House Speaker Joe Hackney will participate in a panel discussion Monday as part of a UNC Chapel Hill class.

Hackney will be joined by UNC-CH trustee Roger Perry. The duo will speak to about 60 students enrolled in the Role of the University in American Life class, which tackles the making of laws, policies and rules that govern a university.

The class meets at 11 a.m. Monday in room 039 of the old Graham Memorial Building, now home to the Johnston Center for Undergraduate Excellence.

Hackney received his bachelor's degree from UNC-CH in 1967 and his law degree in 1970.

Roger perry has concluded his term as chairman of the UNC Chapel Hill Board of Trustees.

Perry, of Chapel Hill, led the board for the last two years. This morning, he turned his gavel over to Bob Winston, a hotel developer who has been on the board for six years.

 Barbara Hyde, of Memphis, is the new vice-chairwoman, and Phillip Clay, of Cambridge, Mass., is the new treasurer.

Perry oversaw a couple massive campus initiativs - the conclusion to a capital campaign that brought more than $2.3 billion to the university, and the hiring of current Chancellor Holden Thorp.

Perry said Thursday Thorp's hiring was the crowning achievement of his tenure as board chairman.

Roger Perry has concluded his term as chairman of the UNC Chapel Hill Board of Trustees.

Perry, of Chapel Hill, led the board for the last two years. This morning, he turned over his gavel to Bob Winston, a hotel developer who has been on the board for six years.

Barbara Hyde, of Memphis, TN,  is the new vice-chairwoman, and Phillip Clay, of Cambridge, Mass., is the treasurer.

Perry, (pictured at left), oversaw a couple massive campus initiatives - the conclusion of a capital campaign that brought more thann $2.3 billion to the university, and the hiring of current Chancellor Holden Thorp.

Perry said Thorp's hiring was the crowning achievement of his tenure as board chairman.

At UNC Chapel Hill, there's some controversy brewing over scooters.

Yes, scooters. Those mini-bikes a lot of folks use to put-put-put their way to campus.

The university just began regulating them, an effort, officials there say, to keep them off sidewalks and other campus walkways.

But the people who ride them say they're an eco-friendly alternative to cars and don't want to have to pay new parking fees and keep their vehicles in designated lots.

Here's the story.

The UNC Chapel Hill Board of Trustees was to vote this Thursday on a series of parking permit fee increases that included this unusual add-on:

"Former Members of BOT: Former members of the University's Board of Trustees that were elected or appointed by the Board of Governors or by the Governor of the State of North Carolina are eligible for all-access (ALG) gratis parking permits upon request."

Basically, this was to give former campus trustees an all-access parking pass for their use whenever they wanted it. The justification, as current board chairman Roger Perry told me, was to help out former trustees when they come back to campus to attend meetings or otherwise volunteer their time.

But then the plan was scrapped. Here's the story.