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UNC Crafts Strategy for Pay Disparity

By Shelley Walden | January 13

In the wake of a recent study revealing a salary disparity between UNC's male and female faculty members, University officials have crafted a strategy to address wage inequities. Executive Associate Provost Bernadette Gray-Little announced at Friday's Faculty Council meeting that all deans will have to submit a report to the provost by Feb. 1 that will state how their departments will address salary inequities. These plans then will be assessed by a campuswide committee. Gray-Little said any final wage recommendations should be reported by the end of the semester.

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Congress Passes Bill To Reform Elections

By Shelley Walden | November 13

The Larson-Daum Campaign Reform Act of 2002 passed Tuesday by voice vote in a late-night session of Congress. The bill, which will take effect for the February general election, will shorten the time period in which campaign funds can be spent, increase the number of signatures required to run for office, limit campaign expenditures and require campaigns to be funded only by student fees.

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Grant To Strengthen PR Programs In Russia

By Shelley Walden | November 7

The School of Journalism and Mass Communication has been awarded a grant from the U.S. State Department that will be used to help enrich public relations education on an international scale. The $280,000 grant, which was established to improve educational relationships between U.S. universities and newly independent states, will be used for the next three years to improve the public relations programs in two Russian universities: Moscow State University for International Relations, which goes by MGIMO, and Irkutsk State University in eastern Siberia.

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Curriculum Committee Issues Report

By Shelley Walden | November 4

The Curriculum Review Steering Committee has released an initial report that proposes ways to make the curriculum more connected while reducing the number of general education hours undergraduates must complete. The primary goal of the proposal is to make the curriculum, implemented in 1980, less fragmented. "Any curriculum that was geared towards the needs of the students more than 20 years ago is naturally not what we're going to need today," said Laurie McNeil, chairwoman of the curriculum review.

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Student Arrested On GBL Charges To Get Treatment

By Shelley Walden | October 25

A UNC student arrested last month on felony chemical charges had his case continued to Jan. 23 at his Thursday court appearance at the Orange County District Court in Hillsborough. In an agreement made between the judge, district attorney and defense attorney, freshman Justin Ryncavage formerly of 239 Craige North Residence Hall was ordered to participate in Project Turn Around.

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'XF' Grade Proposed to Make Cheating a Lesson in Ethics

By Shelley Walden | October 23

All students at UNC will make some kind of mistake before they graduate. Most errors will be minor with limited impact. But when it comes to cheating, UNC students convicted of the Honor Code violation in the future could face severe consequences. According to a new proposal made by a task force charged with reviewing the student judicial system, cheaters could be branded for life. The proposal suggests that students receive an "X" attached to an "F" grade on their transcripts if they are convicted of violating standards of academic integrity.

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Student Offcials Submit 6-Month Update

By Shelley Walden | October 16

The executive branch of student government and the Graduate and Professional Student Federation released midterm reports Thursday, reviewing accomplishments the groups have made since taking office in April and highlighting issues that still need attention. Student Body President Jen Daum said in the annual October Report that her administration has increased both student participation in and communication within student government. "We've really worked well as a group," Daum said.

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Group Gathers to Remember Life

By Shelley Walden | October 4

Amid a sea of lighted candles, a group of mourners gathered at the Kenan-Flagler Business School parking deck Thursday night to commemorate a man who allegedly claimed his own life because of mental illness more than one year ago. Arcadio Ariza Cortes escaped from UNC Hospitals on Oct. 1, 2001, after the hospital staff allegedly mistook him for a visitor.

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Advocacy Groups Find New Home

By Shelley Walden | September 30

A new room in the Center for Healthy Student Behaviors' satellite office, located in the Student Recreation Center, has opened to house student advocacy groups. The new office, which once housed a fitness assessment center, will now be a space for health-orientated campus groups whose goals include peer education and working for change. "This room will be an extension of our ongoing services but will be open later in the evening and will provide a specific physical place for student groups to meet," said Dean Blackburn, one of the CHSB coordinators.

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Patterson Crowned New Ms. BSM

By Shelley Walden | September 30

Rhonda Patterson was on cloud nine Saturday night after being crowned Ms. BSM at this year's Black Student Movement coronation ball, "A Walk in the Clouds." Upon the announcement of this year's Ms. BSM, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority members enveloped Patterson in a circle and sang congratulations for a fellow sister's achievements -- a ritual that, like the annual BSM ball, has long been a tradition.