Students: 'Yes' To Campaign Finance Reform
The referendum, which was initiated by a coalition of student organizations, passed by a margin of 5,886 to 786.
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The referendum, which was initiated by a coalition of student organizations, passed by a margin of 5,886 to 786.
But some couples decide to marry before they even get a diploma.
Candidates used their last available weekend to organize their final campaign efforts.
TPAC members broke into groups at the afternoon meeting to discuss proposals and debate possible sources of revenue for the $2 million needed to balance the Department of Public Safety's 2002-03 budget.
Officials said they hoped the event would familiarize seniors with this year's gift, a memorial to the "unsung founders" of the University -- slaves and other black men and women who built UNC.
The UNC Common Cause/ Democracy Matters Student Alliance for Campaign Finance Reform is composed of members from organizations including UNC Young Democrats, Student Environmental Action Coalition and Students United for a Responsible Global Environment.
Performers from Duke University, N.C. State University, the University of South Carolina and Emory competed in Aaj Ka Dhamaka, the fourth annual intercollegiate dance competition whose name means "today's excitement."
The building will remain open while its roof is repaired in an effort to minimize the inconvenience to students remaining on campus this summer, officials said.
Volunteer Orange!, a service of the Triangle United Way located on N. Columbia Street, began holding office hours in the Campus Y this semester to advise on volunteer options.
The press conference kicked off plans for a student referendum urging state legislators to pass "meaningful campaign finance reform."
Christopher Payne, director of the Department of Housing and Residential Education, said the department placed students in Joyner for last semester because of a campus housing shortage.
TPAC officials decided last week to administer the online survey, which consists of six questions aimed at determining where, why and how often students, faculty and staff seek night parking on campus.
For some, the best way to deal with the demands of college life, whether as a result of exams or just the daily grind of the school year, is to leave UNC. Despite the negative connotation normally associated with dropping out of college, some University officials said it can be the right option for students in certain situations.
But Lynn Blanchard, a Raleigh native and UNC graduate who has been approved by Chancellor James Moeser as the new director of the Carolina Center for Public Service, said she looks forward to giving back to the community in which she was raised.
Stahl, winner of several Emmys and the Edward R. Murrow Award for Overall Excellence in Television, addressed a packed house at Memorial Hall as part of the Earl Wynn Distinguished Lecture Series.
Operation Smile is a private, nonprofit volunteer medical services organization providing reconstructive surgery and related health care to children and young adults in developing countries and in the United States, said Janelle Harrell, president of the campus chapter of Operation Smile.
Chancellor James Moeser said last week that the $800,000, which will be paid in 8 yearly installments of $100,000, will be used to benefit undergraduate education. UNC entered into an 8-year contract with Nike last week. The contract -- valued at $28.34 million -- the largest collegiate deal of its kind.
The novice competition, which began nine years ago, is open to all UNC undergraduates and first-year law students. This is the first year that teams from Duke, N.C. Central and N.C. State universities have been invited, said Michael O'Sullivan, president of the academy.
There was little debate as members of the administration and faculty stood in turn to voice their support of a resolution condemning terrorism that eventually passed unanimously.
One possible gift is a freestanding monument -- named Unsung Founders of the University -- honoring men and women of color who helped raise some of the first buildings on campus.