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Name: Matt Sherman on Apr 11, 2008Comments:Flag
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Name: Roland Valentine on Apr 11, 2008Comments:Flag
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Name: Kenneth W. Heist Jr. on Apr 11, 2008Comments:Flag
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Name: Andrew Akers on Apr 11, 2008Comments: Drama summer of 70 , Drama Tec 71, D and P 74 I have been in my craft for 34 years and have ben very proud of my school even in its darkest years. Now I am ashamed and upset . This is wrong oh so wrong and my heart aches and there are tears in my eyes .Flag
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Name: Bonnie Boiter-Jolley on Apr 11, 2008Comments:Flag
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Name: Brendan Tendrich on Apr 11, 2008Comments:Flag
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Name: Skip Sherman on Apr 11, 2008Comments: sat-chit-ananda Truth, consciousness, and blissFlag
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Name: Annette Fickel Tuebner on Apr 11, 2008Comments: I, along with many other alumni an totally opposed to the name change of the North Carolina School o the Arts. This process has not been transparent and goes against the wishes of the vast majority of alumni -- many of whom are North Carolina taxpayers. The school is part of the UNC school -- there is absolutely no value added in changing the name of the school. I would like to know who dreamed up this bad idea in the first place.Flag
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Name: Robert Flood on Apr 11, 2008Comments:Flag
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Name: Kaitlin Frankenfield '07 on Apr 11, 2008Comments:Flag
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Name: Adrian Durlester on Apr 11, 2008Comments: NCSA School of Design & Production, Class of 1977 Always and forever, NCSA.Flag
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Name: Sarah Ingel on Apr 11, 2008Comments: We would be misleading people by calling ourselves a University. We do not offer liberal arts classes, we are a conservatory of the arts. Those who come to our school with the idea that they are going to a University may come with the wrong or different intentions. Though some may say that the name would not change the school itself, the composition of students would change. We are known worldwide with the name North Carolina School of the Arts. The students have a reputation of being so dedicated to their art form that we require a school all of our own to be able to carry out our artistic visions. By putting a "U" in front of our name, we become generic, something that I think all artists agree, is the down fall of art itself.Flag
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Name: Cleo Ledet on Apr 11, 2008Comments:Flag
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Name: Anonymous on Apr 11, 2008Comments:Flag
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Name: Richard Buckley on Apr 11, 2008Comments:Flag
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Name: Joselyn Mujica on Apr 11, 2008Comments: Graduation Year: 2007Flag
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Name: Christopher E. Robare on Apr 11, 2008Comments: NCSA not UNC-SA !Flag
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Name: Susan Rowe Roberts on Apr 11, 2008Comments: NCSA's name should not change; it will be a death in the "family" if it does. SRFlag
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Name: Grady McLeod Bowman on Apr 11, 2008Comments:Flag
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Name: Elizabeth Power on Apr 11, 2008Comments:Flag
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Name: Katheryn Walker on Apr 11, 2008Comments:Flag
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Name: Brad Munda on Apr 11, 2008Comments: Design and Production Class of 2007, and VERY happy my piece of paper says NCSA, not UncsaFlag
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Name: Julian Eubank on Apr 11, 2008Comments:Flag
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Name: Travis Smith on Apr 11, 2008Comments:Flag
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Name: Anonymous on Apr 11, 2008Comments:Flag
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Name: Michelle Thomas on Apr 12, 2008Comments: I don't like it at all. Please keep the name NCSA. The University of the North Carolina School of the Arts sounds awful. Changes everything...Flag
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Name: Patrick Byers on Apr 12, 2008Comments: UNSA sounds likie United Nations of South AfricaFlag
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Name: Cedric Mays on Apr 12, 2008Comments:Flag
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Name: Polly Crocker Beaver on Apr 12, 2008Comments: The North Carolina School of the Arts is the name and has always been within the university system of North Carolina since it's conception under Gov. Terry Sanford. There is no need for a name change to position the school as it has ALWAYS been positioned. (From A native North Carolinian and one who attended the school upon it's opening in 1965. My mother and educator watched the bills be passed for the founding of the school, site loccation and formation within the university system. The first school in such a position - a founding model for other school throughout the nation. May the wisdom of continuing to "lead" the nation and art schools continue!) The North Carolina School of the Arts stands. (When did other great schools such a Julliard decide to change their name ) Thank you! Polly Love Crocker Beaver - first music student to perform for the public the opening year and written in Gov. Terry Sandford's book, "What About the People" Maybe this book needs to be re-read to give current perspective for historical accuracy. Polly BeaverFlag
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Name: Terri James on Apr 12, 2008Comments:Flag
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Name: Margo Garrett on Apr 12, 2008Comments: I just yesterday overheard, in an elevator, a current Juilliard student refer to his NCSA days as perfect preparation for the challenges he is finding at Juilliard. The responses from 8 fellow students let me know that ALL knew NCSA by that acronym. DON'T CHANGE OUR NAME!Flag
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Name: Anonymous on Apr 12, 2008Comments:Flag
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Name: Anonymous on Apr 12, 2008Comments: NNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.Flag
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Name: John McKernon on Apr 12, 2008Comments:Flag
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Name: Araminta "Ari" Casper- Silberman [nee De Gangotena] on Apr 12, 2008Comments: I believe this is not only a bad idea, but one of the worst ideas I have ever heard. This is an idea akin to washing down with Lysol after using a $2000/ oz perfume...Casting pearls before swine... For the thousand of us who have graduated from The North Carolina School of the Arts, the name change amounts to ripping the heart and soul out of our School. NCSA is not a "University" but rather is and has always been a conservatory. From Junior High School through college and now through graduate school, this school has always been just that, a school. This school is unique in this respect and it's student's are respected around the world. I am also a graduate of the University of North Carolina's Theatre graduate school, but I am personally proudest of my diploma from the North Carolina School of the Arts. As an alumnus of NCSA I have donated money. I will never donate to the University of North Carolina. In order for the UNC theatre department to breathe a breath of life in 1972, it needed me to bring the spirit of NCSA to it. I brought Jo Mielziner to UNC because it did not have a faculty to teach me anything more than I had already learned at the North Carolina School of the Arts at that time. In earning my MFA, from Carolina, I had to move to New York to study under Jo Mielziner and Lester Polakov. Dr Arthur Hoffman, the department Chairman, agreed that The North Carolina School of the Arts had turned out a student that his department was not yet equipped to educate. I had to create my own program. Please don't destroy the fine reputation of our School by diluting its reputation in making it a part of the lesser University.Flag
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Name: Stephen Geiger on Apr 12, 2008Comments: We are not Tarheels, but Pickles!Flag
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Name: Marilyn Sue Lawrence Westbrook on Apr 12, 2008Comments:Flag
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Name: Robert C McDougle on Apr 12, 2008Comments: This whole thing is silly. Where is the real benefit Can ANYONE make the case for this name change Brands are important and I have never wished I could say I attended the University of NC in any form. They might even ask what sport I played if I did say it. The UNC brand would overwhelm NCSA's identity.Flag
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Name: Kay Webb on Apr 12, 2008Comments: I agree, we are unique and it should stay that way, while building upon its uniqueness.Flag
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Name: James Trudeau on Apr 12, 2008Comments: To Whom It May Concern: My name is James Trudeau, NCSA D&P Alumni, Class of 1978. I am writing to register my objection and opinion regarding your proposal to spend precisious resources on changing the name of the North Carlina School of the Arts. With the nation in a state of near financial crisis, which will undoubtedly effect education funding for years to come, I find the proposal fiscally irresponsible and the authors derelict in their fiduciary responsibilities to the students of NCSA and the citizens of the state of North Carolina. Changing the fundamental identity of an institution that has gained reknowned respect and elevated the reputation of North Carolina to world class status as a cultural leader, defies logic. Identities are important and they are cherished especially by those that particpated in the development of that identity, the students and faculty of the previous 45 years. But more than anything, it is imperative that the future generations of students and citizens alike can draw an immediate linkage to the founding vision. A vision of brave and forward thinking individuals who took the bold step of creating NCSA in order to shape the perception of the state as not just an appreciator of culture but of a creator of culture through the intensive and intimate cohabitation and collaboration of some the greatest artists of the present era. This extraordinary experiment that became such a powerful incubator of art in America has achieved an identity - an identity now known worldwide as the North Carolina School of the Arts. A change in the name, no matter by what rationale, has the perceptual effect of a closing of the original school. And that is what concerns so many. TPlease do not fix that which is working so well. The inertia of NCSA's name and reputation is much stronger than you obviously understand. To end it so abruptly and needlessly may well require a generation or more to restore, and is a perilous action that should not be taken.Flag
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Name: Michael [AARDVARK] Cain on Apr 12, 2008Comments: Hell No! They can't take our name. We have lost Mickeys and the Chicken, we would be reduced to being The University of Pickels-- thats not cool or groovy.Flag
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Name: Anonymous on Apr 12, 2008Comments:Flag
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Name: Deborah Brooks on Apr 12, 2008Comments:Flag
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Name: Debra Bricker on Apr 12, 2008Comments: While UNC is a wonderful public university, it is not known for producing world class artists in a variety of disciplines which NCSA is known for. Please don't erase something that has taken over forty years to build.Flag
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Name: Anonymous on Apr 13, 2008Comments: don't change the name!!!Flag
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Name: Elizabeth Brotman on Apr 13, 2008Comments: D&P 1975Flag
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Name: Alexandra Sokol (nee Yanow) on Apr 13, 2008Comments: As a Brand Strategist and someone who has veen in marketing and advertising for years, I would like to say that the strength of the NCSA brand is something many of us have banked on for years. When mentioning the name, most people in the arts immediately recognize it. To water down and lose such a powerful nearly mythilogical brand name after so long would be a huge mistake. Were I consulting with the board as a professional, I would absolutely counsel they keep the strength of the already established brand, rather than weaken the reputation of the school at this point in time. As a former student of NCSA...I stand with my fellow classmates in opposing this initiative!Flag
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Name: Kathy Rosen Foernzler, Music 1975 on Apr 13, 2008Comments: I already submitted my comments via the NCSA website.Flag
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Name: DeedeeSherman on Apr 13, 2008Comments:Flag
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Name: Stephen Ellison on Apr 13, 2008Comments:Flag