The Carolinian [March 17, 1994]

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CLASSIFIEDS 18
FEATURES 10
OPINIONS 4
PERSONALS
SPORTS
Comes
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UNCG Dance Department presents an
evening of improv, page 10
UNCG baseball defeats Yale,
loses Big South games, page 6
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Volume 73, Number 20 The University of North Carolina at Greensboro Thursday, March 17,1994
Escort Service may face revision
.By SALLYTHOMAS
SufTWriter
In a memorandum dated
March 1,1994, Student Govern-ment
President Michael Pearson
outlined a propoeal far revising
the Student Escort Service.
The proposal was presented
to the Student Legislative As-sembly
(SLA) before Spring
Break.
The plan suggests that the
Escort Service be changed to a
Shuttle Service which would be
available for male and female
students as well as (acuity and
staff of UNCG.
Pearsonproposes thatUNCG
rent property located next to the
Trail ways bus station to provide
off-campusparking for students.
This would eliminate the need
for students to park in other off-camaus
rats which, due to poor
lighting, are less safe.
The plan suggests that the
shuttle's route consist of seven
stops on or near campus.
The shuttle bus would stop at
the bus station on Lee Street, the
Brown music building, the Caf,
the Campus Recreation Center,
the Bryan building, Elliott Cen-ter,
and the Weatherspoon Art
Gallery.
Pearson says the total route
would take under 23 minutes.
Fred Drake, who has recently
announced his resignation as
Vice Chancellor for Business Af-fairs,
responded to Pearson's pro-posal
with a memo stating that,
with the opening ofthe newpark-ing
deck, parking will be avail-able
to most resident students.
Drake also expressed grati-tude
for Pearson's proposal, and
stated that some changes in the
currentEscort Service doneed to
be made.
In a third memo dated March
10, Pearson asked Drake to
clarify his position on the Escort
Service propoeal.
"I need toknow what the 1994-
95 status of the Escort
(in its current form) [mightbs] so
See Shuttle, page 2
Pearson's proposed Shuttle Service would follow a circular route around campus, making
stops at areas ofheavy student traffic. This service would replace the current Escort Service.
Speech fuels protest
From ataff report*
Khali d Abdul Muhammad
eased into Greensboro on Thurs-day,
February 24, despiteabomb
threat and a protest.
When he arrived at Aycock
Auditorium, Muhammad was
greetedby approximately 60 pro-testers.
To the whites in the audi-ence,
it's going to be a rough ride.
The seatbelt light is on now. ...
Be patient with us, and listen to
us," Muhammad said.
Muhammadbegan his talk by
chastising the protestersoutside.
"We nevergo toaJewish meet-ing,
or protest you or harass your
rabbis. Leave us alone and we
will be able to better leave you
alone," Muhammad said.
Muhammad added a local note
to his belief that blacks in mod-ern
society still struggle toachieve
equality.
"I talked to the blacks, they say
segregation is high in Greens-boro,
racism is high, white su-premacy
still reigns,"Muhammad
said.
Muhammad ended his 90-
minute speech stating that the
struggle was still alive and suc-cess
depends on the black man
changing.
"Young blackmen, respectyour
black women. No nation can rise
higher than their women. Respect
yourself... You womenstop wear-ing
tight clothes. You're the
mother of civilization. Men, get
high on the Lord, clean up the
black man," Muhammad said.
In closing, Muhammad said,
"Sorry for you guys who came
looking for a boogeyman. That's
notmy teaching, butif you attack
us, expect us to fight back."
Khalid Abdul Muhammad, a suspended memberofthe Nation
of Isfaun, (top) delivered a speech in UNCG's Aycock Audito-rium
as part of Black History Month. Protesters lined the
streets before the speech (left) and carried signs denouncing
Muha—■ad'sansasago.Theydispersed shortlyafterthespeech
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