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Posted: Today 4:50 PM

Re: unc Scandal: Holes to ramp up PR distraction efforts (p. 3)

My uncheat buddy thinks Britt is the transfer. He says Roy's been doing his best to convince everyone to stay and that they'll fight whatever sanctions they're hit with but the mass exodus on the women's side has some on the mens side concerned.
 
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The talk surrounding "a player" transferring is picking up steam on Pack Pride. Some are saying that it could be Britt or Meeks. All speculation at this point however.
 
Sickening. Can't decide who's more despicable. Roy , Fed or Carter...


unc’s Roy Williams, Larry Fedora telling prospects not to worry about NCAA sanctions: a smart move?

In football and men's basketball North carolina is telling recruits that there's nothing to worry about when it comes to possible NCAA sanctions in those sports. The question, clear enough, is this: Is that a good idea given all the unknowns?

It's obvious enough why Fedora and Williams would be telling recruits what they're telling them: The NOA charges neither football nor men's basketball with having committed any NCAA violations. Neither sport is charged, specifically, with an allegation of wrongdoing.

The word “football” appears 33 times in the NOA – most in the “factual information” portion of the document (which, again, offer supporting evidence of the various allegations). The phrase “men's basketball” appears 27 times in the NOA.

So are Fedora and Williams in the right for telling recruits there's nothing to worry about? Or are they playing a carefully-worded game of semantics? The answer to that question depends on how you interpret the NOA. And how you interpret the NOA probably depends on your opinion of what the Committee on Infractions should do – or shouldn't do – when it comes to the penalty phase of the case.

The NOA can be interpreted any number of ways and can be interpreted correctly, too, by people with extremely different views of it. You can say that football and men's basketball aren't specifically charged with wrongdoing. And you can also say those sports are referenced throughout the document. Both statements are correct.


There's more at the link. suffice it to say , mbb AND fb face allegations UNLESS ya wanna play semantics and word games. Disgusting...

http://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/acc/unc/unc-now/article26081044.html
 
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@paperclassinc Any guess at what bad news unc will dump as we head into this holiday weekend?

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Good question. Where is the entire SACS report? MIA?

 
unx warmin' up the bus. Look out , ladies...!


Lack of new deal for unc's Hatchell angers supporters

But there’s no new deal for unc women’s basketball coach Sylvia Hatchell. It’s not sitting well with some of her supporters.

But Cunningham and unc Chancellor Carol Folt have gotten critiqued by at least two of Hatchell’s longtime friends who in writing said the coach and her basketball program have become the sacrificial lambs to atone for the university’s sins.

et Cunningham is treating Hatchell like she was in on the irregular classes, like she’s Boxill, Long suggested.

“What really upsets me is the very same reasons Bubba Cunningham mentioned why he extended Roy’s contract fits Sylvia exactly,” Long said.

“Why would her contract not be renewed, as was Roy Williams’?” Glover asked.

“I am a Tar Heel born and a Tar Heel bred, and when I die, I’m a Tar Heel dead,” Long said. “However, I am thoroughly disgusted with the way the athletics department has treated Coach Hatchell, and Bubba Cunningham and I are good friends — that is, until he reads this article.”

“They are throwing her under the bus,” Long said.

“She is going down with the ship, and nobody in the athletics department is even throwing her a life jacket,” Long said.

http://www.chatsports.com/north-car...-Sylvia-Hatchell-angers-supporters-2-11561024
 
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Lack of new deal for unc's Hatchell angers supporters

But there’s no new deal for unc women’s basketball coach Sylvia Hatchell. It’s not sitting well with some of her supporters.

But Cunningham and unc Chancellor Carol Folt have gotten critiqued by at least two of Hatchell’s longtime friends who in writing said the coach and her basketball program have become the sacrificial lambs to atone for the university’s sins.

et Cunningham is treating Hatchell like she was in on the irregular classes, like she’s Boxill, Long suggested.

“What really upsets me is the very same reasons Bubba Cunningham mentioned why he extended Roy’s contract fits Sylvia exactly,” Long said.

“Why would her contract not be renewed, as was Roy Williams’?” Glover asked.

“I am a Tar Heel born and a Tar Heel bred, and when I die, I’m a Tar Heel dead,” Long said. “However, I am thoroughly disgusted with the way the athletics department has treated Coach Hatchell, and Bubba Cunningham and I are good friends — that is, until he reads this article.”

“They are throwing her under the bus,” Long said.

“She is going down with the ship, and nobody in the athletics department is even throwing her a life jacket,” Long said.

http://www.chatsports.com/north-car...-Sylvia-Hatchell-angers-supporters-2-11561024
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HOF Coach Roy Williams has that life jacket securely and permanently fused to his body ad put in on as soon as the ship started going down. He probably put it on when he got on the ship. HOF Coach Roy Williams is all about HOF Coach Roy Williams. He would never land on the grenade but would shove someone else on it and then say what a hero they were. He's gonna get away with this without a scratch and not feel any remorse at all. He is first and foremost a Tar Heel fan and thinks that way. I may be extreme about this but he may very well indeed a member of THR. OFC
 
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Lack of new deal for unc's Hatchell angers supporters

But there’s no new deal for unc women’s basketball coach Sylvia Hatchell. It’s not sitting well with some of her supporters.

But Cunningham and unc Chancellor Carol Folt have gotten critiqued by at least two of Hatchell’s longtime friends who in writing said the coach and her basketball program have become the sacrificial lambs to atone for the university’s sins.

et Cunningham is treating Hatchell like she was in on the irregular classes, like she’s Boxill, Long suggested.

“What really upsets me is the very same reasons Bubba Cunningham mentioned why he extended Roy’s contract fits Sylvia exactly,” Long said.

“Why would her contract not be renewed, as was Roy Williams’?” Glover asked.

“I am a Tar Heel born and a Tar Heel bred, and when I die, I’m a Tar Heel dead,” Long said. “However, I am thoroughly disgusted with the way the athletics department has treated Coach Hatchell, and Bubba Cunningham and I are good friends — that is, until he reads this article.”

“They are throwing her under the bus,” Long said.

“She is going down with the ship, and nobody in the athletics department is even throwing her a life jacket,” Long said.

http://www.chatsports.com/north-carolina-tar-heels/a/Lack-of-new-deal-for-Sylvia-Hatchell-angers-supporters-2-11561024
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It's not the fall that hurts...it's the impact. That's going to hurt, Sylvia.

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It's not the fall that hurts...it's the impact. That's going to hurt, Sylvia.

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Your best work ever , OADD? Perfect! Tweeted it out...gave ya full credit too...

DevilDJ@DevilDJ32

Compliments of OADD on the @DevilsIllust forums...."Atta girl , Sylvia..." http://i990.photobucket.com/albums/af29/OldasdirtDevil/Thrown-Under-the-Bus-Mens-BB-Sylvia-gif.gif …




From 2014. Along with the commentary , some of the most compelling ( and damning! ) evidence yet against the "flagship." Check it out...

"Analysis of Student Athlete involvement in the UNC - Chapel Hill AFAM Scandal..."

https://docs.google.com/document/d/19KKAahRN2PICTQo4FrZcyS29UsuSRUyKraWtXRvE5XE/pub
 
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unx alum Bob Lee...


Our buddy “Albert” goes after our other buddy “Bubba” about how unc is mistreating his buddy “Sylvia” – READ MORE …

Oh My! Hang On Sloopy!…. I better grab a fire hose. This could get “HOT”!

Anticipating possible adverse reprisal from beady-eyed Franklin Street Lunatics, I have advised Albert to “take precautions”. He has engaged a former DPD detective (and, ironically, a hard-core “Wuffie”) to “watch his back”…. taste his food…. and start his car for the next several days. These are very strange times…..


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BB

I may not be a fan of women’s BB, but this is unacceptable. I do believe she is the scapegoat in this, and these idiots that are in place to make these decisions aren’t even from our state. This is what happens when you bring in people from areas that have no ties to the university at all. You see what happened with the football team.

BOBLEE

WHOA BB…. you realize you are wishing for “a Dickie Baddour” from nearby Goldsboro. “Twas little Dickie that spent 16 years guzzling TWC Kool-Aid while Jan, Deborah and Burgess schemed their little scheme. The “deep pocketed Lower Level Gang” are ALL pretty much Home Grown too. Little Carol (From Dartmouth) is, IMO, a non-factor in any decision of consequence. The BOT3 that crammed The Butcher down our throat are all “local boys” too.

58WOLF KENNEL

What does the good Dr. Reed have to say about a healing solution?
I really do have a great empathy for some of the “good people” caught up in all this. That Durham newspaper article today should show this goes beyond Dan Kane.

BOBLEE

JSR is summering across the pond in PippaLand. But he is always monitoring our little website.

BB

Read this and am sorry to hear of it, albeit, I had a feeling it was going to happen with the emphasis put on the women’s team. What a mess. If you’re going to skewer one, then skewer the other.

BOBLEE

In a Universe of Equals, some will always be “more equal” than others. Thats Reality. I have NOT spoken w/ Bubba but this silly scenario has Lower Level Gang DNA all over it. That bunch will quickly throw Sylvia under the bus to protect “Their” Men’s BkBall. It’s not so much protecting Roy as it is “the hallowed program”….. Those Holy Rafters.

58WOLF KENNEL

I can fully understand how Albert would be conflicted over TGU. As you may remember from my Valvano book, I was conflicted as well, but in digging in to the relative roles of Jimmy V and Chancellor Poulton, my anger shifted to the Golenbok, N&O, and BOG. However we did learn something in the process and put in rules suggested by AD Valvano and permanently moved the Academic support program under the Provost away from the Athletic Department. That was 25 years ago, and we have suffered some athletically, but the program is almost “Caeser’s Wife” clean. There will always be a rogue person at some point, but not a rogue “carolina Way”. Albert has my full empathy. Maybe he is the voice of reason and the possible “TGU Saviour “

BOBLEE

There is a bit of “BK The Warrior Alum” in Albert. But he lacks the mainstream Gravitas that “the Saviour” role calls for. The points Albert brings up re: how Roy is being “rewarded” for his “cleverness” and Sylvia apparently “sacrificed” for hers might resonate among a few “deep pockets”. There has been speculation for some time that the unc admins might start cannibalizing one another at some point. Could this begin THAT ???

uncLERON

Really intricate political correctness maneuvering going on over there. Of course anyone that thinks that a 20 year pattern of academic doctoring in the economics department could have gone undetected doesn’t get the real issue anyway.
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Ideally, one would think that the politically correct hierarchy would be Women’s coach protection > Men’s coach protection. Both protected the same “politically disenfranchised” student athletes of course, but that preference gets tossed aside when the dollars get inconvenient.
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That Boxill et al were the bagladies is helpful in distancing the “athletics” from the “academics”. Using the head of faculty to launder grades is like using old ladies to smuggle drugs. Meanwhile, the sport centric among the alumni are breathing a sign of relief that “this was contained to the academic side.” … “Other than that Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?”
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Of course Sylvia is going to be the scapegoat. Hark the Sound y’all.

BOBLEE

Indeed, the many many layers of “affirmative diversities” are piling up over this. Leaving the poor Christian woman to fend for herself, while rewarding the man for essentially the same situation is a for-real head scratcher. If my premise is correct – that this is all being puppeteered (?) by Big Ram $$$$ – then the poor Christian woman is doomed.
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I love your concept of using “grade mules” to smuggle eligibility.
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“Tangled webs” aplenty being weaved for sure. Stay tuned.

58WOLF KENNEL

Hard to know which of your many good columns one is responding to :+))
It would be interesting to hear the good Albert’s response to the whole TGU situation. My simple comment from one from Albert’s era is “YIKES” !!!!!

BOBLEE

I would think you would be a Pippa fan, BK. :)
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…. Albert is “conflicted” over TGU. He has consumed A LOT of TCW Kool-Aid over the past 60 years. “Seeing the harsh light of Reality” has not been easy for him at all. As his comments indicate, his loyalty to his friend Sylvia is unwavering regardless.
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Somehow I manage to attract a LOT of buddies with STRONG OPINIONS who don’t mind expressing them.

http://bobleesays.com/2015/07/03/albert-vs-bubba-re-sylvia-and-jan-uh-oh/
 
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Your best work ever , OADD? Perfect! Tweeted it out...gave ya full credit too...

DevilDJ@DevilDJ32

Compliments of OADD on the @DevilsIllust forums...."Atta girl , Sylvia..." http://i990.photobucket.com/albums/af29/OldasdirtDevil/Thrown-Under-the-Bus-Mens-BB-Sylvia-gif.gif …

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From 2014. Along with the commentary , some of the most compelling ( and damning! ) evidence yet against the "flagship." Check it out...

"Analysis of Student Athlete involvement in the UNC - Chapel Hill AFAM Scandal..."

https://docs.google.com/document/d/19KKAahRN2PICTQo4FrZcyS29UsuSRUyKraWtXRvE5XE/pub
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Glad you liked the gif, DevilDJ.

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Some newly added posts to the "COMMENTS" section of the latest Bob Lee that I linked earlier. Lee , of course , is a unx alum...


BOBLEE

This crap, alas, really does NOT surprise me. Unlike Albert, I do NOT give Sylvia a pass for “not knowing”. For $1,000,000/year she should be held accountable for anything involving her program. “Trusting Jan Boxill” was a very egregious mistake. Mistakes are SUPPOSED to have consequences. ….. Neither Sylvia NOR Roy deserve “raises” or any sort of “rewards” for their mistakes.

Whoever REALLY is running uncCH should be ashamed…. and should come out of the shadows and show themselves.

DOUG

You once commented on something I said here. Something to the effect that the lower level guys have virtually zero investment in any sport other than men’s bb. They pushed football under the bs in hopes those pesky N&O guys and the NCAA would be satisfied and go away. Didn’t work out as planned huh? I suppose they will keep pushing all the other programs under until there’s nothing left rather than the sacred cow. That’s exactly what I’d do I guess if I was in their shoes. Maybe the LLG’s can offer up intramural soccer and rugby in lieu of MBB.

BOBLEE

The whole thing STINKS!
 
The Surratt brothers ( Chazz and Sage ) pictured on a billboard promoting an orthodontist. The "Hamilton" is a unx alum. NCAA violation? Kinda silly even if it is but might be amusing watching unx have to answer for it especially given the climate of non-compliance they've fostered there for the past 20+ years. Lulz...


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I know I've seen this before, but I saw it again on RR and thought I'd repost it. Alarming to say the least. I have little to no respect left for Roy.

I also so this little gem in the same thread at RR:

"With the scandals and punishment UK and its fans have endured through the years, some of you sound like murderers serving life sentences and hoping some upstanding traffic violator gets the death penalty.

Keep hoping." -Heels Noir http://kentucky.forums.rivals.com/threads/so-when-is-the-day-of-reckoning-for-carolina.102624/
 
Sickening. More of that PR push we've been hearin' about. More $ spent on PR than on "cleaning up." "Cost and pricing shouldn't be included." WTF? Of course not. $'s no object when trying to divert attention away from tarhole cheating. "Not a response to any external factors?!?!?!" Really?!?!?! "The fact that we're now a national laughingstock synonymous with collegiate fraud and the carolina way is a punchline has nuthin' to do with this." My azz. The "carolina brand?" "Unique?" Yeah , it's "unique" alright. The "brand?" Take your pick..."cheaters," "laughingstocks," "punchlines," "frauds," "corrupt..."


unc seeks ad agency to freshen ESPN commercial

unc-Chapel Hill is soliciting ad agencies to build a new television campaign to run on ESPN channels during football and basketball games.

The “brand spot will be the primary paid advertising for the University for the year and so will need to clearly and compellingly share carolina’s message,” according to a request for information put out by unc.

Responses are due July 10, but unc has not yet asked for full proposals. In fact, the university specified that cost and pricing data should not be included in the responses.

unc last contracted with an ad agency in 2008. The University last put together a TV commercial a year ago using unc assets.

“It’s not in response to any external factors,” he says. “The bottom line is that it’s time to put together a new ad.”

The university has been steadily growing and 2015 marked the10th consecutive year for record applications.

unc’s more than 292,500 alumni live in all 50 states and 150 countries. More than 159,000 live in North carolina.

“Now is the time for the University to actively define, foster and advance the carolina brand,” according to the university’s notice to ad agencies. “It is vital for carolina to articulate those things that make us unique among large, public universities and those things that make us relevant to our state, nation and world.”


http://www.bizjournals.com/triangle...eks-ad-agency-to-freshen-espn-commercial.html
 
Recruiting violation? Surratt bros on billboard promoting orthodontist. Dr.Hamilton , btw , is a unx alum. Probably not a violation ( or a minor one anyway ) but would be amusing to watch unx have to address it given their legacy of non-compliance. Lulz...


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unc receives letter from accrediting body

unc-Chapel Hill received a letter Monday from its accrediting agency, explaining the specifics behind a recent decision to put the university on probation in the aftermath of athletic and academic scandals.

unc officials would not release the letter, saying they had to review it first. The university’s lawyers spent nearly two weeks in May and June reviewing and redacting information from hundreds of pages of documents included in an NCAA notice revealing five major allegations against unc, including lack of institutional control.

Soon after the NCAA notice, unc was placed on probation by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges, a regional body that passes judgment on academic standards of higher education institutions in the South. The commission’s board voted on June 11 for a 12-month probation against the university for failing to meet seven accreditation standards, including academic integrity and control of athletics. Officials at the commission called it the most serious sanction available other than removing accreditation altogether.

The action followed the commission’s second review of unc’s academic and athletic scandal, in which 3,100 students took sham classes during a period of nearly two decades. A disproportionate number of students were athletes, who benefited from high grades to maintain eligibility.

Rick White, unc’s associate vice chancellor of communications and public affairs, said in a statement that the university would post the new document next week.

“carolina has just received formal notification from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOCs) confirming their board action of last month,” the statement said. “We are reviewing the letter now. Early next week, Chancellor Folt and Provost Dean will have an in-person discussion with the leadership of SACSCOCs. At that time we will make the letter from SACSCOCs available on the carolina Commitment website.”

http://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/education/article26613286.html
 
Meet Dr. Todd Hamilton

Dr. Hamilton has been providing excellent orthodontic care since 1986. He received his undergraduate degree in Psychology, his dental degree and completed his residency in Orthodontics all at the University of North carolina-Chapel Hill.

http://www.hamiltonsmiles.com/meet-dr-todd-hamilton
 
DevilDJ said:
Recruiting violation? Surratt bros on billboard promoting orthodontist. Dr.Hamilton , btw , is a unx alum. Probably not a violation ( or a minor one anyway ) but would be amusing to watch unx have to address it given their legacy of non-compliance. Lulz...


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Those Heels love to advertise, don't they?

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Lulz. "Changing lives one cheat at a time." Nice.


The ‘Jewel in the Crown’

When the scandal broke five years ago – after a ‘tweet’ by a tackle on the football team – the wise men at UNC faced a choice: Fess-up or cover-up.

They covered-up.

And eight media organizations sued because they wouldn’t make public records available to the press.

Three months later, skating on thinner and thinner ice, the wise men offered up a sacrificial lamb: A tutor to the football team. Who was fired.

Next they offered up an assistant football coach – who was also fired. Star football players started falling left and right and, then, the thread ran straight to Julius Nyang’oro – the Chairman of the African American Studies Department at UNC.

The football coach was fired.

And the next day the Athletic Director resigned.

Nyang’oro resigned as head of the African-American Studies Department but remained as a professor.

Mary Willingham, a whistle blower, reported she’d tutored football players who could only read at a 4th grade level and a basketball player, Rashad McCants, told ESPN he rarely went to class and tutors wrote his papers.

UNC attacked Willingham.

And the Chancellor resigned.

Battered and bruised UNC began its second investigation – The Wainstein Report. Nyang’oro cut a deal to cooperate with Wainstein and resigned. And Nyang’oro’s assistant (who’d already retired) cut a deal too.

When Wainstein was done he reported three thousand UNC students had taken phony classes over the last two decades.

Jan Boxill, head of the Faculty Committee and the Parr Center for Ethics, resigned.

And Mary Willingham, the whistle blower, received a $335,000 out of court settlement from UNC.

SACS – the accrediting agency – put UNC on one year probation. The new Chancellor reassured the community that wasn’t so bad. And said reforms would fix all the problems – but what the reforms are isn’t so clear.

And after two decades of giving students phony classes, UNC’s still proclaiming itself one of the finest universities on earth – and the jewel in the crown of the state.

http://www.ncspin.com/the-jewel-in-the-crown/
 
Think WBTV will get their 6000+ pages? Lulz...


ID Number:
150438

Date Received:
06/12/2015

Requester Name:
Ochsner, Nick

Requester Organization:

WBTV.com

Description:

"Under the North carolina Public Records Law, G.S. §132, I am requesting a copy of all material submitted by unc Chapel Hill to the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools leading up to the accreditation decision announced in June 2015. Please also provide a copy of all correspondence between unc Chapel Hill faculty, staff and administrators and SACS regarding the June 2015 accreditation decision."

Estimated Effort:
10-50 Hours

University's Approximate Cost:
pending

Fees Assessed:
TBD

Response Date(s):
06/19/2015

Closed:
pending

# of Pages:
6,877

http://publicrecords.unc.edu/150438/
 
Another request. Gotta love how aggravated the requester is at unx. Already tellin' 'em not to redact items that aren't , uhhh , "redactable..."


ID Number:
150434

Date Received:
06/08/2015

Requester Name:
White, David

Requester Organization:
Individual

Description:

"As a citizen of North carolina, I hereby request a copy of the 'Notice of Allegations' that the NCAA recently presented unc-CH. Specifically, may be redacted. am requesting that the ONLY data to be redacted in what you send me is FERPA-related. NO OTHER NAMES nor WORDS that aren’t FERPA-governed may be redacted. (Which eliminates referring me to the version on unc-CH’s website)."

Estimated Effort:
More Than 50 Hours

University's Approximate Cost:
pending

Fees Assessed:
$0

Response Date(s):
06/16/2015

Closed:
06/16/2015

# of Pages:
1

http://publicrecords.unc.edu/150434/
 
BTW , this is Ochner from WBTV...

Nick Ochsner@NickOchsnerWBTV

Investigative reporter at WBTV. SB's husband. Political junkie. FOIA menace. Elon alum. Love to travel, eat & drink. carolina native. Opinions my own.

https://twitter.com/NickOchsnerWBTV

I like 'im already...
 
unc Receives Accreditors’ Letter

The University has received its expected letter from its accreditation agency, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, detailing SACS’ decision in mid-June to place the University on probation for one year.

The probation decision came after SACS’ second review of unc’s academics-athletics case and unc’s action in response to it.

The University issued the following statement:

“carolina has just received formal notification from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOCs) confirming their board action of last month,” said Rick White ’71, associate vice chancellor of communications and public affairs. “We are reviewing the letter now. Early next week, Chancellor [Carol L.] Folt and Provost [James W.] Dean [Jr.] will have an in-person discussion with the leadership of SACSCOCs. At that time we will make the letter from SACSCOCs available on the carolina Commitment website.”

In November, SACS notified the University it was out of compliance with standards in 18 categories. In June, the commission’s board of trustees said unc still failed to meet its standards in seven categories: integrity, program content, control of intercollegiate athletics, academic support services, academic freedom, faculty role in governance and handling of federal funding for financial aid.

The board was satisfied with progress in the 11 other areas of concern, and SACS President Belle Wheelan said she was pleased with progress toward reform under unc’s current administration.

In acting on a school’s response to compliance issues, SACS can:

Take no action;
Warn a school that it must satisfy SACS’ concerns and give it time to come into compliance;
Place a school on probation and specify a time period for compliance; or
Revoke a school’s accreditation.
Wheelan said the board considered this more serious than a warning case “since it’s gone on for so long and so many students were impacted by it.” She referred to the case of academic fraud centered in the former department of African and Afro-American studies that went on for 18 years and involved athletes disproportionately. She also said that the unc case marked the first time in her 10 years with the commission that SACS had put a school on probation for matters of academic integrity.

The SACS’ letter is expected to contain details about what the University must do to reach compliance in the seven categories.

Folt said in June that “the Commission took care to acknowledge the University’s adoption and implementation of the many and significant reform measures in recent years.”

“We have a very good relationship with SACS,” Folt said. “They have been forthright. We have done, I believe, everything possible to respond and even go above and beyond. I was actually quite pleased that the president made a couple of public statements talking about the extent to which we have really been doing yeoman’s work to bring the University forward to get these extensive reforms in place, yet I also appreciate the need for an accrediting agency to verify the reforms that are in place.”

https://alumni.unc.edu/news/unc-receives-accreditors-letter/
 
Brian Barbour.,.,.:rolleyes:

Sports blogger Brian Barbour said he believes Hatchell will retire after this year.

“Roy Williams — he had pretty good reasonings why he didn’t know, and he took an active stance to get his players away from those classes,” Barbour said. “Sylvia Hatchell doesn’t have anything like that. She’s got the primary academic adviser in her program that was neck deep in it, and I just don’t see how she survives. What I discussed with one of my writers is that basically I think she gets a farewell tour this year, and I think that’s it.”

http://www.dailytarheel.com/article/2015/07/hatchell-supporters-push-unc-administration
 
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Re: UNC Scandal: Hole response to NOA due Aug. 20

Felton starting to waver:

Felton, who still considers himself a UNC commitment, said he's about “95 percent” committed to Carolina.

Why is there a five percent chance he plays elsewhere?

“Their probation,” he said, “is why I’m not 100 percent on going there. I’m not committing myself to nothing because there are (NCAA issues) still hanging around.”

A regular visitor to Chapel Hill, Felton’s last visit was “a couple months ago” while he was training with his uncle.

“I haven’t been lately,” he said. “I was supposed to go up there, but I went off to (Steph Curry) Camp instead. I want to get there soon. As soon as I can, I’ll go.”

In addition to the lack of visits, Felton hasn’t had in-depth discussions with the UNC staff yet about potential NCAA sanctions.

“I haven’t talked to nobody about that yet,” he explained. “I’ve just been hearing about it, just looking at TV and seeing what people are saying. Nothing positive has come out of it.”
 
Jay Smith@jaysmith711

@stickwolf @CalStanly1 @NCSU1988 There's a reason the 2005 t'scrpts have stayed under wraps. That horror show could not be explained. No way

 
unc recruits await end of NCAA investigation

Tony Bradley has spent his summer doing the kinds of things high-level basketball recruits do.

A top 25 recruit in the class of 2016, the 6-foot-10 power forward from Bartow, Florida, has crisscrossed the country going to showcase camps and AAU tournaments.

He's also been keeping tabs on the slow-moving wheels of NCAA justice.

Like the rest of North carolina's recruiting targets, he's been eagerly awaiting an outcome in the NCAA's investigation into academic fraud at the school.

"I followed it very closely," Bradley said this week at the Nike EYBL Finals at Peach Jam, where he was competing along with his E1T1 teammates. "My dad talks to them a lot, just to keep us updated on what's going on."

Perhaps the most immediate impact will be felt on the recruiting trail, where the historically strong Tar Heels basketball program has struggled while operating under the shadow of the scandal.

As the scandal broadened, North carolina went nearly 18 months before its next commitment. That came in early November, when forward Luke Maye, the son of a former Tar Heels quarterback, chose North carolina over schools such as Davidson and Clemson.

Maye, who was 97th in ESPN's top 100 was later joined by Kenny Williams, a shooting guard from Virginia ranked 84th in the class by ESPN. Williams had signed with Virginia Commonwealth but changed his mind after a coaching change.

Brandon Ingram, a highly-ranked forward from Kinston, traditionally friendly territory for the Tar Heels, chose to attend Duke in part because of the unknowns surrounding the NCAA investigation.

The Tar Heels' 2015 class was the first without a McDonalds' All-American since 2007, when a series of loaded recruiting classes left the Tar Heels without much room on the roster.

Jalek Felton, the nephew of former Tar Heels point guard Raymond Felton, committed to the Tar Heels in December. The class of 2017 point guard is the only other commit the Tar Heels have.

That news had yet to reach Marques Bolden. The 6-10 center from DeSoto, Texas, who is ranked 15th in the class by ESPN, said he hasn't heard much on the Tar Heels' situation.

"Me and my dad are really trying to track that down because we don't really know much," Bolden said. "We don't know if they're going to be restricted from certain things. We don't know what's going on, so we're going to look into that."

"It's definitely going to make a difference whether I like them or not," Bolden said.

http://www.fayobserver.com/sports/u...cle_5f1887a8-c8ef-55c5-9cb2-8a6ebe7f588e.html
 
Hole of the Week is also an author of the report that tried to whitewash the connection between athletics and academics at unx. According to records, Gerhardt was initially AGAINST the whitewash...against Boxill too , even. This "Advisor to presidents" took a "Scholarly path" and signed-off on the whitewash anyway though. "Evolving interpretations" indeed. #carolinaway...

Tar Heel of the Week: unc professor tackles constitutional questions

Scholarly path

Adviser to presidents

Evolving interpretations

http://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/education/article27049711.html


July 2013...


unc faculty leader pushed rewrite of key report to keep NCAA away

Newly released correspondence shows the faculty leader at unc-Chapel Hill watered down a report into academic fraud to lessen the chances the NCAA would come back to campus.

The correspondence shows that hours before the report’s release on July 26, 2012, Faculty Council Chairman Jan Boxill sent the three faculty authors a last-minute email. It suggested they rewrite a sentence that painted a picture of a department manager creating bogus classes to protect athletes’ eligibility to play sports.

The authors grudgingly agreed to it, and some key information disappeared from the final version.

Boxill wrote that the request came from other faculty on the council’s executive committee. “The worry is that this could further raise NCAA issues and that is not the intention,” she said in the email.

As the elected faculty leader, Boxill is one of unc’s top academic officials. Rewriting a sentence that carried the suggestion of an athletic motive behind the scandal should not be the mission of a faculty, said the author of a book on college athletic scandals.

“The faculty committee should not anticipate the audience or implications, but rather fulfill the charge they undertook,” said John Thelin, an education professor at the University of Kentucky and author of “Games Colleges Play.”

“It seems consistent with what I have taken to be the university’s strategy all along, which is they wanted to come up with findings that seemed frank and candid, but which also carefully exclude any further NCAA investigation,” Smith said.

Questions about the unc faculty report didn’t surface until an N&O public records request turned up earlier drafts of the report that contained the concerns about the ties Deborah Crowder, a former longtime manager of the African studies department, had to athletics. The N&O first reported on the change in a story published May 18, and sought more details with another request for all correspondence associated with the faculty report, which unc provided late last month.

Crowder’s athletic ties

The change in the faculty report was made after Boxill and several committee members had praised previous drafts. Seven of the faculty members on the committee in a position to review the report said they did not make the suggestion; the other five who were not authors of the report could not be reached.

The university report said athletics were not behind the scandal because non-athletes were also enrolled and graded similarly. The faculty report was the first official review to raise concerns that athletics may have played a role in the scandal. The drafts leading up to the final report stated this more strongly.

They said: “Although we may never know for certain, it was our impression from multiple interviews that the involvement of Deborah Crowder seems to have been that of an athletics supporter who was extremely close to personnel in Athletics, and who managed to use the system to help players by directing them to enroll in courses in the African and Afro-American Studies department that turned out to be aberrant or irregularly taught.”

The final version reads: “Although we may never know for certain, it was our impression from multiple interviews that a department staff member managed to use the system to help players by directing them to enroll in courses in the African and Afro-American Studies Department that turned out to be aberrant or irregularly taught.”

Boxill told the N&O that some faculty executive committee members said the sentence amounted to hearsay because the authors had not interviewed the athletes. But by then, Chancellor Holden Thorp had told trustees in a letter that academic support staff had helped football players enroll in a no-show class Nyang’oro had created days before the start of a summer 2011 semester. No other students were enrolled.

The authors are faculty executive committee members Laurie Maffly-Kipp, Steven Bachenheimer and Michael Gerhardt. They declined to be interviewed, but in email responses said they had no issue with the last-minute changes. Bachenheimer said in an email response that they “were completely comfortable with the final subcommittee report.”

The correspondence among all three as they worked on the report, however, shows they were worried that Boxill would try to dilute the report. They sent the report to her in PDFs, which stands for Portable Document Format, so she could not easily alter them.

After a draft of the report had been discussed in a faculty executive council meeting, Gerhardt wrote: “It seems to me that we might need to tell Jan that there is a line we hope she does not cross.”

Maffly-Kipp questioned the need for the late changes.

“Why is it a good thing to remove Deborah Crowder’s name from the report?” asked Maffly-Kipp, then the chairman of the religious studies department. “The fact is, she was close to people in athletics.”

http://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/acc/unc/article21678294.html
 
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