The Carolinian [April 6, 1976]

              The Carolinian
April 6, 1976 The University of North Carolina at Greensboro Volume LV Number 42
Students blast proposal
BY VALERIE PUTNEY
Staff Writer
Build a new parking deck? Ban
freshnjrh and sophomores from having
cars- on campus? Put time limits on
9rt> parking spaces? Enjoin anyone
living within 1 Vi miles of campus from
driving to school? These were some of
the suggestions brought up last
Wednesday night as the Traffic
Committee took its case to the
students in Claxton Room.
Chairman Charles Church began the
three-hour meeting by listing the
Committee's proposed solutions to
UNC-G's parking problem-"We're
assuming that a lot of cars are here just
for convenience." The Committee's
goal is to find some way to remove as
many unnecessary cars as possible
from campus and adjacent streets, in
order to make room for commuters.
Many of the estimated 300
students who attended the meeting
were distressed to learn the
Committee's rather drastic suggestion
of raising the price of "D" stickers to
$100.00 a year and moving D spaces
farther from campus. The prices of A,
B, and C stickers would also be raised
to $40.00 a year. However, the
number of students eligible to have B
stickers would be limited to those who
prove academic need. These would be
granted one semester at a time.
After considering a variety of
solutions. Church said, the Traffic
Committee tentatively decided that
the quickest and cheapest way to
alleviate parking congestion was to
build more parking lots. Sites have
already been chosen; one, at the
northwest corner of Spring Garden
and Jefferson, is already owned by the
University.
The city has agreed to cooperate in
providing about 100 extra spaces to
the 2.000 already in existence.
Several hands went up when
Church opened the meeting to
suggestions and questions.
"Yes," he told Dave Ret tig, SGA
Senator from Bailey, the object is to
place financial burden on students
seeking D stickers, there by
discouraging them from bringing cars
to school. This year, there are 162
designated D spaces, although 358
stickers were sold. Spillover into other
areas has been allowed. But if the price
goes up to $100.00, Church assured
students that each purchaser would be
guaranteed a parking space; "at that
price, I'd see to it," he said.
Rettig drew loud applause when he
asked how underclassmen were
supposed to get to school. "Will their
mothers and fathers have to bring
them?" Church had no reply.
What about banning freshmen and
sophomores dorm students from
having cars? Kathy May wanted to
know. This was considered. Church
said, but it's against the law at a public
institution like UNC-G.
Many people suggested building a
parking deck, something seriously
considered by the Traffic Committee,
but finally rejected because of
prohibitive costs. The lowest price
they could find was Chapel Hill's new
multi-level facility, costing
approximately $2000.00 a space.
"We get absolutely no subsidy
whatsoever," said Church. "We must
pay for facilities through parking
revenue." Hence, the higher-priced
parking stickers. Parking fines are not
counted on for this purpose, but their
revenue does go into the traffic fund.
Another suggestion was utilizing
city parking decks and busing people
to campus from there. Again, the cost
was high. "It would cost $42,000.00
just for buses," Church said. The
parking spaces, which could not
always be guaranteed, would come to
another $54,000.00. Total: just under
$100,000 a year.
Questioners repeatedly expressed
their protest at the $100.00 D sticker.
Church would answer, "If they can
afford a car, they can afford the
$100.00."
"That's not true," students said.
Some are on student aid, and many
need their cars for work.
Church admitted that, "We haven't
figured out how to accomodate
working students. Should we get their
bossess to write them a letter? But two
weeks later, they could quit their
jobs ...."
The Committee also rejected the
idea of building a parking deck on
already-owned University property,
such as Graham Parking Lot.
According to Director of Security
Newton Beck, soil samples of the area
showed that the land could not
support a multi-level facility. Besides,
it would mean the loss of 600 parking
spaces during 1 V4 years of
construction.
What about the golf course? It was
Church's desire not to destroy any
more campus greenery. However, he
later suggested building a parking
garage in the ravine near the high rise
dorms.
With the prospect of parking places
being farther from "home," many girls
were concerned about walking to their
dorms at night. Beck reminded the
dwindling audience that Campus
Security provided an escort service for
this purpose. "We're here to do it," he
said, "And we'll be more than happy
to." All a student need do is park in
one of the 5 spaces provided outside
the police station, tell where she'll be
parking and ask for an escort, who will
follow her. *
One girl said she asked for an escort
late one night, and "the cop followed
me in his car while I walked!" It
Skateboarding returns
The fad of the mid-sixties,
skateboarding, has seemingly regained
popularity overnight.
This massive use of skateboards has
prompted a contest in the Greensboro
area. It will be sponsored by the
Guilford College Jaycees, Carolina
Pedal Shop, Greensboro City Parks
and Recreation Department,
McDonald's, and the Eastern Surfting
Association.
The Guilford College-Greensboro
Skateboard Championships will be
held April 10-1 I. Saturday's activities
will be from 10 a.m.-5 p.m., and
Sunday's will be from 2 5 p.m. An
entry fee of three dollars will be
charged to participants. The event is
free to spectators.
There will be a safety clinic at 9
a.m. on Saturday morning for
spectators at the Greensboro Coliseum
parking lot. Saturday will also be the
beginning of the preliminaries for
freestyle and slalom racing. Carolina
Pedal Shop's skateboard team will
perform a half-time show between
freestyle and slalom events.
Trophies, shirts, and cash
certificates will be awarded to first,
second, and third place winners in
each division of each catagory. The
categories will be freestyle and slalom.
Freestyle competition will include
various tricks along with style judging,
in which performers can accomplish
many variations of tricks.
Slalom competition will involve
racing for time through traffic cones
on a preset track.
Saturday's freestyle activities will
give performers three minutes to do
tricks. Variations of the same trick can
be done for credit, but competitors
cannot do the exact same trick and
receive credit twice. Points will be
awarded for each trick. The top 30-40
percent of the highest scorers will go
into the final competition Sunday.
Slalom racing will be held on an
inclined obstacle course. There will be
two attempts for each competitor,
with the better of the two times used.
The top 30-40 percent will make up
the finals on Sunday.
The contest's purpose is to raise
money for the new YMCA in Guilford
College, to demonstrate proper use
and handling of skateboards, and to
promote friendly competition among
contestants through slalom racing and
freestyle movement.
There will be three age groups
competing: 8-13 years old, 14-17 years
old, and 18 and over.
Three judges will be present for
each age category. Judges include: Eric
and Cindy Eason, directors for the
South Carolina-Georgia District of the
Eastern Surfing Association. They
were the 1975 Outstanding Directors
of the ESA and are professional
surfers. Paul Cecere. skier, and
skateboarder, is judging coordinator.
Huck Behrends. skateboarder, dare
devil, and skier; Doug Kerr.
skateboarder; and David Williams
skateboarder and surfer, will also
judge. Kent Brown, Skateboard
Director of the South Carolina-Georgia
District of the ESA. and a surfer, will
also judge.
Entry blanks and information are
at the Carolina Pedal Shop on the
Photos by J. Timothy Rowiaa
corner of South Mendenhall and
Spring Garden Streets, or call
275-3848. Return entry blanks to the
Carolina Pedal Shop by 5 p.m. on
April 9.
Skateboard enthusiasts believe that
the new equipment has caused the
increased populatity of the sport.
Included among the new developments
are the polyurethane wheel, adjustable
trucks, and fiberglass bodies.
The development of the flexible
board allows the skateboarder to put
himself closer to the ground because
of the aspect of flex. With a lower
center of gravity, the skateboarder is
able to make quicker, lower, and more
precise turns.
Skateboarding techniques are
influenced by surfing and skiing. The
sytles of both sports can be recognized
in skateboarding. The polyurethane
wheel is softer than a clay wheel and
displaces over smaller objects instead
of stopping as the clay wheels do. The
trucks are built for rugged use, and
lifter pads are used to absorb shock.
Skateboarders are aware of timing,
positioning on the board, and agility
of the body. When going down a hill, a
skateboarder shows his agility and
timing, and when doing tricks, he
considers weight and positioning very
important. To approach all realms of
skateboarding, the rider must consider
energy, concentration, and
consistency.
brought down the house.
One suggestion that may receive
further consideration was selling
parking stickers at one uniform price
to everyone who wants one, and
opening every space to everyone with
stickers. In other words, do away with
lettered classifications.
When asked when the Committee
proposals would go into effect, Church
said he didn't know. "I don't
anticipate that it would go in by fall,"
he said. "Probably any major revisions
would take effect the following fall.
Before then, there'll be some control
over evening parking."
So apparently, campus parking will
remain as it is for the time being. At
one point, Church asked how the
students would like it if it were kept as
is.
It's fine with us, most said.
Gr*M Jonn Scotton
Cadets graduate
Yes!, It's true-Cadets Gregg Hill
and John Scotton are seniors at
UNC-G and they are scheduled to be
commissioned as Second Lieutenants
in the United States Army upon
graduation this spring.
These students will be the first
UNC-G students to be commissioned
into the Army under a
corss-enrollment agreement between
UNC-G and North Carolina
Agricultural and Technical State
University (A&T) whereby Army
ROTC is offered to all college students
in area colleges and it is taught by
A&T.
Mr. Hill is majoring in Business
Administration and will receive his
commission into the Army's Finance
Corps at Fort Benjamin Harrison,
Indiana.
Mr. Scotton is a political science
major and will receive his branch
assignment in the Army upon
completion of graduate studies.
Traveling art show appears
"Art of the Carolinas" is
blossoming in Elliott Hall.
The Springs Traveling Art Show
presents this collection April 1-26. The
show is following a year-long itinerary
of colleges, museums, galleries, and
other public locations.
This traveling exhibit of art
represents a comprehensive
cross-section of work being done by
Carolina artists.
In its seventeenth year, the annual
Springs Art Show has grown into the
largest non-juried art show in the
Southeast. This year's show had 904
entries. From these entries, one or
more nationally known jurors select
winners of more than $6,000 in cash
awards.
Springs sponsors the show to
encourage state artists by providing
exposure for their work, and to bring
awareness of the arts to the "grass
roots" in Carolina communities.
The contest and show developed
from the unorthodox art interests of
Col. Elliott White Springs, the
flamboyant genius who headed the
Springs Mills textile organization from
1931 until his death in 1959.
In the middle 1950's he established
an art show open only to Springs
employees and residents of the
communities of Fort Mill, Chester,
Kershaw and Lancaster. S.C.
In 1959, artists from throughout
North and South Carolina were invited
to submit entries in what was billed as
the First Annual Springs Art Contest
and Show. A $500 first-place award
was offered. The first-place purchase
award later was increased to $1,000. It
now stands at $1,500 and, with
category awards added in 1973, total
prize money is nearly $6,000.
The contest has grown into the
largest and most representative
non-juried art show in the Southeast.
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Each year nearly 20,000 persons
attend the month-long show in the
National Guard Armory in Lancaster,
S.C, and thousands more see the
Springs Traveling Art Show.
The Traveling Art Show is
composed of the winning entries and
honorable mention works selected by
the contest judges. It appears first in
the lobby of the Springs Building in
New York City. Later, it tours for a
year, appearing at schools, galleries,
museums, and other locations.
Traffic proposal discussed
Senate convenes
BY VALERIE PUTNEY
Staff Writar
$100.00 a year for a parking
sticker?? That's what concerned the
student Senate most Tuesday night on
hearing the Traffic Committee's
proposals to alleviate campus parking
problems.
Adrian Whitney, one of the
students on the Committee, was given
speaking privileges to explain the
proposals to the Senate. To allow for
freer discussion, the meeting was
declared informal committee, thus
dispensing with strict parliamentary
procedure.
The main proposals, as outlined by
Whitney, were these:
1. Oakland Avenue, running
parallel to Spring Garden Street
behind Graham parking lot will be
widened between Tate and Sterling
streets, creating an additional 100
parking spaces for UNC-G. The cost
will be shared by the city and the
University.
2. The University proposed to buy
a lot near the Physical Plant and the
railroad tracks which would
accomodate 150-200 cars.
3. Two more lots, each
accomodating 50-75 cars, are proposed
further from capus, near Aycock
Street. Arrangements for financing are
still being worked out. All of these lots
would fill existing parking needs.
4. The price of A (faculty and
staff). B (students who prive academic
need) and C (commuting students)
stickers will be raised to $40.00 a year,
which will cover the cost of adding the
new facilities. Construction debts
would be paid off in 8-10 years.
5. In an effort to eliminate
unnecessary cars being kept in
Greensboro by dorm students, the
price of D stickers would increase to
$100.00 a year. The number of
available spaces for these stickers
would be reduced, and located further
from campus.
6. A new sticker, E, costing $20.00
The show is under the direction of
Stephen R. McCrae, director of art
services for Springs Mills, lnc._
In 1970. Springs Mills was one of
29 U.S. Corporations to win the
annual "Business in the Arts" award
given for outstanding support of the
fine and performing arts by business.
The award, co-sponsored by
Esquire Magazine and the Business
Committee for the Arts, cited Springs'
sponsorship of its Annual Art Contest
and Show open to all artists in the two
Carolinas, and its Traveling Art Show.
Springs had won an honorable
mention in the 1968 Esquire-BCA
awards program.
The "Business in the Arts" winners
are selected from a host of nominee by
a panel of 15 prominent
representatives of business and the
arts.
Libertarian
candidate
The North Carolina Libertarian
Party is happy to announce that its
candidate for President, Roger
MacBride, of Charlottesville, Virginia,
will speak at UNC-G's Elliott Hall, in
the Claxton Room, on Wednesday,
April 7, 1976, at 7:30 p.m. A
question-and-answer session will
follow.
The new Libertarian Party is the
only political party that stands for
absolute individual liberty in the
realms of drug use. sexual behavior,
and all other forms of personal
preference. The Libertarian Party is
the only political party that calls for
free-market capitalism, the only
economic system consistent with a
truly free society.
Come and listen to Mr. MacBride
and judge for yourself whether you are
really satisfied with the two tired old
parties that now control your life.
Cowling retires
BY JANE PATRICK
Naws Editor
After 31 years of service in the
music department of UNC-G Dr.
Elizabeth Cowling is retiring. Her
reflections on these years and her life
will be the topic of her talk,
"Observations from My Life and
Thoughts."
Dr. Cowling's talk comes in
conjunction with Spring Fling and will
be held Tuesday night at 7 p.m. in the
Claxton Room, third floor of Elliott
Hall.
The vigorous cellist sat in her
office, overflowing with books and
papers, and described her life and her
music.
"I was brought here as the teacher
of music theory and was cellist. I'm a
music history teacher now," she said.
"I've taught practically everything in
music here over the years."
Dr. Cowling's years at UNC-G since
1945 have been rewarding ones for
her. "I have not only enjoyed teaching
everything that I did, but I also like
Greensboro. I have lived in many cities
and visited many more, and I can
imagine no nicer place to live. We had
Pnoto by Tom MMton