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When I was a senior in high school,
just about every university in America
sent me a glossy brochure and applica
tion, detailing the highlights of their
"acclaimed" curriculum - every uni
versity, that is, except Chapel Hill. I had
to write just to get an application. Twice.
Chapel Hill has its share of "gloss,"
as those of you who have been through
C-TOPS already know, but it doesn't
need that gloss for survival. The reality
is what counts the reality of the grass
in the Polk Place quad, of Carroll 100,
of the dorm rooms on the eighth floor of
Morrison, on the east side of the Pit, and
of the basement of the Undergrad.
We don't need the gloss because the
reality of this University is just as good,
if not better, than the hype. Being a part
of Chapel Hill is something that is sought
after by many, just as I sought after it
four years ago.
But nothing is permanent, and if we
wish to keep being sought after, there is
much that the University needs to face
up to. Many of you have heard about our
current budget crisis. This article is an
attempt to get behind that crisis to the
roots of the problem, and to describe
where we are headed.
We are facing what might be called
an "institutional crisis." After 20 or 30
years (200 by some estimates) perched
at the top of higher education, UNC is
about to go through a period of dramatic
change. Whether we emerge from this
stronger and prouder, or weakened and
mediocre, will depend entirely on the
next five years.
Some believe all 16 schools in the
UNC system should be brought to the
same level in all departments. Sort of
like high schools. Maybe it is just that
somewhere along the line these people
unsuccessfully applied for admission to
UNC at Chapel Hill. Unfortunately,
many of these people are in high places,
and if they get their way, mediocrity is
the best we'll do.
Their logic is indefensible and non
existent. The only purpose in uniting 1 6
schools is to serve a diverse body of
people with different needs and abilities.
The University system is set up for this
purpose. For music, you go to Greens
boro. For marine biology, Wilmington.
For engineering, State. And, for ad
vanced liberal arts, Chapel Hill. This
specialization means that every student
can find a place suited especially to his
or her goals. It also means that each
school will invigorate a different region
of North Carolina with a unique group
of faculty and students.
- Convincing the rest of the state of
this is another matter. In the meantime,
we have huge problems resulting from
our current budget crisis, including a
shortage in faculty pay.
This leaves our future up to us. To
continue to be not just a flagship for the
state, but for the entire country, we will
have to take control of our own destiny.
When one comprehends the grip that
the state has on everything from our
finances to our buildings, though, that is
much easier said than done.
It's even interesting to watch the fall
of socialism in Eastern Europe and to
note that centralized power is not work
ing any better here. For that is the key:
UNC at Chapel Hill in fact, all of the
campuses must wrest control away
from the General Assembly to survive.
The problem is less that there isn't
enough money and more that it isn't
being put in the right places. No elected
body 25 miles away can be expected to
make the right decisions about how an
educational institution will spend its
appropriations.
Coming to school at Chapel Hill is a
powerful experience. There is a quiet,
confident twinkle in the eye of every
alumnus and alumna. When they first
arrived here, that twinkle was often a
fiery, passionate gleam that betrayed a
desire to consume, and to be consumed
by, life at this University.
And generations of students have
been affected by this place. They have
cherished it, and they have made Chapel
Hill proud. This generation must go one
step further; you must fight for the sur
vival of Chapel Hill as a leading insti
tution in the state and nation. What once
was taken for granted is now threat
ened. Preserving this place for further
generations of fiery-eyed freshmen is
crucial. It will require the joint efforts of
everyone who knows the effects of four
years spent here. Much like my time at
Carolina, the efforts won't always be
easy, but they will be more than worth
it.
In the struggle for preservation and
improvement, we may come to appre
ciate Chapel Hill even more.
Bill Hildebolt is a rising senior eco
nomics major from Winston-Salem. He
will serve as student body president
until April, 1991.
By CAMERON TEW
Assistant Editor
Incoming and returning Carmichael
Residence Hall residents will receive a
new type of student identification card
this fall which could serve several pur
poses in the coming years, according to
school officials.
The card, part of a pilot program
being implemented by the University
this fall, will be similar to the Carolina
Dining Service meal card in design,
with a magnetic strip on the back.
According to Rutledge Tufts, general
manager of Student Stores, the main
idea behind the card is to have one ID
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Fall orientation helps freshmen adjust to UNC
By ANDRE HAUSER
Staff Writer
When incoming freshman arrive on
campus in late August, they will not
have to worry about being set adrift in a
sea of unfamiliar faces because ap
proximately 400 Carolina students will
be here to make them feel at home.
Chris Shelton, an orientation leader
(OL) from Thomasville, N.C, said fall
orientation is a chance for incoming
freshmen to meet other students and get
settled into their residence halls.
For the first five days of the semester,
the 1 6 OLs, who will already be familiar
from this summer's C-TOPS program,
and about 400 orientation counselors
Freshman Camp:
incoming students
meet before classes
From staff reports
Incoming freshman and junior
transfers will have a chance this August
to learn some important things about
campus life in Chapel Hill as well as
about college life in general.
This year the Carolina Campus Y
will sponsor the 44th annual Freshman
Camp, a program designed to give
freshmen the opportunity to meet other
freshmen and learn much-needed in
formation about college life from stu
dents, professors and campus leaders in
a relaxed atmosphere.
"The Freshman Camp philosophy is
the orientation of freshmen, but we also
stress fun and games," said Susanne
Walker, camp coordinator and a former
Freshman Camper. "It is an excellent
chance to find out smaller details about
University life and make a network of
underclassmen friends."
Zenobia Hatcher-Wilson, director of
the Campus Y, said she sees Freshman
Camp as an opportunity to see other
people up close.
"Freshman Camp is an orientation to
college life, not just UNC-CH," Hatcher
Wilson said. "Students get the advantage
of finding out from upperclassmen what
the campus milieu is like."
The all-student counseling staff
serves as a vital source of information to
answer questions concerning academ
that will serve several functions.
"A couple of years ago, an ad hoc
committee was asked to gather all the
possible uses a single card could be used
for: student ID, semester enrollment,
athletic pass, food card, parking, keys,
copy card," Tufts said. "And it looked at
a number of schools around further in
the development of this, like N.C. State
and Duke."
The program is still in the planning
stage and could change with new tech
nology, according to Tufts. "We're
taking the pilot approach where we ex
periment with what seems to be best
from the technological standpoint, and
(OCs) will help the freshmen adjust to
life at UNC, he said.
This year's OCs were chosen last
spring after going through an applica
tion process and interviews with the
OLs, Shelton said. After they were se
lected, the OCs met weekly to train and
plan activities for fall orientation, he
added.
Christine Santos, an OL from Jack
sonville, N.C, said OCs will return to
campus Aug. 22, four days before
freshmen move in to prepare programs
and to go through some last-minute
training with the OLs.
"On move-in day we'll help with
traffic control and help the freshmen
ics, extra-curricular activities and the
diversity of life at UNC
Hatcher-Wilson said the counselors
try to caution freshman about not getting
too involved, but at the same time try to
stress the importance of making an in
vestment in their first year of college.
"Being able to talk to the freshmen
one-on-one and quelling their fears was
the biggest plus," Andy Joyner, a former
counselor, said.
According to Hatcher-Wilson,
Freshman Camp was started 44 years
ago, before the Carolina Orientation
Program was begun. Hatcher-Wilson
said Campus Y students felt freshman
needed some type of program to acquaint
them with different aspects of university
life.
A typical Freshman Camp schedule
includes innovative games, pool time,
counselor skits, cabin-side chats, dances,
talks from University leaders and a ver
sion of the dating game. The program is
held at Camp New Hope, about seven
miles from Chapel Hill.
All of the 3500 incoming freshman
and junior transfers that were enrolled
in the University as pf June 1 willreceive
an invitation to attend the Aug. 23 to
Aug. 25 program. The first 165 students
to return their applications will be ac
cepted to the camp.
over a period of the next semester or
two, we can get feedback from users."
Tufts said the card will not replace
other forms of identification right away
because its effectiveness needs to be
tested first. "I think it's really not going
to be that interesting until the next year
(1991-1992), but the possibilities are
exciting."
He said the University will try to get
as many uses as possible out of the pilot
so it can analyze what the project needs
and make recommendations.
The card will be of further importance
to Carmichael residents, who will need
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move into their rooms," Santos said.
The OLs and OCs will spend most of
the day helping the freshmen check in
and carrying their luggage, she said.
Shelton said, once the freshmen have
moved in, the OCs and OLs will conduct
several programs to help them prepare
for the coming semester. Each residen
tial area can run its own set of programs,
although there are certain guidelines
everyone must follow.
In addition to social activities, each
area must offer one procedural program
explaining dropadd registration and two
or three programs concerning academ
ics, he said.
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it to gain entrance into the building after
the main doors are locked, according to
Wayne Kuncl, director of University
Housing.
Morrison Residence Hall was origi
nally selected for the pilot program, but
housing decided to use Carmichael be
cause it already had electronic doors
and thus would be less expensive to
install extra wiring for card locks.
"We're targeting Carmichael at the
present time," Kuncl said. "We still
have to write the residents to let them
know about the program. I was going to
wait until all the room assignments were
Dropadd for
smhm semester:
by telephone
By KENNY MONTEITH
Staff Writer
The freshmen class of 1990 is prob
ably the luckiest group of students to
enter the University because they will
never have to endure the long and tedious
lines of dropadd in Woollen Gym, ac
cording to University Registrar David
Lanier.
Freshmen will go through fall drop
add and registration by appointment
schedules with their advisers from Aug.
27 to 29, he said. "So these freshmen
(1990) won't really have to go through
the dropadd lines in Woollen."
Spring registration for all students
will be conducted over the new phone
system, Lanier said.
"Freshmen are treated special when
they first come here," Lanier said. "We
try to make it easier for them.
"This freshmen class is very lucky,"
Lanier said.
In October, UNC students will begin
spring registration on "Caroline," which
can be used from anywhere in the world,
Lanier said. The phone lines will be
open from Oct. 27 to Nov. 28, 1 990, and
each class, beginning with seniors and
ending with freshmen, will be given a
week to register and dropadd for classes.
Freshmen and sophomores will be
divided according to their Social Se
be coordinating the orientation with fel
low OL Tracy Hawkins, will have a
pizza and pool party with a disc jockey
and a cookout with the CobbHenderson
Joyner orientation area, Shelton said.
Morrison Residence Hall's orienta
tion staff, coordinated by Santos and
OL William Sudderth, will hold a
scavenger hunt and the Morrison Luau,
a cookout for the entire residence hall,
Santos said.
The usual way to explain registration
is an ice cream dropadd program,
Shelton said. Instead of a list of classes,
participants are given a list of ice cream
toppings, and they go through the drop
add process to get the toppings they
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Student Life page 7
In Chapel Hill page 17
made before I sent out the letter."
The card will electronically unlock
the outside front doors of Carmichael,
allowing residents access to the build
ing. Kuncl said both front doors will
probably be on the system, but he was
not sure yet.
Students will still receive regular
room keys that will permit entrance to
suites, bathrooms and rooms in the
building, Kuncl said.
Kuncl said the University will use
student evaluations to determine
whether or not the program is a good
idea.
curity numbers, Lanier said. "Seniors
and juniors will register depending on
the number of hours they have passed,"
he said. Any student can continue to use
the system after their designated week
has ended.
According to Lanier, students will
begin their registration by dialing a
number which will activate Caroline.
Students will then enter in their term,
identification number and a personal
identification number (PIN), he said.
The PIN is a four-digit number that
students will get from their advisers and
it will probably change each semester,
Lanier said. "It's the number used so
one student can't get into another
student's registration," he said.
Students will also be able to use
Caroline from Dec. 3-20, 1 990 and Jan.
8-25, 1 99 1 , so they will have additional
opportunities to try for classes.
N.C. State University (NCSU) stu
dents have been using a similar system
to register for their classes, Lanier said.
UNC and NCSU are both using the
same kind of equipment in their system,
but UNC will be more advanced, he
said.
Although this fall's dropadd will be
the last one in Woollen Gym, there
probably will not be any fanfare cel
ebrating the end.
want, he said.
The academic programs cover a va
riety of issues, but most try to help
freshmen get acquainted with the cam
pus, their residence area, and various
situations that commonly occur pn
campus, Santos said. Morrison Resi
dence Hall will present "Late Night in
Chapel Hill," a program about campus
life, she added.
Most fall orientation activities are
conducted at the residence hall level,
but there are two events for the entire
freshman class, Freshman Convocation
on Aug. 26 in the Dean E. Smith Center
and a pep rally in Carmichael Audito
rium on Aug. 29, Shelton said.
DTHGrant Halverson
the Senior Class of 1989