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THURSDAY, MAY ‘29, 2008
Remembering all victims of war
Carrboro event
centers on peace
BY SARAH RIAZATI
STAFF WRITER
Guilford College professor Joe
Cole looked out into an audience
N londay afternoon at Carrboro Town
Commons and asked. “What does it
mean to support the troops?"
His speech, which helped set
the tone for the day's events, was
part of the seventh annual Orange
County Peace Coalition's “Victims
of War" Memorial Day event.
The program included musical
performances, speakers and read
ings by OCPC members.
Jan Broughton, co-chairman
of OCPC and a member of the
N.C. Society for Ethical Culture,
said that after Sept. 11, members
of OCPC wanted to organize an
event that would broaden typi
cal Memorial Day celebrations to
include remembrance and com
memoration of all victims of war,
not just American casualties.
"Certainly we are commemorating
United States casualties, but there
are people dying in other places,"
OCPC co-chairman Wes Hare said.
Broughton, who emceed the
event, said it took about two
months of planning to line up all
the speakers for the event.
She said she wanted the event to
emphasize the consequences of the
war and how serious they are today.
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the highest
sacrifice , and ice
are honoring what
they have done."
JAN BROUGHTON, CO CHAIR OCPC
“The casualties of war seem so
wasteful." she said. “People have
given the highest sacrifice, and we
are honoring what they have done
and trying to prevent ftiture loss*
Cole said true support for the
troops means providing health
care, education and jobs to them
upon their return and holding the
country’s leaders accountable.
“We haw a lot of work to do before
we become a country that genuinely
supports its troops," he said.
Wally Myers, a member of
Veterans for Peace, shared a story
about Michael Monsoor, a sol
ider who fought and died in Iraq.
Myers praised Monsoor's altruistic
courage and self-sacrifice but said
Monsoor was a hero despite war
not because of it
“What we admire about Michael
Monsoor is that he saved lives, not
that he took them," Myers said.
Myers is a Vietnam veteran and
has participated in many war pro
tests. He said that, initially, hate
was the driving force behind his
protest but that his motives have
changed.
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Ann Powers, Liza Farmer, Kay Mercereau and Jane Hare sing classic “old
time” tunes with new and satirical anti-war lyrics as The Raging Grannies.
“1 firmly believe you have to start
peace within your own heart." he
said. “The war mentality has to
get washed out. The key to this is
patience and understanding."
The Raging Grannies, a perform
ing group that sings its social mes
sage by rewriting satirical lyrics to
old songs, passed out song sheets
before the program began and invit
ed the audience to join them in ren
ditions of “Zippity Doo Dah", “Down
By the Riverside" and “When Johnny
Comes Marching Home" that sup
ported nonviolent solutions.
“We are the Raging Grannies,
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and we are singing for peace," they
said before they began.
Ann Powers, a Raging Granny
and member of the Women's
International League for Peace and
Freedom, has performed at every
“Victims of War" memorial since
its creation. This year, she said, the
event gave her an increased aware
ness about what she can do to help.
“We really have to work toward
peace," she said. “We have to put
our bodies where our words are.”
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enthusiasm for his job.
He said that improving kids'
learning experience in the school
system is the main focus in his
job.
He said that "making kids’ lives
better through support services"
is his favorite part of what he
does.
It is that passion that got him
out of bed and brought him to
work every morning for so many
years, he added.
Scroggs said his greatest con
tribution as assistant superinten
dent for support services has been
managing to keep up with the
huge amount of student growth
which has taken place within the
school district as the Chapel Hill-
Carrboro area continues to grow
rapidly in population.
Chapel Hill-Carrboro City-
Schools just completed its 10th
elementary school, Morris Grove
INTERIM DEAN
FROM PAGE 3
well equipped to handle the load.
“I think I've learned enough about
how the College operates that I think
I'm ready to step in and take care of
things for a year," he said.
Gray-Little confirmed that she
expects Carney to be in the post
for the lull 2008-09 academic year.
He will officially begin on July 1,
though he says he is already brush
ing up on the dean’s responsibili
ties. including learning more about
UNC's goals for leadership.
He further acknowledged the
University's pressing problems,
and described some of his priori
ties as dean. He said he will focus
on keeping up fundraising goals,
helping to institute new curricula
in environmental and applied sci
ences and continuing to plan for
CHIDLEY
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opened up last year on the NCCU
campus.
Building that facility cost about
Sl2 million. The university is re
using the design plans from the
Ruffin building, which is a 354-
bed dorm. Reusing the plans will
save about $1.5 million in design
costs.
According to the consultant's
report, the renovation of the main
Chidley building will cost an esti
mated $12.4 million.
The project will include hazard
ous-material abatement and the
replacement of heating, air condi
tioning, plumbing, electrical and
sprinkler systems.
“I'm very passionate about my job. I love
coming to work, and I love kids."
STEVE SCROGGS, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR SUPPORT SERVICES
Elementary, “on time and under
budget," Scroggs said.
He said the district, which cur
rently has 11,600 students, cer
tainly is not a small one and con
tinues to grow each year, leading
to more building projects for new
schools.
And finalizing work on projects
such as building the new school
and beginning the building of an
11th elementary school within the
district are all part of the “loose
ends" Scroggs said he is trying to
tie up this week, his last on the
job.
He said that he feels it is a
good time for someone to come in
between bigger projects and that
the break point will give his suc
cessor a window to join the school
system.
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impending enrollment growth.
Carney represents the fourth
dean of Arts and Sciences in as
many years. Gray-Little was dean
until she was hired as provost, fol
lowed by Levine as interim and
Thorp.
Gray-Little said she had not yet
charged a search committee with
finding a permanent replacement,
but that it would be led by Jack
Boger. dean of the UNC School
of Law.
While Carney refused to rule out
the possibility of being included in
the search for a permanent dean,
he stopped far shy of saying he was
looking for the job.
“The College is going to be best
served by as broad a search as they
can put on,” he said.
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Despite the building's sto
ried past, Isaac McGraw, the
Webmaster for the NCCU Alumni
Association who lived in Chidley
in the 19605, said that people
didn't always think of the dorm as
a socializing hot spot.
“It was different in the ’6os," he
said.
“We weren’t allowed to have co
educational kind of activities in
Chidley Hall."
He also said the dorm was in
better shape, so the students didn't
live with cold water and other
inconveniences.
“We didn’t have those kind of
issues when I was there."
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“I will always be available,
because I love the school system,"
Scroggs said.
He said that he is not sad about
retiring now and that choosing his
profession in education was one
of the three decisions he made in
life that he knew he would never
regret.
“I picked the right profession the
first time," he said.
Scroggs added that one of the
other two important decisions
was marrying his wife, who is “the
right person to support you and
what you do."
The third decision, he said, was
having the right superintendent to
lead him.
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lowed by a final committee meet
ing, Rimer said.
The final step for the commit
tee will be to send a letter to the
provost detailing the strengths and
weaknesses of each candidate, ulti
mately recommending one for the
position.
Such a selective process means it
is possible that a decision will not
be made before Jones leaves his
post at the end of June.
If the new dean is not chosen
by that time, an interim dean from
inside the school will be appointed
until the search is complete, Gray-
Little said.
The provost s office said that
while not all candidates have been
interviewed, the bulk of the com
mittee's work is nearly complete.
“We have an excellent, dedicat
ed search committee looking for
the best dean for an outstanding
school," Rimer said.
“We are determined to complete
our mission in a timely manner, but
our job is not yet done."
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