The Carolinian [March 31, 1981]

              NCAA Championship
Indiana 63,
Carolina 50 The Carolinian Nonprofit
U.S. Pontage
PAH)
Greenaboro, N.C.
Permit No. 30
"Serving the academic community since 1897."
March 31,1981 Volume LX Number 4* {J The University *f North Carolina at Greeaaboro Please CaN Our Hotline: 379-5^41
Gunman Shoots
President Reagan
By MARION ROBKKSON
Aad
KKNORA SMITH
President Ronald Reagan was
shot by a gunman yesterday while
leaving (he Washington Hotel. The
White House said a single bullet
struck Reagan under his left armpit,
but he walked into a Washington
Hospital under his own power.
The 70 year old chief executive
underwent emergency surgery and is
reportd in stable condition.
News Secretary Jim Brady, secret
service agent, Timothy McCarthy
and policeman Thomas Delahan
were also wounded. Delahan, 45
years old, is believed to be first to
tackle the gunman and in doing 50
was shot in the neck. Both officers
and the secret service agent are said
to be in serious condition. Brady
was shot in the side of the forehead.
The bullet passed through his brain
and came out the other side.
The president. Secret Servicemen,
and policeman were shot by John
Hinkley, Jr. of Evergreen,
Colorado. The assailant, in his
early twenties, has no previous FBI
record. The motive for the attem-pted
assassination has not been
determined.
Reagan had just finished a sppech
to a group of AFL—CIO members.
He departed from the Washington
Hilton Hotel by a public side en-trance
which lead him past a small
group of people approximately 25
steps from his car.
He waved to the group of people
and stopped as about five shots rang
from behind the row of television
cameras that were filming his depar-ture.
Hinkley hit the president with one
shot from a range of about 10-15
feet, the, Brady caught between the
assasin's fire and Reagan, was hit
with one shot, along with the Secret
Service agent and the police officer.
At the deadline of this publication
last night, this is the most recent
news heard from the attempted
assasination.
Phoio by Frlixi* Sommer
President Reagan stares into crowd after hearing the first of six shots fired at hirae be alleged assasin John
Hinkley, Jr.
SG Platforms Present
Diverse And Fresh Ideas
By PETE WALKER
Editor in Chief
"Generally, as an overall thing,
my goal is to have student gover-nment
serve its purpose of being
organized for and by the students,"
said Brian Berkley, candidate for
SG President. "If Jhere is any way
we (his administration) can serve
students, we will do it."
Berkley feels he is qualified for
the job of Student Government
President becausche is "a student
who cares. I've been here three
years and I feel I know this school
fairly well—both its good and bad
points. 1 have ideas of what this
school can be."
Berkley was a Senator last
semester. He says as far as directly
working with SG he does not have
very much experience. "My closest
friends are involved—you know
how it works," he said.
"The people I have around me,
the people working with me know
things I don't know." he said.
"I'm not going to be a lone person
on top. We're going to be working
together. I've relied on these people
in the past, and anyone else who
wants to come in—come in."
An issue Berkley sees as one of
the biggest on campus is that of.
"the safety of the people-especially
female's personal safety." This
issue will "definitely have priority"
in his administration.
Berkley promised that "Student
Government will help other
organizations in any way we can" if
he is elected.
Another issue Berkley sees is
Student Government fostering a
greater awareness of events thai
happen off campus. "I •• ould like
to see UNC-G more involved
locally, nationally, and inter-nationally."
He feels there is now
a focus on just campus wide events.
We will "use every single possible
media we can to communicate with
out constituency ."Berkley said," We
Mill use WUAG. The Carotin**.
newsletters, information boards, go
through orgam/at ion*, use any way
we can, every possible method we
can to communicate with the
students, he said.
Berkley has talked with the ad-ministration
aad says he knows who
they arc and how they think. "I
want to make sure the ad-ministration
knows what the studen-t's
goals and priorities are." I can
work well with the administration.
When asked how he feels about
the black movement, Berkley said
that "if they fully believe David
Miller is the best candidate, I think
it's great."
Berkley feels that he will be able
to serve black students if elected.
"I'm not white, not black—I'm
not going to draw racial lines. I
can't classify myself as anything. 1
live with black students, know
people in NBS. I don't see the
problem, just cooperation."
I want to let the students know
"yes, you can get something done,
yes you can do something, you can
change the way things are."
Walker
Concedes
By MARION ROBERSON
News Editor
As of Saturday. March 28, Pete
Walker, a run-off candidate for
Media Board Chairperson, formally
withdrew his name from the race.
Walker conceded the election to
Ginnie Gardiner.
"I've had second thoughts," said
Walker. "But no one thing made
me decide to concede the election.
Mainly. I conceded for personal and
academic reasons. What it all boils
down to is that I decided I needed to
get mv priorities straight. I decided
to give studying and socializing
higher priorities than I had in the
past."
Walker is presently editor of The
Carolinian and when his term ex-pires,
he plans to write for the
newspaper. "Writing is my first
love," said Walker. That's how 1
became part of the paper but now I
need to dedicate more to my
studies."
By PETE WALKER
Editor in Chief
"Throughout the whole cam-paign,
my opponents always spoke
of what they could do. I,
throughout my whole campaign,
have proposed that we, the students
can bring about change and
solutions to this university's issues
and problems," said David Miller,
candidate for SG President.
"I feel I am qualified for the job
because 1 have had the leadership
expertencrimd-lhe organization. 1
feel 1 can get the students to listen to
me and I feel I can get the student's
ideas and these ideas will be presen-ted
in a reasonable and precise
manner to the administration."
David Miller
Miller has served two years on the
Appropriations Committee, on Bill
Starke's cabinet as Secretary of
Community Affairs for this past
semester, and holds the position of
community liason with the Neo
Black Society.
Vandalism is an issue Miller sees
as one of the biggest on campus. He
plans to implement a reward system
to combat this problem, where if a
student turns someone in for van-dalism
and testifies in court this
person will receive a monetary
reward.
Another issue Miller sees is at-tacks
on campus. He plans to ex-pand
the present escort system to
where people can call and have
someone escort them on campus at
night.
"1 feel that solicitation on cam-pus
in the cafeteria is another
problem," Miller said. "This
problem can be controlled by the
students. I will propose that student
monitors patrol the hallways and the
bridge. These students win report to
campus security and anyone
soliciting punches from anyone else
will be turned in."
"The whole student body is my
constituency," said Miller. He
plans to maintain communications
with this constituency by speaking
with "anyone I possibly can in
hallways, dorms, locker rooms,
sports fields, etc. Arid people on my
cabinet will also maintain com-munications
through these same
ways."
Miller said he has "a lot of ex-perience
working with the ad-ministration
through the Chan-cellor's
planning council." I also
have experience "just going and
talking with the Chancellor and
Vice-Chancellor about student
issues and problems."
When asked how he feels about
the black movement. Miller said, "I
am a black student and don't feel
there is a movement, but...if there is
a movement, it is one where the
black students are combining their
voices to be heard by the ad-ministration
and the whole univer-sity
community," he said.
Miller feels that he will be able to
serve white students if elected. "I
try not to make any distinctions
between white or black (students).
The people that I appoint to my
cabinet and other various commit-tees
will be the most qualified
students on UNC-G's campus."
Vice-Presidential
Stands Differ
The most exciting race of this
year's elections is the hotly-contested
race for Student Gover-nment
Vice President. After the
general election last week, a scant
three votes separated the two can-didates.
Robin Manning and Rusty
Weadon have some interesting ap-proaches
and ideas concerning the
office of SG Vice President.
The Carolinian decided to let
them give their own platforms in
their own words to allow the studen-ts
to make their own decisions.
PLATFORMS:
Manning: "Basically. I'm for
change within the existing structure
of SG. I want to use untapped or
unrecognized resources for the
student. I want to change or
alleviate parking."
Manning would also seek to
change the vandalism/security
harassment problem, academic
issues such as the pass/not pass
policy, the exam policy, and calen-dar
scheduling.
Rusty Weadon
"I am looking to make SG more
of a long-range planning policy
organization."
Weadon: "I will work to insure
that there are open lines of com-munication
between the student
body and SG. I will do my best to
sec that the student body is infor-med
about what SG is doing. I hope
to accomplish this partially through
an SG newsletter I will try to make
it known that SG committees arc
open to all students and that SG
really wants input from the studen-ts.
"Also, I will continue to en-courage
a good working relation-ship
between SG and the other
organizations on campus.
"I will try to keep the Senators as
informed as possible on all issues
especially in the area of spending
money."
(RLDENTIALS:
Manntng: Senator from Cotten
and Hawkins; Chairperson of
Legislative Committee; Member of
Legislative Committee; Two years
service with the University Madia
Board; PUNK.II> Committee, aad
Social Concerns and Activities
Wemdon Town
two years; Chairman of the enac-tion*
Board '10; Member of
Legislative Committee; Member of
Aaproorintsoas Commaiar; Mem
bar of Psoaac Loaa cnmmiitac; rot
mer Parliamentarian of Senate;
Member of Town Student Caucus;
Member of University Media
Board.
WHY ARE YOU THE MOST
QUALIFIED?
Manning: "Competance and
organization. I will work as a go-between
for student and ad-ministration.
1 know how to get
things done, and I'm very interested
in seeing things getting done. I can
handle people, and I enjoy being
with them."
Weadon: "I feel that I am best
qualified for the job because of my
experience and because I like people
and working with people. I think of
the needs of the students first, and I
will try to represent their needs. 1
have been working hard for the
students for two years, and I will
give this office all I've got."
Robin Manning
PROBLEMS AND SOL UTIONS:
Manning: "Parking. I would
like to see some action taken on this
My resolution is a temporary
solution; long-range and short-range
planning is necessary.
Another major problem is the
violation of students' rights to
protect us. The vandalism problem
has the cops patrolling our halls.
They have increased their night
patrolling, and as a result, have in-fringed
on the privacy of students.
Much of it is caused by misunder-standing
by the administration. I
think that because I realize the
problem. I can be a channel for
communication to the ad-ministration."
Weadon: Student apathy. I
hope to solve this by showing
students that we care, and thai SG is
working for their needs. Abo.
keeping the student body as infor-med
as possible will be one of my
goals. I think if we show the studen
ts that we care then they will begin
to speak out and give SG some input
about their needs and problem* "
THE FUTURE:
Manning sees a "more aware
student body" at UNCO; one with
"active communication between
students aad administration."
"Organization is essential to any
program." adds Manning "There
is a aced for more focus on college
life as a whole, both social and
Weadon tans lac future ia terms
of Mitten* unity aad par ticioauon
"I wtB try to see thai 1 he wants aad
aeeds of the students are conveyed
to the administration."
Wi