The Carolinian [September 13, 1979]

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September 13,1979 Volume LIX. Number 4 The University of North Caronaa at Greensboro Please CaH Oar Hotline: 379-5041
Campus Fire Leaves Little Loss
By PAUL CLARK III
Staff Writer
The campus crime rate, on the
increase in recent months, was
worsened by an incident of
suspected arson early Wednesday
morning. An unused storage shed
on the athletic field was almost
entirely destroyed by fire.
Greensboro Fire Inspector
Captain Harold Coble suspects
arson. The cause of the fire,
however, is not conclusively known
at this time. According to Jerry
Williamson, Head of Campus
Security, "They (the School of
Health, Physical Education and
Recreation) tried to get it torn
down. HPER applied for a burning
permit and were turned down, since
now open burning permits are
allowed in the City of Greensboro.
That doesn't change the crime,"
said Williamson. "It's still arson."
The shed, unused since the
construction of a SI,600 equipment
storage building, was believed to
have contained aerosol paint cans
and field markers. Williamson
stated that "The building
belonging to HPER was in reality
state property, whose value was
approximately one thousand
dollars."
Campus Security reported that at
1:30 a.m. the scene of the incident
was quiet with the exception of
scattered fireworks in the area of the
quadrangle. At 1:45, however, the
security office received a telephone
report of the fire from David
Thomas, of South Aycock Street in
Greensboro. Officer Harold Jones
responded to the call on foot and
reports having observed two white
males in the vicinity of the storage
shed. He pursued them, losing their
trail in the area behind Wesley
House. Two UNC-G students later
reported seeing six white males
near the shed shortly before the fire.
At 8:00 Wednesday morning the
Fire Prevention Bureau of the
Greensboro Fire Department wa»
notified of the fire, whose cause was
then investigated. Inspectors Coble
and Jim Smith of that Bureau were
dispatched to the scene, where they
found indication of a possible
arson. The Bureau will be
conducting furter investigations into
the cause and nature of the fire.
$115,000 Endowment Received
Greensboro - The University of
North Carolina at Greensboro has
received a bequest of approximately
$115,000 from the late Harry T.
Davis of Beaufort, who earlier
served for many years as director of
the North Carolina Museum of
Natural History in Raleigh.
The bequest will be applied to the
Maggie E. Davis Scholarship Fund,
established earlier by Harry T.
Davis's sister, Mrs. lva Davis
Holland of Beaufort, to honor her
mother's strong commitment to
higher education. Mrs. Holland is
an alumna of North Carolina
College for Women, now UNC-G,
in the class of 1925.
The $115,000 bequest, along with
earlier gifts to the fund by Mrs.
Holland, provides a current total of
approximately $125,000 in the
endowed scholarship fund.
UNC-G Chancellor William E.
Moran, in announcing the bequest
said, "We are very appreciative of
this generous gift from Mr. Davis.
In further honoring the memory of
his mother, who believed very
strongly in the value of higher
education, he is also honoring the
University of North Carolina at
Greensboro.
"In addition, Mr. Davis is
helping insure learning experiences
on this campus for students in many
generations to come. That is a
wonderful legacy to leave behind."
The SI 15,000 ranks as the second
highest individual bequest which
UNC-G has received to date.
Harry T. Davis and Mrs. Holland
were the children of Dr. and Mrs.
J.J. Davis of Beaufort. The late
Dr. Davis was best known, perhaps,
as the first doctor on the Outer
Banks of North Carolina before he
and his family moved to Beaufort in
1910. Dr. Davis and his wife, the late
Maggie E. Davis, had 12 children
and all 12 of them went to college.
Harry T. Davis, who made the
recent $115,000 bequest to UNC-G,
died in Beaufort in September of
1978 at the age of 84. After
receiving' both his underggraduate
and master's degrees from UNC-Chapel
Hill, he started to work for
the N.C. Museum of Natural
History in 1920. In 1937, he became
director of the museum, a post he
retained until his retirement in 1966.
At that time, he became director
emeritus of the museum.
Campus Crime Rises
By SUSAN DOCKERY
Staff Writer
The past years have seen a definite
increase in crime on campus. This
semester alone, since August 20th,
there have been nine reported
larcenies in academic buildings, two
reported larcenies in residence halls,
one reported larceny from an auto,
eleven reported bicycle larcenies,
one burglarly, one armed robbery,
one strong-arm robbery, one assault
on a male by two male suspects, two
assaults on females, one missing
person victim reported, and four
reported cases of vandlism on cars.
According to Jerry Williamson,
Director of Security Services for
Campus Police, the two crimes
which have risen the most on
campus are larceny, which is way
•head of all the others, and
vandelism, which has become a
large problem only this year.
Vandelism cases are difficult to
solve because many of them are
committed by juveniles, most often
to motor vehicles, and Campus
Security loses its jurisdiction once
off-campus. Vandalism to residence
halls is much easier. These most
often begin as pranks by students,
usually an outgrowth of a beer party
which gets out of hand.
Another large problem to
Campus Security is that of billfold
and pocketbook thefts. Criminals
view the college campus as a
community of the rich. The campus
system is very careless. Billfolds and
valuables are left unattended in the
library, in faculty offices, in the
cafeteria, and in bathrooms and
other public places. A large number
of juveniles and adults who are not
students roam the campus freely,
and things left unattended are open
invitation* to them. If this school
year follows the trend of past yean
over 100 billfold* wiU be stolen from
students and faculty. "Our school
runs right in line with other tdKsok.''
Williamson states. "In 90% of
crimes on campus the students are
the victims, not the perpetrators."
Large crimes do not happen
often. In eighteen years only one
case of forcible rape has been
reported, and only five cases of
attempted rape have been reported
in the last four years.
The drug problem on campus is
not considered to be any larger than
on any other university campus.
There were twenty-eight drug arrests
last year. One of the largest drug
arrests made on campus was that of
Joe Newbold, son of Greensboro
schools Superintendent Kenneth
Newbold. Newbold was arrested by
UNC-G police during a raid of his
room in Bailey Hall. He was
charged with five felonies:
possession of LSD with intent to
sell, manufacturing LSD,
possession of Valium, possession of
marijuana with intent to sell and
manufacturing marijuana. The
Valium was valued at $600, the LSD
at '120. and the marijuana at '45.
Newbold was also charged with two
misdemeanors: possession of a .38-
caliber pistol on campus, and
possession of tax paid liquor while
under the age of twenty-one. His
trial has been scheduled for
September 25th.
Although Mr. Williamson would
not comment on how Campus
Security receives its information to
make drug arrests, he did say that
"some students disapprove to a
point that they take action."
Because of the compact
community and cooperation of this
campus. UNC-G Campus Security
has a higher clearance rate than the
dry police. Approximately 40% of all
crimes on campus arc solved, and
this is taking into consideration
billfold and pocketbook thefts. In
the coming weeks Security officers
wut be visaing dormitories to engrave
valuables and register bicycle*, in
order to combat the rising crime
rate, and Mr. Williamson has a few
words of advice which he says win
help greatly: "Please don't leave
your valuables unattended." If
people would abide by that rule, he
tays. the uriasj rate would be cut by
30%
Davis lived in Raleigh for more
than 45 years. He was a past
president of the North Carolina
Archaeological Club, and a past
president of the Raleigh Bird Club.
For many years, he was active in the
Boy Scouts of America, and was a
recipient of the Silver Beaver Award
in that organization.
He was the author of a book,
"Poisonous Snakes in the Eastern
United States," which is still in
circulation. In addition, in 1959, he
co-authored the revision of a book
entitled 'Birds of North Carolina."
In addition, he is credited with being
the founder of the Hampton
Mariners Museum which is now in
Beaufort.
The Maggie E. Davis
Scholarships will be awarded
through the Student Aid Office at
UNC-G. In accordance with the
terms establishing the scholarship
fund, preference will be given to
students who are residents of North
Carolina. Desire for a college
education and capability of doing
college level work are among other
factors to be given prime
consideration in awarding the
scholarships.
College Journal
(CPS)--Despite long-accepted
estimates of a national enrollment
decline, the National Center for
Education Statistics (NCES) is
predicting a slight, one percent,
increase in post-secondary education
enrollments this fall.
NCES, which is funded by the
U.S. Dept, of Health. Education,
and Welfare, also expects the full-part-
time faculty members' ranks to
swell to 830,000 from the 820,000
level of autumn, 1978.
In all. 11.4 million students will
register this fall. The NCES says
that's about 100,000 more that last
fall. Some 8.9 million students will
be in public colleges and
universities, while another 2.5
million will register in private
schools.
The numbers were presented as
part of NCES's annual back-to-school
forecast. NCES' 1978 back-to-
school report predicted
enrollment would increase last year,
too. It foresaw a 2.9 percent
increase over fall, 1977. Enrollment,
however, actually declined about
two percent from fall, 1977 to fall,
1978.
NCES expects precipitous drops
in college enrollments in the 1980s
and early 1990s. Enrollment fell off
a drastic nine percent in 1976, but
have held "somewhat steady" ever
since, varying only one-to-two
percent. Yet elementary school
enrollments have declined every
year since 1970. Colleges and
universities will feel the results when
1970's first-graders reach age 18 in
1982 and 1983.
(CPS)~Holly Knox blames it on
"galloping apathy toward the needs
of today's women."
Knox, director of the Project on
Equal Education Rights, was
reacting to her group's recent
findings on the status of women in
education.
Her group found that there are
very few women in school
administration or vocational
education grograms. Women are,
however, participating more in
inter-scholastic sports.
A full 49 percent of the high
school athletes in Iowa are women.
In Alabama, which ranks lowest
among the states, only 15 percent of
the athletes are women.
Only 13 percent of the nation's
top school administrators are
women, up from 12 percent last
year. Women account for only 11
percent of the students in vocational
education programs, up slightly
from last year's 10 percent.
Scholarship
Created
ByMARLAHART
Staff Writer
TheNo>flssck Society at UNCG is
sponsoring an Achievement
Scholarship this year to be awarded
to a member who demonstrates
certain outstanding qualifications.
Nominations for the scholarship
are made by the society's executive
board based on the following
qualifications: 1) Any current UNC-G
student in good standing. 2)
Active membership in the Neo-
Black Society and active
participation. 3) Student should be
academically motivated with a
minimum average of 2.0, and 4)
Student should show promise of
leadership and responsibiltiy.
The first scholarship will be
awarded this spring at the society's
annual Spring Banquet and will go
into effect the following fall
semester. The scholarship will be
given in two separate payments -
one for fall semester and another
for the following spring semester.
Presently, two hundred dollars
will be awarded for the scholarship
to a certain selected individual.
According to Walter Pritchett,
president of the Neo-Black Society,
"We hope to later increase the
number of scholarships to be
awarded or the money given for the
scholarship".
The society is now selling T-shirts
to help raise money for the
scholarship fund, and they hope to
later get responses from the
community. Any contribution for
the scholarship fund would be
greatly appreciated.
The Neo-Black Society holds its
general body meetings every other
Wednesday night from six until
seven in Alderman Lounge, EUC.
Active membership is based on
attending two meetings per month
or being active in one NBS
committee and attending one
meeting a month.
The society currently has several
activities planned for the up-coming
year such as the NBS pageant in
October, the NBS choir tour to
Atlanta, Georgia around
Thanksgiving, and the Black Arts
Festival in February.
The Senate Report
By MARK NEWTON
The Senate meeting this week was
brief having only a few issues of
business. The major decision of the
body was the decision to have the
Town Student Senator and Town
Student Executive Board elections
on September 26 and 27.
Student Government President
David Payne gave a report to
Senate regarding the Food Services
Committee, who is studying ARA.
This year the Committee will be
visiting other campuses to see how
other cafeterias are run and the type
and quality of food. Payne stressed
the need for support of this and all
the Committees to have the support
of the students.
Payne also entertained questions
from the Senators. When querried
about visitation, Payne said, "I
have not yet decided if I will attempt
to pursue the issue this year." He
went on to thank all the students
who have given him input on this
Stilley in New Dorm Role
By DAVID OSBORNE
Staff Writer
There is a new face in Strong
Dorm this year that everyone living
there will come in contact with
before the semester ends. That face
belongs to Richard "Rich" Stilley.
the RHC for Strong. Although
Rich is new to Strong, he is not new
to his job. Last year he was the
RHC in Phillips Dorm and the
Assistant RHC the three years
previous in that same dorm.
Rich is from Pittsburg,
Pennsylvania, and he received a
BA degree in History from UNC-O.
He is currently working on his
Masters of Education in Counseling
and Guidance.
The 23 year old Stilley enjoyed his
job in PhiUips last year, "We had a
very good staff in Phillips both
undergraduate and graduate. We
got quite a bit accomplished. We did
win the EUC give-away and we are
hoping to do it again this year in
Strong." SUlky continued. "We
had a very cohesive dorm-one that
got involved in campus events." and
he hopes that Strong will get just as
involved.
Stilley told of the changes in the
Resident Life Department this year,
"There has been a complete
remodeling of the structure of the
Resident Life Department which has
lead to better communication in the
ttaff and better coawiwiration and
larviccs to the students Irving in the
dorsns.
"The Resident Life Department
has progressed in leaps and
bounds," said Stilley, "I think this
year, with new structure, there will
be a tremendous improvement in
services we can provide the
students." The department has
redefined the positions of their
administrators. The new positions
are Steve Maleski as administrator
in charge of programming and
research. Madeleine Bombetd as
administrator in charge of staff
selection and development, and
Betty Wellington as administrator
of housing. These redefined
positions will channel the work load
better and criminate torn* of the
hardens on the Dean of Kendance
Ufe. Shirley Flynn.
Rich is working this year without
a geamiair assistant RHC. B
he has two co-RHC's who are
undergraduate students. "It would
be nice to have an assistant.
Sometimes I fed restricted in what I
can do. There's more paper work
that I have to take care of." Stilley
said.
Some of that paper work is in the
way of forms having to do with
requesting space for functions by
individuals. These forms are signed
by both the dorm counselor and the
individuals involved and are then
sent to the Resident Life
Programmer. The other forms,
which students try to avoid, are
reprimands for any violation of the
Resident Life regulations, the first
written reprimand usually come*
after one or two verbal warnings.
This first form has changed from
last year in that it is only a
notification of violation and not a
statement of guilt The second
written reprimand is issued after
repeated violations. This reprimand
goes to Dean Shirley Flynn. Vice
Chancellor Alien, and the Student
Government General Assembly.
At the beginning of first
each dorm votes on the amount of
the social fee. The fees arc collected
on a voluntary basis and are used by
the dorm staff for the programs for
the students. The staff plans events
and using the money they try to get
the bast deals on activities the
students want.
The qualification* for a graduate
to become a resident hal
are; several workshops
and seminars on aspects of
coensfhag. activity ptaaaiaa and
first aid and easergeacy procedures
and other issues.
Legislative appointments were
Anne Pearson to the Legislative
Committee, Diedre Smith to the
Social Concerns and Activities
Committee, Lynn Sample to the
Publicity committee, and Pete
Walker to the Judicial Committee.
The Senate also made its
appointments to the College
Council. They selected three
Senators Vicki Busch, a sophomore;
Janice Ribet. a junior; and Donna
Alexander, a Senior. The Council
has their first meeting this week and
all the new are looking forward to
representing the student on this
important Committee.
The Social Concerns and
Activities Committee gave its
report. Chairman Jeff Parris
explained that the Committee's first
event will be a bowling party. This
be free bowling and drinks to all
who attend. Publicity on this event
with dates and times will be out the
first of next week. Parris also
mentioned up-coming Falderal, and
Coliseum conceits that the
committee will be working with. SG
and EUC will be offering reduced
priced tickets to several concert*
during the year.
Senate voted to sell an
Addressograph machine thai has
been out of use for several years to a
local company. The money from
this machine will go back into
S.G.'s general fund.
Walter Pricheil. Town Student
Senator, brought before Senate an
article written in the September.
Cmroiut** by Strong Hall Senator
Phil Cases, who i* also News Editor
of the Caroaasan He pointed out
there were several false tiaicmcni*
in the story most obviously that
there are only two Town Student
Senators, there arc actually eight
back this year Several Senator* also
expressed their disconteni »uh the
»iory. and after di*cu«*ion ihc
matter was sent to the Judicial
Cuiilllli for study The debate
was on whether M would be coafhci
of interest for a person to have an
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