made the same transitionrecommended this approach,Marinshaw added.Sakai costs $332,000 annu-ally to maintain as opposed toBlackboard’s $620,000, accord-ing to a study the University conducted before choosingSakai.The University currently paysto operate both services.Sakai, because it is opensource, has no licensing fee. ITS voted to make the transitionin October 2010 citing, amongother things, a much lower cost.played at her son’s funeral ser- vice, it would have been FrankSinatra’s “My Way.”Throughout his life,Johnson defied the norm, shesaid.“He looked at things differ-ently,” she said. “He challengedpeople about the process inmany ways.”
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Residents and Occupy ChapelHill members joined Monday night to protest a town reportthat expressed support for whatmany called violent police actionduring the Yates Motor Company break-up.Protesters, who marched fromthe Occupy Chapel Hill/Carrborocamp in Peace and Justice Plazato a Town Council meeting attown hall, criticized the officialreport — and after much dis-cussion, the council decided toinvestigate further, but not tosupport an independent review.The event at the center of thecontroversy occurred in early November, when a group of “Occupy Everywhere” protesterstook over the abandoned YatesMotor Company building onFranklin Street. A team of police wielding assault rifles brokeup the protesters — who areseparate from the Occupy ChapelHill/Carrboro group — citing asafety threat.On Friday, Town ManagerRoger Stancil released a reviewof that action. Protesters saidthe review, which drew conclu-sions based on police reports andother official statements, didn’tgo far enough to establish whathappened. Many disagreed withStancil’s conclusion that the forcepolice used was justified.“They’re taking no responsibil-ity for their actions,” protesterJustin Jacobs said. “They need toapologize.”Resident Jim Neal had pro-posed a review carried out solely by residents — several town offi-cials sit on the community polic-ing advisory committee tasked with the review — and many sup-ported the call.The appeal eventually failed, with some saying that Neal him-self would be unable to lead anobjective review.But council members said they did lack information about theevent both at the time and now,and more information is needed.Carrboro Board of Aldermenmember Dan Coleman investi-gated the break-up for a reviewof the Mutual Aid Agreement between Chapel Hill andCarrboro’s police departments,and his findings prompted dis-cussion about inconsistencies.In one instance, Coleman saidhis research suggested police didnot communicate that Occupiersshould leave prior to the raid.But Town Manager RogerStancil stated in his review thata town task force determinedpolice were unable to commu-nicate with building occupiers,despite two attempts.“I think the reports we gotover the weekend — there may be some inconsistencies there,”Councilman Gene Pease said.“But I don’t know why we would create another committeeat this point.”The Council decided to havethe policing advisory committeeinvestigate farther.Stancil’s report did determinethat the incident showed a needfor new media relations policy.The council discussed the pos-sibility of apologizing to journal-ists who were handcuffed outsideof the Yates building. After initial resolutions failed,the council eventually voted toissue a formal apology “to thepress.”Police have also drafted a newmedia relations policy that speci-fies how reporters and policeshould interact at crime scenesand incident locations.The Herald-Sun and WCHLhave endorsed the policy, accord-ing to the report.
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One of the busiest men at UNC is about toadd another helping to his already full plate.Chancellor Holden Thorp will soon jointhe few who have tackled the challenge of balancing teaching with administrative duties when he begins teaching Introduction toEntrepreneurship in the fall.Teaching classes as an administratoris no easy task, but it makes the job morerewarding, according to those who havedone it. Among the ranks is Vice Chancellorfor Student Affairs Winston Crisp, who is teaching Advanced LeadershipDevelopment. He said making time for thetwo tasks is not easy.“You don’t get to do less of your job,” he said.“You have to put in as many hours as it takes.”From his @ViceCrispy Twitter account,Crisp tweeted on Monday, “Preparing forfirst class of semester. Excited to be teachingagain. The job is always more fun when I getto be in the classroom.”“You have to make time for the things youcare about,” Crisp said in an interview. “But Ihave to be vice chancellor first. If I can’t getthat done and teach, I can’t teach.”Ty McNeil, one of Crisp’s students, charac-terized Crisp’s teaching style as personal.“He has a laid-back teaching style, whichis kind of surprising since he’s an administra-tor,” McNeil said.But sometimes senior administrators justcan’t find the time to teach classes.James Moeser, UNC’s chancellor from2000 to 2008, taught when he was an aca-demic dean at the University but chose todevote 100 percent of his time to his admin-istrative duties after becoming chancellor.“I was happy when I was teaching, but Iknew that I made the right decision in nottrying to balance teaching when I had a job
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After the Sept. 11 terroristattacks, Zach Johnson becameinspired to serve his country, joining the Army right out of high school.He had a fear of heights.To conquer it, he became aninfantryman, jumping out of planes in the 82nd AirborneDivision stationed at FortBragg. After finishing tours in Afghanistan and Iraq, Johnson wanted to increase his knowl-edge of the world, so heenrolled at UNC with the goalof becoming a certified nursingassistant.Johnson constantly soughtchallenges and adventure, andon Dec. 30, he talked to hismother, Joy Johnson, about hisfuture at UNC.“We were talking aboutschool and what he was goingto do,” she said. “He was justsaying he wanted to take asmany classes across as many different subjects as he could.Zach was like a sponge — he wanted to absorb all theknowledge he could.”Later that day, Johnson diedin a motorcycle accident inRaleigh. He was 24.Joy Johnson said if there was one song she could have
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As UNC’s transition to anew course management sys-tem enters its final year, theUniversity continues to pay for two programs — Sakai andBlackboard.Officials are aiming to finishthe transition from Blackboardto Sakai, which they said is ontarget, by December.But this summer, UNC willpay an $80,000 licensing fee toBlackboard, which lasts a year,said Ruth Marinshaw, associ-ate vice chancellor for researchcomputing.“We will need the additionalsix months of licensing to… besure that unanticipated requestsor needs can be adequately addressed,” she wrote in anemail.Other institutions who have
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Someone dumped doughnutsillegally at a private residence at305 Circle Park Place at about11:32 p.m. Saturday, according toChapel Hill police reports.The doughnuts were dumped ata single family residence, accord-ing to reports.
Someone trespassed in BSki’sTortilla Wrap Grill at 147 E.Franklin St. between 2:50 and2:55 a.m. Saturday, according toChapel Hill police reports.Females kicked in the closetdoor and urinated inside, accord-ing to reports. A suspicious vehicle wasreported on Columbia Place East between 7:55 and 9:15 a.m.Sunday, according to Chapel Hillpolice reports. A vehicle was observed driv-ing down the street, according topolice reports.Someone wilfully vandalizedproperty at 106 Forsyth Drive atabout 4:48 p.m. Sunday, accord-ing to Chapel Hill police reports.The person jumped on a carhood, causing damage, according to reports.The damage to the 1996 whiteHonda Civic was valued at about$700, reports state.Someone assaulted a person who was speaking on the phone atan apartment at 107 PinegateCircle, according to Chapel Hillpolice reports.Carrboro police responded toa call from Wendy’s at 100 S.Greensboro St. at 7:58 p.m.Thursday in response to a tres-passing complaint, according toCarrboro police reports. According to reports, a man was intoxicated and lying in theflowers outside of the business.The man informed Orange County EMS at the scene that he didnot need any medical attention,reports state.Reports state that the man was“assisted to his feet and sent onhis way.”
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Charter school proposal examined
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The application for a newcharter school in Chapel Hill — asource of worry for some schoolofficials and community mem- bers — could move forward inthe approval process today.The new Public CharterSchool Advisory Council willinterview applicants for theHoward and Lillian Lee ScholarsCharter School today to decide whether to recommend it forconsideration by the N.C. StateBoard of Education.The application is being con-sidered by the council throughthe “fast track” program forschools that want to open thisfall. Angela Lee helped submitthe application for the elemen-tary charter school, named forher parents, in November. Inthe application, the goals of the school include alleviatingovercrowding in Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools and clos-ing the achievement gap.But Superintendent TomForcella sent a letter to the stateOffice of Charter Schools inDecember saying that the schoolsystem is already tackling theseproblems.In his letter, Forcella includ-ed three years of test scoresthat show a decrease in theachievement gap and noted theapproval of a new elementary school that will address over-crowding. While some have spoken outagainst the school, advocatessay it would help underservedstudents.Eddie Goodall, the execu-tive director of the N.C. PublicCharter Schools Association,said charter schools can betteraddress the needs of at-risk stu-dents than other public schools.“It’s the drive to excel thatcomes from, I think, the educa-tors and the parents who havemade a choice to invest in thecharter school,” he said.“They want their decision tolook good, and it draws them intoa common effort, and it translatesinto children excelling.”Charter schools, which some-times don’t provide school lunch-es or transportation, encouragemore volunteerism from parents,Goodall said.“The parents almost have toplay a more integral role,” hesaid.But the Chapel Hill-CarrboroNAACP and district officials are worried about the public fundsthat would be redirected to thecharter school.The charter school wouldreceive about $4.6 million to $7million of the district’s budget, based on enrollment projec-tions of 480 to 723 studentsmultiplied by per-pupil spendingfrom state and local budgets,said Todd LoFrese, the schoolsystem’s assistant superintendentfor support services.He said the reduction in stu-dents would result in about 20to 40 fewer classroom teachers, which would only save the system
An application for anew charter school willbe reviewed today.
Obama losingcollege voters
By Jeff Kagan
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In 2008, Barack Obama reliedon college-aged voters to securethe presidency, and he hopes tomaintain this support base forthe next election.But recent studies are showingthat this support might not beguaranteed.Tufts University’s Center forInformation & Research on CivicLearning and Engagement con-ducted a study showing that thestate’s Democratic Party has lostmore than 39,000 — or about80 percent — of registered voters between the ages of 18 and 25.The low Democrat voter regis-tration might pose a problem forthe Democratic Party as it strug-gles to reclaim seats it lost in 2010.Kei Kawashima-Ginsberg, thelead researcher for the study, saidsince the age group is mobile, the voters might have moved fromtheir precinct or state where they were registered.She said it might be difficultto mobilize this age group again,especially considering the highlevel of support Obama receivedin 2008.“That level of excitement andenthusiasm just isn’t there.” And this election, Republicansare relying on the primaries asa major way to motivate excite-ment and appeal for young vot-ers, she said. Another study, conducted by Raleigh-based Public Policy Polling, suggests that young vot-ers will turn out in November,said Tom Jensen, director for theleft-leaning research center.The study puts 55 percentof voters aged 18 to 29 as “very excited” to vote.Jensen said he expects thosetypes of numbers will show up toregister.“Obama’s support is very muchpolarized along age lines,” hesaid. “Young voters are his stron-gest, older are his weakest.”Jensen said Obama’s campaign will be able to convince more young voters to register beforethe election. And the Defense of Marriageamendment that would bansame-sex marriage in the state, which will be on the May ballot, will drive young voters to thepolls, Jensen said.But Republicans at UNC arecommitted to fighting for votersupport.Greg Steele, chairman of UNC College Republicans,said that the club’s member-ship has tripled among dues-paying members since last year,and the group is planning to bring in well-known speakersthroughout the semester.Steele said he doesn’t expectObama to be re-elected, andalthough the president still hasa large voter base, Independentsand students are not going tocome to the polls in as largenumbers as last election.“When we look at NorthCarolina, it was wild that it wentDemocratic — only by 14,000,”Steele said.“I just think that the wide-spread support for Obama isn’tthere.”
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A study shows supportis waning among18- to 25-year-olds.
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Susan King, the new Dean of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, goes on a walking tour of thecampus with Associate Dean Speed Hallman. King replaced Jean Folkerts as dean on Jan. 1.
By Josie Hollingsworth
Staff Writer
On Jan. 1, veteran journalist Susan King becamedean of the School of Journalism and MassCommunication. King replaced Jean Folkerts, and was the only candidate for the position who did nothave a primarily academic background.Before taking on her role as dean, she served asthe vice president of external affairs for the CarnegieCorporation of New York. King headed the Carnegie-Knight Initiative on the Future of JournalismEducation, which was composed of 12 deans fromacross the country who collaborated on journalismcurriculum and industry changes. King has a longcareer in journalism, including jobs with ABC, NBC,CBS News and the Department of Labor.
DTH:
What past positions have you held thatemphasized a multimedia aspect?
Susan King:
I ran the Carnegie-Knight Initiative,and when we started it in 2002, Facebook didn’texist. I’ve spent the last 10 years thinking about jour-nalism education. How could we prepare studentsto be leaders of tomorrow? I have the experienceof researching and examining what the industry wanted, seeing what was happening on campusesand helping to lead the changes with other journal-ism deans.In 2008, the endowment sunk, so I had to cut our budgets and think about what was really important.I ran the communication department at Carnegie,and I had to think about Twitter for a foundation. At Carnegie, a lot of my colleagues didn’t do Twitter because they didn’t feel like it was relevant to them. You can’t wait to understand it, you’ve got to figureit out … I was finding stuff on Twitter that was really helpful to me.
DTH:
How much of an emphasis do you plan to puton fundraising for the school?
SK:
The non-profit world must always be thinkingabout fundraising. I’ve been working in the non-profit world, so I’m very aware that the mission of anorganization is dependent on money they can raise. I believe good ideas attract money.I’m excited to go out and represent this institution because of the kind of depth of quality. News21 isfantastic. The students win every award. I know whatthe other deans have done for fundraising becauseI’ve been working with the other 12. It’s tough timesright now, so I understand that that’s going to be a big piece. It may not be the most important piece, but it’s close to the top.
DTH:
Do you think the Reese Felts digital news-room is headed in the right direction? What is your vision for the project’s future?
SK:
I don’t know enough about Reese News. It isan exciting prospect. Jean Folkerts made the conceptof Reese News and she wanted it to be an experiencenot only on producing news on campus on all differ-ent fronts, but also she wanted it to be an experimen-tal place where they could do research and see via theelectronic footprint what students were going to.On the other side, (The Daily Tar Heel) has beenaround forever. The Tar Heel has reach. Reese Newsis still unformed and probably isn’t known by people yet but has great opportunity.
DTH:
What about journalism schools makes themleaders in the news industry?
Sitting down with
Susan King
‘Battle of the Songwriters’ showcases talent on campus
By Faith McElroy
Staff Writer
If you’ve played “Guitar Hero5,” you might know one of TylerBryant’s songs.The UNC freshman, a singer,guitarist and songwriter, hasplayed with Aerosmith, B.B. Kingand other big names in music.Bryant will compete in “Battleof the Songwriters,” an eventhosted by Carolina Creates today in the Student Union.In the contest, a dozen song- writers will each perform twooriginal songs. The winner, deter-mined by a poll on the CarolinaCreates Facebook page, will head-line a show at Jack Sprat Cafe.Carolina Creates is a branchof Chancellor Holden Thorp’sInnovate@Carolina, an ini-tiative aimed at cultivatingcreativity and innovation oncampus.The group arose from a con-solidation of less successful art-advocacy programs.Former Student Body PresidentHogan Medlin led the ArtsInnovation Steering Committee,a year-long policy workshop withmany of the University’s high-
BATTLE OF SONGWRITERS
Time:
Noon to 3 p.m. today
Location:
Student Union
ranking artistic figures.The plan stalled after Medlingraduated, and Carolina Createscame together.Carolina Creates is subdividedinto the categories of art, music, writing and global initiatives,said David August, director of Carolina Creates Music.“These organizations aimto make UNC more vibrant by showcasing the talent of stu-dents,” he said.Bryant has been playing guitarand writing original songs for thepast six years. Though he’s playedin several bands, he said highereducation is important to him.“UNC was a pretty obviouschoice for me considering theschool’s academic prestige, lively social community and vibrantmusic scene,” he said.“If something too good to passup comes along for me in termsof music, it’s more likely that I’llfind it here than pretty muchanywhere else in the state.”But Bryant said there’s anothermotive for his college attendance.“My parents pretty much toldme I had to go to college rightnow if I don’t want to die poorand lonely,” he said.Bryant’s song “Who I Am” wasused in the video game “GuitarHero 5,” and he is featured in the2009 documentary film “RockProphecies” along with Beck,Santana and Slash, the guitaristfor Guns N’ Roses.Sophomore Peter Vance willalso compete in the competition.He plays in an indie folk bandcalled Morning Brigade. The band features Vance and fourother UNC students.“We will hopefully do sometouring over the summer and get bigger events, but we know we’restill small and working our way up,” he said. August said he understandsthe struggle of balancing studentlife and music.“Students are busy, so it’shard to find the time to forge your own way to make a namefor yourself as a musician onthe side,” he said.He said he hopes CarolinaCreates will help foster creativeflow in students and allow them tofurther their creative aspirations.“The talent already exists,” August said.“Carolina Creates just givesthe students opportunities tomake their talents available and visible to the rest of the student body.”
Contact the Arts Editor at arts@dailytarheel.com.
At a competition led byCarolina Creates, artistsperform original songs.
about $1.2 million to $2 million. Although other districtschools would have fewer stu-dents because of the charterschool, costs like utilities andsome teaching positions in exist-ing schools are fixed, LoFresesaid.“At the end of the day, what we could reduce in our expenses would not match that revenueloss,” he said.The charter school might alsonegatively impact the district’sdiversity by targeting minoritiesand drawing them away fromother schools in the system, saidStephanie Knott, spokeswomanfor Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools.If the application is approved,the school would partner withNational Heritage Academies,a for-profit company that man-ages public charter schools with high numbers of minority students. While the district hasexpressed concern with theschool, the Chapel Hill-CarrboroNAACP has publicly opposed theschool.“If you’re going to target low-income children and children of color, you are going to create asegregated school,” said RobertCampbell, president of the localNAACP chapter.He said the chapter has dis-cussed the charter school atpublic forums organized by itseducation committee.“Right now we are just try-ing to focus on making sure thepeople in our school district areaware of what’s going on,” hesaid.
Contact the City Editor at city@dailytarheel.com.
SK:
When we started (the Carnegie-KnightInitiative), just on the professional side, a lot of newspaper people said, “I don’t believe in journalismschools, I don’t think they’re important. I want really smart kids who study history or political science, andthen we’ll train them.” Well, as the business fell apart,they’re not training them.Not only that, they were slow to change, so nowthey need the insiders, what we call the digitalnatives, to bring in fresh insight. Carnegie-Knightfeels that students could bring a lot to the table and we wanted the industry to see that.
DTH:
What steps are you going to take in orderto tap into the ideas of journalism students here atUNC?
SK:
I’m going to learn from the senior surveys andlisten to students during meetings. A student who isout the door is no longer worried about their marksand they’re going to be honest. We take those seniorsurveys seriously.My plan is to do a senior seminar focused onstudents … getting a job and a strategy for life. I’mpretty good at the sense of creating a strategy for what they do for their career or writing their resume.I have interviewed lots of people. I am now in my fourth full career, and I think I have been flexible. Itmakes your life very exciting and you’re never bored.
Contact the University Editor at university@dailytarheel.com.
“Right now we are just trying to focus on making surethe people in our school district are aware of what’sgoing on.”
Robert Campbell,
presidet of te Cpel hill-Crrboro naaCP
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