The Carolinian [February 28, 1978]

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Dr. Mary Leakey
Capacity Crowd Hears Anthropologist
Noted Anthropologist Mary Leakey came to UNC-G almost
immediately after the announcement of significant new fossil findings in
South Africa in Washington, D. C. last week. The new discoveries
center around a unique bed of volcanic ash in the Laetolil, region of
Tanzania, less than 40 miles from the Oldnvai Gorge made famous by
Dr. Leakey and her late husband.
Photos By Arthur Donsky
BY RIC MARSHALL
Copy Editor
Aycock Auditorium was filled to capacity for the first time in twelve
years last night when Dr. Mary Leakey appeared as guest speaker for the
annual Harriet Elliott Lecture. More than one hundred people were turned
away, according to Philip Meyers-Reid, who told The Carolinian that even
the auditorium's standing room was filled.
Public lectures by Dr. Leakey are rare events. This particular appearance
carries special significance in that it follows so closely upon her
announcement last week in Washington, D.C. of important new discoveries
she has made at Laetolil, Tanzania in South Africa. Of primary
importance is the discovery of the oldest known footprints of Hominid
origin, footprints that may date back as much as three million years.
Leakey spoke for nearly an hour and a half, going back over the history
and geological make-up of the region where she is working, including the
Olduvai Gorge Sites. Her work there dates back to the thirties, when her
husband, Dr. Louis Leakey began investigations into the pre-historic fossils
working with "...paintbrushes and dental picks..."
which abound there. Laetolil lies less than forty miles to the south of the
Olduvai.
The lecture was accompanied by slides of the area and maps and
drawings of the various sites and fossils the Leakeys' have uncovered. Dr.
Leakey, refering to one such site of considerable dimension, explained that
much of the digging was done with "paintbrushes and dental picks,"
revealing the painstaking nature of her work, which has often been noted as
the most complete ever done in the field.
The work of the Leakeys has also provided some of the most important
discoveries ever made in the search for man's early relatives. The most
famous of these was found in 1939, a nearly complete skull of a previously
uncovered hominid which dated back much further than had previously
been thought possible.
Following her lecture Dr. Leakey answered questions from the audience.
One questioner asked if Leakey had ever found any evidence to support
theories regarding unequal development of intelligence with regards to
race. Dr. Leakey replied with a succinct, "No," as the audience breathed a
collective sigh of relief and laughed. Other questions regarding more
specific factors of her work were answered briefly and clearly, even
including an occasional, "I have no idea."
The noted anthropologist also held a brief press conference earlier here
at UNC-G, reiterating her goals and current plans and signing autographs
for several admirers. The conference received coverage from local TV and
radio stations as well as area newspapers.
The Harriet Elliott Lecture is presented each year as a part of the University
Concert/Lecture Series. Dr. Leakey's appearance falls within the week of
Elliott University Center's twenty-fifth anniversary. Dr. Bardolph of the
UNC-G History Department gave a brief introductory statement
concerning the contributions of Harriet Elliott to the University's past. The
Harriet Elliott speaker is chosen each year to commemorate these
contributions by a committee of students and faculty members.
Local TV crews catch Mary Leakey at UNC-G press conference.
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February 2S, 197S Volume LVII1 Number 33 The University of North Carolina at Greensboro Please Call Our Hotline: 379-5041
Male Suspect Leads Security
In Chase Through Campus
BY ELIZABETH HUTCHINSON
News Editor
A man suspected of stealing a
UNC-G cafeteria truck led Campus
Security and Greensboro Police in a
dramatic chase Friday in a stolen
Datsun. The chase ended when the
Datsun crashed ito a telephone pole
on Spring Garden street but the
suspect, who got out of the car and
ran when the crash occured, still has
not been apprehended.
The pickup truck belonging to the
cafeteria was stolen on Friday;
February 21, from a service drive
near the cafeteria. The truck turned
up the following Tuesday, when the
suspect drove it into the parking lot
of High Point Datsun and parked it
next to a 1978 Datsirn 280-Z, which,
being a demonstration vehicle, had
the keys in it. The suspect than went
into the office of the Datsun
dealership and asked if there were
any jobs available. When told that
there were no jobs available, the
suspect left. It was not until later
that the management found that the
suspect had left in the
demonstration vehicle, rather than
in the truck in which he had arrived.
Friday. February 24, at
approximately 3:00pm., a campus
policeman noted that a Datsun
which was parked in the counselors
parking space at Mary Foust
dormitory was apparently the stolen
280-Z. After running license checks
on the vehicle, this was found to be
the case. At this point the police had
several suspects in the case, and
each was considered to be
dangerous. Therefore, in order to
aviod a direct confrontation with
the suspect. Chief of Security Jerry
Williamson called the Greensboro
Police and the CampuspoUceseal off
all streets leading off the campus.
Then he had the hostesses in Mary
Foust and the highrises page that the
car would be towed if it was not
moved in fifteen minutes.
This page quickly brought out the
suspect who jumped in his car and
drove off down North drive and
turned the wrong way down Mclver
Street. From there he went the
wrong way down Walker avenue,
where he encountered a Greensboro
Police car going in the opposite
direction. The suspect evaded the
oar by foinc up on the sidewalk
around '•• A chase ensued, in which
three to five Greensboro Police cars
pursued the car down Oakland,
Forest, and Spring Garden Streets.
The chase ended when the suspect's
car crashed nto a telephone pole on
Spring Garden in the vicinity of
Springdale Court. At this point the
suspect fled on foot, and although
the police combed the area, they still
have not apprehended the suspect.
"We could have taken him right
in front of Mary Foust," said
Director Williamson. "I could have
pulled up behind him and waited for
him to come out, and taken him
there. But with as many people as
there were in the area at the time, it
could have been a dangerous
situation. We didn't know if he was
armed, or what he would do if we
tried to take him. We didn't want to
risk a shoot-out. So we just tried to
get him off campus before we tried
to capture him."
Police at this time are looking for
a black male, Michael Matthew
Roper, on charges of grand theft,
auto, which is a felony. Roper is
5'10" with a light complexion and a
large afro. Anyone with
information about the suspect
should contact the Campus
Security.
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Editorial 2
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Record Reviews .. 6
Sally Highrise 3
Sports Review 7
Students Monitor
Cafeteria
Due to spring
break, The Carolinian
will not publish
again until March 14.
Watch for Class A
Officers' nominations
in that issue!
BY CAREN TATUM
Staff Writer
The newly organized Ad Hoc
ARA Food Service Committee is
fastly becoming beneficial to our
campus by "looking into all affairs
of ARA food service that students
have an interest in," explained
Adrian whitney. Chairman of the
committee.
A monitoring program has been
established in the dining halls and
has been in progress for the past two
weeks.
Student monitors observe and ask
any students found soliciting meals
to leave the cafeteria complex. If a
student refuses to leave after being
asked by a student monitor, the
cafeteria management is consulted.
The management reiterates what
the student has said. Then, if the
solicitor still doesn't leave, the
maagement personel informs the
solicitor that he is trespassing and
campus police is called.
"The reason why we are now
using a dual civilian system," said
Whitney, "is because regular
students are civilians and don't have
the authority to arrest."
This is an advantage because if a
policeman is used, the situation
would be one in which the solicitor
versus authority. This sometimes
causes bad feelings and results in
disciplinary actions taken by the
police.
StudentsVoiceOpinionsOn Visitation
BY ANDREW LING
Staff Writer
Although there is much
disagreement over whether a
twenty-four hour visitation policy
should be placed into effect on this
campus, a recent survey of UNC-G
dorm students shows that many
favor a change of some kind in the
existing policy.
The survey randomly polled
students on their opinions
concerning Student Government
President Randy Sides' proposal to
the Board of Trustees; a revisement
of the existing visitation system; and
ultimately, whether or not they
would support a twenty-four hour
visitation policy ROOM Davis
While most students were in
almost complete agreement that
some sort of change be made,
there was dissension among the
students polled over adopting the
open visitation policy. The
problems that arise from the current
policy are readily, apparent:
Kathleen Vliet of Moore Hall
echoed a common feeling, that,
"visitation on the weekends is
ridiculous, occasionally, I'll have
friends over partying past 2:00am
and I think it is stupid to have to
rush them downstairs just because
of the time." "Yet Many students
demand the need for a stria
policy." One unnamed coed from
Mary Foust commented. "I've gone
through my share of visitation
problem* . . . and I fed it is
necessary to have such a policy
because I don't want to see guys in
the shower at all hours of the night.
It's bad enough in this dorm now as
it is."
Reaction to the proposal by Sides
to lengthen visitation till 4:00am in
the public areas of the dorm on
Friday and Saturday nights, and
until 2:00am Monday through
Sunday was met with disatisfaction
in both the proposal and its Student
Government President Randy Sides.
"Ultimately, the Sides' proposal has
to be viewed as a cop out,"
observed Hinshaw resident Tim
Pons, "as one of the students who
spoke in favor of such a policy at
the Board of Trustees meeting, I
was very disappointed with the final
proposal." The conditions of the
proposal drew much criticism, with
LsfiyOsatlil
Robin Davit of Cone Hall
expressing a widely held sentiment,
"there are lots of people in my
dormitory, and I feel that there
would be no privacy at all in the
lobby of a highrise." Transfer
student Dan Swanton cued a future
problem that such a proposal might
lead to. "I fed the Sides proposal
will only lengthen the time it takes
to get a twenty-four visitation policy
own moral protection, but what
about the adult dormitory resident?
Senior Luray Crumbling, a 21 year
old Strong Hall resident stated.
"Society believes we are old enough
to take care of ourselves, so why
shouldn't we be able to?"
Even though the prospect of an
open visitation polcicy seems to
have been at least temporarily
shelved by the Board of Trustees,
Guilford resident Bill Ranieri
summed up the feelings of many
open visitation advocates, when he
staled. "Ultimately the decision
should lie with the individual
student. If enough students demand
it (24 hour visitation). I feel the
Administration should designate
specific dorm for full visitation
privileges.
Graduate student Sieve Sherman
hoped that if u were economically
possible that the extra hours would
be added in a different fashion than
that of Sides, "If any extra hours of
private visitation would have
alleviated many proMeeat."
For many dorm Mudcsus
visual ion rules are imposed for thesr