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A clash between politics and Hollywood is causing a race in North Carolina to get national attention.
During their first debate of the election season, B.J. Lawson and U.S. Rep. David Price disagreed on most issues based on how they define the powers of the federal government.
Universities in the UNC system should plan on cutting their budgets by at least 10 percent and prepare to face a tough fight against legislators, the system’s President Erskine Bowles said Thursday.
Discussion concerning the UNC system’s budget for next year and potential tuition increases will start in earnest at the Board of Governors’ meeting today.
Less than a week before First Amendment Day, a UNC-system school infringed on students’ right to free press.
President Barack Obama talked to 100 college journalists in a teleconference from his Oval office today. The Daily Tar Heel was one of the newspapers invited to dial in to the conference. Here are some of the main points from Obama’s 45-minute conference call:
Tonight’s primaries have so far proved to be another successful night for Tea Party candidates.
Duke Student Government President Mike Lefevre vetoed the student senate’s decision to defund the university’s College Republicans on Friday.
Duke University’s student government made an unprecedented decision Wednesday night by voting to de-fund and de-charter the university’s College Republicans.
Clarification (Sept. 9, 1:12 p.m.) Duke University’s College Republicans have lost their funding from the student government. Although the senate also voted to de-charter the club, it still has to be approved by the Student Organizational Finance Committee.
Former chairman of Duke University’s College Republicans and his supporters will have at least one of their grievances against the club heard.
The UNC-system Board of Governors are back where they were four years ago — trying to make tuition rates as predictable as possible for students.
Allegations against Duke University’s College Republicans remain unresolved after the university’s student judiciary decided Sunday not to revisit the case.
Another year of decreased funding from the state has forced the UNC-system Board of Governors to shift its priorities.
Duke University’s College Republicans are determined to put last year’s discrimination allegations against the club behind them and start afresh.
For the last two years, faculty members and administrators have been bearing the brunt of millions of dollars in budget cuts to the UNC system. But an additional $70 million cut this year led the system’s leaders to move to “Plan B” — the students.
The former chairman of Duke University’s College Republicans has decided to cut all ties with not only the chapter at Duke, but also the statewide College Republicans organization and the Republican Party itself. Justin Robinette, who also served as co-chairman of the N.C. Federation of College Republicans, resigned from the position Sunday. Robinette said in a statement that the decision was in response to recent events at Duke, which spurred rumors about him that he needed to stop. He was impeached April 14 by the Duke College Republicans for what members say was poor leadership, fixing elections and neglecting to coordinate events with UNC’s chapter, among other reasons.After his impeachment, Robinette filed a suit with the student government’s judiciary, claiming a hostile environment was created and the College Republicans impeached him because he is gay.The judiciary sided with the College Republicans and said they did not find enough evidence to prove that Robinette was impeached only because of his sexuality.“I could no longer be effective in the capacity I was elected to as a result of this environment,” Robinette said. Cliff Satell, president of the Duke Conservative Union and supporter of Robinette, said Robinette had been debating his resignation ever since he received an e-mail from UNC junior John Eick, who serves as the chairman of the N.C. Federation of College Republicans.“I am in no ways asking for your resignation, but I, as will be the case with all my state officers, will expect only the highest commitment from you,” Eick said in his e-mail. Satell said Eick’s e-mail implied that Robinette should resign.“It essentially said you don’t have to resign, but wink wink, resign,” Satell said. But Eick said his e-mail clearly told Robinette to re-evaluate his standing with the College Republicans and asked him not to resign twice. “It certainly is a loss,” Eick said of Robinette’s resignation. “But we will certainly put all of this behind us.”Duke’s Senate decided Thursday not to suspend or de-charter the College Republicans. Instead, it passed a resolution requiring all student organizations to amend their constitution to include non-discrimination policies.“I think it was a victory for Justin, but I wish it was stronger,” Satell said.The Senate was scared to pass a harsh punishment for the College Republicans, Satell said. “I do remember some senators saying, ‘What’s CNN going to say about this?’”Contact the State & National Editor at stntdesk@unc.edu.
The Duke College Republicans’ charter is still in question despite a ruling Tuesday that it did not discriminate against its former chairman.The school’s Senate will take up the issue tonight and decide whether to suspend the charter because one of the club’s executive board members is unfairly in office because he is a graduate student.The club has been under scrutiny since former Chairman Justin Robinette claimed that he was impeached because he is gay.Robinette was impeached Wednesday by the organization’s executive board for what members say was poor leadership, fixing elections and neglecting to coordinate events with UNC’s chapter, among other reasons.After his impeachment, Robinette filed a suit with the student government’s judiciary, claiming a hostile environment was created and College Republicans impeached him because he is gay. In a closed trial held Monday evening, justices determined in a 3-1 split opinion that the College Republicans did not discriminate against Robinette.The ruling saved the College Republicans from losing their charter entirely, but it did not save them from suspension.During the trial, the judiciary found that the director of the club’s executive board was a graduate student, which is unconstitutional, said Spencer Eldred, the Senate’s vice president for student affairs. It is on those grounds that the Senate is considering the club’s suspension — not because of Robinette’s allegations. If the club is suspended, they will not be allowed to meet until they have to written a new constitution and election procedure.The trial started at 6.15 p.m. Monday night and ended Tuesday morning after almost 15 hours of testimonies and discussion among the justices. Chief Justice Matthew Straus, who recused himself from the trial, said he doesn’t know of any other trial that has lasted as long. “These four justices were determined to make sure they were going to see every piece of evidence and listen to all of the testimonies,” Straus said. “They wanted to be meticulous.” Unlike most of their rulings, this decision was split.“It was a little stressful,” said Rachel Provost, chief of staff for Duke’s College Republicans. “I was surprised it took so long, but I’m definitely happy.”Associate Justice Carissa Mueller wrote a dissenting opinion, stating that the club members’ actions were offensive to the gay community.A resolution for condemning hate speech will also be on the Senate’s agenda even though College Republicans maintain that they impeached Robinette for reasons such as his purchase of $207 worth of Vineyard Vines polo shirts using club funds. Robinette is denying accusations of misusing funds and said in an interview Tuesday that university officials had conducted an audit Tuesday and found no wrongdoing. “There were no apparent violations of University financial protocols,” said Chris Roby, director of Duke’s Office of Student Activities and Facilities, in an e-mail.Contact the State & National Editor at stntdesk@unc.edu.
Facing accusations that it impeached its former leader because he was gay, Duke University College Republicans waited Monday night to learn of the future of their club’s charter. Former College Republicans Chairman Justin Robinette was impeached Wednesday by the executive board of the university’s College Republicans for what members say was poor leadership, misuse of funds and neglecting to coordinate events with UNC’s chapter, among other reasons. Robinette has since filed a suit with the university’s student government, claiming he was impeached because he is gay. His suit could lead to the revoking of the organization’s charter at Duke. Club leaders came prepared to the student government’s trial court with copies of receipts, e-mails and statements from members of the N.C. Federation of College Republicans, supporting their allegations against Robinette.“They don’t have any ground to revoke us,” said Rachel Provost, chief of staff for the College Republicans at Duke. Both sides testified separately before the court on the issue of whether the College Republicans created a hostile environment for Robinette that led to his impeachment. The trial was only open to the court and those testifying.“The judiciary is on a fact-finding mission,” said Duke Student Body President Awa Nur. Two of the justices, including the chief justice, recused themselves from the proceedings due to personal bias or involvement in the case. Another justice could not attend the proceedings for other reasons. Duke Judiciary Chief Justice Matthew Straus, who recused himself because he had attended the impeachment meeting, said the decorum of the executive-board members at the impeachment meeting surprised him. He said in an interview that he asked them at the impeachment meeting, “Aren’t you embarrassed that the internal conflict is at such a high that you can’t have a discussion?” If three of the four remaining justices vote in favor of Robinette, the case moves to the student government’s Senate. No agreement had been reached as of 12:30 a.m.The Senate has the official power to revoke an organization’s charter, but it might not be able to take action because their last meeting is on Wednesday. The Senate must be given five days of notice before hearing the charges. In such a case, the Senate would have to be called into special session to decide on the eligibility of the College Republicans’ charter. Larry Moneta, vice president for student affairs, said that the university is looking into the allegations. If the club’s charter is revoked by the Senate, he said he is unsure how the university would respond.Sam Tasher, executive director for Duke’s College Republicans, said he found out a week ago that Robinette was gay but accusations of him mobilizing the rest of the board to impeach Robinette because of his sexuality are all fabricated.“That didn’t have any influence on me,” he said. “We had disagreements, but there are a lot of people with disagreements.” Cliff Satell, former vice-chairman of the university’s College Republicans and president of the Duke Conservative Union, said Tasher met with him prior to the impeachment and asked, “Oh, by the way, did you know Justin was gay? How do you feel about that?”“I was surprised and caught off guard,” Satell said.He said the organization has transitioned slightly more to the right and discrimination against Robinette could be a result of that. Contact the State & National Editor at stntdesk@unc.edu.
Hearing concerning Duke's College Republicans charter