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6 THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 14. 2008 Raynor begins laying groundwork for SBP BY ELISABETH GILBERT SWF WRITER After her victors in the student elections Tuesday night. Student Body President-elect J.J. Raynor is starting to develop her game plan for the next month and a half until she takes office April 1. One of Raynors first major tasks will be assembling a Cabinet and the rest of her administration, whieh likely will be large, she said. Her campaign staff numbered about 300 people. ‘I would like to have a large administration because I think the more people you have involved, the more sou can get done and the more people you can link into campus." Raynor said. She said she thinks having a large campaign staff allowed her to connect with students from many different groups at UNC who might not ordinarily be interested in stu dent government. Michael Mcßae, Raynor's cam paign manager for strategy, said Raynor has not yet filled those open positions. "Some candidates promise posi tions to their campaign staff... but we decided that was an inappropri ate thing to do," he said. “She really wants to get the best person who’s qualified for the position." Raynor said she plans to have an open application process and select the candidates who are most quali fier! and whose personalities will mesh most comfortably with hers. To learn how to better prepare herself for this process, she plans to attend one of current Student Body President Eve Carson’s Cabinet meetings Sunday to see how those members work together, she said. And at a meeting with Carson today, she said she will focus on how to put together an adminis- WORRIED ABOUT RAY? YOU ARE Ejk NOT ALONE! tail. Hg&CRsN| CAN HELPi^A WORRIEDABdUTRAY.COM CALL 317-644-2064 Nominate your favorite UNC-CH staff member or employee The Student Undergraduate Staff Awards (SUSA) committee is now accepting nominations for the 2007 SUSA Award. SUSA is a SIOOO award funded by student fees for undergraduates to recognize excellent staff and employees (any UNC-CH employee that is not a professor orTA): Examples of those eligible for SUSA (this is NOT a complete list): • Housekeepers • Academic advisors who are not professors • Student Health Services employees • Librarians • Grounds-keepers • Public safety employees For information and to submit a nomination, visit http://stadentorgs.imc.edu/BUta. You must be an undergraduate student to submit a nomination. t Nomination Deadline: Friday, February 15 by 11:59 pm Email nomination form as a Microsoft Word attachment DTH FILE/KRISTIN WILSON Student Body President-elect J.J. Raynor must begin assembling a Cabinet and administration. Her campaign staff numbered about 300. tration and how she should lay out her timetable of tasks to complete during her year in office. Raynor also must meet with other UNC and local officials to begin lay ing the groundwork for her ideas. She said that in the coming weeks, she plans to start discuss ing with Larry Hicks, director of the Department of Housing and Residential Education, her plan to reserve space in residence halls for transfer students, so they can be closer to the center of campus. Margaret Jablonski, vice chancel lor for student affairs, and campus parking officials are also on her list of upcoming appointments. Although she said the purpose of some of these meetings is to get the ball rolling early on a few of her platform points, she said she must develop a plan for who is going to be in charge of the rest of them, and when. Raynor will choose the points she wants to handle personally and delegate the completion of others to committees once her adminis tration is formed, she said. “If you look at her platform, here’s 50 pages of platform ideas," Mcßae said. “The most that she could do right now is refine her ideas. ... She already made sure these ideas were feasible. Now it's time to start implementation." Raynor said she will look to Carson and former Student Body President James Allred for advice as she heads into office. “I really like James’ diligence he had a structure that allowed him to go point-by-point and just get things done. At the same time, I really admire Eve's personability," Raynor said. She added that she thinks Carson has made a good effort to increase openness in stu dent government. “Trying to mix the best of those two worlds will be important," she said. “I'm really excited to get to work." Contact the University Editor at udeskfa unc.edu. Spring Break Is Only ; 24 Days Away... ii Client Appreciation j! 33 Weekend! ;; Get Your Base Tan Before You ;; Feb. 22nd 24th ;; Hit the Beaches in March! 33 • Rolling Back Prices to 1 985 o J[• S3 Tans in Our Premium Beds J | Hu • 1/2 Price Upgrades < > < > • Easy Tan Members Tan FREE < > 33 in Any Bed! 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Please call as soon as you begin to experience symptoms to schedule a screening appointment News Referendum raises dispute BY BRIAN AUSTIN STAFF WRITER The student safety and security fee, which was approved by refer endum for an increase of 25 cents, was a point of significant disagree ment yvithin student government. The fee increase was approved in Tuesday’s elections bv 4.098 stu dents, or 71 percent. Proponents of the fee increase say the money is necessary to cover the increasing numbers of assaulted people cared for by the victim's assis tance fund, which drayvs its money from the safety and security fee. Originally, the fund yvas budget ed to support about 10 victims per year, but took on 26 last year. The chairwoman of the safety and security fee committee, Simone Chaffiottc, explained yvhat costs the money in the victim's assistance fund helps defray. The fund covers a host of pre ventative and investigative mea sures for rape and assault victims, including DNA testing, rape kits, medications for sexually trans mitted infections including HIV and a Plan B pill, which is taken the morning after and can prevent pregnancy. They also pay the insurance LOVE FROM PAGE 3 about Pepita’s father, a Mexican- American who was a spy in World WarH. The couple coauthored another book about Pepita's mother and grandmother, yy ho spent about six months traveling around the world in 1929-30. During their years together, the couple said they have learned a few things about relationships. ‘Always respect each other and communicate," Pepita said. She added that couples should try to avoid picking fights. “We’ll probably go another 34 years," said Robert, looking to his yvife. She hesitated. “24?" Robert asked. “Why not?" Contact the Features Editor at features@ une.edu. deductible if the victim feels com fortable telling their parents about the assault. If not, the fund will pay for all expenses. The increased request for these services might not mean the University’ saw an increase in actu al crime but rather an increase in awareness of the service, said Student Body Treasurer Jordan Myers. “We just believe that it’s the increased awareness that will provide support to these victims,' Myers said. “If it takes handing out a quarter from our own pocket, students are showing that we really do value the program and the idea behind it" Congress Speaker Tyler Younts contended that the increase is an unnecessary addition to a fund with plenty- of money-. “You're looking at a fund that, as of last year, had a SIOO,OOO sur plus," he said. He said the safety and security fje spent about $85,000 of this surplus on oflF-campus projects last year, funding blue lights and street level lighting on Franklin Street. Younts said the student safety and security- fee was never meant to be spent on projects that extended beyond the University. STUDY FROM PAGE 3 higher risk for sexual victimization related to alcohol use. Kendra Smith, a UNC Campus Health Services psychologist, said victims of sexual or physical abuse at the hands of loved ones are less likely to be alert to inappropriate or dangerous behavior. “Perpetrators can perceive that vulnerability,” Smith said. An oft-cited 1988 study by psy chologist Mary Koss found that 55 percent of acquaintance rape vic tims and 75 percent of attackers had been drinking or using drugs. “So if you think about it, drinking is more of a risk for men who are perpetrating violence," Smith said. “They may be more likely to misperceive whether women are interested in sexual contact." Education can help women reduce their risk of sexual assault. “People just don't understand what assault is," said UNC senior Alyson Culin. a member of Project Dinah, a campus support group for sexual assault victims. “Men and women both need to know," she said. “I think if we could get more people to talk about it... there would be more understanding about it." Contact the State and National Editor at stntdesk@ unc.edu. AUDIT FROM PAGE 3 assistant provost authorized grants for graduate assistant contracts that went to the student with whom he was involved jobs that the stu dent admitted never having held. The UNC system has a strict policy against faculty-student sex ual relationships to guard against the risk of university faculty abus- (Thr Sailii (Tar Hrri “It’s not like I'm against safety or against lighting or things like that, but the mandate of the fee was exceeded,” he said, adding that the Town of Chapel Hill is responsible for safety projects off campus. Younts went on to say that the victims assistance fund was receiv ing supplementary money from the safety and security fee’s discretion ary fimd. “This idea that they were out of money for victim's assistance is just a lie," he said. The safety and security fee also funds projects that promote safety awareness. This can range from safe-skills workshops to rape whistles. “It’s something 1 am really pas sionate about being able to pro vide the service for people who have been assaulted," Chaffiottc said. “It’s one less thing they have to worry about at a really difficult time." The other measures on the ballot were technical amendments intend ed to update and streamline the Student Code, according to Student Congress member Val Tenyotkin. Contact the University Editor at udeskta unc.edu. MCCRORY FROM PAGE 3 especially county- and state. The second thing we need to do is have tort reform. We have in many of the rural hospitals, we have doctors that are afraid to go to their local small emergency room for fear of lawsuits when they’re seeing anew customer or anew patient for the first time. And we need to give them some sort of limited immunity so that they won’t feel hesitant to try to help that patient, very similar to what’s given at accident scenes to doctors who come up. So I’m a big advocate of limited immunity. And also as governor I think we can play a major role in pre ventive medicine and also encourag ing good health on two major areas. And one major area is diabetes. So I think as governor, we can help promote better health life styles. And also, for example, in Charlotte we promote sidewalks and walking and not total depen dence on the car. Also we need to get the school children to exercise more during the schools hours because much of this obesity problem occurs with younger children, and then they grow into very unhealthy adults. Contact the State and National Editor at stntdesk@unc.edu. ing their power. “(The policy) was put in place in an effort to ensure that employees avoided relationships that could harm affected students and dam age the integrity of the university," Worthington said. NCCU intends to recover the embezzled funds and to cooperate with all legal proceedings. Contact the State and National Editor at stntdesk@ unc.edu. OWASA FROM PAGE 3 has worked for his family has been to collect shower water when it is warming up and then use it for flushing the toilet. Even though Holland said he believes residents have been doing a good job following restrictions, he said he doesn’t think anything could have been done differently to prevent the tighter restric tions. "Unless we get four to five inches of rain within the next one to two weeks, we are headed for a Stage 3 restriction," Holland said. Contact the City Editor at citydesk@unc.edu. What are Stage 3 water restrictions? ► No irrigation, except with hand-hekl hoses or watering cans, limited to three days per week, no more than 0.5 inches per week ► No outdoor use, except for emergency fire suppression or other activities necessary to maintain public health, safety or welfare ► No OWASA water to refill ornamental fountains or ponds ► No washing of vehicles ► No pressure cleaning of building exteriors ► No OWASA water for flushing or pressure testing new lines unless water is recycled ► No filling, refilling or topping off operating swimming pools ► Reduce use of water for heating and cooling to the maximum extent allowable ► Limited residential use to 600 gallons per day
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