The Carolinian [April 10, 1975]

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April 10, 1975 The University of North Carolina at Greensboro Volume LIV Number 38
O'Kane, Frasier elected to top spots,
close Benson victory still in doubt
BY KEVIN KILMARTIN
Managing Editor
Approximately 1,100 students
turned out Tuesday and Wednesday to
elect Sean O'Kane president of student
government, Barry Frasier,
vice-president, and Donna Benson,
attorney general.
A run-off between Dave Cole and
Debbie Webster is scheduled for next
Tuesday and Wednesday for Elliot Hall
President. Chuch Houska was elected
Carolinian editor.
The race between Frasier and
opponent Cliff Mitchell was the closest
of the election with Frasier winning by
only seven votes. Mitchell told The
Carolinian he has no plans to ask for a
recount or an appeal.
Vice President-elect Barry Frasier
said he was "extremely pleased with
the election." He said both candidates
were well qualified for the position
and the closeness of the vote shows
the "student body had a difficult time
making the decision."
Liberals vs jocks
President-elect Sean O'Kane said he
plans a "continuation of what has
been started" in the McAbee
administration. O'Kane defeated
challenger Mark Dionne by nearly 500
votes.
Dionne told The Carolinian in a
telephone interview that he felt the
race was "Hinshaw against Guilford,
the jocks against the liberals and the
JOCKS won." O'Kane said he thought
there was a definate difference
stemming from the fact that "Mark
was basicly driving for more parties"
and O'Kane basically wanted "more
student input in administrative policy
decisions."
Another close vote
The race for Attorney General was
also close. Donna Benson won by
only 33 votes over Mike Coleman.
The Carolinian has learned that the
possibility of a recount or appeal on
the part of Mr. Coleman has been
discussed. Coleman said that he had
not reached a decision to appeal. When
asked if he had ruled out the possiblity
of an appeal, Coleman said he "had
not ruled out anything" but had not
reached any decision.
Donna Benson had no comment on
the possibility of an appeal.
In a written statement, Ms. Benson
said she felt the students acceptance to
the new Judicial Policy has given her
"a mandate for action." She said the
new policy was "strong enough to be
meaningful" yet "flexible" enough to
deal with any problems which arise.
Ms. Benson said she will offer an
invitation to Mr. Coleman to work
together and "make the new Judicial
-Policy work."
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SGA Vice President-elect Barry Frasier
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Ben Sells, Julie Avery, Missy
Peacock, Tim Fuller and Richard
Kennedy were elected to the UNC-G
NC PIRG Local Board.
Both constitutional changes on the
ballot were overwhelmingly passed by
the students. The new Judicial Policy
changes the entire court system and
breaks it down into three courts and a
Supreme Court.
The other change passed was the
new Dorm Co-ordinators selection.
Under the new system, D.C.'s will be
selected by a board and will be part of
the administrative staff.
Cynthia Bland ran unopposed tor
the Chief Marshall post. Sylvia Leplin
was unopposed for Coraddi editor.
There were no candidates for Pine
Needles editor.
Results of the salary and wage
referendum will not be available until
late Wednesday or sometime
Thursday, according to Elections
Board Chairman Lou Wilkerson.
Ex-officer Jones gets
one year jail term
Former Security Officer Burrell
Jones was sentenced to a year in the
Guilford County Jail yesterday, after
pleading no contest to a larceny charge
in the Guilford District Court. He will
appeal the sentence.
Jones was arrested after entering
the office of Dr. Paul Lutz in the
Biology Department in order to steal
an anatomy exam for a student at the
University. The student was
instrumental in having the University
file charges against Jones.
The girl stated that Jones
approached her last fall offering to
steal an exam for her if she would go
to bed with him. The girl revealed that
Jones said he had received gifts for at
least three years, by exchanging copies
of professors' exams with students.
Jones, according to an officer in
Campus Security, gained entry into
professors' offices by using keys issued
to him by the University.
Jones was arrested after the student
complained to Security Director James
Blevins. Blevins turned the case over to
the Greensboro Vice Squad
approximately three weeks after the
matter was reported to him. The
student, who was a witness at the trial,
commented that, "Blevins did the
right thing. He turned it, (the case)
over to the Vice Squad because he felt
Security here could not handle it. I
respect him for this."
The girl, like other students that
Jones approached, had known the
officer for many years. He approached
students advocating, "Better cheat
than repeat." This attitude caused the
girl to report the incidence to Blevins
because she felt that it was unfair for
students to pass courses by cheating
and yet others had to work so hard in
order to pass.
She feels that, "If he (Jones) is
security, then there is no security."
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SGA President-elect Sean O'Kane
Folger director speaks to 'Friends,'
shows slides of rare books, scripts
BY CYNTHIA BLAND
Staff Wriwr
The Walter Clinton Jackson Library
of UNC-G held its annual Friends of
the Library dinner and lecture
Thursday evening, April 3.
The speaker was Dr. A.B. Hardison
of the Folger Shakespeare Library in
Washington, D.C. His topic was
"Those Fabulous Dragon's Teeth:
Folger Library Treasures."
A formal dinner was held in Cone
Ballroom at 7 p.m. for the Friends.
The lecture followed at 8 p.m. Dr.
Hardison was introduced by Dr.
'Nature and the American Experience9
RC to sponsor course in nature
UNC-G's Residential College invites
students to join a small group for a
unique educational experience in the
mountains of western North Carolina.
From May 14 until June 6, the
Residential College will sponsor a
summer school program at the Valle
("rueis Mission School, which is
located about 15 miles southwest of
Boone in some of the most beautiful
country in the state.
The subject oT study will be
"Nature and the American Experience."
Christian college blocks G-rated films,
John Wayne, Julie Andrews banned
(CPS)- In the past two months, a
school committee at Marion College in
Marion IN. has blocked the on-campus
showing of two Grated films because
they contained scenes deemed not
appropriate for college viewing. The
films were North to Alaska starring
John Wayne and Tfioroughly Modern
Millie starring Julie Andrews.
Several years ago, the Marion
College Trustees, following a favorable
faculty vote on the matter, set down
some strict guidelines for all films,
plays and presentations that were to
appear on compus.
In January, North to Alaska was
rejected by the committee. According
to Marion Student Government
President Blair Ritchey, some of the
reasons the film was blocked were:
excessive drinking in the movie, the
portrayal on-screen of a man and
woman in bed together and a shot of
John Wayne buttoning up the back of
a woman's dress.
Later, Thoroughly Modern Millie
was rejected. The committee came up
with a two page list of objections,
including protrayal of an unmarried
couple in bed and "showing of certain
parts of the body." According to
Ritchey, the committee said the
"prurial (sic) level" of the movie "was
not appropriate for a college campus."
The cancellation aroused some
student ire at first, and the student
government sponsored a forum at the
end of February on the trustee
guidelines.
"After the forum, the students were
more understanding of the rationale"
behind the censorship, said Ritchey.
"We do readily accept Christian
standards here," he said. Ritchey
admitted that "there might be a more
violent reaction at a larger
non-Christian school," but that the
Marion student body has "subsided
into acceptance... Being a Christian
college," Ritchey stressed, "these
standards are acceptable."
While students accepeted for the
program will help make final decisions
about content, texts and methods,
those already committed to the
program have agreed that the course
ought to deal with various ways people
have defined nature and man's relation
to it. Since the subject is large and the
time short, some narrowing of focus is
inevitable.
Since the instructor will probably
be a literature teacher, many of the
shared readings will probably be
imaginative literature; but this material
will be supplemented by both readings
from other disciplines and by the
appearances of guest speakers who will
discuss topics like the ecology of the
area or mountain folklore.
Students will receive three hours
credit for this course. In addition, each
student has the option of earning
another three hours of credit in
independent study, provided that the
subject of the study is related to the
issues of the common course. For
example, students already enrolled in
the course are planning independent
studies in nature photography, area
folklore, and geology.
Organizers hope that those doing
independent study will also be able to
share what they learn with the entire
group. Since it might be difficult to
finish the work for two courses in just
four weeks, those taking independent
study will have the option of using
two additional weeks, spent at any
location they choose, to finish.
The reason for studying this subject
in this place is the belief that actually
living in a beautiful and fairly remote
natural setting while also studying
nature in an academic way can teach
students something important about
themselves and about nature,
something that could not be learned so
well or at all in other contexts.
This generation of college students
will be facing difficult choices
concerning what to do with the
remaining natural resources. Programs
like this one will help make those
choices informed ones.
Tuition will be the same as that
paid for one regular summer session -
$77 for in-state students and $387 for
out-of-state students. These prices are
the same whether a student takes three
hours or six. Room and board will be
$100 or about one half of what an
in-state student pays for comparable
accommodations on campus.
The room and board is so
reasonable because students will be
helping to pay for it by working
around the Mission School's buildings
and grounds.
Interested students must apply as
soon as possible to the Residential
College at 379-5915. Only a few places
are still available, and students must
obtail the permission of the instructor
before enrolling.
William G. Lane, head of the English
Department.
Dr. Hardison informed the
audience that they would have to stay
until the end of the lecture and the
slide presentation to learn the
significance of the title.
Dr. Hardison's lecture concerned
the Folger Library, its history and its
collection. Located on Capitol Hill,
the library was endowed as a gift to all
the American people.
The last slide was a photograph of a
page from John Milton's Areopagitica,
one of the volumes in the Folger
collection, and the "Dragon's Teeth,"
a metaphor for "men armed with spirit
and intellect," was from the context
of that page.
The vital center of the Folger.
according to its director, is its
collection of rare books and
manuscripts. Scholars from all over the
country go there to do research.
Except for the British Museum in
London, the Folger has the largest
collection of English printed books in
the world.
Dr. Hardison showed slides of some
of the most notable volumes in the
Folger. Examples are the copy of The
Maero-Morality Manuscript which
Anne of Cleves brought to her
bridegroom, Henry VIII; the first
edition of the Book of Common
Prayer, c. 1549; Shakespeare's First
Folio, of which the Folger possesses
79 copies; Columbus's Map of the New
World, 1513; the first edition of Isaac
Newton's Principia Mathematica; and
the afore-mentioned Areopagitica of
Milton.
Dr. Hardison has been director of
the Folger since 1969. He received his
B.A. and M.A. from UNC-CH, and he
is a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He
received his Ph.D. from the University
of Wisconsin. He was a Fulbright
Fellow and Guggenheim Scholar. He
was chosen one of America's ten great
teachers while on the faculty of
UNC-CH.
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