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THE CAROLINIAN
ESTABLISHED 1919
VOL LXXXYI
ISSUE 28
Kitty Campbell
Managing Editor
UNC system President Erskine B.
Bowles received what he called "the
single greatest honor I can imagine"
as he was inaugurated, with plenty of
pomp and praise, at UNCG's Aycock
Auditorium Wednesday morning,
April 12.
The campus began gearing up for
the big event Tuesday, with a visit
from the Board of Governors. That
night, campus police could be seen
closing off Administration Drive and
event workers had already erected
tents and begun preparations for the
next day.
The College Republicans made
preparations of their own, tacking up
fliers around Spring Garden and Tate
Streets that read "Students for Burr,"
the Republican senatorial candidate
who defeated Bowles in the 2004
U.S. Senate race. A banner could also
be seen in the main corridor of the
EUC Wednesday, offering a College
Republican's welcome: "President Er-skine
Bowles - Someone had to hire
him!"
The University offered a warmer
welcome to President Bowles, as
members of the processional gath-ered
in colorful ceremonial robes and
prepared to walk down Spring Gar-den.
Boisterous music and marching
dance were provided by the N.C. A&T
University Marching Band, which led
the processional as it advanced to-ward
Aycock Auditorium.
A merely moderate number of
spectators stood with cameras and
smiles, waving to familiar faces, who
could be spotted in the procession,
such as Chancellor Sullivan and San-dy
Dempsey, SGA president.
An invitation-only crowd of ad-ministrators,
staff, and friends and
family of President Bowles welcomed
the procession to the stage with ap-plause.
The University Mace was car-ried,
and Chancellor Patricia Sullivan
welcomed the crowd wearing her
purple robes and the silver Chain-of-
Office, a large medallion bearing the
University seal and supported by a
chain of silver laurel leaves. Turning
to President Bowles to ask if he ever
imagined this moment as he grew up
in Greensboro, Chancellor Sullivan
added, "What a great success story:
'Our local boy makes good!'"
Greetings followed from represen-tatives
of the students, faculty, staff,
and alumni, among others. A rep-resentative
of the UNC students re-membered
President Bowles' tour of
Appalachian State University, where
Bowles jotted notes and listened more
than he talked. Brenda Killingsworth,
representing the faculty and staff,
counted the days down to the precise
second, since Bowles was chosen for
the presidency. Highlighting Bowies'
dedication in his first few months
of office, she thanked him for "[his]
willingness to encourage dialogue, to
listen and respond quickly to issues -
sometimes sending emails at three in
the morning."
Other speakers returned to the
theme of recalling Bowles' childhood
in Greensboro, asking if he ever imag-ined
he would be helping students
around the state "achieve the Ameri-can
dream."
Gov. Mike Easley made the final
comments before the Oath of Office
was administered.
"The University of North Carolina
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The University Mace Is carried In the processional, as NC A&Ts marching band plays.
Higher Education Act Passed
With Much Debate And Little Aid
Elliot Laffey
Staff Writer
The end of March saw a party di-vision
in the House of Representa-tives
over the reauthorization of the
Higher Education Act, HR 609—Re-publicans
stress over the country's
deficit, while the Democrats argue for
greater financial aid to students and
their families.
According to CNN, a number of
colleges are claiming the revised
Higher Education Act is allowing
the federal government to overstep
its boundaries and claim too much
power over universities.
Representative Howard McKeon,
Republican from California, said,
"Consistent increases in college
costs have made it clear that col-leges
and universities must remain
accountable to consumers of higher
education."
Republicans were concerned over
the heightening budgets of colleges,
while at the same time reducing fed-eral
financial aid to students to com-pensate
for the raised tuitions. In
December new legislation cut nearly
$13 billion over five years for student
loans. The savings are aimed at defi-cit
reduction.
Democrats are fighting for a balance
between cutting the budget and help-ing
students pay for college. The new
act, however, was not that balance.
Representative George Miller, a
Democrat from California, said,
"We have a bill now that really
doesn't do much of anything."
Democrats failed at writing up a
version of the act which would have
cut interest rates in half for student
loans. Republicans criticized the pro-posal,
demanding to know how the
Democrats planned on paying for the
rate cuts.
"Why not interest-free loans?" said
Ric Keller, Republican representative
from Florida.
The reauthorized act also requires
colleges to publicly disclose their
transfer credit policies. College
groups fought against this legislation,
not warming to the idea of the federal
government telling them how to treat
transfer students. The final legisla-tion
in regards to transfer credit soft-ened
from its original version.
Private institutions of higher edu-cation
were not left out of the debate.
They worried that the government
would seek control over their tuition
along with their curriculum. But
groups fighting for the voice of the
private institutions withdrew from
the debate.
The Minnesota Private College
Council made a statement which
said,
"The House bill moves the nation
a number of strides toward federal-izing
our higher education system
and adds additional regulatory bur-
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system is known across the country as
a leader in achievement and innova-tion,"
said Gov. Easley.
"Erskine Bowles and his family em-body
all that our universities seek to
instill in each and every one of our
students."
Gov. Easley set the stage for Presi-dent
Bowles' speech, when he encour-aged
North Carolinians to "think
differendy" in order to "secure our
state's position as a world leader in
growing new industries...in this era of
globalization." Gov. Easley entrusted
Bowles with leading the University
that "keep[s| this state leading the
world."
Finally, Gov. Easley thanked Bowles
for his commitment and leadership
before the ceremony proceeded to its
climax. With one hand resting on a
Bible, President Bowles was sworn in
by Judge Howard Manning, Jr., swear-ing
to uphold the constitution of the
United States and his duties under the
law. Cheers and a standing ovation
followed Bowles as he affirmed,
"So help me God, I will."
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Bowles'd -
Over with
Student
Opinions of
New UNC
President
Daniel Peoples
Staff Writer
As the newly inaugurated president
of the UNC System, Erskine Bowles
begins to make his mark on the edu-cation
of North Carolina. His deci-sions
will directly affect the lives of
the over 183,000 students enrolled at
the 16 UNC institutions. Bowles' in-auguration
at UNCG was met with
mixed feelings and emotions from the
student body.
"1 think it's good that UNCG is host-ing
this event, it's an honor... I think
sometimes an emphasis is placed on
larger universities and it's wonder-ful
he has chosen our location," said
Dawn Gartman, 37, a UNCG gradu-ate
student concentrating in the Ger-ontology
field. Gartman continued,
"I do not know his agenda, but I
have faith he is a good choice for this
leadership role. All I really know is
that he has a political career, and once
served former President Clinton in
D.C., and now he's here."
Other students shared Gartman's
positive opinion.
Steven Sturtzel, 19, Speech Pathol-ogy
freshman said,
"It's an interesting change we all
need to be optimistic to...he is going
to be given power to do great things,
and hopefully he'll take advantage of
that."
Representing the opposite end of
the spectrum, some students did not
possess any knowledge of the event
taking place, or of who Bowles was.
Matthew Murphy, 20, Business
sophomore said,
"I hadn't seen any advertising, and
I don't know anything about him at
all. It would have been a surprise to
have seen all the people that day and
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