The Carolinian [April 10, 1986]

              Thursday, April 10, 1986
Election
Results
Regmrdleu of the minute turn
out the student government elec-tion*
were held and the result!
are in:
Stadeat Government
For president, David Brown
won unopposed with 386 votes;
for vice president. William (Bill)
Snedden won unopposed with
244 votes.
Elliott University Center
Coaaeil
For president, Patrick Farlow
won with 245 votes, opposed by
Anjanette Davis with 154 votes.
Resideare Hall Assoeiatioa
For president, Ellen Bryant
won unopposed with 293 votes;
for vice president, Gary Glass
won with 214 votes, opposed by
Phillip Kurtiak with 123 votes.
University Media Board
For chairperson, Gary Cerrito
woo with 248 votes, opposed by
Ian McDowell with 183 votes; for
st-large representatives,
Catherine Constantinou won
with 244 votes, Sean Penn won
with 241 votes and Dariush
Shafagh won with 212 votes.
Other at-large candidates in-cluded
Edith CUne with 196
votes, Matt Mauney with 163
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Senate votes extra $900
for UNCG nurses' group
By DARIUSH SHAFAGH
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Auditorium last Friday Bight. The program was sponsored by
the Departments of Daace aad BeUgieas Stadias sad the la-ternstionsl
Studeata Associatioa.
Among the main topics of discussion at the
April 1 senate meeting was President Hike
Stewart's veto for an appropriation to the
Association of Nursing Students, urging the
senate to reconsider the matter. Senator Wanda
Smith moved to allot $900 to the Association of
Nursing Students to fund two members to go to
the 1986 National Student Nurses' Association
Convention in New Orleans, La. The motion fail-ed
after a round of debate. Senator David Brown
moved to override the president's veto on this
matter and senate passed the motion by s 10-5
vote.
In discussing old business, the senate psssed s
resolution concerning University investments in
South Africa. The resolution points out
srguments for snd against University divestiture.
Arguments against divestiture include:
1 (Companies csn make their most constructive
contribution by exerting strong efforts to improve
conditions snd opportunities for non-white
employees.
2 (Better educated, more highly skilled workers
should be able to exert more effective pressure
for constructive change.
3)If companies withdraw, they will bring
unemployment snd economic hardship to many
non-white workers.
4(If companies withdraw, they may be replac-ed
by less responsible corporations.
5J$incr American companies make up. in
general, only a small fraction of'the local
economy, withdrawal will not "bring the South
African government to it's knees."
Arguments for divestiture follow:
1)U.S. corporations have bad track records.
They hsve not made vigorous attempts to im-prove
conditions snd break down apartheid
restrictions.
2)Even if companies promise to pursue positive
chsnges, it will be difficult to mesiure
implementation.
3(Since leas than one percent of all non-white
workers sre employed by U.S. companies, the
leverage they can exert is limited.
4)lVspite publicized efforts to improve condi-tions,
the average pay in wages between white
and non-white workers has actually widened in
recent years.
5)The South African Government can enact
laws that will disallow company improvements.
6)Investment snd availability of sophisticated
technology strengthens the South African
Government.
7)The very existence of American investment
limits the flexibility of the U.S. government in
considering economic sanctions.
The resolution goes on record as supporting
total divestiture from any and all companies,
regardless of whether they adhere to the Sullivan
Principles, that have operations in South Africa.
The senate meeting on April 8 incurred a round
of debates over the Neo Blsck Society's request
for $1000 for their annual fashion show. The
debate ended with the senate passing s motion
to fund the NBS with $1000.
The Student Escort Service snd their alioted
budget was another hot spot on the agenda. Cur-rently
, the chancellor earmarks $8000 of Hie 9lu-dent
Government budget for the Escort Service,
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New alcohol policy set for Fall 1986
By DAN JACKSON
University policy regarding
alcohol on campus is changing.
Beginning Aug. 11 of this year,
only students age 21 and over
will be permitted to consume
alcohol on campus.
The change is in accordance
with a new state law that raises
the legal drinking age from 19 to
21, to become effective in
September. As s state-funded
public institution, UNCG must
abide by that law.
The direct result of this raising
of the legal drinking age is that
related areas of policy have been
changed as well. These include
the use of student activity fees
snd dorm social fees to purchase
bear, which areas can be
designated for the serving and
consumption of alcohol and the
use of university facilities for
events where alcohol will be
served.
According to Karen Carvel of
the Office of Residence Life, "the
most obvious result will be that
dorm hall parties will become a
thing of the past. This is because
under the new policy social fees
cannot be used to buy alcohol."
The reasoning behind this new
policy is that the nuyority of the
students paying these fees will be
under sge. As of March 6, there
were 2,159 students under 21 liv-ing
on campus, compared to 968
who were 21 or older.
University-collected activity
fees also cannot be used to by
alcohol under the new policy.
This includes monies given to
organizations funded by Student
Government and the EUC Coun-cil,
such as the Outing Club and
the Commuter Students
Association.
The policy toward alcohol in
the dorms will become much
more restrictive. Undergraduate
dorms will not be able to sponsor
events where alcohol will be serv-ed.
Graduate dorms and in-dividuals
will hsve to request
permission from the area coor-dinator
of Residence Life in
order to have an event at which
alcohol will be served. The con-sumption
of alcohol in the dorms
will be limited to students'
rooms, kitchens and recreation
rooms.
Alcohol consumption will be
prohibited in study rooms,
hallways snd other public areas.
Events at EUC where alcohol
is served will be limited to
university-recognized organiza-tions.
Kegs will be allowed in the
larger rooms that can be isolated,
such ss the Benbow Room,
Taylor Garden and Cone
Ballroom.
As under the current policy,
Cone will only be used for
campus-wide events sponsored
by EUC. Bottles and cans can be
served in virtually all of the
rooms open to students. Permis-sion
for events st which alcohol
will be served will hsve to be
granted by the Office of the Dean
of Students.
Plans for the event must con-form
to state, municipal and
university policy.
A few pertinent points about
current and future policy include:
'Alcohol cannot be sold on cam-pus
now or in the coming year.
'Admission cannot be charged to
an event where alcohol will be
served in the future.
•Alcohol still cannot be advertis-ed
as being at the event.
•Everyone consuming alcohol or
under the influence of alcohol on
campus is responsible for obey-ing
the Isw. Any unlawful acts
may result in judicial action, and
revocation of a driver's license
can occur even though the use of
s vehicle is not involved.
•Events on campus that involve
the serving of alcohol must also
include non-alcoholic beverages
and food.
•The amount spent on alcohol
must not exceed that spent on
non-alcoholic beverages and food
at campus events in the future.
'Alcohol must be purchased st
market value, not wholesale
value.
•Donations from alcohol
distributors cannot be accepted
in the future.
"This fall, sponsors of an event
must provide "bartenders" who
will card drinkers.
•The amount of alcohol allowed
at an individual event will be
limited as well. The restrictions
include, for outdoor events, one
keg per 100 persons, with s max-imum
of 20 kegs; and for indoor
events, one keg per 60 persons.
•Proof of age will be required for
consumption at all times.
Although this change of policy
might bring to mind images of
nightly raids in the dorms snd an
increase in the number of
alcohol-related arrests, this is an
unjust portrayal, according to
Bruce Micheals, assistant dean of
students and director of EUC.
"The university expects its
students to obey the law," be
said. "This new policy will not be
enforced to any greater extent
than any other university policy.
We will not all become police.
However, we will not tolerate
law breakers."
One of the major reasons the
legal drinking age will be raised
is the pressure applied by the
federal government.
This pressure is in the form of
s threst to reduce federsl
highway money given to states
with a legal drinking age of less
than 21.
But according to Rep. George
Miller, a Durham Democrat, the
amount of state revenues lost on
taxes of beer snd wine will be
grester than the amount of
money contributed to North
Carolina's highways by the
federal government.
Copies of the new policy will be
available by next fall.
Groups want SG killed
at nation's college
AUSTIN, TX (CPS) - Univer-sity
of Texas students are up to
their old anarchic ways again
Some of them hope to abolish
their student government for the
second time in five years snd
there sre signs that, in the pro-cess,
they may help feed s reform
wave now washing over student
governments nationwide.
Schools ss diverse ss Notre
Dame, Washington, Swarthmore
and Minnesota — among dozens
of others - have been grappling
recently with measures to
restructure, weaken, and in some
cases, get rid of their student
governments altogether.
It wouldn't be the first time.
Five years ago, reformers st
Texss, Georgia, Virginia, Clinch
Valley College, Oklahoma,
Arizona, Arkansas snd
Maryland, among other cam-puses,
moved to dissolve all or
parts of their campus
governments.
In most cases, reformers
argued the governments were in-effective
or meaningless. They
actually succeeded in abolishing
governments at Texas snd
Georgia.
At both those campuses, ad-ministrators
"ventually helped
rebuild student governments.
But now st Texas and some
other campuses, reformers are at
it again.
In October UT sophomore
Richard Munisteri, along with a
handful of fellow members of
Young Conservstives of Texas,
sued UT President William Cun-ningham
and Student Associa-tion
President Scott Scar-borough
for using SA's man-
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