The Carolinian [February 1, 1983]

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UNC-G Student Government President Jon Hennley (seated, center) listens with leadera from
other Greeniboro-area colleges and univesities to speakers at the Black Hiatory convention.
The convention helped to open the observance of Black History Month.
Local SGAs Endorsing
Black History Month
By PETE WALKER
Special to TV ('iroimiw
The Student Government
Associations of A & T, Bennett
and UNC-G held a press conferen-ce
yesterday to announce the ac-tivities
for Black History month.
Several radio and television
stations attended the event, held
in the Memorial Room of A & T's
Student Union.
"The Gre«nsboro tri Student
Government Associations, which
include Bennett College, North
Carolina A & T State University,
and UNC-G is proud to announce
the cohesive and unified efforts
that have been displayed in the
Sreparation of events for Black
iistory Month," said Bobby
Hopkins, Student Government
President of A & T. "Through
meeting, coordinating and having
an open, positive dialogue, we
have worked together in providing
the college campuses and the
Greensboro population a series of
dance, music, lectures, sym-posiums
and theatrical produc-tions
in observance of Black
History Month."
"Through the efforts of a
student movement, we are indeed
working to wipe every kind of
separateness on the student level,
so that we as a whole may be
brought into the unity of the city of
Greensboro," he said. "We have
begun to talk about the needs, not
the misunderstandings of the past,
about the new ideas, not the old
ones, about what must become a
continuing dialogue, not a dialogue
that flows only at intermittent
crisis."
John Hensley, UNC-G Student
Government President, said that
"One example of talking about the
new ideas is the printing of the
tabloids which will contain various
articles and scheduling of the
Black History events on the
college campuses. The tabloids are
being made possible through the
solicitation of area businesses."
These tabloids will come out this
afternoon. "Other programs of
this sort are in the process of being
implemented for continuing
First Time In 20 Years
College Drinking No Longer Rising
(CPSj-The number of students
who drink alcohol - now estimated
ai 82 percent of the approximately
12 million college students in the
nation - may have leveled off for
the first time in two decades, two
university researchers report.
Moreover, alcohol abuse and the
side-effects of heavy drinking have
also steadied for the first time in
years, according to the
preliminary results of a study of
over 5000 college students in all SO
states last semester.
The number of students who
drink has been rising steadily since
the early 1960's, numerous studies
and surveys over the years have
found.
But now, the first nationwide
survey of college drinkers in-dicates
the 20-year rise in the
number of student drinkers may
have reached its apex.
"There have been a number of
regional surveys done over the
years, but because they were all
done by different researchers in
different parts of the country, they
lacked continuity," explains David
Hanson, associate professor of
sociology at the State University
of New York College at Potsdam,
who co-authored the study along
with Indiana University health and
safety Professor Ruth Engs.
Based on research Engs had
done in the mid-seventies, the two
researchers say their new study
points to a significant leveling-off
in drinking and alcohol abuse by
students.
Engs and Hanson noted only a
marginal increase in the level of
student drinking, far below the
rate of earlier years.
And while the number of
drinkers appears to have peaked at
82 percent, Hanson and Engs add
that heavy drinking and problems
associated with alcohol abuse -
fighting, lateness to class, and
damaging university property --
are also leveling off.
The proportion of heavy
drinkers has increased from 12
percent in the mid-seventies to 17
percent, not nearly the increase
some officials had feared, Hanson
says.
He thinks part of the reason for
the leveling-off might be because
students are substituting other
drugs, such as marijuana, in place
of drinking.
Also, he says, with such a high
level of students drinking already,
any increase in drinking levels will
most likely occur more slowly than
in the past.
The study did find disturbing in-creases
in some areas, though.
The number of students who
drive while drinking, for instance,
has increased from 26 percent in
the mid-seventies to over 46 pr-cent
last fall. And the number of
students reporting hangovers and
other post-tfrinking health
problems jumped from 57 percent
to over 66 percent in the same
period.
Women who labeled themselves
as heavy drinkers also increased
from just under five percent in the
mid-seventies to over 11 percent,
though the study found more men
than women drink.
Among the other findings:
white students drink more than
black, religious students drink
leas, and the lower a student's
grades are, the more apt he or she
is to be a heavy imbiber.
And even if, as the study
suggests, student drinking has
leveled off, college officials still
have to deal with significant
problems related to campus
alcohol abuse.
Accidents, vandalism and other
crimes, and even occasional deaths
have moved many campuses to in-stitute
new, get-tough drinking
policies over the last few years.
Arizona State, for instance, has
stopped selling beer at the school's
stadium to help cut down on
student alcohol consumption.
Administrators at Babson
College have instituted a new
drinking policy forbidding beer
kegs in residence halls and frater-nity
houses, and banning all public
drinking on campus.
At the University of Pittsburgh,
where a football player fell to his
death last month after drinking at
a campus party, officials are
developing tougher alcohol
regulations and may even place a
"moratorium" on student parties.
And a Youngstown State fraf-ternity
recently held its second
"dry rush" in a year. New mem-bers
like the idea, says Sigma
Alpha Epsilon President Dennis
Demartino, and members' grade
point averages have increased
dramatically since the "no
alcohol" policy was instituted.
Phillips Dorm
Hit by Vandalism
By DAVID ALEXANDER
Suff Writer
Campus Security of UNC-G
were called Thursday morning af-ter
a resident of Phillips Dorm
ransacked the building.
Lt. Horton, investigator for the
case, stated that on the 27th,
during early morning hours, a
student there defaced the walls of
the 1st floor and the stairwells of
both exits wen? defaced with blue
magic marker, wri ting"obcenities
and defaming statements. The
suspect then proceeded to break
the door of his room off its hinges
and destroy the furniture within.
Damages include a chair and
dresser smashed, broken glass
bottles and lights, one missing
mattress, trash spread around the
room, a broken table and busted
steel door.
The case will be pursued at the
University level and, if possible, at
dty court. The suspect could face
charges of malicious damage and
defacing public property resulting
in six months in jail, a $500 fine, or
both. Lt. Horton stated "We're
going to the limit, I can tell you
that."
But the limit may be lower than
first anticipated. According to the
lieutenant, witnesses are a little
wary to come forward. "The
suspect normally acts this way,
and those that could put him away
are reluctant to get on his bad
side." When asked what would
happen if the witnesses don't come
forward , Lt. Horton replied,
"We have enough evidence to
prosecute him within the Univer-sity
system, but we need those
witnesses to make it stick in
court."
At press time, Lt. Horton was
still unable to release the name of
the suspect. He said the situation
was frustrating, and at the same
time he could understand their
point of view. "This is one big
man," he said. "You don't mess
with someone who can lock a steel
door down."
dialogue and openess with the
various Student Government
Associations," said Hensley.
He went on to say that "Only
last week, we met with the other
local colleges to present our
program which would bring the
problems of the past home and
begin a tradition of positive
proclamation."
Commuter
Senator
Elections
This Week
By DUNCAN BROWN
SywkJ to TV Cunluumn
Elections for town student
senators will be held on campus
Tuesday and Wednesday,
February first and second. Twen-ty-
three seats are to be decided,
according to Hershel "Buck"
Buchanan, Elections Board chair-person.
"Twenty seats are routinely
elected during the spring. Three
additional seats were vacated due
to resignations," Buchanan said.
The nominees for this year's
race are: Lome Carter, Sean Deb-nam,
Susie Hanhan, Bryan David
Hill, David Holman, David Ledbet-ter,
Neil Lewis, Kevin Mayer,
Donna Ricks, Amber Shelton,
Rodney Speas, Rick Williams and
Keith Woodard.
While only thirteen nominations
have been received for the
postions, Buchanan expect* the
remainder to be filled by write-in
ballots.
In the past, turnout for voting
has been poor. This fall when elec-tions
were held for commuters,
only 155 people cast their ballots.
At present, there are 17 com-muting
student senators, two of
which are on an extended leave of
absence.
The poll for this election will be
located between Sharpe and
Mclver Lounges in Elliott Center.
The poll will be open from nine
A.M. to six P.M. both days. Town
students are reminded to bring
their I .D.'s to be eligible to vote.
Senators elected will be sworn
in at the regularly scheduled
Senate meeting February eighth
at seven P.M.
News Briefs
The University Annual Giving
Program's fifth annual National
Alumni Phonothon will begin on
Monday, Jan. 31 artd run
through March 3. Faculty, staff
and students will be calling
from 7 pm to 9:15 pm Mondays
through Thursdays. Last year
over 11,000 calls were made to
alumni nationwide. During the
1982 phonothon, pledges
totaling $101,291 were made to
UNC-G. This year, phonothon
officials are hopeful that the
number of pledges will increase.
"We need the unrestricted
dollars this year more than ever
because of the cutbacks the
University has had to undergo.
We hope that people will come
out to help with the calling",
said coordinator Gaye M. Bar
bour.