% 50% 40% 30% 60% 65% 71% 72% SOURCE: CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION/EXECUTIVE ASSOCIATE PROVOST STEVE ALLRED DTH/ALLIE WASSUM Next: employee relations Both Pietrowicz and Thorne suf fered shattered feet and spinal injuries. Pietrowicz also broke her ankle. Thome is recovering in a friend’s apart ment in Chapel Hill, while Pietrowicz has returned to her parents’ house in Ohio. “It’s a huge feet, and you can’t absorb it all at 0006," said Pietrowicz’s mother Deborah. “But each day you realize more and more the tragedy of the situation and how lucky we are to have her here with us.” For Pietrowicz and Thorne, life is a waiting game. For now, physical barriers, like not being able to twist from side to side, make daily activities like brushing teeth challenging. “It makes you really see all those little SEE FIRE SURVIVORS, PAGE 11 Fellow challenger Penny Rich said such a lack of core support was a consequence of past inaction on Hill’s part “I know the downtown people got mad at him because he was ‘Mr. Parking’ and yet he failed to do the research on parking in downtowns,” Rich said. “He really let those merchants down.” Voter James Protzman also cited Hill’s lack of involvement in the town as a reason he did not vote for him. “The others tended to speak up SEE RECOUNT, PAGE 11 diversions | page 5 BOTTOMS UP Local breweries in the Triangle give drinkers the opportunity to enjoy a few pints with their friends —and the chance to brew the beer themselves. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2007 B§|tv : ••• " r ‘4llg DTH FILE/ZACH HOFFMAN Newcomer Matt Czajkowski smiles after hearing unofficial results of Tuesday's election, in which he narrowly defeated incumbent Cam Hill. ANALYSIS UNC system presses schools for low tuition BY ERIC JOHNSON SENIOR WRITER As far back as 1998, when the state’s public universities first won the right to request their own tuition hikes, campus officials jus tified the yearly increases by point ing to lackluster state funding. The money was needed from stu dents, the argument went, because the state wasn’t providing it But now, after state legislators boosted university spending by an impressive 10.6 percent this year, this day in history NOV. 8,1956 ... The Student Legislature votes to approve S4OO for The Daily Tar Heel to obtain the Associated Press national and international wire service. Report studies mental health Offers new plan for campus safety BY ELISABETH GILBERT STAFF WRITER In the aftermath of the Virginia Tech shootings, UNC-system offi cials are looking to remove poten tial threats to campus safety even if it means removing students. The campus safety task force’s final report to UNC-system President Erskine Bowles includes a controversial suggestion that urges schools to develop a “policy for the involuntary withdrawal of students who demonstrate through their behavior that they potentially pose a threat to themselves or others, but who may not have otherwise violat ed the campus Code of Conduct” The policy addresses a difficult issue: Schools are ill-equipped to deal with all cases of depression or destructive behavior, but neither can they let troubled students fall by the wayside. Rising student depression Depression is becoming increas ingly prevalent on college campus es, some studies suggest. In fall 2006,45 percent of col lege-age women and 36 percent of college-age men reported hav ing felt “so depressed that it was difficult to function” at least once in the past 12 months, according to a study by the American College SEE MENTAL HEALTH, PAGE 11 ATTEND THE BOG MEETING Time: 10:30 a.m. today Location: General Administration Building, main board room Info: www.northcarolina.edu that argument is being turned on its head. UNC-system President Erskine Bowles is putting strong pressure on campus officials to keep tuition hikes for in-state undergraduates to a minimum. “I think Erskine has been very clear on this point,” said Rob Nelson, UNC-system vice presi dent for finance. “He believes the General Assembly came through SEE SYSTEM TUITION, PAGE 1 1 weather Partly r cloudy index HSSL 34 police log 2 calendar 2 games 9 sports 10 opinion 12
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