The Carolinian [February 10, 1998]

              FYI
Application deadline for
American Studies Summer
'98 Program approaching
The Fund for American Studies is re-cruiting
student leaders from colleges
and universities to participate in its 1998
Summer Institutes at Georgetown Uni-versity
in Washington, D.C.
Undergraduate students will gain criti-cal
work experience through internships
in private policy, politics, business, jour-nalism
or international affairs and will
cam credits through course work at the
prestigious Georgetown University. The
final application deadline is March IS.
1998. There is no minimum GPA require-ment,
and students who have been ac-tive
on campus are encouraged to apply.
Scholarships are available to each of
the Fund's three seven-week programs.
Each of the Institutes includes intern-ships
throughout the city, courses at
Georgetown University taught by top-notch
faculty and unique opportunities
to meet and talk with national and inter-national
leaders at site briefings, lectures,
and evening dialogues.
For brochures and applications, stu-dents
should contact The Fund for
American Studies at I -800-741 -6964. or
visit the Fund's website at
www.dcinternships.org.
Medical applications of
genetics focus of Ashby
Dialogue in Biology
Molecular biologist Dr. Tim Harris of
AxyS Pharmaceuticals in La Jolla. Ca-lif,
will deliver the 1998 Ashby Dialogue
in Biology on Wednesday. Feb. 11 at the
University of North Carolina at Greens-boro.
Harris will give a lecture titled "Ge-netics
and Drug Discovery" at 7:30 p.m.
in room 284 of Kberhart Building on
campus. The lecture is free and open to
the public.
AxyS Pharmaceuticals works to iden-tify
the genetic basis for diseases and
designs compounds that will modulate
the gene or its protein by-products.
The company was created by a recent
merger between La Jolla-based Sequana
Therapeutics and San Francisco-based
Arris Pharmaceutical Corp.
Harris, who is senior vice president for
research and development, joined
Sequana in 1994 after working for Glaxo
Group Research Ltd. and Celltech Ltd.
He has published more than 80 research
papers and holds five patent applications.
He received his doctorate in general vi-rology
from the University of Birming-ham
in England.
The Ashby Dialogues are an interdis-ciplinary
series of lectures named for the
late Dr. Warren Ashby. a UNCG faculty
member from 1949 until his death in
1985. During his career. Ashby chaired
the Department of Philosophy and was
director of the Honors Program, direc-tor
of the Residential College and acting
head of the Department of Religious
Studies.
Anthropologist takes part
in conference in Mexico
Dr. Joseph B. Mountjoy. an anthropol-ogy
professor at The University of North
Carolina at Greensboro recently partici-pated
in two academic meetings in
Mexico.
Mountjoy spoke at a conference hon-oring
Mexican archaeologist Otto
Schondube at the Museum of
Guadalajara in mid-January.
Afterward, he participated in the In-ternational
Symposium on the
Prehispanic Pottery of West Mexico, a
three-day event that brought together ar-chaeologists
from Mexico. France and
the United States. Mountjoy discussed
samples of prehispanic pottery from the
coast of Jalisco and Nayarit.
Videotapes of the symposium presen-tations
and discussions will be distrib-uted
to regional centers of Mexico's
National Institute of Anthropology and
History and to the National School of
Anthropology and History to serve as a
video library for archaeology students.
A UNCG faculty member since 1969.
Mountjoy has conducted extensive ar-
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Natalie Watson
News Editor
Jeffrey L. Thigpen. UNCG December
Masters of Public Affairs degree recipi-ent,
and I99S winner of the University
of North Carolina-Greensboro Martin
Luther King. Jr.. Service Award has an-nounced
his candidacy for a seal on the
OllUford County Board of Commission-ers.
Thigpen. administrative and program
director of the Beloved Community Cen-ter,
and coordinator of the Servant I .eacl-crship
School and the Black/White
Clergy group, filed for a seat on the
Board of Commissioners. District 6. on
Monday. February 2. with the expecta-tion
ol bringing energy and vision to the
Commission.
"The Board must provide
a sense of energy during the
next four years, h must de-liberately
work together to
understand the very difficult
issues and then take the
needed action for the citi-zens
of Guilford County."
says Thigpen.
Thigpen considers welfare
reform, solid waste manage-ment,
and balanced eco-nomic
growth as the central
issues for the Board ofCom-missioners
in the coming
years.
In a recent public statement. Thigpen
also explained his education concerns.
He explains. "Its obvious that we can-not
solve a I-billion-dollar
education problem with
only lOflf of our county
budget designated to con-struction
costs. I'm open to
examine any type of
method for financing
schools, but it's approach-ing
crisis proportions and
something must he done
now."
In addition to his work at
the Beloved Community
Center. Thigpen is also ;i
member of the Greensboro
Community Initiative convened by the
City of Greensboro, Greensboro Area
Chamber of Commerce. Pulpit Forum
Jeffrey Thigpen
and Greensboro City wide Poor People's
Organization.
Thigpen promises that his campaign
will not be a political popularity contest.
"This will not be a campaign about poli-tics
or personalities, but about a grow-ing
movement which seeks to make
Guilford County, a beloved community,
indeed a city on the hill. A movement to
affirm the dignity, worth, and potential
of every citizen, and deal honestly and
lorthrighllv w ith problems which are in-creasingly
dividing our communities."
Born in Burgaw, NC. Thigpen gradu-ated
with a B.S. in Justice and Policy
Studies and a B.A. in Political Science
from Guilford College. Thigpen is also
a graduate of the North Carolina Insti-tute
for Political Leadership.
Students contribute 54 percent of suggestions
StqffReports
The Chancellor's Suggestion Box
System has now been in operation for
just over two years — 26 months actu-ally
— and during that time a total of
636 suggestions have been received Of
that number, at least 38 suggestions hav e
been implemented.
In addition, there have been approxi-mately
20 duplicates or similar sugges-tions
to the ones implemented.
Of the 636 suggestions. 344 of them
— or 54 percent — have been made by
students. UNCG staff members have
made 88 of the suggestions, and faculty
have contributed 30 Others.
A total of 125 ofthe suggestions were
made anonymously. Fourteen sugges-tions
came from alumni and 11 others
came from other campus visitors.
"I think the Chancellor's Suggestion
Box has been very helpful to the Uni-versity
in providing a means to receive
helpful ideas and also in providing an
outlet for individual concerns." said
Chancellor Patricia A. Sullivan. "I think
it's important for everyone to know that
every suggestion is read — I read every
one of them — and (hat everyone who
makes a suggestion receives a response.
"Sometimes we can do something
immediately in regard to a suggestion
and sometimes it takes longer. I am
pleased with the Chancellor's Sugges-tion
Box. I think it has provided a won-derful
way for everyone to have input
and to share their ideas. I want to encour-age
those in the campus community, to
continue to send us good suggestions. We
want your ideas."
Several of the suggestions have been
implemented this academic year. For
example, outdoor benches have been
added at various points around the cam-pus,
and a sign and striped crossing have
been put in place to enhance pedestrian
safety in front of the Student Recreation
("enter
Action has been taken after another
suggestion pointed out the need for a
drinking fountain in the non-smoking
area of the Dining Hall atrium.
Another suggestion pointed out the
Bhak) condition of the handrails leading
down the steps to Foust Park, and a work
order was promptly issued to repair the
handrails. A holiday tree was designated
on campus and a tree lighting ceremony
was held in December in response to
another suggestion.
Other actions were taken to implement
suggestions made prior to this academic
y ear.
For example, part-time employees can
now receive payroll deductions on park-ing
fees just like full-time employees. E-mail
addresses for students have been
added to the Faculty, Staff and Student
Directory, and security has been im-proved
in Jackson Library.
UNCG now has a system of reusing
envelopes for campus mail after multiple
suggestions were received, and a spring
holiday near the Easter observance was
added for UNCG employees and stu-dents.
Other suggestions have resulted in a
new house phone for on-campus calls in
UW Mos.sman lobby, improved posting
of bookstore hours, signs on stairwells
in Mossman. recycling bins in the Post
Office, and better campus communica-tion
.
Suggestions can be made through a
v arietv of means, through actual sugges-tion
boxes in six locations on campus
(Jackson Library. University Dining
Hall. Elliotl University Center. Mossman
Building. Foust Building, and the Cam-pus
Recreation Center) or via e-mail:
SUGGFSTION_BOX@UNCG.EDU.
Fifty new computers help complete SuperLab
Jonita Henry
Stall Writer
The Instructional Researching and
Computing (IRC) SuperLab opened in
the library for students during the spring
semester of 1997. However, it was not
totally finished. It has been recon-structed
and is completed.
A lab manager's office can now be
found in room 17b of the super lab. along
with a consulting area located at the en-trance.
The consulting area includes
printers and student lab assistants.
Students will also not have to wait as
long for use of an available terminal be-cause
of the 50 computers that have been
added to the SuperLab. bringing the to-tal
number of computers to 136.
The new computers still leave plenty
of work space for the students. Each
computer in the SuperLab is set up on a
four-foot table, whereas other labs have
two computers on six-foot tables.
Many students may not be aware of
the fact that they can take books from
the library into the lab.
A circulation cart has been placed at
the entrance for students to return the
hooks. A separate section of the library
has been set aside for specialized re-search
for advanced and graduate stu-dents.
The reference sheets located between
certain terminals with directions for set-ling
up e-mail accounts are another
change in the super lab. Students may
also use the reference sheets to learn how
to print multiple pages of their rough
drafts on one page in order to conserve
paper.
"As demand increases, more changes
will be made." said John Major. UNCG
Director of Computing and Informa-tional
Systems, referring to the super
lab's future.
He promises the equipment will be
upgraded about every three years, or as
needed. Major is pleased with the
present state of the super lab.
"Things are running smoothly," he
said. "This was our vision, this is the
finished product."
What do some students think of the
super lab improvements? Although the
lab was not extended and additional com-puters
merely fill in the gaps created by
existing ones, main students feel the dif-
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I M (, students do their work in the newly improved Superi.ah. The super lab's
recent improvements include 50 new computers, as well as a lab manager's office.
lerence. another improv ement in the superlah. as
"Although it does not seem like a great well as other labs across campus,
deal of expansion. I have noticed differ- "There are now three lab assistants,
ences as far as waiting in lines... I also and one Senior Student Lab Manager,
like the way thai printouts are handled known as the SSLM. The SSLM is some-now.
all in one place, by the lab assis- what like ihe "god" of the technology in
tant." says one student. the labs across campus. Thai person will
In the recent Slate of the Campus Ad- answer an) and all technical questions
dress. Student Government Association that cannot be answered by the regular
President Durenda Johnson announced lab assistants." she explained.
The Carolinian would like to extend condolences to thefamily andfriends ofLindsey
Marie Johnson. Lindsey was a sophomore in the School of Nursing and was involved in
a fatal car accident on Friday night Visitation will be held on Tuesday nightfrom 7-9
at Hanes-Linesberry Sedge field Chapel, 6000 High Point Road. Thefuneral service will
be held at 3pm Wednesday at First Lutheran Churchy 3600 W. Friendly Avenue.