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Commutes grow more costly
Employees ask UNC for solutions
BY MARY KATHERINE AYERS
STAFF WRITER
University employees have been
feeling the pressure of increasing
gas prices and are asking the UNC
administration to do more.
• The UNC Employee Forum has
passed a resolution to address the
difficulties that employees have
paying for gas to commute to
work. It will send the resolution
to Chancellor James Moeser after
verifying its information.
Ernie Patterson, chairman of the
Employee Forum when the resolu
tion was passed, said the gas price
situation has become a crisis for
employees.
“I have never heard as many
people as afraid of their future and
as worried about being able to get
to their jobs and feed their families
as I’ve heard now," he said.
Patterson said he would like
UNC to focus on innovative ways
to conserve gas such as carpools,
alternate work schedules and a
four-day work week.
Moeser has asked Brenda
Malone, associate vice chancel
lor for human resources, to lead a
taskforce dedicated to the matter.
Malone said her office already
has been communicating with the
deans, directors and department
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ple hospitals previously, the state
looked at the needs across the
county," he said. “Now it is done on
an individual hospital basis, which
is more responsive to their indi
vidual needs."'
UNC has asked the state to fund
$325.5 million of the proposed
$732 million tower project. The
hospital would finance the rest of
the project by borrowing and using
financial reserves.
"Overall, I think it is a good
problem to have,” Hughes said.
“We have no shortage of patients
who want to come here for treat
ment, now the challenge is for us to
meet this demand," he said.
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and the increased visibility of the
source of campaign funds.
The only thing it does is make the
process more transparent and open
the door for many others,' council
member Mark Kleinschmidt said.
Czajkowski suggested to the
council that it resolve the issue
by making it a referendum on
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heads about balancing the needs
of employees with those of the
departments.
She plaas to send a letter out to
employees this week about flexible
work arrangements and hopes to
arrange a question-and-answer
session about the issue.
Dick Mann, vice chancellor for
finance and administration, said he
thinks the resolution was intended
to provoke and embarrass mem
bers of the administration.
The resolution lists several admin
istrators' salaries and commutes,
comparing them to the average UNC
staff member's salary and average
drive, which also is listed.
Mann said some proposed
options are infeasible. Though the
University urges its supervisors
and managers to be as flexible as
possible, he said it can be difficult
to arrange schedules to accommo
date everyone else’s needs.
Mann said a research university
such as UNC could not function
properly on a four-day work week
schedule.
"It is a serious issue," Mann said.
“We want to be supportive, but we
also want to be able to run the
University."
UNC also already has programs
in place to assist employees in their
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to be indoors, UNC alumna Carol
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West’s husband spent about a
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theirs is one of the only mills from
this time period still in operation.
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The presence of N.C. culture and
history that the festival fostered
was almost as intense as the heat.
Though Long said decisions about
another festival will only be made
after careful review of this year’s
event, one thing is for certain:
The people who did come out and
brave the heat had a good time."
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then turn it over to the people of
Chapel Hill,’ he said.
But in the end, the council
passed the resolution itself.
A related resolution passed at the
meeting will provide for twice-a-year
information sessions about the pro
gram for prospective candidates.
The council also unanimously
passed the 2008-P9 budget, which
included $25,000 to begin the
Voter Owned Elections Fund.
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Increases in gas prices are making it more difficult for UNC employees
to get to work; they hope their efforts will sway UNC to ease the cost.
commutes to work.
Carolyn Elfiand, the associate
vice chancellor of campus servic
es, said UNC subsidizes its work
ers’ costs for alternative forms of
transportation, such as Chapel Hill
Transit and the Triangle Transit
Authority' system.
Employees also are compen
sated for van pools conducted
through Triangle Transit and the
Piedmont Authority- for Regional
Transportation.
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“They are the lowest paid
employees on campus, and many
have second jobs," said David
Brannigan, chairman of the staff'
relations and management com
mittee for the Employee Forum.
“Many have to make care
arrangements," he said. “Many
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Patterson also said that though
the resolution focuses on the
employees' situations, he hopes that
the task force will open a wide-rang
ing discussion about the effects of
gas prices on the whole University.
“It’s not just an employee prob
lem," he said. “This is a University
problem, and we all need to work
together."
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increasing challenges.
“We just decided when the pri
mary was over, we were going into
a major battle." he said.
Kochman said Perdues team will
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“In a very competitive and
expensive environment, we ran a
very strong campaign. And we've
got strong leadership," he said.
“Our campaign has worked
together and worked together well."
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or community, and this is a massive
imposition on them."
Holman, who has worked in
housekeeping for four years, origi
nally brought the issue to the atten
tion of the Employee Forum and
spearheaded a petition against it.
More than 60 housekeeping
employees have signed the petition
in the hopes that their concerns will
he addressed by their managers.
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THURSDAY, JUNK 12, 2008
Freshman class
boasts top-notch
academic record
Test scores, GPAs
increase from past
BY JOHANNA YUEH
STAFF WRITER
If statistics on potential mem
bers of the class of 2012 are any
indication, next year's freshman
class on average w ill boast better
academic credentials than those of
their predecessors at UNC.
While the incoming freshman
| class has not been finalized, the
average SAT score of admitted stu
: dents so far is 1344, up from 1302
j last year, according to prelimi
nary data released by the Office of
I Undergraduate Admissions.
Their average ACT score is 30
the scores of the middle 50 percent
of last year's class ranged from 26
to 31. And their average GPA is 4.6.
about a 4 percent increase from the
| class of 2011's average of 4.42.
While these numbers reflect
admitted students, they are consid
ered incomplete because they include
j students who might not enroll.
They also include students who
| were waitlisted but have since been
admitted. .Ashley Memory, assistant
, director of admissions, said the
University has offered admission to
just more than 400 of the approxi
mately l..'i<)<) waitlisted students.
Stephen Farmer, director of
| undergraduate admissions, said
i the University is getting close to its
; target enrollment 0f3,900 students
and doesn't expect many more offers
j to be made. But the new enroll
ments should not have much effect
| on the overall class averages.
“I don't think it will make much
i difference in the end, one way or
j the other." Farmer said.
He stressed that while waitlist
ed students might be “marginally
less appealing" than students who
I received the original offers, they
j are still solid academically.
And Farmer believes test scores
and academic performance are
! not perfect indicators of how well
j a student will do at UNC.
"We can't explain why some
; fly higher or sink lower," he said.
“People are a lot more complicated
: than we give them credit for."
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Tentative class of
2012 characteristics
Among admitted students
who submitted scores or
reported GPAs:
► Avg. SAT score (verbal plus
math): 1344
► Avg. ACT score: 30
► Avg. high school GPA (weight
ed 4.0 scale): 4.6
SOURCE: UNC Admissions Office
"There are fewer
students who don't
get the work done
on time , who are
sloppy
GEORGE RABINOWITZ, professor
Preliminary data on the newest
enrolling class show that ho percent
of the students were in the top 10
percent of their high school classes,
up from 76.4 percent of last year's
incoming class. Forty-four percent
ranked in the top 10, and 13.9 per
cent graduated first or second.
i Higheracadftmjfr credentials
might translate o > an imrea-c in the
quality of first-year students. UNC
political science professor George
Rabinowitz. who has taught many
freshmen, said students are getting
a little better each year.
“There are fewer students who
don't get the work done on time,
who are sloppy in their prepara
tion." Rabinowitz said.
Students also seem to be more
racially diverse than in previous
years.
Preliminary data also show that
30 percent of the enrolled are black.
Asian. Native American or latino, an
increase of almost is percent from
the previous year's entering class.
Tlie students so far come from 42
states and the District of Columbia
and 22 countries.
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at ude.sl (a unc.edu.
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