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Christian Students adjust to new schedule Earlier classes fraternity fail to alleviate space crunch sues UNC Paul Crowley THE CHRONICLE
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into a seat on the buses, junior Marissa McDaniel said. “Most of the time you were standing up if you weren’t crowding to get in,” she said. “This year, though, it’s been a pretty good ride.” Freshman Matt Manocherian said he has never had to wait amid a sea of students for a second bus as he’s watched one arrive, fill up with students and pull away.
“Early to bed, early to rise” seems to have replaced “Thank God it’s Friday” as students’ scheduling mantra, thanks to the newly adopted changes governing undergraduate and some graduate class times. The new schedule, which went into effect Monday, was created in order to optimize the use ofacademic resources and facilities and offer students more opportunities to take popular classes. At the end of its first week, administrators are happy with the new system, but many students remain nostalgic for the days of late classes and free Fridays. Early-morning classes and Friday class meetings, which many upperclassmen had avoided in years past, are more difficult to elude this year. The schedule change moved the first class period from 8 a.m. to 8:30 or 8:45 a.m., depending on the day, but it also compelled departments to schedule more classes during this block. Last year, less than 25 classes had at least one meeting during the first period, but this year the number exploded to 153, said University Registrar Bruce Cunningham. Three thousand of the
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Like most educational institutions, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill requires its organizations to stricdy observe a nondiscrimination policy when recruiting members. Although this policy may not seem unusual, at UNC it has led a Christian fraternity to sue the University. Alpha lota Omega, a small Christian fraternity at UNC, declined to sign the University’s Nondiscrimination and Sexual Orientation Policy last September. The members argued that the policy went against the fraternity’s requirement that all members be Christian, and the University subsequently denied AIO official recognition for the 2005-2004 school year. Refusing to be denied access for a second academic year, two members, fraternity President Trevor Hamm and Carlon Myrick, a sophomore and AIO member, filed a lawsuit against UNC Wednesday. The members have called on the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, a civil liberties group, and the Alliance Defense Fund, the largest American legal alliance defending religious liberties, to support their cause. In a formal complaint to the University, the plaintiffs argued that they “refused on First Amendment grounds to sign the University’s Policy on Nondiscrimination.” They said that allowing non-Christians to enter the fraternity would undermine the reason for its creation. Nancy Davis, associate vice chancellor for University relations, noted that having been denied recognition does not prevent the fraternity from remaining on campus. But organizations can only have access to certain benefits, such as school funding and the use ofschool facilities, if they have official recognition. Since AIO has not received this status, the plaintiffs said in their complaint that UNC is denying “express organizations” equal access to privileges provided by the University. UNC has continued to back its policy, which states, according to the complaint, “membership and participation in [an] organization must be open without regard to age, race, color, national origin, religion, disability, veteran status, or sexual orientation.” Davis also said there are 595 recognized organizations on campus and each one follows the nondiscrimination policy. Of these 595 organizations, 42 are religious groups, which are predominandy Christian, Davis said. In an Aug. 23 statement, the UNC SEE LAWSUIT ON PAGE 7
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Despite changes to class times, officials said no plans have been made to alter thebus schedules.
Revised schedule has mixed impact on lines Kelly Rohrs THE CHRONICLE
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When the new class schedule that began this year was initially announced, administrators lauded it as a potential solution to the perennial problem of overcrowded buses and endless lunch lines. Only one week into the first semester, students are already feeling at least a little relief from the time and space crunches oflast year. In years past, it’s been difficult to slide
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Despite all the media attention, for Duke freshmen, the much-disputed iPod is just another piece of the roiling bustle of newness that is college. A quick run through the smattering of open doors on the secondfloor ofBlackwell Dormitory on a Wednesday night reveals a startling observation. Upperclassmen’s jealousy and pitched battles over the efficacy of Duke’s expenditures aside, some freshmen are beginning to put their new possessions to their intended purposes—and others aren’t using them at all. “Well, it’s out of the box,” freshman Teresa Rice joked. “But that’s about it” On the other hand, her roommate, Chrissy Devore, has used her iPod to record everything from Sunday’s a capella jam and Saturday’s Hoof ‘n’ Horn freshman cabaret to course lectures and Chapel Dean William
Willimon’s last series of sermons at Duke. She even managed to capture a little piece of President Richard Brodhead at the dessert reception he hosted Monday night. “Hi. This is Richard Brodhead saying hello to Chrissy Devore. You seem to be the most advanced user of the iPod in your entire class, so I’m full of admiration. Have a great time at Duke,” the president quipped with his characteristic joviality. For those who have applied their iPods to academic purposes, recording and schedule storage seem to have become the most useful features. “I might not use it that often without the recorder,” freshman Regina Liu confessed. Currently she uses her new iPod to record her lecture classes, citing good sound quality. The five pages of notes she may glean from a second listen supplement the notes she takes in class. SEE iPODS ON PAGE 8
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Freshman Zach SullivanhitsWest Campus in style with his brand-new iPod
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