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Serving UNC students and the University community since 1893 The Daily Tar Heel VoLUMe 118, iSSUe 83 friday, october 1, 2010 www.dailytarheel.com ‘bad decisions’ mount during review former coach blake no stranger to Ncaa infractions, improper beneﬁts davis will keep his job, o∞cials say BY JONATHAN JONES did not have enough infor- loan and a credit card issued in Blake’s BY MELVIN BACKMAN AND “I think I have total support,” he SPORTS EDITOR mation to dismiss him with name by Wichard’s sports agency, Pro Tect JONATHAN JONES said. Both North Carolina football coach Butch cause,” Baddour said. Management. SENIOR WRITERS Yahoo Sports revealed hotel Davis and athletic director Dick Baddour said Blake resigned from his “I don’t think anything came to light, from UNC officials are standing receipts Wednesday that link Blake Thursday that they knew a month ago about position as associate coach what I understand from the administration, behind head football coach Butch and suspended UNC defensive money exchanges between former coach John and recruiting coordinator on in that particular story that wasn’t already Davis amid increasing reports of tackle Marvin Austin with NFL Blake and a sports agent. Sept. 5, one day after UNC’s known over the last couple of weeks as part of the improprieties of former asso- agent Gary Wichard. In a statement released by the athletic depart- 30-24 loss to Louisiana the review and the investigation the NCAA con- ciate coach John Blake. The report shows that Austin ment, Baddour said the University, through the State. ducted,” Davis said. In an address to reporters prior stayed at a California hotel and NCAA investigation, uncovered financial docu- Football coach Yahoo Sports reported Davis said he was unaware that Blake’s to Thursday’s practice, Davis said his room was paid for by Pro Tect ments on Aug. 31 tying Blake to sports agent Butch Davis Wednesday night that Blake relationship with Wichard included money he feels that he has the full backing Management, where Blake was and friend Gary Wichard. didn’t know received at least six wire exchanges. of the University and has no plans once vice president of football “Financial transactions in and of themselves about Blake’s transfers from Wichard, to step down as coach in light of the don’t establish a violation, and at that time we dealings. along with a $45,000 SEE DAVIS, PaGE 4 controversy. SEE CONFIDENCE, PaGE 4 New Kenan construction on target Levering blue Zone to be completed on time to leave 48 percent BY LOUIE HORVATH Percentage of seats the Blue Zone SENIOR WRITER would have to sell over the next 30 Kenan Stadium seems to be an imi- years to pay off the construction costs. tation of the North Carolina football team this season. UNc for Just as the Tar Heels are missing $13 million players due to an NCAA investiga- Amount of donations already raised tion, Kenan Stadium is missing the through one year. fieldhouse that flanked the east end zone, in the midst of a $70 million ohio 17 rebuilding campaign they titled the Number of suites already sold for the “Blue Zone.” 2011 season. Unlike the football team, this is Job opportunity was one project that is going exactly as $0 planned. ‘too good to pass up’ Amount of money taken from the SEE BLUE ZONE, PaGE 4 University for construction throughout BY ANDY THOMASON ASSISTANT UNIVERSITY EDITOR the project. Jenny Levering will leave her position as assistant dean of students for fraternity and sorority life for a job at Miami University in Ohio, she said Thursday. She accepted the position of director of the Cliff Alexander Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life and Leadership at Miami University on Tuesday. Her new role will be the equivalent of a pro- motion, she said. “They have a strategic plan to build their fraternity and sorority community to build a model community in the country,” she said. Jenny “They want me to come Levering in and lead those efforts.” oversees Levering has been the sororities and subject of controversy with- fraternities. in the Greek community due in part to her role in the aftermath of the death of Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity president Courtland Smith last fall. Levering said she was not looking to leave UNC, but that the job in Oxford, Ohio, was too attractive to pass up. DTH/CHRIS ALTON “This was strictly a professional and per- The Rams Club, UNC’s athletic booster club, plans for Kenan Stadium’s east end zone to be completed in time for North Carolina’s first home football game in the sonal decision that I made,” she said. “I never 2011 season. Officials said the club has exceeded its expectations for donations, which will pay for $35 million out of the $70 million total for the project. felt like I needed to leave UNC.” Winston Crisp, vice chancellor for student affairs, said Levering was not pressured to leave. “Let me be absolutely clear,” he said. “In no way, shape or form was Jenny’s job in danger. In no way, shape or form was she forced to leave.” tuition decision process questioned She submitted a letter of resignation to Crisp and interim Associate Dean of Students debate tuition increases for the upcom- Officials such as Perry and Farmer, Jonathan Sauls on Wednesday, she said. budget cuts force re-evaluation of options ing school year. But budget shortfalls and who played significant roles in Thursday’s Levering notified UNC fraternity and sorority resulting tuition decisions are finalized in discussion, said this year’s crisis provides presidents of her plans via e-mail on Thursday. BY ELIZA KERN one’s time.” the following summer, leading to a feeling a unique opportunity to re-evaluate the Levering said she was made aware of the SENIOR WRITER Several members called for a new, among some administrators that their fall tuition process. opening at Miami University in July and sub- When members of UNC’s tuition and comprehensive tuition plan that would tuition process needs to be restructured. “We could be here 10 years from now mitted her resume for consideration then. fee advisory task force took their seats in streamline the process and provide pre- Proposals generated by last fall’s task and be having the same conversation we’re She traveled to Ohio to interview for the South Building for Thursday’s meeting, dictability for students in future years — force were approved through UNC’s Board having today, if we have a series of one- position three weeks ago, said Scott Walter, the scene didn’t look too different from likely through much higher tuition that of Trustees and the UNC-system Board of year conversations each year talking about vice president of student affairs at Miami last fall. could more closely align UNC with its peer Governors, with a plan for a 5.2 percent what we did last year,” Farmer said. University, who hired her. Some of the same PowerPoint slides institutions’ in-state cost of attendance. tuition increase set in motion. But a provi- However, the state’s constitution Walter said the members of the search com- were projected before them. Bruce “This is a real window of opportunity,” sion in the N.C. General Assembly’s budget mandates that the public system provide mittee selected her unanimously. Carney, executive vice chancellor and said Board of Trustees member Roger in July that allowed individual campuses tuition as inexpensively as is “practicable,” “We can’t wait for her to get here,” he said. provost, sat at the head of the table. Perry. “We need to take control of our to increase tuition by an additional $750 and the plan would likely face serious “She was everybody’s number one choice.” Members looked at a proposal to raise own destiny. Or at least have a plan that changed that figure. opposition from students and state leg- Asked whether the university was aware of tuition by 6.5 percent, and debated the takes control of our own destiny.” Resident tuition increased by $950 for islators. Currently, increases to in-state the controversy surrounding Levering in the competing priorities of providing low Farmer and Perry in particular sug- the current academic year, when an only tuition are held to 6.5 percent, but that past year, Walter said the committee “checked cost of attendance and maintaining a gested that raising tuition to put UNC in $200 increase had been discussed earlier cap is set to expire this year. references.” He declined to comment further, high quality education. line with its peer public institutions would — a decision administrators said was cru- Committee co-chairman and Student saying it was a personnel matter. But there was a strong sense that what better protect the University from future cial to maintaining quality of instruction, Body President Hogan Medlin was in Levering said her last day at UNC will be worked last year won’t work this year. state budget cuts. They also asserted that a but received criticism from students. class during Thursday’s meeting, but the Nov. 5, and her first day at Miami University “This yearly debate about tuition is not higher but stabilized cost would give great- With stimulus funding for the state set task force will meet at least two more will be Dec. 1. constructive,” said Steve Farmer, director er predictability to incoming students. to expire this year, legislators have told times before recommending a policy to Controversy around Levering surrounded of admissions. “It’s become ritualized.

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