UNC system could lose voice with Rand

The Daily Tar Heel
Friday, November 20, 2009
By Ross Maloney
Staff Writer

With the departure of N.C. Senate Majority Leader Sen. Tony Rand, D-Cumberland, a vacancy will open in the N.C. General Assembly that could have a significant impact on the UNC system.  Rand, who has served in the legislature since 1982, has repeatedly made the UNC system a top priority....

"Tony Rand has had a greater influence on UNC-Chapel Hill than anyone who has ever lived, outside of William Davie and the founders who created the school," (Senate leader Marc) Basnight said....  Basnight said he sees no immediate substitute for what Rand has meant to the UNC system.  "The best Carolina ever gave is found in Tony Rand and we have no replacement.  None."  Click here to read more.