Students Will Pay Less in Fees Next Year a $22 Decrease in Fee Changes the Debt Service Fee $22 Prompted the Change
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Serving UNC students and the University community since 1893 Volume 119, Issue 104 dailytarheel.com Thursday, November 3, 2011 Students will pay less in fees next year A $22 decrease in FEE CHANGES the debt service fee $22 prompted the change. Decrease to the debt service fee By Nicole Comparato Senior Writer $8.74 Students might face unprec- Increase to the student transit edented tuition hikes for next fee year, but the amount they will pay in fees will be lower. An effort by the student $2.85 fee advisory subcommittee to Total increase approved from eliminate unnecessary fees other smaller departmental resulted in a $10.41 decrease fee increases in student fees for 2012-13. The subcommittee approved on every fee,” he said. several small fee increases for Graduate student represen- both undergraduate and gradu- tatives on the subcommittee ate students, and removed $22 were also pleased to hear about of the student debt service fee. the general fee cost decrease, DTH/JULIA WALL The debt service fee but said this is only a tempo- Senior Cierra Hinton, president of the Carolina Union Activities Board, will make efforts to improve Homecoming celebrations next fall. decreased because the rary resolution. University has satisfied the Alex Mills, treasurer of the Student Recreation Center’s Graduate and Professional debt for construction. Student Federation, said he is a real ‘home’ feelIng The increases approved by happy that the committee took the subcommittee don’t come student concerns seriously, but sity’s Greensboro campus. close to matching the $22 said he is still worried about the With a proposed “It was a real family atmo- students are getting back, said future for graduate students. sphere,” Hinton said. “It was a Dwayne Pinkney, associate “It is clearly not going to be fee, Hinton wants to great feeling of people coming provost for finance and co- possible to hold the line on fee home, a very exciting feeling for chairman of the subcommittee. increases indefinitely,” Mills improve Homecoming. a student. That feeling made me “I think students in general wrote in an email Wednesday. want to go to A&T.” will be happy to be paying less “This year’s decisions don’t By Nick Andersen Now Hinton, president of next year,” he said. “But I think really help reduce the uncer- Senior Writer the Carolina Union Activities what balanced the notion is tainty and unpredictability Senior Cierra Hinton Board, says she hopes to that students will still be receiv- about future fee increases.” remembers when she attended bring some of that feeling ing the same level of services Mills said the possible N.C. Agricultural and Technical to UNC through a proposed while generally paying less.” major increase to UNC’s cost State University’s Homecoming fee that would raise money The subcommittee met of attendance worries most football game during the fall of directly for the group’s annual seven times throughout the graduate students he has spo- her senior year of high school. Homecoming concert. semester to discuss fee increas- ken with. She can’t remember the team And although the amount of es for next year, and Pinkney “Most graduate and profes- that the Aggies played, or even the fee hasn’t been determined, DTH/BAILEY SEITTER said the subcommittee’s com- sional students subsist on a if they won, but she can remem- Selected by CUAB, indie group The New Pornographers per- mitment to thorough fee inves- fixed stipend or on loans,” he ber the feeling on the univer- formed Saturday night as the headlining band for Homecoming. tigation was strong. SEE HINTON, PAGE 4 “There was a full discussion SEE STUDENT FEES, PAGE 4 Baddour defends athletics Improv group performing tonight Upright Citizens ATTEND THE SHOW “The trick is to focus a Some UNC faculty Brigade was founded Time: 8 p.m. tonight lot on the person you’re expressed concern over by Amy Poehler. Location: Union Great Hall playing with and the athletic funding. Admission: free goal of the scene.” By Mary Stevens Info: unc.edu/cuab Brandon Gardner, By Grace Harvey Staff Writer UCB performer Staff Writer The spontaneity of improvisa- the UCB Touring Company, said In the eyes of some faculty tional comedy can leave a room UCB is arguably one of the larg- somewhere new. members, UNC doesn’t need 28 buzzing with laughter and energy. est and most prestigious come- “The UCB has this motto — varsity sports. The nationally acclaimed dic communities in the country. ‘Don’t think,’” he said. “The trick Outgoing athletic direc- Upright Citizens Brigade will With two theaters in New is to focus a lot on the person tor Dick Baddour appeared bring that buzz to UNC tonight. York, one theater in Los Angeles you’re playing with and the goal Wednesday before a small group For the third year, the and large training schools in of the scene.” of faculty concerned with the Carolina Union Activities Board both cities, UCB performs and Many UNC alumni have University’s financial priority on is hosting the company, which teaches long-form improv and joined a UCB Theater or athletic success. was created by former “Saturday sketch comedy. formed nationally renowned “It has caused a diversion of Night Live” star Amy Poehler Poehler, Matt Besser, Ian improv groups after graduating, important University resources,” and three others. Roberts and Matt Walsh trans- Tagliatela said. said Dr. Lewis Margolis, an associ- CUAB comedy events like formed their Comedy Central Charlie Todd founded New ate professor of maternal and child this have been some of the show to create the UCB theaters York-based Improv Everywhere health during a Campus Y forum. best attended. More than 450 and schools in the late 1990s. in 2001 after graduating from The event — which was people showed up for the com- Some of the leading comedy UNC. He has also been with the intended to allow faculty mem- edy show in the spring that writers for shows like “The UCB Theater in New York for bers the chance to learn about featured “Saturday Night Live” Office,” “30 Rock” and “Saturday 10 years. Baddour’s administrative role writers and performers, as well Night Live” came through the “It’s always fun to make — transformed into a discussion DTH/JESSIE LOWE as comedy music group Axis of UCB Theater. something out of nothing,” he about how faculty feel they lack a Outgoing athletic director Dick Baddour speaks at a faculty athletics Awesome. “The absence of a safety net is said. “Because there are no About 300 people attended what people find intriguing and costumes, sets or budgets, it’s voice in deciding the direction of forum. Baddour spoke in defense of financing UNC’s varsity sports. University funds. last year’s Upright Citizens striking,” Edwards said. always fueled by imagination Several faculty members asked Brigade performance. “You realize very quickly that and there are no limits.” for a justification of financing athletics, particularly football, that UNC’s football program will Vinny Tagliatela, chairman of these guys are just doing this, Edwards said the best way to 28 varsity sports when academic and return to the University’s eventually garner as much fund- CUAB’s comedy committee, said they have no idea what’s going get involved with UCB is to see departments have experienced intellectual core. ing as the basketball program. having student comedians who to come next and anything that the shows and take the classes. severe budget cuts and faculty Baddour said UNC has Baddour will be replaced by know about the current comedy comes they’re just going to react “It’s a really large theater, but have forgone pay raises. increased financial emphasis on Tulsa athletic director Bubba scene helps to bring such repu- to it and then they’re going to it’s a really tight-knit communi- Baddour was joined by Lissa the football program because the Cunningham on Nov. 14. table groups to UNC. build on it. There’s no one to ty of people who are coming up Broome, law professor and fac- revenue funds other sports. Reznick said the faculty athlet- “It’s in a very large part due save them except for each other.” together, who are learning the ulty athletics representative, “The University of North ics committee would be reluctant to the enthusiasm of comedians Brandon Gardner, who has ropes, getting jobs,” he said. and Steve Reznick, psychology Carolina has decided that foot- to see sports cut in order to save here on campus,” Tagliatela said. been performing with the UCB “With comedy, with any art, professor and chairman of the ball is important, and it wants to money. “Whether it’s standup or improv for five years and will be per- it’s all about persistence.” faculty athletics committee. excel, and it wants to do it right,” “Athletics is part of our body,” or sketch, I think that comedi- forming tonight, said he likes Several faculty argued that the Baddour said. ans here strive to be visible.” the immediacy of improvising Contact the Arts Editor University should de-emphasize He said the department hopes SEE BADDOUR , PAGE 4 Carter Edwards, director of and the idea that it always leads at [email protected]. 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