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(09/04/09 4:33am)
Campus Recreation is making some changes this semester to help keep students physically active.While Bowman Gray Indoor Pool is closed for renovations, the new South Campus Recreation Complex — completed this summer — will offer students more opportunities for physical activity.The complex will provide Campus Recreation with new options for intramural sports to help make up for those that are temporarily unavailable because of pool renovations.The changes in the intramural schedule aren’t a product of the campuswide budget crunch, said Marty Pomerantz, director of Campus Recreation.“Operationally, we’ve been OK. We run a pretty tight ship,” Pomerantz said. “We’ve done well because we’re so well supported by our students.”South Campus complexLocated near the Smith Center, the South Campus Recreation Complex has three tennis courts, three sand volleyball courts and two basketball courts that double as street hockey rinks.It will also include UNC’s first three courts for paddle tennis — a version of tennis played on a smaller court with a solid racquet.The facility’s grand opening ceremony is slated for Oct. 17 and will feature programs in sand volleyball, tennis, basketball and street hockey, Pomerantz said.He said the highlight of the event will be an exhibition game played by four professional paddle tennis players. They will also conduct a clinic for students who want to learn more about the sport or hone their skills.Intramural sport shuffleStudent Recreation will not be able to provide three intramural sports while Bowman Gray is under construction. Inner tube water polo, inner tube water basketball and swimming will not be available this fall, said Justin Ford, director of intramural sports.“We’re operating under the assumption that the pool is going to be offline this entire school year,” Pomerantz said. He said the best-case scenario is that Bowman Gray Indoor Pool will be open by spring break.Pomerantz said while water-based intramurals will not be held this fall, some club sports are negotiating for the use of Koury Natatorium, the facility used by varsity aquatic sports.But Campus Recreation is introducing two new intramural sports. Baggo — a beanbag tossing game — and singles and doubles paddle tennis will be offered this fall. Ford said he hopes to have about 50 participants for each activity.In addition to the program changes, students interested in signing up for an intramural sport no longer have to go to the Student Recreation Center.Intramural sign-ups have gone completely online. Students can now register at www.campusrec.unc.edu.Contact the University Editor at udesk@unc.edu.
(08/27/09 4:37am)
Student organizations at UNC have a new partner to help them with event planning and fundraising.Connected for Cause is a new nonprofit organization that combines opportunities for service and fundraising. Seniors Kelly Leonhardt and Katie Page founded the group in July, and are working to build their campus presence.Leonhardt said the group raised more than $1,100 last weekend at Connected for Cause’s first event, when she, Page and other volunteers rented a few hand trucks to help students move into Granville Towers. The group accepted donations for their assistance.They said all the proceeds from the event will be donated to a Connected for Cause-affiliated organization or participant.Leonhardt said Boy Scouts have done similar fundraisers and said Granville Towers residents were excited to have a UNC organization involved.While reflecting on previous fundraisers, Leonhardt said she and Page thought to themselves, “Why aren’t we providing these opportunities to other students on campus?” She said that the idea led them to create Connected for Cause so student organizations could partner together to run the events instead of scrounging for volunteers.Student groups usually must seek money from donors themselves or apply to receive money from Student Congress, which doles out more than $350,000 a year in students funds. With more than 200 student groups, organizations often get less than they want.Page and Leonhardt have had plenty of experience with raising money and managing budgets. As President of Alpha Kappa Psi professional business fraternity, Leonhardt said she was able to more than double the fraternity’s fundraising profits.As UNC’s Accounting Club founder and president, Page said she had skills in financial planning.Leonhardt said she and Page are planning events with several Campus Y programs, Phi Beta Chi sorority, Nourish International and Another Way of Learning, a group that encourages teacher-student interaction outside the classroom by providing professors and teaching assistants with money to host meals and activities.For the Another Way of Learning event, the Connected for Cause’s founders said they are hoping to set up a dunking booth or a pie-in-the-face stand in the Pit, where students will be able to dunk or pie professors.“I think it’s a really good idea,” said Priya Desai, co-chairwoman of the Coalition Against Sex Trafficking, part of the Campus Y. “My organization is pretty new,” she said. “We’re having problems finding funding because we need money to get off the ground for events.” She said she is hoping for productive collaboration between the coalition and Connected for Cause.Page said that she and Leonhardt went around at Fall Fest and talked to student groups about fundraising to come up with event ideas. They also plan to contact groups through their Facebook page and organizations that are listed on the Carolina Union’s Web site.Contact the University Editor at udesk@unc.edu.
(03/19/09 4:00am)
The Employee Forum is asking University employees how far they would be willing to go to help UNC maintain its budget next year.The question was posed in an online survey sent earlier this week. More than half of the respondents said they would be willing to be furloughed — meaning take mandatory unpaid leave.As of Thursday afternoon1226 employees — about 10 percent — had replied said Brenda Denzler vice chairwoman of the forum. She said that is an excellent response. The link to the survey was sent in an e-mail Tuesday evening to all University employees who allow mass e-mail to be sent.Question seven of the survey asks" ""Which of the following would you be willing (and able) to do personally to help the University manage its personnel expenditures?"" It offered nine responses ranging from ""nothing at all"" to ""be laid off.""So far" 22 percent of employees said they're not willing to do anything. But 55 percent said they would be willing to be furloughed and about 3 percent even said they would be willing to be laid off" Denzler said.""It's not necessarily easy to talk about layoffs and furloughs if you have a heart"" Denzler said. It's easier to talk about them in the terms of abstract numbers. We wanted to put a face on those numbers.""Denzler said the forum wanted to use the survey as a way to get the employees' voices heard by the administration. It will share the results with administrators and others interested.""It brings a human element into this equation. It's not all about dollars and cents. It's about human beings and human lives" Denzler said. We wanted on the other hand to give people at the University an opportunity to say" ‘I am willing to help. I want to help the University make its budget.'""But Cary Gillenwater" a teaching assistant in the School of Education said he was unsatisfied with the survey" and he said he's not alone in that regard.""One complaint I've heard from other people is that the University does not take it upon its shoulders to make a decision" Gillenwater said. I can see the point but the problem is you're asking people to do things that they obviously don't want to do. It's lose your job or lose a bunch of money" and that's a choice you just don't want to make.""He said that in these tough economic times" the University should make cuts in other areas of the UNC community" not just employees.""I doubt the employee survey extends to South Building and the administrators and athletics"" Gillenwater said.Some questions from the surveyIf you were laid off, how would you (and your family) be affected?If you were furloughed, how would you (and your family) be affected?Which one thing would you prefer to do, if necessary, assuming that nothing at all"" is not an option?Contact the University Editor at udesk@unc.edu.
(03/06/09 5:00am)
With the economy in the dumps and ever-present talk of tuition increases more UNC students are asking the federal government for financial aid.UNC has seen a 9 percent increase during the last year in FAFSA — Free Application for Federal Student Aid — forms said Phillip Asbury" deputy director of the UNC Office of Scholarships and Student Aid.But he said he isn't worried about the office's ability to handle the extra applications.""It's still pretty early in the process" but most of this is automated which helps us accommodate the workload" he said.The priority deadline for turning in a FAFSA was Sunday. But Asbury said he doesn't want that to discourage students from turning in late applications for next year, because their applications are still processed and considered for aid.March 1 was a very real deadline" he said. Students should certainly apply" but their options become more limited.""The Office of Scholarships and Student Aid works with the federal government to decide which students should receive financial aid — and not all students qualify" Asbury said.Some people may think they're in worse financial situations than they actually are and might apply for financial aid wrongly assuming that they need it to afford school" he said.""People may feel like they need help" but oftentimes it may not be the case" he said. Students will get aid where they are applicable.""Shirley Ort" UNC's director of financial aid said she expects an increase of 5 percent or less in students who are eligible for aid.Last year 60 percent of undergraduate students at UNC received some form of financial aid but only 33 percent got federal money.Asbury said students' eligibility for federal money is determined by the FAFSA form.The amount of financial aid the government will offer depends on the applicant's expected family contribution which is the amount their family should be able to pay based on their financial strength and the cost of attendance at their school.Students whose family is deemed able to afford college tuition will not receive any aid.Applicants also must meet a few background requirements to be eligible for federal aid.According to the FAFSA Web site one must be a U.S. citizen or eligible noncitizen have a valid Social Security Number be registered with Selective Service have a high school diploma or GED and be enrolled or accepted as a student at a school that participates in the federal student aid programs.They must not have a conviction for a drug offense that occurred while receiving federal student aid.Contact the University Editor at udesk@unc.edu.
(02/26/09 5:00am)
For Malinda Maynor Lowery the struggles of the Lumbee Native American tribe ring close to home.Lowery born into the Lumbee tribe in Robeson County gave a lecture Thursday on Native Americans that examined the trials of her tribe during the 20th century" from the Jim Crow era of segregation until integration.""I wanted to give people an overview of Lumbee history as Indians" Southerners and Americans" Lowery, a Harvard University professor, said.Lowery holds a degree in history and literature from Harvard, a master's degree in documentary film production from Stanford University and a Ph.D. in history from UNC.Titled Indians" Southerners & Americans: Race Tribe and Nation During Jim Crow" the lecture examined the development of the Lumbee tribe through segregation, conflicts with the Ku Klux Klan, World War II and eventually integration.Lowery talked about how Native Americans had a history of treatment distinct from both whites and other minority groups.Native Americans were discriminated against by whites in the United States, but those who served during World War II were treated the same as their white servicemen. Once they returned to America, however, they again were treated poorly.They gave their loyalty to two groups" Americans and Indians but they wondered if that loyalty was returned" she said.Lowery was enthusiastic about the number of attendees — about 50, including a few of her teachers from when she attended high school in Durham.The rest of the crowd was made up of UNC students, several senior citizens and even a few students from Duke University.Duke student Ciara Wirth, who said she is part Native American, was interested in Lowery's discussion about segregation in schools.Wirth, a junior biology and environmental science and policy double major, said she decided to attend the lecture because she saw In the Light of Reverence"" a documentary Lowery helped produce, which deals with three tribal nations and their struggles to protect their homelands.Wirth said it made her interested in concepts of culture and identity.Lowery's husband, Willie French Lowery, also deals with concepts of Native American culture in his artwork, which is on display at the Love House on East Franklin Street.It is a wonderful honor for our family"" Lowery said about her husband's exhibit. He is an untrained artist.""She said her husband's art helps him to cope with his Parkinson's disease. His exhibit will be on display until the end of March.Contact the University Editor at udesk@unc.edu.
(02/11/09 5:00am)
Christina Fluet and Keith Lee won their student elections after running uncontested campaigns.Fluet won the Residence Hall Association presidency while Lee won the Graduate and Professional Student Federation presidency. Fluet a sophomore sociology major is the sixth candidate to run uncontested for the RHA office in the last six elections.Before assuming her duties" Fluet said she wants to learn more about the RHA and what it does.""I want to make sure I know what it entails"" she said. I think I have a pretty good hold on it.""One of her main goals is to make sure students know the difference between RHA and the housing department.Fluet has served as the Carmichael-Whitehead community governor since fall 2008. While community governors are usually elected in the spring" she was elected in the fall because Carmichael was closed for renovations last year.According to current RHA president Michael Miller the responsibilities associated with her new position include being an intermediary between residence halls and other organizations and advocating student opinions to Housing and Residential Education.Lee a graduate student in the computer science department" announced his intent to run for the GPSF position late in the game.Lee only ran as a write-in candidate after hearing that no one else had officially declared interest in running for the office.""Usually people are hesitant about the time commitment involved when they are juggling a 40- to 60-hour work week" a family with children a commute or obligations to their community" current GPSF president Cindy Spurlock told The Daily Tar Heel last week.Despite being the only candidate to declare interest as a write-in, Lee only won by 34 votes. Eric Chow, a student in the school of pharmacy, came in second.Speaking of Lee's qualifications, Spurlock said, His work ethic is amazing"" and he has the ability to articulate complex issues in a way that bridges divides.""Lee served on the executive board of both Spurlock and Lauren Anderson's administrations.Lee's platform stresses campus safety" affordable housing and manageable class sizes for teaching and research assistants against the University's tightening budget.Contact the University Editor at udesk@unc.edu.