half speed. But that will change as the practice season progresses. UNC is in the process oflearning to play under a newstyle: a spread offense that perspective a competitive sal- ary structure is correlated with retention rates,” he said. In Chapel Hill, the average sal- ary for the town’s 685 employees is about $41,000, which is lower than the neighboring towns ofHillsborough, Cary and Carrboro. Cary’s 1,225 employees earn $54,288 on average, for example. But many factors can impact earnings — Cary employees serve a larger population, and Chapel Hill has more employees in fields such as transit than Hillsborough and Carrboro. Those lower-earn- ing employees can drop averages. And higher paid employees in Chapel Hill, like the town’s manager and police chief, make more than their counterparts in Hillsborough and Carrboro. “You can make comparisons Serving UNC students and the University community since 1893 Thursday, March 15, 2012 Volume 120, Issue 11 dailytarheel.com Honor system has yet to see reforms NoCeRA: CHANGeS NeeDeD IN NCAA dth/bryce butner The New York Times columnist and financial expert Joe Nocera speaks about college sports and reforming the NCAA. By Sarah Niss Staff Writer Joe Nocera is certainly not a fan ofthe NCAA. And he hopes UNC will lead the ACC in discussing change in national athletics — a role administrators saythey are willing to accept. “UNC is at the center. You went through this scandal and learned from it like other schools haven’t,” The NewYork Times columnist said at a talk on big-time college athletics Wednesday. “Dialogue is the place to start,” he told a crowd of mostly administrators and faculty members. Chancellor Holden Thorp said in an interview prior to the event that he agrees that there are things that need to change in college athletics. “I’m glad Carolina is a place where people are coming together to talkabout it,” he said. Athletic director BubbaCunningham, who inherited a recover- ing athletic department when he tookoffice in November, said he agrees. “I think we should be in this conversation, and we have been,” Cunningham said. Bill Friday , president of the UNC system from 1956 to 1986 and an unabashed critic of college sports, said conference-wide action is key. “It’s not so much Chapel Hill as the ACC,” Frida y said. “No one can act alone in this business. It will be aconference. “If our University would take the initiative in the conference to talkabout this … that’s what I hope we can do,” he said. The University is still reeling from the NCAA’ s verdict Monday on its football program, which included aone-year bowl ban. Nocera laid out his problems with the NCAA and collegiate athletics in the talk. His early work focused on paying football and men’s basketball players. “It’s a $6 billion business in which everyone is getting rich off the backof the unpaid labor force,” he said. Now, Nocera focuses on the lack ofadvocates and rights for players. “Universities should, as a matter of moral justice, make sure the player has an advocate,” he said. He called for a player’s union to regulate agents for high school stu- dents deciding whether to go pro or to a university. ThNYTimitclld n UNC tld thdicuin n fm. See NoCera, Page 11 HoNor week eveNTs Today: Faculty and graduate instructor open forum, 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., Union 3505 friday: Pie a member of the honor system, 2 p.m. to 5 p.m., the Pit By Caitlin McCabe Senior Writer As the University debates changes to its student-run honor system, outgoing Student Attorney General Jon McCay said he is worried. It has been months since the creation of the honor system taskforce to implement reform, but McCay said he has yet to see t an- gible results. And as review of the honor system advances, an absence ofoutcomes could prove detrimen- tal to a system t hat has alreadyhad images problems with stu- dents and faculty. “My fear is that if the taskforce isn’t focused on specific issues — as opposed to just an overall, generalized evaluation ofthe system — then we’re going to get reforms that may not address the root issues that started the review in the first place, ” he said. McCay said he would like taskforce members to target specific issues, like advising on new edu- cational sanctions and providing expertise on which cases the sys- tem should hear. But Jan Boxill, chairwoman of the faculty and the task force, said the group has made progress by dividing into subcommittees — one that will work on imme- diate issues and one that will evaluate the honor system more holistically. Many of the goals of the short- term subcommittee are alreadyin progress, she said. The subcommittee has alreadydeveloped a proposal to establish one honor system for all graduate and professional schools — an initiative that will be voted on at Friday’s Faculty Council meeting. Efforts have also been made to make the system website more user-friendly and to invite facultyto serve on the appeals board. Future goals include evalu- ating honor system sanctions and creating a faculty-student resolution system, which would allow students, faculty and honor system members to come to an independent agreement. “We don’t want to move too quickly for something that is so important and tradition-bound, ” Boxill said. Dean of Students Jonathan Sauls said it is necessary to be meticulous to ensure success for the future honor system. “Moving slowly means we’re taking a careful look at every- thing, instead of throwing up See HoNor, Page 11 a tfchbn ltimplmnt ny chngtthytm. Town considers salary raises By Jenny Surane Staff Writer After a three year salary freeze, Chapel Hill town officials might need to raise pay to stay competi- tive and retain employees. In January, Chapel Hill Town Manager Roger Stancil recom- mended for the town council to adopt a two percent pay raise for all town employees, who have not received a raise since the 2008- 2009 fiscal year. But since then, employees have received an annual bonus of$800. Stancil said at the council meeting that the bonus was two percent of the average employee salary, which slightly exceeds $40,000. “This meant that obviouslyemployees below that received ahigher percentage than two per- cent and employees above that received a lower percentage than two percent,” he said. ThTn Cuncil ill htudy n tn mply’ g. UNC football committed to growth By Michael Lananna Assistant Sports Editor Kevin Reddick isn’t concerned On Wednesday , the UNC f oot- ball team took part in its first of14 spring practices, preparing for a season in which a chance at the postseason has been wiped off the board. The NCAA concluded its two- year-long investigation Monday , levying a one-year postseason ban, three years of probation Fedora said. “And now theyknow they can move forward, and nobody has to dwell on it anymore.” Wednesday , in many ways, was a fresh start for UNC. And under a new coaching staff, the Tar Heels took to NavyField with a level of effort that left Fedora impressed. ThTHlhgd ttituddpitcnt nctin. “We want to position ourselves to continue to attract and retain good employees.”rstnc, cpl hill town mnr DtH online: Visit the From the Press Box blog for a look at the UNC’s practice playlist.
