Serving UNC students and the University community since 1893 Volume 119, Issue 102 dailytarheel.com Tuesday, November 1, 2011 HALLOWEEN 2011 FASHIONABLY LATE Chapel Hill keeps it classy DTH/BROOKELYN RILEY DTH/BROOKELYN RILEY (Above) Students pose as members of “the 1 percent” as part of their costumes inspired by the Occupy Wall Street protests. (Above right) Members of a 15-person group of Scrabble letters pose on Franklin Street. (Bottom right) Jesse Vineyard, a senior English major, poses as the character Russell from the movie “Up.” By Jeanna Smialek City Editor Got a favorite t’s not a party if you show up on in the forties and early rain. in the evening. Police then re- memory or time. Katrina Doeder, a gradu- opened the street around mid- photo from Chapel Hill’s Halloween fes- ate student from Germany night to give crowds time to clear. Halloween? tivities saw a late start — and who came out for her first- “It did start off a little slow,” end — Monday night. ever Halloween, said she was he said. “Once you close a street, Send it to The celebration was set to run impressed. it doesn’t take long for the street dth@dailytar- from 9 p.m. to 11:30 p.m., but “Woop, woop,” she said. “It’s to fill up.” heel.com and Franklin Street closed to traffic good, I love it.” He said the crowd was rough- check out a 10 to 15 minutes late and the Lt. Kevin Gunter, spokesman ly the same size as last year — slideshow of celebration ended about half an for Chapel Hill police, said the about 35,000 people, though he photos later hour behind schedule. town delayed closing Franklin to didn’t make an official estimate Attendees said they enjoyed cars and opening it for revelers today. I their night despite temperatures because traffic was light early SEE HALLOWEEN, PAGE 7 DTH/HELEN WOOLARD Administrators: tuition E≠orts to eliminate proposal not a shock degree programs On Thursday, cuts — which have totaled more than The proposed 40% increase $ UNC’s tuition and $ $600 million in the last four years — face challenges fee advisory task $ have led schools to consider increasing would comply with a clause $ force discussed $ tuition above the cap. UNC system struggles to bal- “It flies in the face of the percep- in the Four Year Tuition Plan. increasing the in- TUITION “It’s a natural response to ensure state tuition rate the academic excellence on campuses,” ance ‘unnecessary duplication’ tion that we’re just adding new By Elise Young by $2,800 during he said. programs all the time… It just Assistant State & National Editor the next two to four years. “The cumulative impact of state with need for new programs. Administrators said UNC’s proposal appropriation cuts have been substan- hasn’t happened.” UNC’s tentative proposal to does not overstep the bounds of the tial and there may be an inherent need By Daniel Wiser increase in-state tuition by 40 percent clause. to increase tuition revenues to ensure Assistant State & National Editor Jim Woodward, former chancellor of UNC-Charlotte during a multi-year span far exceeds Board of Governors Chairwoman academic excellence at institutions.” and N.C. State University the UNC system’s cap, but administra- Hannah Gage said she is not surprised Each fall, the system sends a letter UNC-system President Thomas Ross tors said they were not surprised by by UNC’s tuition increase discussion to each of its schools with guidelines didn’t waste any time advocating for more increased enrollment and higher demand the proposal. in light of the new clause, which she for setting the next year’s tuition and efficient university operations after seeing for educational services, he said. The system’s new Four Year Tuition said a lot of campuses have inter- fee rates. the immediate effects of millions cut in The system experienced a net gain of Plan, which went into effect this aca- preted as encouragement to propose Perusse wrote this year’s letter, state funding. about 100 new programs in that 40-year demic year, maintains the system’s 6.5 increases exceeding the cap. which was sent to chancellors Oct. 18. Ross announced in January — his first span — approving 748 new programs and percent cap on tuition increases. The previous four year plan allowed He said the addition of the “catch up” month in office — that Jim Woodward, eliminating 639. It includes a clause allowing cam- for exceptions to the cap for campuses clause is a major policy change from former chancellor of UNC-Charlotte and And in the last decade, 303 new pro- puses to propose a one-time increase with a significant unfunded need — last year. N.C. State University, would spearhead a grams were approved while 277 were dis- above the cap in order to “catch up” to but it didn’t encourage them, she said. “We give the campuses general poli- review to identify strategies for eliminat- continued. their public peer institutions’ tuition “I always felt that the original policy cy parameters and flexibility to recom- ing “unnecessary duplication” among the Woodward said the new programs rates, as long as they remain within was more than adequate to deal with mend tuition rates as they deem appro- system’s 2,000 degree programs. approved by the UNC-system Board of the bottom quarter of those peers. any compelling exception without priate for their institutions,” he said. But nine months later, Woodward said Governors each year often receive more The board approved a new list of encouraging or inviting campuses Gage said campuses will recom- there are inherent limitations to achieving attention than the programs that are dis- peer institutions for each system school to come forward with exceptional mend tuition increases based the cost savings by eliminating degree programs. continued. in October. UNC’s public peers include requests.” difference between their tuition rate Since the formation of the state’s “It flies in the face of the perception that the University of Virginia and the Charlie Perusse, the system’s vice University system in 1971, growth in University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. president for finance, said state budget SEE tuITION, PAGE 7 degree programs has been modest despite SEE DupLICATION, PAGE 7 TRICK OR FEED This day in history Today’s weather Through the cold and Perfect day to skip Inside rain, more than 50 UNC NOV. 1, 1931 class. Student barbers shaved and H 62, L 36 WORKIN’ THE POLLS students traveled door- to-door in Chapel Hill dressed a gradually sober- For the last 30 years, Brenda Wednesday’s weather to collect food for local ing William Faulkner for a Bell has helped the Orange children Monday night. reading of his works near Hell, skip this and Durham County resi- one too. Page 7. Davie Poplar. dents vote. Page 3. H 62, L 35 Where there is no imagination there is no horror. SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE 2 Tuesday, November 1, 2011 News The Daily Tar Heel COMMUNITY CALENDAR The Daily Tar Heel DAILY Time: 5:30 p.m. Lebanese,” a film about 45 prison DOSE www.dailytarheel.com TODAY Work in progress: Come listen to Location: Wilson Library inmates who worked for 15 months Established 1893 David Wallace, author of “Big Fish: A to stage an adaptation of the play 118 years of editorial freedom Novel of Mythic Proportions’” speak WEDNESDAY “12 Angry Men.” The documentary, as part of the English and Compara- Art over lunch: Bring a bag lunch which focuses on forgiveness, stigma All cuffed up tive Literature department’s “Work in and enjoy an hour of information and hope, will be followed by a STEVEN NORTON From staff and wire reports EDITOR-In-chIEF Progress” series. about art currently on display at discussion with the film’s director of [email protected] Time: 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. the Ackland Art Museum. The Art photography, Jocelyne Abi Gebrayel. lthough the Dose has never used fuzzy Time: 7 p.m. TARINI PARTI Location: Wilson Library Department’s Susan Harbage Page handcuffs to spice up our evening activi- MANAGING editor has prepared an illustrated lecture Location: FedEx Global Education [email protected] Beyond Blackface: Listen to UNC titled “Who’s Doing the Looking?: Center ties, we certainly understand the appeal KELLY McHUGH professor W. Fitzhugh Brundage, edi- Contemporary Photography by To make a calendar submission, … just not enough to make us want to VISUAL MANAGING editor tor of “Beyond Blackface,’”discuss the Weegee, Goldin, and Mann.” [email protected] email [email protected]. Asteal a pair. predicament facing black perform- Time: noon to 1 p.m. Please include the date of the event in ANDY THOMASON ers and American audiences at the Location: Ackland Art Museum the subject line, and attach a photo if Maureen Clink, of Levant, Maine, decided to try UNIVERSITY EDITOR turn of the 20th century following a [email protected] you wish. Events will be published in and do just that Thursday, and wound up wearing reception at 5 p.m. Admission is free 12 Angry Lebanese: Enjoy a screen- the newspaper on either the day or the JEANNA SMIALEK for the reception and discussion. ing of the documentary “12 Angry day before they take place. the real things after she was arrested for shoplifting. CITY EDITOR [email protected] Clink reportedly paid for other merchandise from ISABELLA COCHRANE The Daily Tar Heel a Spencer’s Gifts store in a Bangor, Maine, mall, but STATE & NATIONAL EDITOR [email protected] PROFESSIONAL AND BUSINESS STAFF tried to conceal the handcuffs in her purse.