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funding.
“We got lucky because we read
the tea leaves correctly with what
was likely to happen with public
funding." said Shirley Ort, associate
provost and director for scholar
ships and student aid. who is widely
credited for the Covenant’s start.
It was the increase that let
the program succeed, she said.
She even originally called it the
Carolina Compact because she was
unsure of the legal implications of
the word covenant.
It was Moeser, she said, who
insisted on coining the program as
it is making it a clearer, stronger
promise to low-income families.
“I was delighted because I never
thought it would get past the attor
neys.' Ort said.
But as more low-income stu
dents apply to college, it could put
pressure on the program.
The number of Carolina
Covenant scholars increased to 413
in 2006 from 224 in 2004.
Part of that increase stems from
UNC widening the program's eligi
bility. In 2004 students whose fami
lies lived at 150 percent of the pov
erty line qualified, but in 2005 that
threshold was raised to 200 per
cent. The total number of Covenant
scholars in 2005 was 352.
Combined with the growing
numbers of Covenant scholars,
state financial aid is leveling off.
“We would all be happy if they
just don't cut them." Ort said, not
ing that she does not expect the
state legislature to do so.
To counter any possible shift
in government money, UNC has
focused on raising private funds.
The University reached its goal
last year of SlO million in private
funds and has launched another
campaign to double that.
Much of the institutional
money from areas such as trade
mark and licensing —and private
funds sit in an endowment as
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reserves.
“We’ve been serious about rais
ing endowment money ... to make
sure the Covenant is on solid foot
ing," Moeser said.
'More than just the money'
As more students have entered
UNC as Covenant scholars, the
program also has increased its sup
port services.
“Now they have a community,
and it’s so easy to network with
Covenant scholars,' Shaw said.
"Everything that I would have
changed they're working on now.’
The program now includes a
peer mentoring system and a spe
cial orientation at C-TOPS.
Ort said these programs help
take down some of the barriers to
success.
“We know from a lot of studies
that it’s more than just the money,"
she said.
To further improve the program,
UNC hired Research Triangle
Institute in March to complete
a study about the Covenant. The
report should be finished in about
a year.
The report will look at how the
Covenant can do more to encour
age and enable low -income people
to apply to UNC, Ort said.
"Typically those families that
most need to understand that
there's money there for them are
least likely to know it's there." Ort
said.
Now that the first class is gradu
ating, the RTI also can compare
graduation rates of Covenant schol
ars against a cohort of 2003 stu
dents from low-income families.
Shaw said it has been exciting to
watch the Covenant transition to
a more comprehensive, inclusive
program.
“Every day I come to school, and
it’s not just coming to school. It's a
gift that Carolina gave me."
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WASTE
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“If the neighborhood where it's
sited decides to contest it, we can
condemn it by eminent domain
and keep working, and it’ll go
through the courts,’ Commissioner
Chairman Barry Jacobs said.
“So we would prefer not to use
eminent domain. We’d prefer to
find a willing seller."
Olver Inc., the company charged
with helping commissioners
through the process, is finalizing
exclusionary criteria that elimi
nates a huge portion of the county
from consideration.
They are developing specific cri
teria that will take matters of social
justice into account.
“It’s an important community
element from the standpoint that
everybody is treated economically
and fairly in any type of process,"
said Bob Sallach. Olver president
and the senior project manager.
The Environmental Protection
Agency has set out specific guide
lines for the siting of waste sites to
avoid the disproportionate clus
tering in low-income and minority
neighborhoods.
“The kind that are overbur
dened should be protected from
] over-exaspCration,’ said Mathy
Stanislaus, chairman of the Waste
Transfer Station Working Group
for the National Environmental
Justice Action Council.
“Under civil rights protection
you have to look beyond the basic
factors if there is going to be a racial
consequence of your action.”
The EPA recommends setting up
a community advisory panel in the
process with members of all affect
j ed communities, spokeswoman
Roxanne Smith said in an e-mail.
“Communities need to address
clustering and zoning issues at the
local level through comprehensive
planning that considers the aggre
gate effects of clustering certain
activities and the equity in sharing
community burdens," she said.
Orange County has not taken
the step of forming such a panel,
but they are moving away from
what started as a more informal
process.
Olver has had several public
information sessions to hear com
munity input and protest.
A map of the socioeconomic
and racial makeup of Orange
County shows that the landfill is
clearly located in a predominantly
African-American and relatively
poor neighborhood.
The Orange County Landfill
has been off Eubanks Road since
1972, and would seem an ideal
site for the transfer station after
it closes in the coming years. The
county already owns the land and
it is just off major roadways, which
are necessary for the 18-wheelers
that will take the trash to another
county.
But Jacobs said the landfill site
is likely to be excluded by the envi
ronmental justice criteria, although
a formal process has to exclude it.
The commissioners are
crunched to find a site as the
landfill is expected to fill up by
around 2011.
Sallach expects to have a recom
mended site in front of the board
by November, despite recent delays
in picking criteria.
The process is expected to take
another 36 months after a final site
is picked.
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done to alter LLKK's traditions.
LDOC, which was Wednesday
at Duke, is notorious for attracting
student alcohol use on campus and
low class attendance, said Vincent
ling, the programming director for
major attractions with the Duke
University Union.
This year, LDOC featured per
formances by Third Eye Blind and
The Roots. Ling said the entire
event cost about $140,000 and
was funded primarily by student
activity fees.
With SpringFest's history in mind.
Gurdian said one of CUAB’s goals for
the event was to promote a relaxed
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and fun environment for students to
spend time together. Subsequently,
the Lot Party was created to precede
the concert
The party will feature an art
show where student works will be
for sale, a caged dodgeball tourna
ment, a barbecue and performanc
es by student groups.
“When I first got involved with
Spring Fest CUAB (representatives)
made it seem like they wanted more
than just one show that would cost
a lot of money." Gurdian said. “They
wanted it to be a day of fun where
people can spend time with other
people in different situations."
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