The Carolinian [September 22, 1975]

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September 22,1975 The University of North Carolina at Greensboro Volume LV Number 7
After championship again
Debaters active but in need of funds
Deserted cranes ana mounds ot dirt at the site of the new addition to the life sciences building. Could
this be still another bicentennial project? Suff photo by Tom Me|ton
The evidence was spread across the
table. The opponents eyed one
another, sneering. The debate was on.
It was the first night of practice
rounds for the debaters of UNC-G's
Forensic Association, and the ground
was preparing for the upcoming season
forensics. They plan to debate at
schools across the state and nation,
according to director Dean Fadely.
The Forensic Association is
concerned with debate, individual
events such as duo acting, after dinner
speaking, extemporaneous speaking,
original oratory, and dramatic
interpretation. The organization has
about 30 students involved in it,
according to Fadely.
The forensics participants,
especially the debaters, are planning to
apply their experience in several ways.
Some of the students plan to apply it
to law careers, teaching, the ministry,
and government affairs. "They can
apply it in any area where they utilize
the skills that debate teaches, and they
are critical, creative, and reflective
thinking, the ability to organize, and
efficient delivery," Fadely said.
The Forensic Association is
petitioning SGA to become a Type 11
organization so that they can request
funds. Fadely discussed the
organization's reasons for wanting
SGA recognition. "We're open to any
member of the student body. All they
have to be is a full-time undergraduate
student. We'll take anybody. In order
to maintain a team of national caliber,
we have to have a 515,000.00 travel
budget." The organization spends
many weekends away from campus,
while participating in speaking events,
and their travel requires funds. "It
takes money, and the administration
cannot provide money of itself."
Fadely added that the group cannot
raise money because they spend from
Unidentified screamer rouses Bailey to action
BY KEVIN KILMARTIN
Staff Writ.r
Late Sunday night residents of
Bailey and Hinshaw dorms reported
hearing a series of loud screams
coming from the unlighted UNC-G
golf course and practice field area.
Bailey resident Richard Griffiths
termed the screams as "emotionally
terrifying" and indicated that it
sounded like a woman in distress.
The screams were heard at
approximately 12:30 am. and
according to Griffiths, the campus
police were on the scene almost
immediately. A search of the golf
course area by campus police and
residents of Bailey and Hinshaw dorms
turned up neither a potential victim
nor assailant.
Chased to Strong
Another Bailey resident, Bruce
Orcutt, said he and three other
students ran immediately to the field
in the direction of the screams. Orcutt
said he and some others spotted three
persons running towards Strong Hall
from behind the archery range. Orcutt
and the others chased the three
unidentified persons up to the service
drive behind Moore-Strong Hall and
down to Gray Drive where they lost
sight ot the three.
Officer Harris of Campus Security
said that a search of the golf course
did not shed any new information
concerning the mysterious screams. He
did speculate, however, that the
screams might have been a hoax.
Harris said at approximately 11:30
p.m. Sunday night he had run three
males off the golf course. Harris, who
has been with the UNC-G force for 12
years, said this type of incident has
occurred before.
Male or female ?
Griffiths told The Carolinian the
screams had to be those of a woman
"terribly frightened", and that he had
never heard screams of that intensity
before. Several other Bailey residents,
including Orcutt who was on the
scene, questioned whether or not the
screams were that of a woman. They
said the screams were very loud and
intense and could have come from a
male or female.
Griffiths complimented the campus
security force for their almost
immediate arrival on the scene, but
said he wished more than one car had
arrived for the initial investigation.
Campus Security Director Newton
Beck, who was on the scene with other
officers, could not be reached for
comment at the time of publication.
Students attend workshop
The forty-eight schools of the
North Carolina Student Legislature
met for their first monthly Interim
Council of the 1975-76 school year
Saturday at High Point College.
Interim Councils are designed to help
the group prepare for their annual
convention held during the spring, and
to promote work on the several
statewide committees of the
organization.
At Saturday's session, the
convention site was decided upon and
the yearly budget for state staff and
officers was approved. This year's
convention is scheduled for the Royal
Villa Hotel in Raleigh from March 31
to April 4. NCSL is the nation's oldest
mock legislative assembly. It has
drawn praise for originating and
developing programs and bills which
often find their way into the General
Statutes of the state, and for its record
in developing outstanding political and
civic leaders. In its 38 year history, the
alumnae and alumni of NCSL have
become governors, mayors, members
of the General Assembly, and United
States Congressmen and Senators, as
well as leaders in many civic programs
and projects.
Saturday's session, after approving
the convention site and statewide
budget, heard committee reports.
Among those reporting at this meeting
were Jeff Jenkins of Greensboro
College, NCSL Historian; Rita
McCloskey of Academic Concerns; Joe
Freund of Prison Reform Study
Commission; Gary Thomas of
UNC-CH on The Coalition of Student
Voters workshop committee; and
Bruce Tindall of UNC-CH, publicity
chairperson for the State NCSL group.
Students endorsed a program of
regional workshops which will be
conducted throughout the state to
help strengthen delegations brought
into the organization last year. The
first of that* workshops will be
conducted tn the Greensboro area by
Vonna Viglione and Jeff Jenkins,
chairpersons of the delegations from
UNC-G and Greensboro College
respectively, for the 12 area schools in
this region.
The afternoon session of the
monthly meeting was chaired by
UNC-G student Rick Webb, Lt.
Governor of the North Carolina
Student Legislature. Webb, a transfer
student from Guilford College, shared
the gavel Saturday with the Governor
of the organization, Rick Hovis of
Greensboro College and Ann Holmes
of UNC-at-Chapel Hill who is
Secretary of State for the group.
Tom Fenton represented the NCSL
alumni and Mr. Charlie Phillips of the
Guilford County Legislative delegation
in the NC House of Representatives
spoke to the group.
The October Interim Council was
scheduled for Oct. 26 at East Carolina
University and November's meeting
will be held at UNC at Charlotte on
November 23.
The UNC-G delegation for NCSL is
scheduled to be elected at the next
Senate meeting Tuesday night, Sept.
23. Applications, available at the EH
Information desk and the SGA office,
will be accepted until 5:00 p.m. of
that day.
40-70 hours researching debate
material. "We're in the situation of
either getting support from combined
sources (SGA and administration) or
else the student body at the university
doesn't get a good debate program."
Fadely said that most university
debate programs receive funds from
student government organizations.
"It's the norm in this state and nation
if you want a caliber program." The
needed money is used "totally for
travel expenses, tournament entry
fees, meals and rooms on trips,"
Fadely said.
The forensic program has been
operating seven years. Debate is in its
eleventh year at UNC-G. Last year, the
UNC-G debate team became the only
one to become state champions twice
in a row. In fact, last year, "24
students travelled over 22,000 miles to
participate in 20 tournaments. Their
efforts earned a total of 99 awards, the
most ever won in a single year in the
history of the UNC-Greensboro
program," according to the
association's annual report.
Even though the opponents rib
each other during their practice
rounds, the debaters obviously enjoy
their activity. In fact, one debater,
Brenda Shore, has been involved in
debate about seven years. "It's fun
when you win, but you still get a value
of learning how to present an
argument so that other people can
understand it. There's a minimum of
time you've always got to work for,"
she said. However, she has felt in a
bind when she didn't have enough
evidence for a particular debate. "You
feel frustrated, and maybe you think
you need to do more work. It really
gives you the incentive to come back
and find what you need.**
Japanese educators here
Rick Webb
CE presenting forum on aging
BY VICKY COCKERHAM
N«w« Editor
The Office of Continuing
Education will sponsor a forum on
Aging September 30. The program will
be held in Cone Ballroom and will last
from 1-4:30 p.m.
There are several specific objectives
that the Office of Continuing
Education has in presenting this
forum. One is to make the UNC-G
faculty more aware of the programs
and services that are available to the
aged in the Piedmont section of North
Carolina. Also they would like to
make known the problems that are
encountered by these services.
Another goal is to produce greater
awareness in the community of the
University learning resources and
opportunities made possible through
continuing education programs.
The forum is also expected to
initiate a planning process which will
implement specific educational
offerings by UNC-G. These offerings
will apply to the learning need of
persons occupationally associated with
programs for the aged.
The general goal of this forum is to
bring together persons working with
the aged and the UNC-G faculty.
Dr. Thomas A. Rich, Director of
the Aging Studies Program, is the
keynote speaker for the forum and his
topic is "Applied Gerontology:
Community and University
Relationships.
Five different workshops are
scheduled for the forum. These
include Recreation and Leisure
Interests, Environmental and Aesthetic
Interests, Financial and Economic
Interests, Physical and Mental Health
Interests, and Social Interests.
Registration forms must be
returned by September 26 and may be
picked up at the Office of Continuing
Education. Further information can be
obtained by contacting the office at
370-5414.
Four Japanese educators recently
visited the UNC-G campus for a period
of thirteen days. Two were professors;
these were Dr. Yasuo Masai, of the
University of Tsukuba, and Dr. Jiro
Naga, from Hiroshima University. Dr.
Eilchi Kajita, a researcher from the
Japanese National Institute for
Education, and Mr. Yasushi Mizoue, a
specialist in social studies, were
members of the party as well. The
educators are now completing a two
month tour of the U.S.; they had
previously been to Hawaii,
Washington, and New York. They
included UNC-G in their tour of
America mainly because of their desire
to meet and talk with two members of
our education department - Dr. Louis
Edinger and Dr. Roland Nelson. Dr.
Nelson, who is interested in the
Japanese educational system, has had
previous experience in Japan (in 1970
he visited Japan for three weeks). Dr.
Edinger is known for her work with
intercultural education. The trip was
sponsored by the Administration of
Eduoation of Japan for the purpose of
updating social studies textbooks and
materials in the primary and secondary
schools.
Since none of the members of the
group had been to North Carolina or
to many other Southern states before.
Dr. Nelson planned activities that
centered on regional highlights. He
commented that "we attempted to
give them the opportunity to see first
hand how 'typical Americans' behave.
We didn't rush them to see
dignitaries." The four did see, among
other things, a tobacco warehouse,
several Greensboro industries, some
churches, other universities, and a
night club. They stayed in private
homes for three days to gain some
insight into American family life.
When asked if the visitors had any
comments concerning what they saw.
Dr. Nelson replied that they had a
number of candid remarks. Upon
seeing low rent government housing
units, they appeared to be surprised at
the wastefulness and self-indulgence of
even these homes. "It's hard for them
to conceive of anyone being poor who
has five rooms to live in and a car. This
caused me to question myself about
what is being served by our emphasis
on 'bigness'?" The entire country of
Japan, which is approximately the size
of Montana, supports 110 million
people; this explains why the
foreigners were shocked at our own
use of space.
According to Dr. Nelson, another
one of their tentative observations was
their "Surprise that we're so intent on
teaching basic skills in the elementary
schools. Within Japan, there's more
emphasis on art, music and games.
Although our high schools seem less
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TV — causing dream loss
CPS - Losing the ability to dream
can cause a lowering of one's
self-esteem and the villian may be too
many hours in front of a television set,
according to a study by the Australian
National University Center for
Continuing Education.
The report warns that excessive
television watching may not only
alienate the viewer from society but
also seems to stimulate impulsive,
aggressive behavior.
The report also suggested mat
losing the ability to dream can lead to
a confused sense of identity and
monentary forgetfulness. Television
programs, especially those in color,
appeared to be a cause in the
increasing use of tranquilizers and
barbituates , the report concluded.
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