The Register, 2009-03-18

              free the student newspaper of north carolina a&t ncatregister.com servingthe aggie community for over 80years mccain there will be no secrets search committee challenged to find candidate to push a&t upward and forward dexter mullins online editor ► see search on page 3 mccain you will never have a more important job for your uni at 3 p.m the chancellor search committee was joined by university of north caro lina system president erskine bowles in the alumni founda tion event center citing a very specific list of what he wants in the next candidate bowles briefly spoke with the board in front of a body of about 75 peo ple from the community as north carolina a&t's student representative to the board of governors i'm pleased with the committee's composition and confident with their work today doucette said the leadership of chair man mccain dr speight-bu ford and president bass and other members will ensure a&t has a chancellor of the highest possible caliber at the students request i will be staying on top of the committee's delib some of the most impor i describe bowles said i am confident that if we find someone that meets these you will see us want to fall behind them criteria that versity just like any or ganization you've got to have the right fit and you have to have a chancellor that meets the unc association of student governments president t greg doucette joined the community for the meeting doucette sat amongst the crowd discreetly observing the proceedings to publicly thank him battle he inherited numerous financial problems and since he's ar rived we have gone a long long way he has raised the academic standards of this university that we love so deeply the question you should ask is will they keep this university on the track of higher education standards while no questions were asked of bowles in regards to chancellor battle's resigna tion he did briefly speak on the sudden decision to leave bowles said that he understood chancellor battle's reasons for leaving and respected them " i know that none of us in this room who were involved in the previous search for a chancel lor expected to be back as soon as we are it's regrettable that we are bowles said " i want who will continue to push a&t upward and forward bring me a chancellor who will look at your cross town neighbor uncg arid see not an enemy not a competitor but a partner bowles said the next chancellor needs to be someone tant things that bowles men tioned were his desire for the next chancellor to be focused on continuing to raise the aca demic standards maintaining good financial records fund raising more outside capital and building a partnership with the university of north carolina at greensboro city and university discuss safety campus notebook dexter mullins online editor photo by leroy v mikell iii register duluth ga gwinnett center photo subject the lady aggies react after finding out their seeding(14 and opponent fsu for the ncaa tournament these ladies are poised to take the court against 3 seed florida state university saturday march 21,2009 georgia bound vs florida state saturday march 21 2 at 2 p.m follow the tea and will'play florida state the lady aggies gathered with a host of fans to see who where and when they'll play their first game in the ncaa tournament and after waiting for over an hour they captured the 14 seed one student detailed a scenario in which an armed man being pursued by greensboro police we have been offering our police to train the security at the local area apartments for no cost battle said your safety students is one of our most important priorities chancellor stanley f battle and city council woman goldie wells hosted the forum and were very open in what they would like to see done to help combat this issue wells and battle worked together to develop the meeting after some a&t students came to a city council meeting and asked the council to help keep them safe hayle's case makes this the second unsolved murder of an a&t student in two years and the third in history to this day neither the willie grimes case of 1969 nor the derek hodges cases from last spring have been solved , the discussion was set up as an open forum between the panelists and the community giving people a chance to ask questions and provide sug gestions to lead to better safety practices in the areas local apartments all this focus on safety comes about with a string of bizarre and severe crimes in greensboro most recently including the murder of dennis hayle • community leaders university officials and local apartment representatives met with students and citizens on monday in mcnair auditorium to discuss what is being done to keep students safe outside the protective walls of campus read more on page 10 ► see safety on page 3 weather wednesday theyard sex lies and photoshop theword sisters have standards thescore aggies go to the big dance thescene young gifted and black online watch the sga debate high 72 c low showcasing the creativity and tal ent of students young gifted and black filled harrison auditorium for an eveing of soul thursday rain | high 67 couldn't make it out to the sga presidential debates on monday see what you missed in our exclusive multimedia section www.ncatregister.com why do single women feel that is necessary to have a man in order to make them happy can't we do women have a misconception of what is beauty or has the fashion industry photoshopped it's perfect picture on all of us find it from ourselves page 11 take move to the national compe tition against florida state after defeating hampton and win ning the meac the lady aggies page 9 friday mostly sunny | high 51 page 4 page 12 rep n 200c u xxii n 8 can we bring back hazing page 9 the a&t register page 7 wednesday