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Catching up with Carney Appointed Thursday Graig Meyer, CHCCS Employee, Will Fill the N.C Serving UNC students and the University community since 1893 Volume 121, Issue 99 dailytarheel.com Friday, October 25, 2013 Foushee replacement Catching up with Carney appointed Thursday Graig Meyer, CHCCS employee, will fill the N.C. House seat. By Benji Schwartz Staff Writer The Orange and Durham County Democratic Parties voted Thursday night to appoint Graig Meyer to fill the District 50 N.C. House of Representatives seat left vacant by new state Sen. Valerie Foushee. After two rounds of voting, the four- person selection committee — composed of two representatives from each county’s party — selected Meyer. Votes were split among five of the seven candidates in the first round of vot- ing, and members gave Meyer unanimous back- ing in the second round. Meyer, the director Graig Meyer was of student equity and DTH/KAKI POPE appointed to now- volunteer services for state Sen. Valerie Chapel Hill-Carrboro Former Provost Bruce Carney will teach introductory astronomy classes and conduct research. Before becoming provost, Carney taught at UNC. Foushee’s vacated City Schools, will North Carolina serve the remainder of House seat. Foushee’s term, which The former provost is returning to teaching astronomy will last a little more than a year. The N.C. By Jake Barach Ort, the associate provost and director of the As Carney prepares for his return to the General Assembly will convene again in Staff Writer Office of Scholarships and Student Aid. classroom, he said he is waiting for the May for the short session. In his job as executive vice chancellor and moment that brings memories flooding back. “It takes a certain amount of ego to step As he prepares to return to the classroom, provost — a position in which he served from Beyond teaching, Carney said his favor- up for political office,” Meyer said in his former Provost Bruce Carney says he can 2009 until current Provost Jim Dean took ite times as a professor were working with acceptance speech. “But I am more hum- finally sleep at night. over on July 1 — Carney faced a period of individual students, whether that was taking bled than I have ever been before, and I Carney returned to his roots as a faculty unprecedented cuts to UNC’s budget. them to observatories or helping them see look forward to fighting for my community member, but he admits that some readjust- Ort said Carney’s careful resource alloca- their projects through. and for the state of North Carolina.” ing is in the works before he teaches his first tion and planning allowed for significant “I had 20 years in the department before I Also in the running were Drew Nelson, a class in nearly 10 years this spring. budget changes to be made without harshly went over to South Building, and many of the lawyer; Laurin Easthom, Chapel Hill Town “Subjects have changed, teaching styles impacting the student body. people are the same and the new people are Council member; Danielle Adams, Durham have changed and I hate to admit it but I’ve “Had he not understood, cared and inter- the young people and they’re the most inter- County Soil and Water Conservation dis- forgotten a lot, so I’m busy trying to relearn vened, our student aid program would not esting,” he said. “It’s good to be back.” trict supervisor; Travis Phelps, a paint com- everything,” Carney said. “Today I finished be nearly as strong as it is today, nor would Carney, who will be teaching Introduction pany color consultant; Tommy McNeill, reading the textbook I’ll be using.” a number of students have benefited such to Stellar Astrophysics in the spring semester, Carney looked like a student studying for a that they would continue their education at SEE MEYER, PAGE 7 midterm in all of his preparation, said Shirley Carolina,” she said. SEE CARNEY, PAGE 7 Chapel Hill serves as a literary backdrop questions about life and philosophy. It City in certain places. Very artsy and craft- Recently published books use follows the story of Winston, a man hav- sy, if you know what I mean.” the town as a setting. ing a terrible year, who decides to go on Rochelle is the author of the new novel an intellectual journey to find fulfillment. “Back to the Rat,” the 13th book in his He leaves his job and returns to his alma Palmer Morel mystery series. The series By Robert McNeely mater to seek the answers to life’s great charts the adventures of Morel, a pro- Staff Writers questions while trying to discover who he fessional tennis player-turned-amateur is. The university and town in which the detective, through a sequence of events Whether it’s the vibrant history, the story unfolds bear striking similarities to beyond his control. The last four books in diverse community or the strong intel- Chapel Hill and the surrounding area. this series have been set in the Chapel Hill lectual atmosphere — Chapel Hill has “It just has the right feel and is the per- area, with “Back to The Rat” placing par- invariably served as the inspiration for an fect setting for this book,” WFH said. “It’s ticular emphasis on Franklin Street and extensive amount of literature. got a lot of young people that aren’t taint- the surrounding neighborhood. Even in recent years, a wide variety of ed by the working world, and Winston’s “There were a ton of great spots,” authors and novelists have utilized Chapel similar to them in that he’s still searching. Rochelle said. “I found out about the Hill’s unique character as a setting or ref- If you were to go looking for answers you Rathskeller here in Chapel Hill, studied erence for the stories they tell. Despite dif- wouldn’t go to the 7-Eleven. You’d go to an it and just had to put it in. It makes a ferences in content and style, these writers institute, a place of higher learning. And perfect spot for the mobsters in the story all seem to share a clear appreciation of in North Carolina, UNC-CH is probably to meet, and for where Palmer gets threat- the area’s exceptional culture. the best place to go.” ened because he knows too much.” “It’s a fertile field,” said WFH, author of With so many iconic landmarks and Though modern-day Chapel Hill the recently published e-book “Winston’s local lore, many authors find the areas serves as inspiration for many writers, Quest.” “I’ve traveled all across the coun- outside of the University to be equally fas- the unique history and community of the try, been in 46 states, and I’ll tell you cinating to explore. town have also influenced recent works. Chapel Hill is just a very special area. “I’m planning to stay here for a while,” “Chapel Hill, as it is now, is a real place There’s kind of an electricity about it that’s author Larry Rochelle said. “It really has a of history,” said Joanna Catherine Scott, invigorating on a higher level.” lot of atmosphere. Carrboro and the sur- Australian author of “The Road from DTH/ARIANNA HOLDER “Winston’s Quest” is a modern-day rounding areas as well, they’re all really Larry Rochelle, author of “Back To the Rat,” visits Spanky’s res- satirical fiction that explores a variety of interesting places. Almost like New York SEE BOOKS, PAGE 7 taurant. Franklin Street serves as a setting for the novel. UNC academic culture criticized by Pope Center the Pope Center’s main criticisms of higher thinks) they come out as sort of zombies who higher education and specifically write about The right-leaning nonprofit takes education institutions, said Jane Shaw, the can’t critically evaluate issues that face them as UNC, I feel very confident that the more they issue with UNC’s curriculum. center’s president. Shaw said the Pope Center, citizens, and I would suggest that that is bogus.” know about us the more confidence they’ll which has a conservative viewpoint, is also Bachenheimer also said he doesn’t feel have in what we’re doing,” Dean said. By Jordan Bailey concerned with what it sees as the increasing Schalin’s arguments are logically sound. Ferrel Guillory, a journalism professor, said Senior Writer politicization of classes and activities on col- “(Schalin’s) writing is easy to poke holes the Pope Center is not the first to criticize the lege campuses. into,” Bachenheimer said. University for purportedly having a liberal bias. University leaders say they are unperturbed Jay Schalin, director of policy analysis at the “He really is a master at sort of selectively “It isn’t a new phenomenon that the by the recent criticisms of UNC’s general edu- center, recently gave a speech on the liberal interpreting facts … He sees the world in a (University) finds itself criticized, particularly by cation program coming from a local nonprofit. viewpoint that he feels is promoted at many sort of very two-dimensional, black-and-white political conservatives. It’s happened before and The John William Pope Center for Higher universities. way.” without a doubt will happen again,” he said. Education Policy, a right-leaning, Raleigh- He said students with liberal views are rarely But Schalin argued that he provides exam- Dean said he feels criticism is nothing out based nonprofit that analyzes universities in challenged, conservative students often find ples for his claims as well as links to other of the ordinary for an institution such as UNC. North Carolina and the nation, will release a themselves “in the fire” and students who arrive articles that reinforce the ideas in his writing.
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