The Carolinian [November 24, 1975]

              The Carolinian
November 24,1975 The University of North Carolina at Greensboro Volume LV Number 20
Bathroom Manifesto gripes
subject of RSC-Allen talk
BY EDDIE "SCOOP" BOWEN
Staff Writer
On Thursday, Nov. 20, a
delegation of four students from the
Residential Students' Committee
met with Vice Chancellor James H.
Allen to discuss problems in
residence life.
The group had the night before
organized a rally consisting of
approximately 250 students which
eventually ended up on the front
lawn of Chancellor James S.
Ferguson's residencs. Ferguson had
referred leaders of the committee to
Vice Chancellor Allen, on whom
Ferguson said, "the overall
responsibility . . . rests."
Weeks previous to Wednesday
night's rally, the leaders of the
committee had written and
distributed a document entitled
"the Bathroom Manifesto," in
which they asked for
"representatives from all the male
dorms to get a better idea of
resident's feelings, complaints, and
even compliments towards dorm
living and the counselors'
contribution to it."
"A large part of this is due to a
still growing alienation between
dorm counselors and the
residents . . .
Residents Student's Rally
The committee's first meeting
was Wednesday night at Guilford.
Concerned students organized at
(uilford and traveled to Bailey and
Hinshaw to increase their number
before moving on to the
Chancellor's home.
Committee leaders utilized a
public address system to gather
recruits. Campus security officers
took no action against the group
Newton Beck, head of campus
security, told The Carolinian, "1
think students have to have a way to
let off steam. As long as they are
orderly and the noise level is kept
within tolerances, we will do what
we did Wednesday night, stand back
and watch." He further explained
that in cases of this type, the
campus police would keep traffic
out of the way to insure the safety
of the students.
Student-Counselor Antagonism
Tim Pons of the Residential
Student's Committee told Vice
Chancellor Allen Thursday that he
and many other students feel that
the counselors are "inadequate" and
"not qualified." "Counselors try to
keep rules first and counsel second,"
he continued. "They need some
kind of guidance training ... a three
day session is not adequate," Pons
said.
Pons mentioned several specific
incidents which he and members of
the committee fel> had been
mismanaged. He told the Vice
Chancellor of one male dorm
counselor who had physically
pushed a girl out of the dorm during
a "jock raid." He also referred to
another counselor who had referred
to himself during a dorm meeting as
a "highly intellectual being" and to
the residents in the dorm as
"animals."
John Matzkin, another of the
committee's leaders, referred further
to the problems in Hinshaw which
culminated last week in 90 residents
signing a petition asking that the
counselor and special counselor's
assistant, Kermit Crawford, not be
retained for the spring semester. He
told the Vice Chancellor that he
knew of "five in Hinshaw who were
seriously thinking about mugging
(the special counselor's assistant)"
and that "35% are thinking of
moving out."
Dorm Half Painted
Matzkin then asked Vice
Chancellor Allen why the painters
had left (uilford. Allen explained
that the painting of dorms was on a
rotation schedule. "The director of
Physical Plant,Mr. Gurley,
coordinates the whole thing," Allen
told the delegation. "Every so many
years all the dorms are painted."
"But why did they paint a half
of the dorm and then leave?" Pons
asked, further elaborating that they
felt the painters had quit due to an
anonmyous letter printed in The
Carolinian complaining about
haphazard practices of the painters.
The Barker Case
Pons then mentioned Buddy
Barker, a former resident of Bailey
Dorm, who had been moved to
Guilford after being found in
possession of firecrackers. Pons said
that Bailey Dorm Counselor Micheal
Washington had evidently given
Guilford Dorm Counselor Leander
Canady an unfavorable impression
of Barker. "He (Barker) got a bad
name before he got there (Guilford).
That is a very unprofessional thing
to do," Pons said.
Barker told The Carolinian in an
interview that on Tuesday,
November 11 he had been handed a
letter by Washington from Dean of
Residence Life Shirley Flynn stating
that he had 48 hours to move out of
Bailey. "The letter said that the
people in Residence Life would find
me a place," according to Barker.
On Wednesday, November 12,
Barker took it upon himself to
check with Canady about the
possibility of obtaining a room in
Guilford. "He (Canady) appeared to
give me the run around," Barker
said. "He told me it would be
inconvenient to find me a room
since the semester break was coming
Allen surprised by half-clad students Staff photo by Tom Motion
up soon and a lot of students would
be switching rooms." Barker said
that Canady had said to him, "I've
heard your name mentioned before.
Mike Washington mentioned it."
Barker further said that Canady had
told him that he (Canady) would
call Washington to check on Barker.
On Thursday, November 13,
Barker went to Dean Flynn's Office.
Commenting to Barker on the fact
that Canady was checking on
Barker, Dean Flynn told Barker that
she did not feel it was fair and that
he did deserve a second chance.
Barker said he was told by the
Office of Residence Life that, since
they had not yet found a room for
him, he could spend the night in
Bailey, even though his 48 hours
would be up at midnight.
"About ten o'clock Thursday
night," Barker told The Carolinian
"Washington called me to his office
and told me he had a room for me
in Guilford. I told him that I had
been told I could spend the night in
Bailey, and that I didn't have a car
and it would be inconvenient for me
to move." Washington then told
Barker he could stay until five
o'clock Friday. Later in the evening
Washington informed Barker that
campus security was coming to help
him move to Guiltord.
"When I got to Guilford," Barker
continued, "I heard Leander tell
somebody over the phone 'I don't
NCSL pushesAssembly to meet
BY RICHARD GRIFFITHS
Wire Editor
The State Legislature should
hold full session in 1976 rather
than only a budget session, urged
the North Carolina Student
Legislature (NCSL) yesterday. The
Who killed JFK?
Kennedy's autopsy results disputed
BY PAUL D. BELL
Contributing Editor
Third In A Series
(Editor's Note: In Pan One of this
series. Bell outlined the
Schweiker-Hart subcommittee
investigation into allegations that
the intelligence community had
links with Lee Harvey Oswald. In
Part Two. Bell detailed some of the
allegations that the Anerican
UNC-G student Robin Roberson spoke about the Kennedy Assassination
Saturday evening in EH. *.ff photo by Tom Moiton
intelligence agencies had knowledge
of Oswald before November 22,
1963. In today's installment Bell
looks at events surroundings the
autopsy ofPresident Kennedy.)
President John F. Kennedy was
declared dead at approximately
1:00 p.m. (CST) on November 22,
1963. After the President was
pronounced dead. Presidential
assistant Kenneth O'Donnell
attempted to persuade Mrs.
Kennedy that she should leave the
hospital. However, Mrs. Kennedy
protested. She insisted that she
should be allowed to remain with
her husband.
Before the body of Kennedy was
removed from Parkland Memorial
Hospital two Dallas officials
informed members of the
President's staff that an autopsy
must be performed in accordance
with Texas state law.
The Warren Commission Report
states that presidential aides violated
the Texas law by wheeling the
Kennedy casket to an ambulance,
placing it in the vehicle and
transporting it to the presidential jet
at Love Field in Dallas. Mrs.
Kennedy accompanied the casket.
It was Mrs. Kennedy who chose
to have the autopsy performed at
the National Naval Medical Center
in Bethesda, Maryland.
The autopsy was performed by
Commander (now Captain) James J.
Humes. At the time Comm. Humes
was the chief pathologist at
Bethesda. Humes was assisted by
Comm. J. Thornton Boswell of the
Bethesda staff and Lieut. Col. Pierre
A. Finck. Finck was the chief of the
wound-ballistics branch of the
Armed Forces Institute of
Pathology.
Also present for the entire
autopsy were two FBI agents.
Agents James W. Silbert and Francis
X. O'Neill, Jr. had been instructed
to stay with the body during the
autopsy.
Before the actual autopsy began
Silbert and O'Neill noted that a
medical technician and a
photographer took X-rays and
photographs of the President's
entire body.
Eleven X-rays were developed at
the hospital. However, twenty-two
four by five color transparencies,
eighteen four by five black and
white negatives and one roll of 120
film containing five exposures were
delivered to agent Roy Kellerman of
the Secret Service undeveloped.
How many wounds did the
President receive?
This is a point of some dispute.
Some say that Kennedy received at
least four wounds - one to the head,
one to the throat, one to back of his
neck and one to his back below the
shoulders.
Others insist there were only two
wounds - one to the back of the
neck and the massive head wound.
Why is there a dispute?
Doctors never have decided
whether the wound in Kennedy's
throat was that of a bullet entrance
or exit.
Dr. Malcolm Perry, who assisted
in efforts to restore Kennedy's
breathing at Parkland Hospital in
Dallas, noted that a small hole in
Kennedy's throat appreared to be an
entrance wound.
Later Comm. Humes advised the
Warren Commission that the hole
was actually an exit wound caused
by a bullet which entered Kennedy's
neck.
NCSL has been studying the General
Assembly's performance.
A spokesman for the NCSL,
meeting in Charlotte Sunday, said
the General Assembly while in
session, needs to consider: ways of
raising more revenue, the
malpractice insurance question, the
natural gas shortage, and the
mountain management bill, in
addition to other issues.
During debate on the resolution,
UNC-G NCSL chairperson, Vonna
Viglione. said that legislators should
not put election year politics before
their duties as representatives.
The Student Legislature is
recommending that the N.C.
General Assembly call itself into
session by a petition of two-thirds
of the members.
The NCSL was meeting at
UNC-Charlotte for one of the
interim council sessions when the
resolution was adopted. Among
events at the day-long meeting was a
lecture by UNC-G's Assistant
Placement Director Geri Wilson. Ms.
Wilson gave a seminar on the
availability of student internship
programs.
Ms. Wilson told the NCSL that
"internships are going to be very
competitive ... you can't count on
just one possibility coming
through . .." She said that there is a
variety of internships programs
available in Federal government.
State government, and even on the
local level for those persons that
have displayed leadership ability or
potential, with career interests.
Among possible openings she
quoted were assistantships to
legislators and interns to the various
state departments. "Often," she
said, ''internships are
project-related." Ms. Wilson urged
speed in applying for positions for
next summer. She said that any
university placement office should
have information on the program.
In the afternoon, NCSL delegates
went into committee sessions. The
committee on Prison Reform
listened to a guest speaker,
Mecklenburg Superior Court Judge
Frank Snepp. Snepp told the
committee that the courts are being
asked to handle too many moral
problems. "The courts are beginning
to think that they can solve every
problem . .. and the people think
that the courts can solve them. They
can't." Judge Snepp also said,
"Judges aren't any smarter than
anyone else . . . we're (the public)
shirking our own responsibility as
citizens."
The NCSL has been termed a
"mock" body. However, in past
years, the body has become an
increasingly effective lobby for
North Carolina students. In the past,
60% of all legislation passed by the
NCSL has eventually been passed by
the North Carolina General
Assembly. More than 50% of the
General Assembly members served
as NCSL members while in college.
The NCSL will convene for its
yearly session in Raleigh in early
April. UNC-G will be hosting the
February NCSL Interim Council
meeting. The body will converge on
Greensboro for the weekend of
February 23rd.
Petition to dismiss
Crawford forces
creation of committee
Vice Chancellor James Allen has
set up a "fact finding" committee of
four faculty .nembers to act as an
"unbiased third party" to look into
the problems at Hinshaw Hall as
related to a petition handed to Allen
last week. The petition, which 90
Hinshaw residents signed, asked that
the counselor, Barbara Crawford,
not be retained for the spring
semester.
The faculty committee met with
residents of Hinshaw on Thursday,
November 20 and heard thier
problems. Allen stressed in an
interview with 77te Carolinian that
no administrators or counselors
were present at the meeting so that
the students would feeel "free to
speak."
Hinshaw residents will have
another opportunity to speak with
the faculty board this afternoon.
Later the faculty committee will
meet with Barbara and Kermit
Crawford, without administrators or
students.
"In this way both the students
and counselors will be free to speak
about what concerns them," Allen
said.
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