The Carolinian [November 18, 1980]

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Verdict Reached,
KKK Not Guilty
Photo by Keith KoHthmk
Honor Guard led by widow Wilson(in floppy hat) in
November 11,1979 funeral procession for CWP victims.
GREENSBORO-A Greensboro
jury yesterday evening found six
Ku Klux Klansmen and Nazis in-nocent
of all charges in the
shooting deaths of five Com-munists
at an anti-Klan rally in
Greensboro last fall. In their 7th
day of deliberations, when the
verdict was returned around S
pin, the defendents showed no
emotion, but family members
cried when the verdict was read.
All six were charged with 1st
degree murder and felony riot
charges. The jury was instructed
to also consider verdicts of
second degree murder and man-slaughter.
This verdict ends the longest
trial in North Carolina history.
Over one hundred witnesses
testified during the 23-week trial,
and over six hundred pieces of
evidence were introduced.
Five Communists were killed
last November when they clashed
with the Klan and Nazis at a
Greensboro housing project
where they were preparing to
stage a rally.
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Protest Birth ofa Nation Photo by Herbert Uembitt
'Birth' Protested by Blacks
Kreps Speaks on Economics
By MARTHA HALL
Staff Writer
Dr. Juanita Kreps, former Secretary
of Commerce, delivered a speech on
national economic policy as the
Kathleen Price Bryan lecturer last
Tuesday in the Business and
Economics Building. Introduced by
board chairman Louis Stephens,
Dr. Kreps spoke on the topic,
"Shaping Economic Policy for the
Juanita Kreps
Decade." The economist talked
about inflation and how we can con-trol
it. •—
Dr. Kreps believes that our
economic system is under par. She
said that while "Search for Self"
was the topic that captured the
'70's, "money" will capture the
'80's. Dr. Kreps feels that the
students at UNC-G have the will to
achieve and will succeed.
She cited that three major
problems of today are low produc-tivity
growth, unemployment and
inflation, and survival in the world
market.
Dr. Kreps protested that oil prices
are too high. If prices increase eight
percent, she said that we will be
paying four hundred billion dollars
for oil in the next five years.
"Lowering inflation will take
time," Dr. Kreps commented. She
explained that interest rates are
higher, and the money supply is
growing. She talked about President
Carter's comment that the high rate
of inflation in 1979 had been
building for many years. Dr. Kreps
believes that one way to lower in-flation
is to increase the production
of goods.
"What can be done about the
lacking productivity of recent
years? "Dr. Kreps asked. She ex-plained
that the production rate
rises and falls a lot. She said that at
this point, North Carolina's rate has
fallen to two and one-half percent,
which is the second lowest rate in
the world. She said that this low
production rate is caused by
problems of competing in world
markets, oil dependence, and un-skilled
laborers.
"Our progress has been quite
slow," Dr. Kreps said. Although we
have economic problems now. Dr.
Kreps noted that there are hopeful
signs for the future because people
seem to be optimistic in wanting to
change the economy.
in addition to being former
Secretary of Commerce for the Car-ter
administration, Dr. Kreps has
also been active as a teacher, writer,
administrator, and Vice President
of Duke University. She has been on
a number of boards and worked in
the New York stock exchange.
Having received the North
Carolina Public Service Award in
1976, Dr. Kreps was the first lec-turer
of the Kathleen Price Bryan
lecture series in 1963.
Dr. Kreps, whose picture has ap-peared
on the inside cover of Life
Magazine, stated, "I have a very
warm spot for Greensboro but par-ticularly
for Mrs. Bryan."
By WILLIAM L. CAMPBELL
Staff Writer
Last Wednesday a group of about
30 students staged a protest outside
the UNC-G library against the
showing of the film "Birth of a
Nation." The film was shown at
3:15 but a 7 p.m. screening was can-celled
by the sponsoring history
department in response to the
demonstration.
Dr. Anne Saab, head of the dept.,
was quoted by The Greensboro
Record as saying when she cancelled
the evening showing that, "Our
purpose in showing the film was cer-tainly
not to endorse it. Instead we
wanted to stimulate an objective
discussion. But we didn't want to
i wound the feelings of some of our
black students and create a setting
which might cause a lot of hoopla.
Under these circumstances we
decided to have the film shown later
as part of a regular history class."
The demonstrators, most of
whom were black, carried signs
which said "Birth of a Nation-IWhy
now-What does it Mean?", "Klan
Mentality on our Campus?",
"Respect-When Does It Begin?",
and "Do we need Klan sympathizers
Here?".
Larry Moon, a UNC-G graduate
student and a dorm counselor, was
the spokesman for the group. He
said that he and his fellow students
were demonstrating against "the in-sensitivity
of this university (in
showing) this film at this particular
time. . .in view of the current
situation in Greensboro with the
amount of tension" connected with
the Klan-Nazi trial. He said that the
presentation was not favorable to
the campus or the community at this
time and that it showed a lack of
respect for black students.
The silent film, made in the early
part of the century, has long since
come under critical fire for its
stereotypical portrayal of blacks as
ignorant, "looflish" and criminal.
and its painting of the Ku Klux Klan
in an heroic light.
The film which has been shown
on the campus before, is part of a
history course that examines alter-nate
philosophies and includes films
on Nazism and Communism as well.
It is also shown in the Com-munications
Dept. in the Broad-cast/
Cinema curriculum.
Despite the blatant prejudices
and inaccuracies of the film, or
perhaps because of them, "Birth of
a Nation" has been used by the Klan
to recruit new members. They were
showing it at a KKK rally last year
where fighting broke out between
Klan and Communist Workers Par-ty
members. The incident is believed
to have led to the Nov. 3rd clash
that resulted inthe deaths of five
CWP members.
The students Wednesday conduc-ted
a peaceful demonstration and
did not try at any time to block the
entrance to the library.
SDAB Creates More Controversy
By TAMMY MCKINNON
Staff Writer
Vice Chancellor Allen again at-tended
senate Tuesday night, and
presented his view of the Student
Development Advisory Board.
Allen explained to many still unsure
of the Board's impact that SDAB
will "assist and ultimately make
programming of the University
more structured." The Board will
facilitate "more than 90 student
organizations active on campus",
and will "serve to give final ad-vice".
The Vice Cahncellor feels
SDAB will be "the best mechanism
we've ever had at UNC-G", and
that it will eventually "involve every
department in structured, advanced
planning."
Senators were encouraged to
question the Chancellor further, but
few had anything to say. Randy
Carlisle remarked that "most
people aren't asking questions
because they feel the Board will go
into effect regardless of what they
have to say about it." Allen replied
in response that "the University is
not a democracy, nor is it a
republic. It is the closest thing to a
monarchy that exists in America.
The role of the administration is an
advisory one, and the Chancellor
has absolute authority."
Eric Childress pointed out that
the Board's requirement of one
month's prior approval of plans is
inconvenient to residence halls,
whose activities are often spur of the
moment. The Vice Chancellor did
not attempt to dispute the incon-venience,
but stated merely that
meny revisions have been made and
much work has been done to insure
that SDAB accomodate the needs of
all. He asserted that "we are in-volved
together in the life of this
University, and in that spirit it is
being set up. It is not to burden or
oppose; it is necessary for advice
and counsel."
The Social Activities and Concer-ns
Committee asked the Senate's
of $6,000 for an appearan-ce
by Bill Cosby at Aycock
Auditorium on Feb. 7. The event is
part of the Concert/Lecture Series,
in conjunction with the Black Arts
Festival. SCAC also reported that
work was being done on the 3rd An-nual
UNC-GVilm Festival, and ex-pressed
further interest in ac-comodating
the Sports Club in their
"salvage program." A tcnative
Christmas
party is planned for Dec. 12,
hopefully to be held off-campus.
Appropriations received approval
of $2,86) to the Neo Black Society
for the Black Arts Festival. The
Outing Club was granted SI000 to
put down on an activity van.
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By WILLIAM L. CAMPBELL
Staff Writer
The UNC-G campus police have
determined that 12 thefts in the
women's dorms this year have been
connected. Victims have told the
authorities that they saw an un-familiar
black couple in their halls
before the crimes occurred and
based on separately taken testimony
a security officer has made com-posite
drawings.
In an interview with The
Carolinian requested by the campus
police office. Chief Jerry William-son
and Lt. Willie H or ton
discussed the rash of larcenies. Lt.
Horton had compiled figures on the
first eight incidents for the session
last Thursday. A total of S2.633.SO
had been taken between 10/4/80
and 11/2/80. mostly in jewelry.
Horton and Williamson both said
they believed that the high cost of
gold was a major cause of these and
the 23 other robberies committed in
campus alid—on Uus semester.
The officers believe that the thieves
take their loot to any one of the
many coin and ring buying shops
that have sprung up in the area since
the price of the precious metal has
barreled to astronomical heights
Williamson said that the owners of
its win watch for
hot property if alerted to its possible
appearance, but under normal cir-cumstances
they buy the merchan-dise
without asking questions.
In this particular series of crimes
the thefts occurred when one of the
victims would leave her room unat-tended
for a few minutes, door
open. The property would be taken
in that short time. In one instance
the victim did not even know
anything had been stolen until the
housekeeper found the woman's
personal papers in a stairwell. That
has been one of the problems in
solving the crime. Any fingerprints
left by the suspects on discarded
evidence have usually been ob-fuscated
by people who innocently
pick it up in order to find out who it
belongs to.
m most of the cases the women
reported seeing a black male and a
black female in their hallways
before the thefts. None of the vic-tims
remembered having seen the
couple before. Both have been
described as being in their early 20'*
and of dark complexion. The male
is between 140-130 lbs, of a height
between 5'9" to 6*. The female u
between 3*2" and 3'3" tall,
weighing from 110 to 120 lbs. Lt.
Horton said there was problem in
identifying the woman because she
apparently has had different hair-styles
at some of the crimes. At
times she has worn her hair braided
in the corn-row style, in a wet look,
with ringlets, and pulled back in pig-tails.
The campus police are fairly sure
that the perpetrators are not studen-ts
living on campus, but haven't
dismissed the possibility that they
are town students. The city and
county law enforcement agencies
have not been able to help with iden-tification
due to the absence of
finger-prints or other tangible
linking evidence.
Horton and Williamson said they
were taking steps to tighten security.
They said that the department is
pring up NO TRESPASSING signs
in numbers suffkent to adequately
post the dorms. The notices will
contain specific information about
visiting hours and who u allowed oa
the premises. The department is also
reexamining the concept of student
patrols, an idea that has worked
well at other universities but.
because of the relatively sow in-cidence
of crime si UNC-G. has
never left the drawing board hate.
Another possibility being looked in-to
would utilise hoi monitors and
encourage all residents of a dorm
floor to got to know <
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