Talk Ain't Cheap
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Serving UNC students and the University community since 1893 Volume 119, Issue 66 dailytarheel.com Thursday, September 8, 2011 TALK AIN’T CHEAP UNC athletic STUDENT CONGRESS ALLOCATED AT LEAST $32,500 FOR SPEAKERS LAST YEAR, AND THOUSANDS MORE WERE RAISED FROM PRIVATE DONATIONS. head search continues Lowry Caudill Athletic director search is the chairman of committee discussed the 13-member search committee candidate options. selected to find UNC’s next athletic By Leah Campbell and Kelly director. Parsons Senior Writers ing Aug. 26, the University The 13-member committee hired Florida-based Carr Sports tapped to select UNC’s next ath- Associates Inc. to help the com- letic director and the firm hired mittee in the search process. to lead the search met for the “The University selected two first time Wednesday to discuss search firms for us, and both are candidates for the job. excellent search firms and nation- Along with Bill Carr of Carr ally recognized,” Caudill said. Sports Associates Inc., the search “We could only make a good committee operated in closed decision. The committee had to session for nearly two hours. decide of the two, which firm Committee chairman Lowry had the best fit for this particular Caudill said he’s pleased with the search. We just felt that Bill Carr amount of interest expressed for and Carr Sports Associates fit the job thus far. better for this particular search.” Because the committee is lead- Carr Sports Associates’ pre- ing a closed search, the names of vious clients include North candidates won’t be disclosed. Carolina State, Duke, Virginia After hearing presentations Maryland, Louisiana State and from two different search firms at the committee’s first meet- SEE AD SEARCH, PAGE 4 DTH FILE PHOTOS DREAM team Former congressman Tom Tancredo, writer Seymour Hersh, conservative Karl Rove and writer Elie Weisel were invited to speak on campus last year. Former UNC-system President Erskine Bowles (second from right) will speak today in Gerrard Hall. student groups, has the power to decide How student fees are used ponders fate Bringing speakers to campus how much each speaker warrants. can force groups to seek out In order for an organization to be eli- 4% Building rental Several members could “We grew up together. gible to request funds, it must meet two 8% Travel multiple sources of funding. requirements: it must be a University- face deportation, but We were best friends, recognized student group and have a By Caitlin McCabe certified treasurer, said Jared Simmons, 33% likely will not. and my role right now 25% Staff Writer chairman of the finance committee of Other is to support her. ” Student Congress. Publicity and By Isabella Cochrane The adage “talk is cheap” seems “Student Congress is trying to get printing State & National Editor Jose Torres, far from applicable when it comes to student money to be used to the best of 30% Member of N.C. DREAM Team attracting notable speakers to UNC’s its ability to impact the biggest amount Speaking Jose Torres has been staying in campus. of people,” he said. fees Charlotte, waiting for his sister to ment officers have access to With costs sometimes exceeding During the 2011-12 annual be released from jail. search federal databases to check $50,000, student groups wishing to Student Congress budget, student Torres’ sister, Alicia Torres, a criminal’s immigration status. sponsor speakers have two sources to groups requested a total of approxi- was arrested by the Charlotte Jose said he will remain look to: Student Congress and miscel- mately $300,000. While only about SOURCE: 2011-2012 UNC annual budget DTH/MEG WRATHER Mecklenburg Police Tuesday in Charlotte until his sister is laneous donations. $130,000 to $135,000 was allocated, after she and fellow members of released. Academic departments, which 25 to 30 percent of those funds were Last April, CUAB brought in stand- the N.C. DREAM Team sat in “We grew up together,” he said. can’t apply for funding from Student used for speaker honoraria, Simmons up comedian Lewis Black — a UNC the street protesting inequalities “We were best friends, and my Congress, must rely on donations from said. alumnus who spoke for free — to its toward undocumented immi- role right now is to support her.” inside and outside the University. UNC’s College Republicans received six-day comedy festival, which cost grants. On Tuesday, members of the The discrepancies between funding a part of those funds in September 2010 about $20,000 in student fees. Alicia and Jose are undocu- DREAM team, an advocacy group processes and the money they allocate to host a speech by Republican political “Our most important goal is to use mented immigrants. While both for undocumented minors, gath- are numerous among departments and strategist Karl Rove, which was funded student fees efficiently — we know they of them attended the protest, ered on the campus of Central groups, and determine which sorts of by a mixture of Student Congress fund- aren’t just anything to throw around,” Alicia was the one taken into cus- Piedmont Community College to speakers are most welcome at UNC. ing and outside donations. said Vinny Tagliatela, comedy commit- tody by police in a 287(g) county, A recent vote by Student Congress College Republicans received $15,000 tee chairman for CUAB. meaning that local law enforce- SEE DREAM, PAGE 4 to limit the allocation of funds to in student fees to finance Rove’s event. While academic departments are Republican pundit Ann Coulter marked The remaining costs were covered by dependent upon outside endowments, context for comparison of past and donations from the John Pope Civitas many speakers speak for free. future speakers the University has Institute and other outside groups. Each year, the University’s com- hosted. The Carolina Union Activities Board mencement speaker appears at no cost. ITS creates new Student Congress, the organization generally chooses to rely fully on Student in charge of allocating student fees to Congress for funding of speakers. SEE spEAKERS, PAGE 4 file-sharing policy The new policy — called “hall Software abusers could pass” — replaces the previous sys- University revises discrimination policies face disciplinary action tem in which ITS employees met with offenders and gave a warning for a first offense. about illegal actions conducted tion. The email also included an POLICY REVISIONS via peer-to-peer file-sharing soft- The changes, unrelated adapted, more detailed policy ware on the network. A second The policy on prohibited the Equal Opportunity/ADA By Melissa Abbey to Psalm 100, aim to on prohibited harassment and Staff Writer offense resulted in a disciplinary discrimination. harassment and Office meeting with an administrator. discrimination revisions clarify the process. The primary goal of revising Assurance that a student’s Students who download music According to the policy, before the policies was to clarify which include: illegally beware: administrative being granted access to the UNC complaint against a faculty By Nicole Comparato resources are available to students policy no longer includes a slap network, users with peer-to-peer More explicit time frames member in his/her major Staff Writer and faculty if they feel the need to on the wrist. software, such as Limewire, have file a complaint, wrote Ann Penn, for review and resolution of department will be reviewed For years, Information to either uninstall the programs University officials have director of the Equal Opportunity/ complaints by someone outside the Technology Services has been or accept “hall pass” conditions, revised UNC’s discrimination Americans with Disabilities Act department responsible for policing peer- promising legal compliance. policies to make the process of Office, in an email. Clarification that both the to-peer software and copyright If, after accepting these condi- reporting discrimination and It also outlines the process complainant and the accused Clarification of sexual infringement on campus. tions, a student abuses the soft- harassment more approachable. of investigation for a complaint can provide information as a harassment definitions But this semester, ITS has ware and a complaint is filed by Chancellor Holden Thorp after a report is filed, Penn said. part of the investigation implemented a policy that puts a copyright holder, the student in Specific examples of sent an email to students, fac- “This recent review focused full responsibility on the student, question will be directed straight ulty and staff Tuesday outlining primarily on issues raised by Assurance that there is corrective actions, including and could land software abusers into UNC’s disciplinary channels. revisions to the general policy consistency in outcomes and actions that may apply to the in trouble with campus adminis- statement on non-discrimina- SEE NON-DIscRIMINatION, PAGE 4 corrective actions by involving complainant tration for a first offense. SEE Hall pass, PAGE 4 DIVERSIONS SEEING TRIPLE This day in history Today’s weather Dive talks to three PlayMakers’ two-man Inside SEPT. 8, 2005 ‘Canes, twisters local bands and three show, “A Number,” which … what’s next? national bands about runs through Sunday, The University held a ribbon- H 85, L 65 COLLECTIONS cutting ceremony to com- Ackland opens a new Hopscotch Music provides an emotional Friday’s weather memorate the reopening of exhibit featuring art from Festival, which hits the look into the effects of Expect black the newly renovated Memorial the collections of 60 Triangle this weekend. cloning on a father-son holes. Page 5. Hall. H 85, L 65 alumni. Page 3. relationship. Page 4. I have never let my schooling interfere with my education. MARK TWAIN 2 Thursday, September 8, 2011 News The Daily Tar Heel The Daily Tar Heel DAILY S.