Budget Cuts Hit

Serving UNC students and the University community since 1893 Volume 119, Issue 55 dailytarheel.com Tuesday, August 23, 2011 HONOR’S ROLE REVIEWED Ocials involved in the review of the University’s honor system have pointed out a disconnect between faculty and the system itself. Below is a representation of the process governing a typical case provided by the student attorney general. Statistics represent the period from summer 2005 to spring 2010 and were provided to The Daily Tar Heel last school year following a public records request. The honor system is the START Case latest piece to emerge in reported 96 hours *** UNC’s post-NCAA puzzle. 887 END to le an By Andy Thomason receiving help with a works cited total cases from appeal University Editor page from tutor Jennifer Wiley on summer 2005 to a paper that was later found to be spring 2010* The scandal that has mired largely plagiarized. Meeting with the University’s athletic program The revelation lent widespread G in uncertainty has also engulfed publicity to the Honor Court, Permanent expulsion/suspension 0.9% N p Attorney r one of its oldest institutions: the which was already being exam- Restitution 1.0% o Indenite suspension 2.3% O c U student-led honor system. ined on a smaller scale. General(AG) e After it was revealed this sum- “It isn’t like the McAdoo case c T d a e SANCTIONING mer that the 136 year-old institu- now all of a sudden said, ‘What’s s t I e G o L tion had not detected substantial wrong with our Honor Court?’ It d s AG decides if i U a plagiarism in a paper by former just raised awareness for every- Written warning 5.4% s n T m c defensive end Michael McAdoo, body,” Boxill said. student will be Denite Indenite probation 7.7% I t i i Chancellor Holden Thorp initi- A University committee was probation s L o Y s n ated a review of the system. formed in 2009 to evaluate a sur- charged 24.1% e T i d n “Regardless of the situation vey of the faculty regarding satis- g Other Y with football, it just makes good faction with Honor Court cases. 15.2% sense to seek ways to improve our The survey revealed that more Community commitment to honor and integ- than 70 percent of faculty sup- service Court rity,” Thorp wrote in an email to port the student-run nature of 479 23.0% Denite UNC students and faculty earlier the Honor Court, but nearly a academic cases 31% suspension determines a this month. third don’t. 20.4% Not guilty verdict Any concrete goals of the Jay Smith, head of the commit- review remain unclear. What has tee, said there is “complete con- become apparent is that nearly sensus” among its members that Honor Court every aspect of the system — there is a high level of general 412 69% which is responsible for address- ignorance among faculty about conduct cases PLEAS Guilty hearing ing student misconduct ranging the system, particularly its han- plagiarism from plagiarism to rape — is up dling of plagiarism. for discussion. Student Attorney General Jon unauthorized use of materials Counsels That includes the involvement McCay said this perception is other academic cheating 11% assigned, and influence of UNC’s faculty in exaggerated, but that the mem- 32% DUI/DWI Not guilty the Honor Court process. bers’ inability to discuss specific C 11% drug oenses prepare for “Some faculty feel alienated cases is partially responsible. damaging university property from the system,” said Chairwoman “We operate under the 10% reckless/dangerous behavior H other conduct VERDICTS hearing of the Faculty Council Jan Boxill, University’s interpretation of (the 15% 89% who is charged with forming a task Family Educational Rights and A force to conduct the review. Privacy Act) and there’s nothing we 15% Guilty sic ba ea “They report (violations) but can do about that,” he said. “What R s pl 11% arn s g don’t really have a connection we can do is be clear and concise t le ine in G uden rm ar with it. It’s just something they about how the process works.” St ete he have to do,” Boxill said, adding 4% d s E 2% hts, le rig edu that the task force will likely be Reconsidering faculty’s role ** sch S and formed in mid-September. To help mend the relationship Review preceded football between faculty and the honor system, officials favor institut- *Does not include four cases heard by University Hearings Board de novo. ** Some cases involved multiple charges. In October, the Honor Court ing a measure outlined by the *** Sanctioning percentages are based on 2006-2010 data. The 2005-2006 Honor Court did not provide a breakdown of the sanctions. found McAdoo guilty of one SOURCE: UNC UNDERGRADUATE HONOR SYSTEM DTH/MEG WRATHER, JESSICA TOBIN count of academic fraud — SEE HONOR REFORM, PAGE 5 Sales even for Budget cuts hit UNC Mac, Lenovo Hard ﬁscal year ahead Cuts cost UNC system RAM shop at Student Stores, CUTS HIT caMPUS faculty, course o≠erings Total sales for CCI said he was slightly surprised By Elizabeth Johnson computers are up 29 that Apple’s share of sales was Assistant University Editor By Elise Young without raises and are looking so large but had expected a $100 million Assistant State & National Editor at the budgetary stability of our percent from last year. strong response from students. The threat of a sustained eco- State funding cut for UNC system and wondering whether The store has resold Apple nomic recession coupled with UNC-system schools are it wouldn’t be better to be at a By Claire McNeill products since 1985, he said. unprecedented cuts in state losing more than just funding. different university,” he said. Assistant University Editor Lenovo brought in less rev- funding has UNC officials fearful $10 million They’re losing faculty members. Other administrators also enue as Apple took half of the for the University’s future. College of Arts and Sciences cut Administrators across the 16 said they expect faculty attrition, As the final laptop orders sales, even though overall sales The loss of about 18 percent campuses are submitting plans especially since the system-wide roll into UNC, sales for Apple grew for both suppliers. or more than $100 million in this week for implementing the fund for faculty recruitment and MacBook Pros and Lenovo “Of course any company state funds this year — the larg- 6.5 percent 15.6 percent, or $414 million, retention is unusable for the ThinkPads are virtually tied who’s out of sales would not be est amount for any UNC-system Tuition hike for UNC students cut in state funding. 2011-2012 academic year. in Apple’s first year with the very happy about it, but they school — has forced University The latest round of cuts adds “That’s going to make it very Carolina Computing Initiative. still value their partnership with administrators to make drastic to the loss of more than $600 difficult to counteroffer when Sales teetered back and forth UNC-Chapel Hill,” Gorsuch cuts across campus for the third $8 million million in state funding in the other universities come recruit- between Apple and Lenovo said. year in a row. Money raised from tuition hike last four years. Most of those ing our faculty away,” said computers throughout the sum- But Apple’s larger share of While the full effect of the cuts were targeted at admin- David Perrin, provost and exec- mer, said David Eckert, CCI the market won’t come with- cuts can’t be measured until graduate educational experience istrative positions — but those utive vice chancellor at UNC- program manager. out a cost to students who classes are under way, students for our students,” Gil said. are now cut to the bone, forcing Greensboro. “Unfortunately, “They’re still neck and neck,” buy MacBooks. Students with can expect larger class sizes, said The college lost a total of $10 administrators to look to the when you don’t have increases he said. “Ultimately, it’s tenths Apple computers might experi- Karen Gil, dean of the College of million in state funding for the academic side for cutting costs. for faculty for this number of of a percent difference.” ence compatibility issues on Arts and Sciences. 2011-12 fiscal year but was not Administrators predicted the years, the only way they can Sales for all CCI computers the University’s traditionally “A class that usually holds 30 the hardest hit unit at UNC, rela- elimination of 2,000 positions increase their salary is to move.” increased 29 percent as of Aug. PC-friendly campus, Alden said. to 40 students may now have 45 tive to its size. — mostly from the academic This is the third consecutive 17, compared to the same date “We do know from past expe- students,” Gil said. The Institute of African side — earlier this year when year without state pay raises for last year. rience that there are problems University administrators are American Research was forced discussing the impact of a 10 UNC-system employees. Priscilla Alden, executive with some programs that will concerned about the overall effect to eliminate nearly 40 percent of percent cut. The revised num- Charlie Perusse, vice president director of user support and not run on Macs,” Alden said, of cutting campus programs, its budget. A portion of that cut ber based on the final 15.6 per- for finance for the UNC system, engagement for Information adding that students can prob- faculty retention, further tuition came from the removal of the cent cut is yet to be determined.

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