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By SARAH CAGLE
Assistant Editor
Appropriations committees in both
the N.C. House and Senate have rec
ommended that tuition vouchers for
students at private colleges be raised
from $1,100 to $1,150 or $1,200.
Tuition vouchers are given to ev
ery North Carolina resident who at
tends a private college in the state,
regardless of financial need. The leg
islature began giving tuition vouch
ers in 1975 to encourage residents to
attend private institutions. The per
capita grant at that time was $200,
according to Jim Newlin, fiscal ana
lyst for the General Assembly.
Rep. David Diamont (D-Surry),
chairman of the House Appropria
tions Committee, said the grant has
risen fairly steadily since then. The
private schools are requesting a $100
increase from last year's grant, and
they have a lot of legislative support,
Mao sues over UNC admissions
By SARAH CAGLE
Assistant Editor
A Winston-Salem man is suing
the University because his daughter
was not admitted, claiming that she
should be subjected to the same
admissions standards as University
athletes.
Don Hall, of 1 100 Partridge Lane
in Winston-Salem, filed the suit July
20 on behalf of his daughter, Nicole
Hall, a 17-year-old graduate of Sa
lem Academy.
He alleged that the University
admissions policies are racially and
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he said.
"The argument is, if we don't help
subsidize private colleges in North
Carolina, the state will have to ex
pand the UNC system," Diamont said.
The proposed increase would bring
the annual expense of the voucher
program to $ 1 ,3 1 0,000, Diamont said.
In light of the proposed tuition
increase for the UNC system, some
University student leaders and ad
ministrators said Wednesday that the
vouchers should not be raised.
The House appropriations com
mittee has recommended a 20 per
cent increase for in-state tuition and
a 15 percent tuition increase for out-of-state
tuition, while the Senate
committee has proposed an 8.5 per
cent increase for in-state and out-of-state
tuition.
Passage of the House proposal
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sexually discriminatory in favor of
"male, black athletes." The suit also
alleged that the admissions policies
discriminate in favor of out-of-state
students, children of University em
ployees and children of alumni.
"The University practices discrimi
nation and a double standard in its
admissions policies and not only
admits but actively recruits male black
athletes, most of whom are academi
cally less qualified than she (Nicole)
is," the suit claimed.
Mr. Hall demanded that the Uni
versity admit his daughter and that
ouse approves
By DAVE GLENN
Editor
The N.C. House Appropriations
Committee recommended funding for
a new UNC neuropsychiatric hospi
tal, the School of Social Work and
the School of Dentistry in a budget
plan released Monday.
The Senate, which has already
passed its budget bills, has not rec
ommended funding for any of the
projects.
The House plan must be approved
by the House Appropriations Com
mittee and the full House. If the House
approves funding, the Senate could
concur or the two chambers could
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the Office of Undergraduate Admis
sions outline admissions criteria.
He claimed in the suit that the
1988-89 general catalog of the Uni
versity and a phone call he had with
admissions officials led him to be
lieve his daughter would be admit
ted. Nicole had a 2.8 grade point aver
age in high school and scored "around
900" on the Scholastic Aptitude Test.
Mr. Hall has also filed a com
plaint with the U.S. Department of
Education's Office of Civil Rights,
compromise in conference commit
tee. Felix Joyner, UNC vice president
of finance, said he was encouraged
by the House committee's recom
mended plan of action. "Now, we
hope that the conference committee
will come down on the side of the
house with the most favorable rec
ommendation," he said.
The House budget plan included
$900,000 in planning money for a
$29.8 million neuropsychiatric hos
pital at UNC Hospitals, $4.1 million
for the School of Social Work build
ing and $375,000 in planning money
alleging sexual and racial discrimi
nation and requesting an investiga
tion of the admissions process at the
University.
"It's time to reevaluate our priori
ties and consider that the school is an
educational and not an athletic facil
ity primarily," Mr. Hall said Tues
day. Mr. Hall said that most people
realize the admissions discrepancy,
but that they are unwilling to chal
lenge it. "Everyone just turns their
heads and goes right on," he said.
building
for an addition to the School of Den
tistry. John B. Turner, dean of the School
of Social Work, said he was pleased
with the House recommendation.
"We've needed a new building for a
number of years, and we've been in
the planning mode for last two years,"
Turner said. "We're hopeful that it
may be possible for the House and
the Senate to come to an agreement
that will enable us to move forward
with this project."
The House plan also recommended
giving UNC hospitals $3.1 million
of the $4.1 million it requested for
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"I'm not going to just lie down and
accept it."
Admissions Director Richard
Cashwell declined to comment on the
case, under advice from N.C. Attor
ney General Lacy Thornburg.
Deputy Attorney General Andy
Vanore said cases like this one are
not uncommon. "The University gets
sued a bit, and it's not unusual for
someone to allege that they've been
denied admission in favor of less
qualified individuals," Vanore said.
"We've been fairly successful in de
fending those."
requests
improvements to the fire alarm and
sprinkler systems. The rest of the
money was targeted for planning the
neuropsychiatric hospital. The plan
also included $10 million far short
of the University's initial request of
$29.5 million for projects remain
ing in the UNC system's 1988 sup
plemental budget requests.
The Senate recommended a $4
million allotment for the hospital to
be used for improvements to the sprin
kler systems. The Senate also recom
mended giving no money for the other
two projects and instead giving $7.5
million for the UNC School of Business.