Pushin~ the musical envelope: g Spring Training Banquet: Mus1c1ans wno stray away from cookie cutter styles Marlirs manager Jack McKeon keynote speaker Serving UNC Wilmington since 1948 UNCW graduate Brad Land had his essay, Brothers in Wanted: Salary increase Harm,publishedin the January issue Faculty ask for higher pay of GQ. The essay is from his recently KATIE TRAPP received the same $550 bonus as With the mcrease m cost of published all state employees. Jiving, many university employ­ EDITOR-IN-CHIEF book,"Goat," which Enghsh professors Dan ees are having difficulty paying was published With the recent tuition and fees Noland and Dick Veit, and chem­ bills. istry professor Jimmy Reeves "A "pay" increase of 6 percent Tuesday. represented VNCW would be very welcome. We at the meeting. would like to keep pace with the "Every campus cost of Jiv111g 111crease over the UNCW Alumnus elects faculty repre- last few years," Yell said. sentatives to the Most UNC campuses, 111clud­ a c u I t y ing VNCW. plan to raise tuition gets published in GQ Assembly," by $300 A portion of these Yett said. 111crea es at will go to faculty the structure is antidotal to the T h e salary mcreases. However, the BRIAN TUCKER typical memoir. Faculty faculty does not want student STAFF WRITER Land graduated in 2002 with a Assembly money; they want government Master of Fine Arts degree in cre­ money. A UNCW alumnus is making a ative wrillng Sarah Messer, "Generally, the Assembly said name for hunself in print. Land's graduate school advisor, that while certam campuses may Brad Land had his first novel. wasn't surprised by his success. have a need for addit10nal funds, ''Goat," published Feb. 3. An "His style 1s ,ery immediate the mam funding belongs wtth essay from the book, Brothers In and breaks some of the rules of the state and with the legisla­ Hann. was published in the non-fiction writmg," Messer said. times per year, ture," Veit said. "Students should January issue of GQ. Messer watched him nurture the this being the not be asked to take over the The essay recounts Land·s story mto what would become the third of the responsibilities of the state." hazing experience while pledging forthcoming novel. The basis for year. "The According to Veit. who served Kappa Sigma at Clemson Goat was also his MFA thesis and ~~~~~·assembly as Assembly chair from 2001-03, University A second story inter­ 1s available at Randall Library most faculty pay increases have woven throughout Brothers Assembly meeting in Chapel HiJI can draft resolutions but they The author is prepp111g for a been based on men t, so there's an recounts the kidnapping and beat­ to discuss two new resolutions. can't change policy," Reeves book tour that will stop at Bristol incentive for high performance. ing he underwent after leav111g a The first was to stop campus­ said. That power lies with the Books on March 3 and a reading The faculty is used to having that frat party in his hometown a year wide tuition increases, and the administration on campus 1s "m the works," Land every year, but there hasn·t been before attending Clemson. The second was to raise the salaries of "The Faculty Assembly is to said. an mcrease m four years. second story wtthin the essay 1s all university employees. the general administratton what He credits a read111g by Philip As a result, quality faculty an interesting illustration m that 11 Ac..:on.hng to an article in the the Faculty Senate is to VNCW,"' Gerard at his undergraduate members are flockmg to private couples stranger violence (kid­ Charlotte Observer, the last time Reeves said. chool, Francis Marion, for his and out-of-state schools \.\'here napping) with institutionalized faculty received a significant pay Not only has there not been a decision to altend lJNCW. salaries are substantially higher. violence (pledge ntualsJ raise was four years ago m 2000- faculty increase 111 several years, "The whole (creatl\'e wnt111g) "It has an 11npact on morale, Land"s writing style 1s differ­ 0 l with a 4 2 percent increase. but benefits are shrinking. ent in that ti 1s direct and brutally University employees have to which has an impact on the qual­ The followmg year they received honest. He describes the incidents SEE NOVEL, P,tGE 2 purchase their own health insur­ ity of education," Veit said. a flat $625. ln 2002-03 they with bnef, punchy sentences and received nothing. This year. they ance now. Inside This Issue Contact Us Visit Us OP/ED UNCW Life Classifieds Sports Editorial: 962-3229 www.theseahawk.org 4 5 10 11 Ads: 962-3789 .. 2 the Seahawk I NEWS I February 5, 2004 US Supreme Court OKs "Informational Checkpoints" ALLEN THOMAS t1ces disagreed in part with the decision of CORRESPONDENT the court. They felt that road blocks were const1tut1onal in some cases· but not in this Students- and local residents may soon one. Justice John Paul Stevens wrote an feel the effect of a Jan. 14 U.S. Supreme opimon dissenting in part because he felt Court del·1s1on: more traffic delays. that such stops may be annoying to some, fhe court decision rnvolved a new krnd especially if they occur at busy traffic of roadblocks. "rnformational check­ times. He also doubted the effectiveness of points." These arc roadblocks set up to asking a random sampling of peoplr about 111form citizens of recent cnmes and lo seek an accident that had happened a week ago. 111formation from them. "I'd rather be stopped by someone giv­ In a 6-3 decision, the court found that ing out flyers of recent crimes to find wit­ when mformational checkpoints serve the nesses than be stopped at a DUI check­ public good. they are penmss1ble under the point," Riley said. Fourth Amendment of the Constitution. Privacy nghts activists agree with The Fourth Amendment protects citizens Stevens. Gerald Goldstein, past president from unlawful search and seizures. of the National Association of Crinunal Checkpomts for drunk drivers and seat­ Defense Lawyers, which had supported the belt violations have been allowed by the motorist who filed the appeal, was quoted court because they are seen as important to Cot,, rny 1,I Octlawa,e Highway Patrol in the Washington Post as calling the rulmg public safety. Road blocks will be set up to inform citizens of recent "yet another in the continuing slow but tor­ Justice Stephen G. Breyer wrote the crimes. Drivers will be asked if they have any informa­ tuous encroachment on the citizen's expec­ opinion for the court and said, "The Fourth tion on these crimes. tation of privacy." Amendment does not treat a motorist's car UNCW junior T.J. Browning agrees. ·•1 as his castle. and special law enforcement ments use in terms of ways to find witness­ citizens to a hit-and-run accident that had think that they are overstepping the bound­ concerns will sometimes justify highway es of a crime. and they've been done for occurred a week before. As the man's mini­ aries of their authonty," he said. "It puts a stops without ind1v1duahzed suspicion." along time ... I support it," said MaJor van approached, it swerved, almost hitting hindrance on everyone that drives do\1-n Breyer said that the inconvenience of such Riley of the University Police Department. an officer. The officer administered a field that road and I'd like to know what stops is minor compared to the public good they The case brought before the court sobriety test before arresting the man for provided. think their chances are of catching some­ involved an Illinois man arrested for drunk drunk driving. "They arc a valuable tool police depart- one by putting up a road block a week driving. A checkpoint was set up to alert Three of the nine Supreme Court jus- later." SGA sends out surveys to improve campus life NOVEL, FROM COVER ALISHA GORE ions on other matters as well the SGA. These services include safe ride, STAFF WRITER department is nothing but amazingly tal­ These include the proposed building of discounted faxing. free legal consultation The Student Government Association ented people. Sarah Messer's work and a campus parking deck, extension of cam­ and discounted movie tickets. sent out a surve:, via e-mail Jan. 22 to all guidance was extremely important to me. pu~ dining hours. 11nplementation of a lap­ SGA sophomore class representative UNCW students. The survey asked stu­ Wendy Brenner and Rebecca Lee are top requ1rcment and an increase in student Laura McComb stresses the benefits of stu­ dents 14 quesllons about their appro,al or fees. geniuses," Land said. dents panic1pating in this survey to the disapproval of several programs. These Reviews have been positive for the The parking deck issue 1s one of major SGA. 'To represent the student body fully programs are currently offered or arc pro­ book, which i;vas pubhshed by Random concern to students due to the current park­ we must, as a body. develop a strategy (by posed to he offered by the university. House. Public reaction has been mixed · ing situallon problems. The building of a way of the student survey), in order to rep­ "We wanted to get the students intelligent and chtld1sh. On the Barnes and campus parking deck would cause parking resent their voice," McComb said. involved," said Jessica Madden. SGA aca­ decal fees to increase from $172 to $242. Noble Web site the book is currently listed The SGA also wants students to learn demic affairs committee chair and at-large With the proposed construction and expan­ and Kappa Sigma alumni have posted read­ representati \e that they can freely address their issues to er reviews.