Students Tell Folt: No Follett
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Serving UNC students and the University community since 1893 Volume 123, Issue 85 dailytarheel.com Thursday, October 1, 2015 Trustees Students tell Folt: No Follett discuss Protesters marched to Student Folt’s office Stores to oppose University officials say privatization Student Stores privatization By Sofia Edelman Senior Writer is not a done deal. “Save our store” rang in the By Jane Wester and Victoria Mirian air as students marched to South Senior Writers Building in opposition to the privatization of Student Stores. An ad hoc Student Appeals At noon on Wednesday, about Committee of the Board of Trustees met 200 students gathered in the Pit Wednesday morning to discuss a sexual as organizers of the “Save UNC assault case. Student Stores” protest read tes- The committee immediately went into timonials from Student Stores closed session. UNC’s 1-year-old sexual employees. These employees, who assault policy says either party in a case say their jobs could be in peril if may appeal to the Board of Trustees if an the stores are outsourced, wrote appeal to a University official affirms a about their disappointment in hearing outcome involving suspension or the University and their concerns expulsion. about Follett. On Sept. 21, Student Body President Soon after, the protest group Houston Summers said he did not want marched toward Chancellor Carol DTH/ALEX KORMANN to be involved in the Board of Trustees Folt’s office in South Building First-year linguistics major Tristan Bavol helps lead a protest in front of the South Building Wednesday afternoon. review process for sexual assault cases. to drop off a signed statement He was not present for the appeals com- denouncing the privatization of Ware spent Tuesday afternoon is made about Student Stores, privatize.” mittee meeting. Student Stores, all while chanting hanging up posters advertising scholarship funding, the welfare of Senior Jocelyn Le, who works at Four other committees met Wednesday, “Student Stores” and “save our the protest and summarizing why employees and the quality of ser- Student Stores, said she doubted a and the full board meets today. store.” she felt Student Stores should stay vice available for the community private corporation would have the Organizer Shannon Brien, a University-owned. She said she will be considered. community’s best interests at heart. Student Stores member of Student Action with hopes administrators will take stu- “We do not take the question of “I wanted people to see that Workers, said sometimes people dents’ worries into consideration. privatizing UNC Student Stores there are people who care, and I Charles Streeter, Employee Forum forget the University doesn’t just “They should see that students lightly, and if a decision is made wanted to be one of those people chairperson, told the University Affairs comprise students and professors care, and if they care about the to outsource operations, it will be who are in the Pit caring about Committee the possibility of UNC Student — there are many people, such as students, they should take that done after a thoughtful and delib- this,” she said. Stores being leased to an outside company Student Stores workers, who keep into consideration. And they erate process that includes input A petition on the website is a big concern for staff members. the University running smoothly should realize the students are not from key campus representatives, Change.org asks Folt and UNC He said outsourcing in general is not every day. just going to fall back and let this including those from the student administrators to avoid privatiz- something the Forum sees in a positive “It’s really a service that directly happen,” Ware said. government, the Employee Forum ing Student Stores. It had received light. connects students to the larger “Maybe the employees can and the Faculty Council,” Fajack 3,039 signatures at press time. “When the word (outsourcing) comes University infrastructure. As stu- only do so much because they’re said in a statement. “We ... request that UNC up, we think about people losing their dents in this situation, it’s really employees of the store, but the “We will also require any pro- Student Stores remain a jobs, we think about families that are important for us to get involved students can help fight for the posal to include retention plans University-operated campus store, struggling and possibly being reduced to as primary advocates for Student employees and fight for the good for the people who work there, accountable directly and only to nothing,” he said. “And then the big ques- Stores because they really do serve things the store does for students.” including student employees.” the University, and managed and tion that always comes up when we hear us in a clear and tangible way,” Haleigh Morgan, Follett’s senior UNC Libraries donor commu- staffed by University state employ- this is ‘Who’s gonna be next?’” Brien said. external communications special- nications and annual fund coor- ees,” the petition states. He said right now, the Employee Forum Organizer Grace Ware, whose ist, said the company was unable dinator Rachel Canada said she Student Body President believes not enough research has been aunt and father are longtime to comment on whether student was happy to see students rallying Houston Summers said right now done about whether bringing in Follett, Student Stores employees, pressure would affect Follett’s around state workers because she’s he is not in favor of privatizing the company that has proposed to lease remembers visiting the stores as proposal. a state employee herself. Student Stores. Summers, Chief of Student Stores, would be a good idea. a child. She said the employees Follett’s proposal was not solic- “Student Stores is central to Staff Harry Edwards, and Senior “I know that the staff at Student watched her grow up. ited by the University, and no deci- campus. It’s vital, it’s important, Adviser Andrew Brennen will Stores are very concerned about what’s “I’ve known them all a long sion has been made about whether it’s community based,” Canada be serving on a committee with happening,” he said. “They also feel that time and they’re all good people to accept it. Vice Chancellor for said. “I believe that it’s very profit- administrators to create a Request right now there’s not enough respect and they deserve to have their Finance and Administration Matt able, and I’m suspicious of their jobs,” she said. Fajack said whatever decision motives for why they want to SEE STUDENT STORES, PAGE 6 SEE TRUSTEES, PAGE 6 These NC ‘sanctuary cities’ limit enforcement of immigration policies UNC joins admissions There are over 200 sanctuary cities, counties and states in the country that limit enforcement immigration laws and locally issued IDs to those who are not citizens. The following shows the locations of the cities and counties in North Carolina. coalition of universities 7 2 5 could look at it as being more confirming Skadden’s hire, the 3 6 The University is competitive, I think it’ll actu- admissions suit is not listed 1 involved in a fair ally open more doors to them as a case Skadden was autho- in the long run,” he said. rized to work on. 4 admissions lawsuit. Orlando said the tools on UNC spokesperson the website will be available Rick White said UNC later By Cole del Charco in January. The coalition’s received permission from the Key Staff Writer application will open in sum- governor’s office for Skadden Counties that have adopted resolutions mer 2016. to work on the fair admis- (Chatham and Orange Counties) Despite an ongoing court Students for Fair Admissions sions suit. case about the exclusion of Inc. filed a lawsuit against The Daily Tar Heel has filed Asian-American and white UNC, saying Asian-American a public record request for the applicants, UNC announced and white students who applied confirmation from the gov- 1 Asheville 2 Carrboro 3 Chapel Hill 4 Charlotte on Tuesday it has joined a to UNC may have been turned ernor’s office that has not yet Resolution adopted on Resolution adopted on group of more than 80 univer- away because of their race. been fulfilled. May 16, 2006 Feb. 26, 2007 sities working toward making Harvard was also listed in the Vice Provost for Enrollment college more accessible to low- suit filed last November. and Undergraduate 5 Durham 6 Raleigh 7 Winston-Salem income minority students. Jim Gregory, a UNC Admissions Steve Farmer said Resolution adopted on The Coalition for Access, spokesperson, said both par- UNC has tried to be affordable Oct. 20, 2003 Affordability and Success ties agreed on gathering and help students succeed. SOURCE: SANCTUARYCITIES.INFO DTH/JOSÉ VALLE includes both public and pri- limited evidence until Fisher “We’ve been working for a vate universities. v. University of Texas, which long time to try to foster oppor- “One of the things it does involves a University of Texas tunity and affordability and suc- NC bill puts ‘sanctuary cities’ at risk is, I think, it sort of demysti- applicant challenging the cess for students,” he said. “So fies the college application use of race in admissions, is when we saw that there were Durham are sanctuary cities, an unofficial process,” said Steve Orlando, a over. Fisher v. University of 80 other schools that seemed to Sanctuary cities don’t strongly status for cities that believe local government spokesperson for the coalition. Texas is being contested by us sincerely interested in doing enforce immigration policies. should not have a strong role in enforcing The coalition gives uniform the University of Texas and the same, we thought it would immigration policy.