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House eyes cuts that would shave scholarships REDUCTION WOULD FORCE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS TO PAY MORE STORY BY TY JOHNSON
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s the state prepares its final budget, the House is considering a cost-cutting measure that could save North Carolina $13.9 million, but would also impact scholarship programs at each campus of the UNC System. In 2005 the General Assembly included a provision to permit campuses within the UNC System to charge in-state tuition to outof-state students who came to North Carolina on scholarships. This provision, which allowed scholarship money at the state’s institutions to go further and bring in more out-of-state students, has been challenged by the House as the legislature seeks ways to balance the state’s budget. The elimination of the subsidization would affect all merit scholarships available to outof-state students, including the Parks and athletic scholarships. Chancellor Jim Woodward said this budgetary cut would impact the University’s academics and athletics. “Were athletes to be excluded from this coverage then our athletic program would have to raise more money—the difference between in-state and out-of-state tuition— for all of the out-of-state athletes,” Woodward said. “The Park Scholarship program
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Woodward said, though he said the state is simply looking for the best way to erase would have to raise more money in order its deficit. “The legislature is confronted to pay the tuition of out-of-state students.” with hunting money to cut everywhere.” Woodward said the programs wouldn’t be Woodward said the measures the state able to afford to pay more, and would instead is exploring don’t come as a surprise to just cut scholarships. administrators, since they’ve known the “In reality what would cuts would come for happen is that we would some time. have fewer Park scholars “We have known all because we would have esalong that there is no sentially the same amount easy way,” Woodward of money,” Woodward said. said. “If you only had “But we would be using it to choose bad and inefto pay some out-of-state tuficient programs to cut, ition rather than all in-state that would be easy, but Chancellor Jim Woodward the budget deficit is too tuition.” Woodward said smaller large for that to happen. universities within the system would be af- This is an understandable step in their fected more directly from the lack of subsi- process at arriving at a final budget.” dization as they benefit more from its impleWoodward said while the House is conmentation. sidering removing the provision, Senators “The smaller institutions benefit especially aren’t yet convinced it’s not important to because of the ability to attract merit scholHOUSE continued page 3 arship students and pay in-state tuition,”
“The legislature is confronted with hunting money to cut everywhere.”
Campus Police hosts terrorist response drill
As one of the final steps in handling the reported car bomb and restoring safety, the suspicious vehicle in Carter Finley Lot is blown up.
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ast week, Campus Police took part in a drill in cooperation with other law enforcement agencies to gauge the state’s ability to react to a terrorist threat in the Triangle. The exercise was funded by a grant from the Department of Homeland Security and featured the blowing up of a car in the Carter-Finley parking lot.
Former first lady Mary Easley stands at a press conference concerning the investigation into the circumstances around her hiring May 21.
Easley to contest firing Lawyer sends letter to University about appeal Saja Hindi Senior Staff Writer
The controversy surround- Oblinger e-mails missing ing former chancellor James Last week, University lawyers Oblinger, former provost Lar- alerted federal prosecutors in a ry Nielsen, former Board of letter that e-mails from January Trustees Chairman McQueen 2005 to June 11, 2005, the period Campbell and former first lady when Oblinger helped create EaMary Easley has not yet subsid- sley’s job at the University, were ed despite the deleted. resignations The e-mail of Obl i nger, account Nielsen, a nd was use for Campbell and TECHNICIANONLINE.COM high-priort he termina- View Mary Easley’s attorney’s statement and ity e-mails, tion of Easley’s Chancellor Woodward’s response. a nd on ly contract. Oblinger Easley’s lawyer, Marvin Schil- had access to account, The Uniler, announced in a letter to the versity’s IT staff worked to reUniversity Monday that she trieve the e-mails but some could plans to appeal her termination. not be recovered. “Please accept this letter as Oblinger and Nielsen testified a notice that Ms. Easley is ap- before a federal grand jury two pealing her dismissal both with weeks ago. respect to the termination of her contract and with respect to Keep checking technicianonline. any severance, notice or hear- com for continued updates on ing which she may be due under these and other developing stories.. NCSU’s policies, regulations and rules,” the letter read.
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Hillsborough construction continues to create hazards Project considered ‘worthwhile’ as students and community work around cranes, cones and barrels Emory Robinson Staff Writer
Members of the State Bureau of Investigation help an employee out of a bomb suit after he returned from walking out to the suspicious vehicle and back.
A sign near the edge of the Red Wolf terrorism drill alerts people, such as athletic camp attendees, that the event is an exercise and not an emergency.
The letter also detailed some questions Schiller had about the appeal process and can be see on the NCSU homepage. Schiller could not be reached for comment Tuesday.
It has been more than a month since the groundbreaking of the Hillsborough Street reconstruction project, which aims to improve the condition of the street, make it more pedestrianfriendly and place a roundabout at Pullen Road. So far the street is not only orange with cones, but full of the noise and bustle of construction and traffic. Fewer pedestrians walk the Hillsborough Street and while vehicular traffic has
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fallen low, the thoroughfare has maintained its congestion as the 18-month, $9.9 million project affects the surrounding community, including students. “The intersection that they’re putting the roundabout in, that could be worthwhile.” Mike Gurl, a graduate student in construction engineering, said. Gurl said he thinks the intersection becomes cramped at times but remains optimistic about the pedestrian benefits of the project. “They’re turning it into a bit of a walking area,” Gurl said, “Which could be nice.” John Kuhn, a senior in accounting, had a different view of the construction project. “I believe the construction, for now, makes Hillsborough HAZARD continued page 3
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A robot approaches a car armed with a bomb to assess the situation.