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Faculty worry over Bain changes Leaders ﬁght assumptions, rumors BY Brian Austin Senior Writer

university| page 3 NOT SPARE CHANGE Fee changes being considered this week would let UNC begin building expansions and renovations that weren’t in the fees’ original missions.

announcement FIRST AMENDMENT DAY Student groups from across campus will gather Thursday to celebrate the First Amendment. View a complete schedule at http://firstamendment.unc.edu.

Joe Templeton spends a lot of time explaining things these days. The affable and well-respected professor and former chairman of the Faculty Council now has the job of selling faculty and staff on recommendations from Bain & Co.’s study of UNC’s operational efficiency. As UNC reacts to Bain’s study

By Christopher Gagliardi Staff Writer

PARTY OVER HERE UNC’s Good Neighbor Initiative drew a diverse mix of students and Northside residents to a block party.

“I bring the culture of faculty excellence, and I’m supposed to cling to that." Joe Templeton, special assistant to the chancellor thrilled with some parts of the plan. The corporate lingo in which some suggestions are delivered is a barrier to faculty members. At a meeting Monday, faculty balked at the term “process velocity,” saying it raised red flags that were indicative of changes they

might not like. The term describes the turnaround speed at which some operations are accomplished, but it marks an uneasiness between the academic culture of the faculty and

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Research is key for the UNC system Advance society, earn big money

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findings, faculty members are worried how the dollars-and-sense recommendations will affect them. Bain’s study, funded by an anonymous donor for an undisclosed amount, was completed in July. Evaluating and executing those suggestions is an administrative priority as the University examines how it can get leaner, with Chancellor Holden Thorp pursuing

the goal of being the best-managed university in the country. In his new role as special assistant to the chancellor, Templeton is part of a small group of high-level administrators overseeing its implementation, which was renamed Carolina Counts last week. “I’m supposed to bring something different,” Templeton said. “I bring the culture of faculty excellence, and I’m supposed to cling to that. And I plan to.” Faculty members, though, aren’t

The UNC system is reaping the benefits of its focus on research. The 16 universities have generated more than 400 inventions and 272 patents in the past few years, which include advances in agriculture, medicine and industry. Research projects also mean big money. In 2007, patents and inventions from four UNC-system schools alone brought in close to $3 million for the system. The UNC system receives the third-most research funding in the country among public university systems. That funding constitutes up to 15 percent of its annual operating budget.

More than 90 percent of the total funding goes to the system’s two main research universities — UNC-Chapel Hill and N.C. State University, said Steven Leath, vice president of research for the UNC system. That’s up from about 80 percent in 2008. The rest is predominately centered at East Carolina University, N.C. Agricultural & Technical University, UNC-Charlotte and UNC-Greensboro. The funding for research at UNC-CH reflects the University’s recognition of the importance of research. Last year, UNC brought in $716 million in research grants and contracts, up 5.6 percent from last year and nearly double what was spent a decade ago, said Tony Waldrop, vice chancellor for research and

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David Sullivan, a research technician, harvests particles in the Caudill Laboratory. The lab works with Joe DeSimone, a UNC researcher who invented and patented thin mold with Liquidia Technologies.

UNC’s Sierra Club held a rally against coal use as part of a National Day of Action, with similar rallies held on college campuses around the country.

Research money throughout the UNC system In 2008, the last year for which specific data was available, UNC-system schools received a total of $1.14 billion in research funding. UNC-Chapel Hill received $678.2 million, more than half of that sum.

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Nicole Forman, a third-year chemistry graduate student, works with David Sullivan, a research technician, in Caudill Laboratories.

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T he town of Chapel Hill released a police department memo Tuesday that denies claims of racial profiling. The memo summarized a police investigation of a racial profiling complaint filed by the local branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People on behalf of Chapel Hill business owner Charles Brown. Brown’s June 1 police detention prompted a conflict between town officials and the Chapel Hill-

Carrboro NAACP that shows no signs of being resolved soon. Brown, the owner of an East Rosemary Street barber shop, was stopped by police when walking from his shop on the night of June 1. According to the NAACP complaint, police misidentified him as Cumun Fearrington, a man police said they were looking for. Police Chief Brian Curran wrote in the memo that the investigation yielded no evidence that police acted inappropriately. The NAACP’s Aug. 10 complaint stated that police humiliat-

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DTH ONLINE: Read Chapel Hill’s investigation results at dailytarheel.com. ed Brown when he was detained. “This investigation uncovered no evidence to support the claim by Mr. Brown that he was taunted by Chapel Hill police officers,” Curran said in the memo. Town Manager Roger Stancil said releasing the memo was a matter of transparency. “We want people to know that we take concerns and complaints very seriously,” Stancil said. The memo cited audio record-

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Due to a reporting error, Tuesday’s front-page story, “Alcohol citations have doubled,” incorrectly states the type of registration police check if they see vehicle traffic at a party. Police check keg registration. The Daily Tar Heel apologizes for the error.

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Five apply for open Town Council seat No deadline set yet for decision by Sarah Morayati Senior WRiter

Five Town Council hopefuls have submitted applications to be appointed to the seat vacated by Bill Strom, who resigned in August. Names include relative political newcomers, a former mayor pro tem and some who already are challenging seats in the election. As of Tuesday, the applicants are council candidates Will Raymond and Penny Rich, attorney H. Brock Page, strategic consultant Joshua

Ravitch and former council member Joe Capowski. The deadline to apply is Oct. 12. Strom announced his resignation in late July, after the deadline to file for elections. Instead of voters electing his replacement, the council will pick from applicants. Four seats are up for election. Several challengers have asked the council to appoint the person who receives the fifth-most votes, effectively turning the vacant seat into an elected position. But since the deadline to apply for the seat is before Election Day, the fifth finisher must have applied in advance.

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he Wisconsin Tourism Federation has changed its name after being the subject of many internet jokes. IDK WTF they were thinking. The federation became aware that the acronym WTF had become crude Internet slang and decided to take the name Tourism Federation of Wisconsin instead. The federation, which is a collection of local trade bodies founded in 1979, was unaware of the acronym’s meaning until it was featured on a blog that highlights unfortunate corporate logos. Commenters began asking whether a foul-mouthed expression was the best way to promote tourism in the state. FYI, Wisconsin, WTF was a BAMF acronym.

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COMMUNITY CALENDAr today Yield to Heels day: Student volunteers, public safety officials and Highway Safety Research Center staff will be scattered across campus at various crosswalks today. Their mission is to spread this message to all pedestrians, bicyclists and drivers: be aware, be considerate, be safe. Flyers and T-shirts will be distributed. Time: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Location: UNC Campus Art with kids: Babysitting today? Enjoy a nice afternoon learning how to make homemade dog biscuits and decorating doggie bags for the Orange County Animals Services Center. The ASC program coordinator, Sarah Fallin, will be there to tell animal stories. Registration is required. Tickets are $6 for children ages 4 to 8. Time: 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Location: Kidzu Museum

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Resume workshop: Nervous and questioning whether or not you are ready to attend a career fair? Look no further than this University Career Services workshop. Advisors will

teach you how to construct a professional resume and write cover letters and other business correspondence. Admission is free, but only students may attend. Time: 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. Location: Hanes Hall, Room 239B Ailing parents group: If you are looking for support here on campus or would like to participate in service events to fight against terminal illness, join the Students of Ailing Mothers and Fathers for its interest meeting. They will cover upcoming events and the components they have here on campus. Time: 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. Location: Dey Hall, Room 205

Thursday H1N1 talk: Dr. David Weber, assistant dean of UNC School of Medicine, will provide information on the recent, rapid global spread of the novel H1N1 virus this spring and summer. He will explore our own local preparedness, touching on questions about the available vaccine and upcoming fall flu season. Admission is $15, or $5 for GAA

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First Amendment Day: This campuswide, day-long event will close with a special keynote address by Greg Lukianoff, president of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education. He will be speaking about “Unlearning Liberty.” He has published several articles and is a blogger and columnist for newspapers. Other related events include a free speech discussion panel, a banned books reading and a question session with student journalists. Please visit http://firstamendmentday.unc. edu for information on the rest of the day’s events. Time: 7 p.m. Location: Carroll Hall Auditorium

To make a calendar submission, e-mail dthcalendar@gmail.com. Events will be published in the newspaper on either the day or the day before they take place. Submissions must be sent in by noon the preceding publication date.

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The Daily Tar Heel Due to a reporting error, Tuesday’s pg. 3 story, “Ashley competes as citizen,” incorrectly states the location of Phydeaux, which is in Chapel Hill. The Daily Tar Heel apologizes for the error.

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ASG representation changes UNC-P Graduate students get o∞cial spot By Jeannine O’Brian staff writer

Student government has Applications available for reformed the way it assigns delesummer orientation leaders gates to the statewide Association

of Student Governments, giving graduate students greater representation. The change, made official Friday, followed a week of uncertainty about whether Student Body President Jasmin Jones would sign off on a bill which includes more elected student leaders in the delegation and gives graduate students more of a voice. She said she agreed to the change to make sure all areas of campus Documentary filmmaker, are represented in talks. UNC grad to speak Oct. 16 “We are working to be more inclusive as a body,” Jones said. Documentary filmmaker George In the past, the student body C. Stoney, who graduated from UNC in 1937, will speak on campus Oct. 16. A Look at student Stoney, 93, will take questions after a screening of his work. His accomplishments include making the film “All My Babies,” which has been shown across the world by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, and helping create the Federal Communications Commission’s 1972 cable access requirements. The screening will begin at 6 By David Riedell p.m. in the Sonja Haynes Stone Staff Writer Center. It will be preceded by a Fee changes being considreception at 5 p.m. ered this week might let the University begin a series of Prison program founder and expansions and renovations participant to talk next week not tied to the fees’ original justifications. Founder and Chief The changes will affect Executive Officer of the Prison debt service fees, a group of Entrepreneurship Program expenses designed to help Catherine Rohr will be speaking pay for major construction on campus Oct. 5. projects. The Texas-based program is Students currently pay focused on helping prisoners make $180.50 to help manage productive returns to society with UNC’s debt. entrepreneurial training and ongoBut this year’s two proposed ing support. increases will let the University Rohr and Jason Wang, a former work on several projects — offender and graduate of the proincluding a Student Union gram, will be talking and answerrenovation and an expansion ing questions at the event. of dining space — not related It begins at 5:30 p.m. in the to the fees’ original purposes. Maurice J. Koury Auditorium at A third fee, which helps pay Kenan-Flagler Business School. down the debt on the Rams Head Recreation Center, New partnership works to might be decreased $7.50 from conserve Galapagos Islands $42.50 due to an overestimation of the building’s cost. A new partnership between UNC While these fee changes and the Universidad San Francisco were supported Monday by de Quito will work toward better the student fee audit comcare of the Galapagos Islands. mittee, a student government Almost 60 faculty and adminisgroup that weighs in on protrators from the USFQ, one of the posals, the fees face several top private universities in Ecuador, reviews before they reach the will be in North Carolina next week N.C. General Assembly for for discussions on how to preserve final approval. the sensitive ecosystem that makes up the Galapagos. Facilities debt fee A UNC team also visited Quito and the Galapagos early last year The Student Recreation after discussions between the Center and Student Union two universities about potential debt fee was created to help research collaboration. pay down the debt on the construction of the two facilities. Committee presents annual I f t h e a d m i n i s t rat o r s approve a sizable $16.75 report on 2009 student aid increase this year, the fee for 2010-11 would be $80.75. The Scholarships, Awards and Christopher Payne, associStudent Aid Committee gave its ate vice chancellor for student annual update on student aid for affairs, said the fee needs to be Fall 2009 in an open meeting increased to bring the Union Tuesday in Vance Hall. up to the N.C. Building Codes. This year, committee members He said some necessary said they received 32,870 applicarenovations include overhauls tions and awarded aid and scholto the stairwells and fire safety arships to 12,927 students. This resulted in a total of $78.5 million in student aid. This is a $10 milSee FEES, Page 5 lion increase from funds paid in 2008-09. Committee members cited the struggling economy as one reason for the increase in financial aid applications and awards. The committee expects a 17 percent increase in eligible applicants next year and concluded that they by matthew mcgibney will have to lower the percentage of Staff WRiter He may be a well-established distributed aid in grants and scholarships next year from 70 percent political figure now, but almost 20 years ago, Carrboro Mayor Mark to 65 percent. Chilton started his career as an experiment. city briefs “Some students had run for Wolff calls for Czajkowski o ffi c e i n t h e 1980s and had The second of to drop out of mayoral race three profiles on taken control of Chapel Hill mayoral candidate Carrboro mayoral the city governcandidates. Kevin Wolff will ask current town ment of Davis, council member Matt Czajkowski C a l i f o r n i a ,” to withdraw from the mayoral race said Chilton, in Wednesday’s Chapel Hill News, who graduated The (Raleigh) News & Observer from UNC in reported. 1993. “We were LOCAL Wolff, who is running for mayor inspired by that ELECTIONS for the third time, placed an ad in idea to have Wednesday’s newspaper calling a student run Today Czajkowski ineffective on the counfor Chapel Hill Mark Chilton cil, the post said. Town Council, Thursday Campaign manager Steve Hill and I was the Brian Voyce said he would not comment directguinea pig.” ly on the ad’s content. They plan to He said he run the ad in The Daily Tar Heel found that many of the concerns on soon, Hill said. campus, such as the environment “The rates are a little high, so I and transportation, were shared by want him to trim down the amount members of the community. of content,” Hill said. Chilton said he didn’t focus on student issues in particular, and — From staff and wire reports. he won. Applications to become a 2010 Orientation Leader will be available Thursday. The Office of New Student & Carolina Parent Programs is looking for student leaders to help incoming freshmen and transfer students become accustomed to the campus community. For more information, visit http://orientation.unc.edu/.

president hand-picked three student representatives to send to ASG, which represents UNCsystem students in high-level talks with the Board of Governors and the N.C. General Assembly. The association also coordinates activities between the 17 UNCsystem campuses, funded with a $1 fee from every student in the system. The new delegation will include the student body president, the speaker of Student Congress, an official appointed by the Graduate and Professional Student Federation president and a fourth official appointed jointly by a majority vote between the three other delegates. The bill, which was approved by Student Congress two weeks ago, also permits the student body pres-

Former delegates:

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Student body president Three members chosen by the student body president; do not have to come from specific areas.

Student body president Student Congress speaker Graduate and Professional Student Federation representative Member chosen by three above

ident and the speaker to appoint representatives as a response to UNC’s sporadic attendance at ASG meetings in recent years. Last year, former Student Body President J.J. Raynor appointed an official representative to attend meetings in her place. “The bill will help to make sure that we have a full delegation and that we are going to meetings,” said Congress Speaker Pro Tem Dakota Williams. Congress Speaker Joe LevinManning said he voted against the bill because the GPSF is not a

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branch of student government and does not deserve an ASG delegate. Congress, which includes graduate representatives, is supposed to speak for all students. “It doesn’t reflect the balance of power at all,” he said. Despite his opposition, LevinManning said he is looking forward By isabella cochrane to being part of the delegation. Staff Writer “I’m pretty excited to be a delUNC-Pembroke is facing some egate, to see what can be improved of the lowest graduation and retenon at UNC through ASG,” he said. tion rates in the UNC system, and a system policy could be a major Contact the University Editor factor. at udesk@unc.edu. The low rates might be a result of the formula for universities receiving state funding, which is fees currently based on the number of students admitted to the university, said UNC-P Provost Charles Harrington. According to UNC-system reports, the six-year graduation rate at UNC-P was 34 percent in 2001, far below the system’s average of 58.7 percent. The study, conducted in 2007, is the most recent data provided. The same report shows a freshman-to-sophomore retention rate of 71.5 percent as of 2006, the third lowest in the system, which averaged 81 percent. Hannah Gage, chairwoman of the UNC-system Board of Governors, stated in an e-mail that UNC-P might have admitted some students not ready for a four-year university. UNC-P draws from a highly disadvantaged region about 45 miles southwest of Fayetteville, which could contribute to the low graduation and retention rates, she said. “I don’t want to take away from their challenge because it is enormous. But at the end of the day, each campus needs to take students who are positioned for success or at least be willing to provide the tools for their success if they’re not quite dth/Chessa Rich ready,” she wrote in the e-mail. Karl Hamlin, a sophomore economics major, works out at the Student Recreation Center on Monday. UNC-P Student Body President Arjay Quizon said 80 to 90 percent of the school’s students are depenFees considered dent on financial aid and loans, this week making it harder for students tryFee name: Athletic fee ing to graduate on time. “Most students are working a Fee amount: $265 full-time job, providing for their Suggested increase: families, and they still go to school,” $6 he said. Regional universities such as Fee name: Carolina UNC-P attract students who might Union operating fee not have had the most outstanding high school performances, he Fee amount: $124 said. Suggested increase: “Many of our students come $7.80 from high schools that are not dth/Chessa Rich inordinately well-funded. These Sandra Shelly Farmer of Carolina Dining Services serves pasta to students Fee name: Student Rec schools really cannot provide the on Monday night. The student dining debt fee might increase by $18.25. Center & Union debt fee types and range of experiences that these students would get from a Fee amount: $64 Debt service fees more affluent school,” he said. Suggested increase: Since 1993, UNC student fees have been increasing steadily. Several of these fees Gage said the low rates might be $16.75 have been recommended by UNC for further increases in the 2009-10 school year. partially linked to a lack of focus on $100 academic support. Fee name: Student Student Dining debt fee A few years ago, UNC-P asked dining debt fee $80 the Board of Governors to raise students’ fees to start a football Fee amount: $74 team. They thought a team would Student Rec Center and $60 Suggested increase: Student Union debt fee increase students’ interest in the $18.25 school and retention and gradua$40 tion rates. The board advised the Rams Head Rec Center debt fee Fee name: Ram’s Head university to use the money from (collected since 2003-04) $20 Rec Center debt fee the increased fees to improve academic support for their students. Fee amount: $42.50 0 “Resource allocation is critical to '93-'94 '98-'99 '10-'11 '04-'05 Suggested decrease: (requested) student success, especially when a $7.50

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Chilton draws on experience Smith police tape Carrboro Mayor Mark Chilton said he wants to ensure that the town isn’t Chapel Hill’s “little brother.” He has been fostering political relationships ever since. Mark Kleinschmidt, a Chapel Hill Town Council member and Chapel Hill mayoral candidate, has known Chilton for 20 years, since they attended the University together. He said this relationship makes cross-town cooperation easier. “When we talk, it cuts through any kind of posturing,” Kleinschmidt said. “We’re really fortunate to have that.” Chilton said his strong working relationship with politicians in Chapel Hill gives both towns an edge when it comes to negotiations with the University. “Carrboro’s relationship with Chapel Hill has changed for the better in many ways,” Chilton said. “It has sometimes strengthened our position with the University to

have Chapel Hill and Carrboro go to the University together.” Chilton served on the Chapel Hill Town Council for six years from 1991 to 1997, and then on the Carrboro Board of Aldermen from 2003 to 2005. In 2005, he left his seat on the board to run for Carrboro mayor, and won with about 63 percent of the vote. He said his work with Chapel Hill Mayor Kevin Foy has improved relations between the towns. “Carrboro has long suffered a little brother complex in relation to Chapel Hill,” Chilton said. “I don’t think I suffer from that problem.” Environmental issues are among Chilton’s top priorities. As mayor, Chilton has spearheaded several environmental projects, such as extensions of sidewalks and bike lanes across town, which encouraged a decrease in automobile traffic. In response to community fears regarding the environmental impact of a new greenway system, Chilton’s administration hired a specialized greenway company. “There are going to be some

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will not be released Will be public if no case pursued By Andrew Dunn Senior writer

Video that shows junior Courtland Smith’s interaction with police officers just before he was shot to death will not be released to the public, a Randolph County judge declared Tuesday. After re viewing the tape, Superior Court Judge Brad Long ruled that the video is not a public record because it was compiled by the State Board of Investigation as it reviews the incident. The video was taken by dashboard cameras in the police cars that stopped the former Delta Kappa Epsilon president, who was killed by Archdale police Aug. 23. The video does not show Smith being shot, but does show the interaction between Smith and police officers before the shooting and the officers’ actions immediately after, according to the court order.

DTH ONLINE: Read the Randolph County judge’s court BLOG order at dailytarheel.com Should the Randolph County district attorney decide not to pursue a case against the officer involved, the video will be immediately released. If a case is pursued, the video will become public record when presented as evidence or the trial concludes. No decision on that has been made. The SBI is still investigating the incident, which is common in cases of officer-related shootings. Smith, a biology major, was shot to death Aug. 23 near Greensboro by Archdale officer Jeremy Paul Flinchum, 29, according to the SBI. Flinchum and a second officer present at the time of the shooting were placed on paid administrative leave. Attorneys working for a coalition of local media outlets, including The Daily Tar Heel, argued in

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Block party draws mix of students, residents

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economic development. In 2007 alone, 113 inventions were disclosed and 72 patents were filed. “It reflects the high quality of faculty, staff and students who write these funded proposals that have them compete and be more successful than many of our peer institutions,” Waldrop said.

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The Neighborhood Night Out block party has been going on for seven years, but this year a partnership with UNC’s Good Neighbor Initiative drew a diverse mix of students and Northside residents on Tuesday night. The event, designed to foster community togetherness, was paired with the Good Neighbor Initiative because of an increase of students in the neighborhood. “College students are invading Northside. There have been a lot more college students at the event this year,” said 13-year-old volunteer face-painter Danielle Bailey, who has attended the event every year. “I think it’s important that they attend events like the block party to become a part of the community.” Senior Katharine Pelzer’s professor told her about the event, and Pelzer decided to attend. “It’s important for students to form a relationship with the community, to know the people,” she said. “It seems counterintuitive to ignore this area.” The Good Neighbor Initiative, which threw its own block party last year, decided to partner with the Neighborhood Night Out to encourage students to build respectful relationships with their neighbors and keep their communities clean and safe. “For a harmonious neighborhood, you need to have everyo n e r e s p e c t i n g e a c h o t h e r.

Beyond dollars and cents But the benefits go beyond financial gain, administrators say. “The revenue brought in by these inventions and patents is not the only measuring stick by which success should be measured,” said Billy

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Raymond, who applied last week, proposed that the seven other candidates for Town Council join him in applying for the seat. He said that their doing so would avoid any concerns about political advantage or disadvantage. “It levels the playing field,” he said. But all eight candidates won’t be applying. The three incumbents — Laurin Easthom, Ed Harrison and Jim Merritt — all said they will not. Rich applied last week. She said she made her decision after the council suggested during a meeting Sept. 14 that it would consider appointing a candidate who finished in fifth place or lower. “Before that, we didn’t know which way the council was going to go,” Rich said. Of the remaining challengers, Matt Pohlman said he plans to apply this week. Jon DeHart and Gene Pease could not be reached.

the businesslike practice of administrators, legislators and trustees. Faculty also worry that the broader mission of the University to create the best possible environment to learn, research and serve could be lost in a rush to cut administrative costs. “They’re always going to intersect, and there are places in which you’re going to make value judgments,” said religious studies professor Laurie Maffly-Kipp. “I just want to know where that fits in.” Mike Patil recently moved from a business management position in the Eshelman School of Pharmacy

to be the full-time project director for Carolina Counts. Templeton and Patil said they spend a lot of time beating back rumors. For instance, there is no such thing as a “Bain committee” yet, they say, that is responsible for putting ideas into action. Carolina Counts isn’t directly related to Connect Carolina, UNC’s long-running software and systems revamp. And consultants didn’t deal at all with changes to academic curricula, so most students and faculty should be little-affected. Most importantly, Templeton said, budget cuts are happening for reasons outside of Carolina Counts.

Danielle Bailey, 13, paints Karron Armstrong’s arm at the Neighborhood Night Out at the Hargraves Community Center on Tuesday evening. Students have very different working hours than other residents and sometimes forget that,” said Linda Convissor, the director of local relations for the University. The Neighborhood Night Out, co-sponsored by the Chapel Hill Police Department, has traditionally focused on community unity and local crime awareness. “Every year across the globe, National Night Out occurs to promote taking back the streets from violence,” said Robin Clark, community relations officer for the Chapel Hill Police Department. Last week, Good Neighbor participants handed out a resource booklet for residents. The booklet was passed out to 1,000 residents and includes information about town services, neighborhood

resources, volunteer opportunities and neighborhood histories. The initiative focuses on the Northside, Pine Knolls, North Columbia and Cameron-McCauley neighborhoods, all of which contain a mix of students and permanent residents. “There is a slight disconnect between students and residents. We feel that students are open to meeting their neighbors, and we just want to facilitate that,” said Deanna Carson, director of community programs at Empowerment, Inc. The event featured a neighborhood walk, a bounce house, a DJ, face painting and free food from Jimmy John’s.

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The Daily Tar Heel Houghteling, director of the office of technology transfer at NCSU. “Our job is to improve life for Carolinians in general. These patents and inventions also generate jobs from the startup companies … as well as provide products that improve the quality of life for North Carolina residents,” he said. One of the most notable innovations is SmartFresh technology, which generates more revenue for the UNC system than any other product, Leath said. SmartFresh is used by commercial produce growers, packer-shippers and distributors to maintain the freshness, quality and flavor of their produce. It’s patented to NCSU biochemistry professor Edward Sisler and NCSU Department of Horticultural Science associate

dean Sylvia Blankenship. The technology protects produce from a natural ripener by preventing further ripening after harvesting. One of UNC-CH’s most wellknown products is Stasilon, a surgical textile produced by UNC-CH startup company Entegrion. The product is a surgical pad designed to stop bleeding by improving the rate of blood clot formation. Intended for use by the military and emergency responders, Stasilon is currently used on a daily basis in a variety of surgical applications as well as in UNC Hospital’s burn unit.

“Applying for the vacant seat seemed like the obvious choice,” Pohlman said. Others have also stepped up. Ravitch became the first to apply Wednesday. Page, who applied Friday, is a UNC graduate who recently moved back to Chapel Hill. Capowski, who applied Monday, sat on the Town Council from 1991 to 1999 and served as mayor pro tem for two years. He announced his application on OrangePolitics, a local blog. Capowski said he applied this year because, since retirement, he has more time for politics. He said in his announcement that he does not plan to run for election in the future. “I’ve got an institutional memory to add to Town Council,” he said. The council has not announced when it will make its decision. Some council members have suggested they wait until after elections, when a newly inaugurated board can decide.

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In their final report, Bain consultants identified 10 areas in which the University could examine ways to streamline activities in depth. They recommended that UNC cut layers from its hierarchy; look for ways to consolidate efforts in human resources, information technology and finance; and better utilize its purchasing power, facilities, energy and institutes. Once they have built up some consensus and participation, Templeton said he plans to identify leaders known as “champions” on those issues who will be responsible for implementing recommendations.

ings from Orange Central Communications indicating the detention lasted only 16 minutes, contradicting Brown’s claims that it lasted almost an hour. Michelle Cotton Laws, president of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro NAACP, said she was disturbed that the investigation found nothing wrong with police actions. “It seems to be a case of the fox guarding the chicken’s coop,” she said. “We are not letting it go.” Brown’s lawyer, Alan McSurely of the NAACP, responded to the memo in writing, calling for a citizen review board of police action. “Such a board … would create more trust between citizens and police,” the response states. The response reasserts claims that the memo said were unfounded: that Brown was arrested, not just detained, and that he was held for almost an hour. Police Capt. Jeff Clark, who led the investigation, spoke individually with each officer involved. The officers also submitted written statements of their accounts of the incident, Stancil said. He said Curran apologized in a July meeting with Brown and McSurely for inconveniences resulting from his detention. To prevent complaints, Clark recommended that police cars be equipped with surveillance cameras and future investigative detentions be formally reported. “Even in cases like this when there is no evidence of inappropriate behavior, we make recommendations to strengthen our police procedures,” Stancil said.

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WA S H I N G T O N , D . C . (MCT) — Team Obama arrives Wednesday in Copenhagen, the vanguard of a high-profile effort to win the 2016 Olympics for Chicago, President Barack Obama’s adopted hometown. First lady Michelle Obama and top adviser Valerie Jarrett are to arrive at the International Olympic Committee meeting in Denmark on Wednesday to start lobbying against three other bidders: Madrid, Spain; Rio de Janeiro; and Tokyo. President Obama will join them Friday in the first personal bid for an Olympics by a U.S. president.

WASHINGTON, D.C. (MCT) — In the first significant setback for the centerpiece of President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul, the Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday soundly rejected the “public option,” or government-run health insurance plan. Two efforts to adopt a public plan lost, one by 15 to 8, the other by 13 to 10. Three Democrats — Chairman Max Baucus of Montana, Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas and Kent Conrad of North Dakota — voted against both proposals. Sens. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., and Tom Carper, D-Del., backed a

public plan that could negotiate rates with doctors, hospitals and other health providers, while opposing an alternative that would have tied the plan’s rates to those paid by Medicare for two years. Reid Cherlin, a White House spokesman, said that while Obama believes in making a public option available to the uninsured, the president is “open to other constructive ideas of increasing choice and competition.” The votes, however, sent sobering signals to the White House about prospects for any public plan.

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campus is dealing with a disadvantaged population,” Gage wrote in the e-mail. She said the board has come up with solutions to emphasize tutoring programs and more academic support for students and is in the second or third year of a five-year plan to raise admissions standards. “We know that students who have less than a 2.5 average in high school do not do well in the UNC system,” Gage said. Contact the State & National Editor at stntdesk@unc.edu.

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interesting and challenging decisions about where exactly it will go,” Chilton said. “That’s what the current planning process is for.” Chilton said he was running for re-election to finish existing projects such as the greenway expansion. Carrboro Board of Aldermen

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a court hearing Sept. 18 that the video is public record and should be released. Randolph County Assistant District Attorney Andrew Gregson, and ultimately Long, disagreed. “The right of the state of North Carolina to potentially prosecute someone for the death of another without having that right jeopar-

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and sprinkler systems. “We have the responsibility to be good stewards of our facilities,” Payne said. Once the building is up to code, construction can begin on a restaurant in the bottom of the Student Union, Payne said. The kind of restaurant has not been decided.

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MIAMI (MCT) — Fewer undocumented Cubans are coming to the United States, both through the Florida Straits and across the Mexican border. Between Oct. 1, 2007 and Sept. 30, 2008, almost 2,200 Cubans were interdicted in the Florida Straits and almost 3,000 landed on beaches. But with less than a week left in this fiscal year, less than 1,000 Cubans have been stopped at sea and less than 600 have made it to land. Possible causes include the U.S. recession, increased enforcement in the Florida Straits, Mexico’s toughened migrant policies and less restrictive U.S. Cuba policies.

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Orange and Chatham County Democrats are determined to keep the public option alive in the national health care debate. The Orange County and Chatham County Progressive Democrats and the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom invited the public to discuss health care at the Orange Water and Sewer Authority building on Tuesday night. The meeting was a teach-in to inform people about health care reform and what they could do to voice their opinions, said Jack Sanders, chairman of the Orange County Progressive Democrats. “It’s not just Republicans versus Democrats, it’s the health care industry versus the citizens,” he said. Earlier Tuesday, the U.S. House of Representatives vetoed two amendment proposals which included public options, introduced

by Senators Jay Rockefeller, D-W. Va., and Charles Schumer, D-N.Y. But Heide Kober, president of the Progressive Democrats of North Carolina and one of the featured speakers, said there is still hope for a government-run health insurance organization making it into the health care bill. “That is why you have to support the Progressive caucus with all you’ve got — so they know we have their back, ” she said. Kober and other speakers emphasized the impact corporations have in the debate. “The corporatocracy has twisted our democracy into a cruel farce. What is your life worth? Can that be traded on Wall Street?” Kober said. “It is in the corporation’s interest to keep the American system broken and the American people bleeding.” Adam Sotak, director of Democracy North Carolina, said corporations are dominating the

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SEATTLE (MCT) — Almost seven months after unveiling its new instant coffee, Via, in Seattle and Chicago, Starbucks is taking it national Tuesday. The launch will be accompanied by single-serve packets at Starbucks, Costco Wholesale, Target and REI, and on United Airlines. Grocery stores will carry it next year. Via, which comes in two flavors and costs $2.95 for a threepack or $9.95 for a dozen, is also sold in London. Sales have exceeded the company’s expectations in all three test markets — espresso-savvy Seattle, brewedcoffee-loving Chicago and instant-coffee-focused London.

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trumpets and saxophones, was the standout of the performance. The rhythm section played well but did not compare. The energy of the concert picked up with tenor saxophonists Gregg Gelb and Chad Eby. The duo made the audience want to get up and dance with “Jumpin’ at the Woodside.” The two saxophonists burst forth with an incredible blast of sound as they performed this 1930s big band piece. Vocalist Kathy Gelb lit up the stage with her beautiful voice and engaging facial expressions. From an energized improvisation in “One Note Samba” to a slow and seductive croon in “Round Midnight,” she showed a large range of talent in the concert. James Ketch, director of the orchestra and jazz studies at UNC, beautifully accompanied Gelb’s slow vocals in “Round Midnight” with his trumpet. He also moved the audience with a solo in “The

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Music and math met Tuesday night for “Jazz by the Numbers,” a performance by the North Carolina Jazz Repertory Orchestra. “Music is arithmetic for the soul,” said David Hartman, narrator of the show and previous host of “Good Morning America.” Every song in the show featured a number either in the title or the theme of the song. The concert was strong overall, although some performances did not convey the music’s underlying emotion. The greatest strength of the repertory orchestra was the abundance of accomplished musicians who play within the orchestra. The wind section, which had a perfect balance between the

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concertreview N.C. Jazz Repertory Orchestra Memorial Hall Tuesday Jitterbug Waltz.” Trombonist Ryan Robinson also stole the show with his solo during the Cuban-styled “23°N/82°W.” After intermission, the song “Four Brothers” beautifully showcased the talent in the jazz section. All of the saxophonists turned red in the face as they played their hearts out. Not every piece was such a rousing success. “88 Basie Street” fell flat, with the stoic pianist Ed Paolantonio leading the piece. The concert ended with strong applause following a marathon jazz solo by Chad Eby in “Diminuendo an Crescendo in Blue.”

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wednesday, september 30, 2009

Twitter feeds campus need to get connected

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University Career Services and The Daily Tar Heel co-hosted the UNC Tweetup event Tuesday. Students and faculty members discussed the different reasons they use Twitter, an online social networking site, while exchanging Twitter names and Tweeting live from the event. Here’s a look at how students, faculty, academic departments and campus groups are getting in on the Twitter craze:

Marcus Ginyard

UNC basketball player Twitter name: @MG1NYARD

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fficer Timothy Tickle of the UNC Department of Public Safety engraves a driver’s license number onto a laptop in the Pit on Tuesday during the second Tar Heel Tech Fair, sponsored by Information Technology Services. Police provided the service free of charge to help recover stolen laptops. The event also included a text message contest and CD toss for prizes. Visit dailytarheel.com to read the full story.

Sierra Club pushes for coal-free UNC By Katy Charles Staff Writer

Children don’t want coal in their stockings, and the Sierra Club wants it out of UNC. Tuesday marked the club’s National Day of Action, an organized day of protests against coal use, which took place on dozens of campuses across the country. It follows closely on the heels of a Sept. 16 protest where the Sierra Club, one of America’s oldest and largest grassroots environmental organizations, announced its CoalFree Campus campaign. Laura Stevens, an organizer with the Sierra Club, explained the group’s position. “Stopping the burning of coal is the most critical step to stopping global warming,” she said. “Coal is the dirtiest energy source we could possibly be using— especially when we have so many other resources.” Students spent Tuesday afternoon creating a photo petition to send to Chancellor Holden Thorp, urging him to eliminate coal use at UNC. They took photographs with thought bubbles expressing anticoal statements. The University has laid out numerous plans to move away from coal use, including a longterm Climate Action Plan to reduce greenhouse gases. In response to the protest earlier this month, Thorp sent a letter to the Sierra Club last week outlining UNC’s efforts to become coal-free. “The coal-fired boilers that give us the advantage of cogenerating power must use solid fuel, so we cannot make significant change (such as a switch to all natural gas) overnight,” Thorp wrote. “But we are well on our way to moving beyond coal.”

Jared Elosta

Law student Twitter name: @Jelosta

How he uses Twitter: How he uses Twitter: As a way to update followers on Reports on his daily activities basketball workouts, class, daily activities and a competition with Most interesting Tweet: “Good bluegrass on the fellow player Ed Davis to see who radio tonight. That’s all. can get the most followers online. No time to find links to share lately. My twitter Most interesting Tweet: From Marcus Ginyard to Ed Davis: skills are really taking a nosedive.” “@eddavis32 12am sun morning, Why he got into Twitter: whoever has more fol“I got into it mainly out of curiosity.” lowers by then has to buy the other’s jersey Elosta also has a blog, so he origiand wear it mon-fri. EVERYDAY 4 a week. DEAL?” nally got a Twitter account as a way to “find people who were interested in my blog.” Elosta also calls himself UNC Kenan-Flagler a “news junkie,” so he uses Twitter as a “fast way to learn about what’s Business School going on.” Twitter name: @kenanflagler

Typical Tweet: “MBAs representing UNC Kenan-Flagler’s private equity fund attending the Dow Jones Private Equity conference”

Twitter name: @UNCDM

How it uses Twitter: Posts about events leading up to the main event, the 2010 UNC Dance Marathon. Typical Tweet: “Come to the DM Cornhole Tournament! Oct. 2, at 4 p.m., at He’s Not Here. $2 to watch, $5 to play! tickets sold in the Pit & at the door!”

How he uses Twitter: Frequent updates about nearly everything. Interesting Tweet: “Should I be concerned that I get Chapel Hill news from @Durham_news Tweets?” On making an expert post: “A good Tweet should be engaging, concise, should carry information onto something else, and engage the reader, all in 140 characters.”

How he uses Twitter: Health & Science Editor, UNC Professional uses, connecting with News Services anyone related to UNC or involved Twitter name: @patriclane in career services. How he uses Twitter: Interesting Tweet: “We’re all try- To share news releases and studies ing to decide if @thepitpreacher related to his work. is a parody or real! #uncTweetup” Interesting Tweet: “UNCers w/Malawi On social networking: links, chk this out RT @ “Twitter, LinkedIn, blogging — BoingBoing they are all reputation development book abt Malawian teen tools,” he said. “MySpace is gone, who built homemade wind turbine Facebook is personal, and Twitter http://url4.eu/YBGr” is professional.” Miller added that social networking sites such as On finally getting a Twitter profile: Twitter can be used in the profes- “About a year before I started using sional world to follow coworkers, Twitter, I was a ‘lurker.’” Up until spread information about career a month ago, Lane used Twitter interests and promote yourself and to follow others without posting Tweets of his own. your work.

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Junior Bobby Hurd takes a picture of sophomore Allison Cox in the Pit on Tuesday as part of Sierra Club’s photo petition against coal use.

the road, Moffitt said. The plant generates steam that is used for heating, sterilization and hot water heating across campus and UNC Hospitals. Sophomore Ashley Gunsteens, and junior Bobby Hurd were two of the student interns working on the photo petition Tuesday. “We’re trying to move beyond coal to 100 percent clean energy — biomass and solar energy,” Hurd said. Gunsteens said she thought UNC was the only university in North Carolina to have a coal plant for its own use. “I really think it’s an important cause that a lot of people don’t know about,” Moffitt said. “The University uses coal and a lot of it.”

C linical associate professor, School of Journalism and Mass Communication and School of Information and Library Science Twitter name: @smalljones

Jones Tweets about every 20 minutes and follows 1,131 other Twitter users. He appreciates that with How it uses Twitter: Twitter he has the freedom to “step Gary Miller A way to give links to articles that Internship Specialist, UNC Career in and step out — it’s just there.” discuss happenings at Kenan- Services Flagler and people coming to speak Twitter name: @garyalanmiller at the school. Patric Lane

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Sierra Club members and student protestors are pushing the school to work faster. “ We a p p l a u d C h a n c e l l o r Thorp’s goal to replace 20 percent of coal with biomass by 2025,” Stevens said. “But we want a firmer commitment.” Chris Moffitt, junior and media outreach consultant for the club’s campaign at UNC, expressed the importance of the campaign. “We believe coal is the worst pollutant,” he said. “This is showing that the University really wants to move away from coal.” The UNC Cogeneration Facility, a power plant a half-mile off campus, burns coal and natural gas. It produces about 320,000 tons of pollutants a year, Sierra Club members said. That’s equal to 50,000 cars on

Paul Jones

UNC might raise student fees to pay for future construction projects. See pg. 3 for story.

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4 Complete the grid so each row, column and 3-by-3 box (in bold borders) contains every digit 1 to 9.

Solution to Tuesday’s puzzle

Pembroke falls behind UNC-Pembroke has graduation and retention rates far below other system schools. See pg. 3 for story.

Smith video still sealed A judge ordered that police video of Courtland Smith’s shooting won’t be released. See pg. 3 for story.

A taste of jazz The N.C. Jazz Repertory Orchestra performed Tuesday in Memorial Hall. See pg. 6 for review.

Technically fun Dozens of UNC students turned out for the Tech Fair in the Pit on Tuesday. Go online for story.

Contact the University Editor at udesk@unc.edu.

Carrboro contemplating gender-neutral restrooms Town ordinance brings up issue by CHELSEY BENTLEY Staff Writer

The familiar male and female bathroom sign indicators might become a thing of the past at Carrboro’s Town Hall. Members of the town’s Board of Aldermen are considering converting the bathrooms in Town Hall to serve members of both sexes. In an e-mail to several board members, town manager Steve Stewart and public works director George Seiz, alderman Lydia Lavelle asked about modifying the bathrooms in Town Hall to make them gender-neutral. Lavelle said the issue of genderneutral bathrooms was brought up last spring when a transgender resident inquired about Carrboro Town Code section 14-19B. According to the code, “no person over five years of age, other than a person performing maintenance work or carrying out some other legitimate function … may enter or use any restroom, washroom or locker room on town property designated for the opposite sex.” Lavelle has been investigating

the issue since summer. “The primary focus in the investigation is to repeal this subsection so that persons will be free to use whatever restroom is most appropriate for them without fear of retribution,” Lavelle said. The signs on the bathrooms in Town Hall might be changed to work around this subsection. “Carrboro does not own many buildings, so the bathrooms in Town Hall would likely be the only unisex ones,” Lavelle said. She also said the change would only affect single-user bathrooms. The unisex bathrooms would be a blessing for many individuals, not just transgender people, she said. Families with multiple children and persons with disabilities who require help to use the restroom would benefit as well, she said. Alderman Joal Hall Broun said that since women’s bathroom lines are usually long, gender-neutral bathrooms would cut down on line size, as people of both genders could use the same restroom. The actual renovation of the restrooms requires simply changing the sign, Lavelle said. “We do not want the town to incur additional cost if we can solve this concern by addressing the ordinance,” Lavelle said.

Carrboro is not the first town to advocate for unisex bathrooms. Many states and universities have installed or renovated bathrooms to make them unisex. “Many municipalities and states do not have to deal with this issue specifically because they have antidiscrimination ordinances in place that take care of the original problem we have,” Lavelle said. “We do not have such ordinances in North Carolina and, sadly, are limited in the rights we can give our citizens in Carrboro.” The board will discuss the potential sign changing sometime in the fall. Contact the City Editor at citydesk@unc.edu.

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Opinion

wednesday, september 30, 2009 andrew dunn

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EDITORIAL CARTOON

ALYSSA GRIFFITH NATHANIEL HAINES CAMERON PARKER PAT RYAN CHRISTIAN YODER

The Daily Tar Heel QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“The corporatocracy has twisted our democracy into a cruel farce.” Heidi Kober, president of the Progressive Democrats of North Carolina

By Nate Beeler, The Washington Examiner

Featured online reader comment:

“Now I want to see the movie just to know what the fuss is about. Kudos on the … reverse psychology.”

abbey caldwell At-Large Columnist

Senior journalism and international studies major from Charlotte.

Tom VanAntwerp, on an editorial encouraging students to not see Tucker Max’s new movie

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The times they are achangin’ tables

hen I walked to the women’s restroom at Foster’s Market before sitting down, there was a woman standing outside who stopped me and said, “You can’t go in there.” “Pardon?” I said. “There’s a man changing his daughter in there,” she said. “There’s no changing table in the men’s room.” Immediately I thought of the fantastic column I could write about how the oppressive society we live in is perpetuated by the assumption that only the “fairer sex” could possibly be charged with changing babies’ diapers. And I was right … sort of. I still believe the part about living in an oppressive society. But the part about the changing tables is what got in the way of my brilliant prose. To test my little theory, I recruited my friend Gray to help me explore the men’s restrooms in some of the restaurants on Franklin Street. So, on Tuesday afternoon, we started at the intersection of Church Street and Franklin Street and headed east. The first place we went was Caribou Coffee: Changing table in the women’s restroom, but not in the men’s. Yes! That, plus Foster’s, equals two points for Abbey. But the more we uncomfortably walked through restaurants, feigning to look for “friends we’re meeting,” the fewer points I racked up. Qdoba: Yes for women, yes for men. Starbucks: Yes for women, yes for men. Jack Sprat and McAlister’s, too. There went my theory. Perhaps our society isn’t as misogynistic as I thought? Maybe sexism is a thing of the past? Hey, if Hillary did it, so can we! But I’m not so sure about that. We mustn’t forget about Caribou and Foster’s. I love Caribou, and Foster’s is great. But despite their irresistible menus, neither one has a changing table in the men’s room, while they indeed have one in the women’s. Out of the 12 restaurants Gray and I slipped into, plus Foster’s, we found seven that didn’t have them in the men’s or women’s restrooms, four that had them in both, and two that had them in only the women’s restroom. But out of 13, none of them had a changing table in only the men’s room. It might not be as damning as my original hypothesis, but it’s certainly something to think about. I’m not advocating for restaurants to install changing tables in the men’s room and rip them out of women’s rooms just to prove a point. What I am saying is that there should never be one without the other. But clearly Franklin Street is slightly more equal than I presumed. However, it’s not quite there yet. This could serve as a metaphor for us. We (women and men) shouldn’t be satisfied with “we’re getting there,” “at least it’s something” or “that’s good enough.” If people had said that in years past, we wouldn’t be even close to where we are today. Maybe they’re just changing tables, and maybe you, like me, don’t want to think about changing babies’ diapers for a long, long time. But there are lots of people who do. And without those who refused to settle for four out of 13, the wait to use the women’s room would be even longer.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR ‘I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell’ boring, not funny

Volunteer in government Students should consider opportunities to get involved in the Chapel Hill town government

tudents should take the opportunity to get involved in Chapel Hill’s town government. As a college town, Chapel Hill has a lot to gain from a student’s perspective, and there are a number of ways anyone interested can get involved. It’s never too early to get into local politics — a WinstonSalem State University student who won the city’s Democratic primary for City Council this year knows that well enough. Becoming a Town Council member might not be the easiest option to start with, but that’s OK. The council doesn’t do all the town’s work itself. Commissions and task forces are abundant in Chapel Hill, and many have vacancies that students are eligible for.

As of Aug. 3, there were 29 vacancies among the 24 committees, partnerships and boards. The Greenways Commission and the Sustainability Committee are just two examples of groups that help plan the future of Chapel Hill and have vacancies that students can look into. These groups have a number of duties. Some lend their expertise to the Town Council in the form of informed recommendations, while others have legal control over the future development of Chapel Hill. They require time, patience, effort and, most importantly, a strong interest in the area with which they’re involved. The only requirement in many cases is that applicants

must be town residents. But this isn’t a commitment to be taken lightly. Reading packets and going over reports is a given, and meeting times might not line up with everyone’s class schedule. Because students are such an important and significant part of Chapel Hill, this is an opportunity to introduce new blood, new ideas and more student-oriented viewpoints to the town’s policy creation process. UNC-Chapel Hill students with a vested interest in the future of the town have no better opportunity than right now to make a difference. Students make Chapel Hill the town that it is. Here’s a chance to make sure it stays that way in the future.

Make ‘access’ meaningful

Allowing undocumented immigrants to attend community colleges not helpful if they can’t pay

lmost two weeks ago, the N.C. State Board of Community Colleges approved a policy that would allow undocumented immigrants to attend community college at out-of-state tuition rates. Although this is a victory for achieving equity in college access, the initiative will have little practical effect. In order for North Carolina to be a progressive state, it must grant undocumented immigrants in-state tuition status. Out-of-state rates are simply too expensive for most undocumented immigrants to afford, advocates say. The current out-of-state tuition for an individual to attend community college totals $7,700 per year. This is more than $6,000 above the average in-state tuition. Additionally, the community college system makes about $1,700 in profit for every outof-state student. Community colleges were created to develop the state’s w o r k f o r c e , n o t t o m a ke money. But even notching down the tuition price by the profit margin won’t be enough to make community college a feasible option. Undocumented immigrants must simply be treated like everyone else who lives in the state. In-state tuition is subsidized by taxpayer money; so naturally, the “who-is-going-to-payfor-this” question arises. However, most anti-immigrant rhetoric is built off of the false assumption that undocumented immigrants simply don’t pay taxes. Anytime a person purchases an item from the grocery store,

Christian Yoder

Editorial Board Member

Senior journalism and communications major from Charlotte. E-mail: cyoder@email.unc.edu

regardless of his documentation, he pays sales tax. If that person owns property, he is paying taxes on that as well. Two studies show that a high percentage of undocumented immigrants pay payroll taxes. A Bush administration study put the figure at 50 percent. And according to the Social Security Administration, up to three-quarters of undocumented immigrants are thought to pay their payroll taxes. A study conducted by the Center for Immigration Studies estimated that $7 billion of Social Security and Medicare revenue comes from undocumented immigrants on a national level. But these workers won’t see a penny of it. Not having the proper documents does not necessarily exempt individuals from paying taxes. But it can preclude them from receiving benefits divvied out by our government. Allowing undocumented immigrants to attend community college at in-state tuition rates isn’t a foreign concept either. C a l i f o r n i a , Ne w Yo r k , Illinois, New Mexico and Texas have all adopted a plan that allows undocumented immigrants to pay in-state tuition

for community colleges. And if North Carolina wants to see development in its future workforce, it would be wise to do the same. Undocumented immigrants make up a sizeable minority in the state that will need access to education to keep North Carolina a productive state. Ron Bilbao, president of the UNC Coalition for College Access, feels that opening up community colleges to undocumented immigrants will mean little without in-state tuition or financial aid. “We can’t keep giving these people hope and then take it away,” Bilbao said. “Something permanent needs to be done.” But aside from all the statistics, the state needs to adopt this policy simply because access to education is a human right. Our meritocratic society is based around the assurance that everyone has an equal opportunity to succeed — which is provided through access to education. Undocumented immigrants are still very much integrated into our state, regardless of citizenship status. Their papers don’t make them residents, the location of their homes do. By charging out-of-state tuition for people who are, for all intents and purposes, residents, we create a stratified environment that favors some more than others. We can all pat ourselves on the back for the recent progress made, but until it has a tangible effect, the initiative is nothing but a hollow promise. The next step must be taken. The state should grant undocumented immigrants in-state tuition.

TO THE EDITOR: Although I am a fan of the Tucker Max book, I wouldn’t recommend “I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell.” I don’t say this because I thought it degraded women, but rather because it was significantly toned down from the book. Most of the more outlandish stories that the author mentions in his article (e.g. “Tucker tries buttsex, hilarity does not ensue”) were not even in the movie. In fact, Tucker’s only sexual conquest in the movie is with a “midget stripper,” not a drunken college girl. If you liked the book, it was because it was funny. Yes, it was also crude, vile and degrading to women, but still funny. The movie, on the other hand, while having its moments of enjoyable dialogue, was slow, boring, and without the infamous Tucker Max material that people claim as a reason not to see the film. In short, buy the book and skip the movie. Kyle Perez Junior Economics

Don’t judge Tucker Max movie until you see it TO THE EDITOR: At showings across the nation, including at N. C. State University, women and men have had equal presence in the audience and equal reviews of “I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell.” The response to the movie has been overwhelmingly positive, with standing ovations at each premiere. The movie and book are clear in their sole intention of making people laugh. The two strongest characters in the movie adaptation of Max’s novel are two women. And no woman has ever come forward to accuse Tucker Max of rape. Wouldn’t you think if Max continued to “push the line of consent,” someone would step up and say “Enough is enough, this is what he did to me”? Many best-selling authors have made their fame bringing up taboo topics and pushing the envelope. The responsible thing for The Daily Tar Heel to do would be to encourage readers to view the movie for themselves and draw their own conclusions. After all, if everyone at UNC saw the movie and decided unanimously that it was offensive and promoted rape culture among women, wouldn’t it be better to protest with the support of all the students, rather than taking the word of a few? Brandon Wolfe Sophomore Economics

Attending ASG meetings important before judging TO THE EDITOR: To the issue of Chapel Hill withdrawing from the UNC Association of Student Governments: I think that we cannot call for that until two things occur. First, we need to have consistent representation at these meetings. We need to send delegates to every meeting in order to make sure that our opinions, wants, and needs are being heard before we can say that there has not been

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any benefit from being involved. Secondly, we need to make sure the people that we send are representing us well. If the delegates, ex-officio especially, are not accurately representing the student body to ASG, then the blame for not seeing any benefit at our University lies with those people. The next meeting is at North Carolina School of Science and Math. Please consider attending to see what kind of job your delegates are doing. I think that would give you a much better perspective on what ASG is, does, and why what I said holds true. Joe Levin-Manning Speaker Student Congress

Police focus on underage drinking a waste of time TO THE EDITOR: In these tough economic times, it’s terrific to see that state funds are being wisely allocated. I can hardly imagine a better use of tax dollars than to sponsor an elite unit specializing in issuing underage drinking citations. Sure, per capita violent crime, robbery, and burglary increased in North Carolina between 2007 and 2008, but it is essential that we stop 19- and 20 year-old students from drinking alcohol. We should not be concerned with the fact that nearly every country in the world has a legal drinking age of 18, nor should we be upset that 18-year-old Americans can fight and die for their country without being able to drink a beer. What’s important is that underage drinkers are breaking the law, and it is crucial that they be punished. Ben Vollmer Sophomore Women’s Studies

Cocaine offenses were serious, deserved coverage TO THE EDITOR: In response to every letter to the editor for the past couple weeks that criticizes the Daily Tar Heel for giving a disproportionate amount of attention to the recent arrest of seven students or former students on cocaine charges and their pattern of Greek affiliation: I believe you should re-evaluate your claims of injustice. Possession and intent to distribute mass quantities of cocaine is an incredibly serious offense and should, in fact, be on the front page of any student newspaper for as long as the investigation continues. The focus on the seriousness of this offense’s legal consequences sends the message to the student body that such behavior is not tolerated by either the University or local law enforcement officials. The fact that multiple students involved in the incident had ties to the Greek system is a statement of fact and a noteworthy detail — if there was any other student organization on campus linking them otherwise, I am sure that factor would be focused on as well. People should be disappointed in the individuals whose actions reflect poorly on the Greek community as a whole, not the DTH for reporting it. Sarah Osborne Freshman International Studies

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