Shr Bailii Car Rrrl Robertsons eye campus space To offer offices, study resources BY DANIEL PATE STAFF WRITER For the first time in its eight-year history, the Robertson Scholars Program will have a place to call its own on UNC's campus. Officials expect anew building, set to be constructed by 2010, to help give the program a greater identity. Unofficial floor plans have been drawn to begin construction on a building that will house offices for the Robertson Scholars Program and allow room for scholars to interact. ‘Our next job is to have the pro gram developed in a way that utilizes the building for the benefit of the scholars - education and the good of the University community, - ’ said Tony Brown, president of the Robertson Scholars Program. “How its used Ls what will make it great" The building will be the central location of the Robertson Scholars Program, which provides full tuition scholarships for students to take classes jointly at UNC and Duke University. The program searched both campuses as well as neutral areas for an ideal central location. Plans shifted to a location on U.S. 15-501 but were abandoned after UNC offered an appealing location close to the Ackland Art Museum. “We're not trying to say that UNC is better than Duke by any means," Brown said. “The distinc tive building on the UNC campus made the most sense for the pro gram and the University." The current Robertson offices at UNC are located at the bottom of Graham Memorial. Duke has its DWI FROM PAGE 3 every day. “Its just letting them know how hard it is not to pick up the phone and call her." Koon said she is careful not to judge any of the offenders. “1 think you have to get them in the right spot and get them to lis ten," she said. “If you come across condemning people, it's just going to put them on the defensive." Brown said the stories Koon and others can tell help offenders understand the possible conse quences of driving drunk. “You all have been given a sec ond chance." Brown said. “You could have killed yourself, you could have killed someone else, someone could have lost limbs. “Prepare yourself before it hap pens." Contact the City Editor at citydesk@unc.edu. ELECTION FROM PAGE 3 A Facebook group was created before the elections to urge stu dents to fight “corruption" by vot ing against the ticket comprised of Brockett administration officials. “It's going to be pushed under another rug. and 1 think it's going to keep going in the corrupt way it has been." said Jon Massachi, former speaker of the ECU student con gress. “The East Carolinian (student newspaper) didn't print their paper during any of this they haven’t written a single story on it’ Ashley Fish, chairwoman of the elections committee, said this issue seems to be of little concern to the students at large. “I haven’t heard anything," she said. “1 had one student approach me in two weeks.” Contact the State & National Editor at stntdesk@ unc.edu. BILL FROM PAGE 3 Mickey said he hopes officials will be able to reach a compro mise so that students reap the benefits. “Students are almost left out of the appointment process even though there’s some good oversight with Congress and elected officials," he said. He said he was initially dis heartened at the lack of agreement between the two branches and afraid of continuing their strained relation ship of years past The relationships between past sessions of Congress and executive branch administra tions have seen tensions such as multiple executive vetoes. But Mickey said he still has high expectations for collaboration this year. “1 didn't want student government to go down that road because I had a lot of faith in the people making up the government this year. And I still have hope," he said. Contact the University Editor at udesk(a unc.edu. TWO BLUES UNDER ONE ROOF An on-campus building for Robertson Scholars^^^^L A 16.000 squafe foot building for the Robertson Scholars Prooram is slated to be located or UNC's North Scholar N. come from and take classes .r - re. ;>.*• '■■■. N. o\ Hanes Art \ Center \ cmwoo\ |H ■ stairs To South Road Room* and Meeting Space SOURCE WW.UNC.EDU/DEPTSiTRUSmS DTH/REBECCA ROIFE own Robertson house. The new- building probably will include an auditorium, library and a living area, all of which can be used bv any UNC student. Brown said the process is not close to breaking ground just yet, as floor plans have not been final ized and completion of the build ing is not projected until about late 2010. This will be the second major scholarship program that has its own building on campus. The Morehead-Cain Scholars Program has owned the Morehead Planetarium and Science Center since the program was established in 1951. 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