The Carolinian [October 4, 2001]

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Volume LXXXI
Issue 7
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Parade
Missing from
Homecoming
Festivities
Jessica /.tilers
The Carolinian
As Homecoming festivi-ties
swept campus this
weekend the Homecoming
Parade, a longstanding tra-dition,
passed quietly into
memory. Replaced by the
"Spartan Spirit Showcase,"
the parade was excised
from the weekend's events
without much fanfare.
"I didn't even know we
had a homecoming parade,
much less it was can-celled,"
said sophomore
Meredith Welch.
According to James
Minton, Assistant Director
of Alumni Affairs, Welch
and students like her are
proof positive the parade
had ceased to be the rally-ing
event it once was.
Alumni Affairs, which
organizes the parade, said
it featured primarily Greek
organizations and exclud-ing
smaller groups with
smaller budgets. Once a
proud tradition. Alumni
Affairs said they felt the
parade had devolved into
an "embarrassment to the
university."
Facing dwindling
crowds, conspicuous con-sumption
of alcohol and
the replacement of tradi-tional
floats with students
riding in the backs of pick-up
trucks. Alumni Affairs
opted for the Spirit
Showcase. The change,
said Alumni Affairs,
allowed smaller groups to
participate and served the
same purpose - student
spirit and participation.
Some students disagreed,
saying they missed the tra-dition.
"More people took part
in the homecoming
parade," says David
Simon, a junior and mem-ber
of Sigma Phi Epsilon.
"People like tradition. The
parade is a lot more fun."
While the final fate of
the parade has yet to be
decided Minton said the
decision is ultimately up
the students.
"Students must be more
involved in planning and
participation," said
Minton, or UNCG may
have seen its last parade.
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HOMECOMING
2001
pictures
on page 91
Police Address Racial Tension
Students, Statistics Suggest Racial Profiling
Matt Smith
and Joe Wilbur
The Carolinian
The Student Government
Association held a student
forum Tuesday night to dis-cuss
the state of minority
relations with UNCG
police.
The event, prompted by a
Greensboro News and
Record reporter's investi-gation
into racial profiling
on campus, allowed stu-dents,
faculty and police a
chance to examine data and
talk to police.
"I'm not sure what's
going to be in the article,"
said UNCG police chief
Rollin Donelson. "But I'm
sure there will be an article,
because [the reporter] both-ered
us and he bothered the
chancellor about it repeat-edly."
Donelson took the oppor-tunity
to address what
UNCG police fear may look
like incriminating evidence
- data that suggests racial
profiling in traffic stops on
and around the campus.
Based on UNCG police
data 40 percent of those
pulled over are minorities,
while UNCG has a 23 per-cent
minority population.
"Racial profiling does not
exist in our department,"
said UNCG Police Chief
Rollin Donelson. "You can
talk about other depart-ments
and other universi-ties,
but it does not exist
here. That I can promise
you."
Donelson pointed out that
four major public thorough-fares
surround the UNCG
campus, and said the major-
Shannon Myers, The Carolinian
Police chief Rollin Donelson, left, spoke at the SGA forum on minority relations with the
police, defending his department against possible charges of racial profiling.
ity of those pulled over
may not be students.
"Since we don't ask for
student IDs there's no way
for us to tell who is and
who isn't a student," said
Donelson. "We just don't
know."
Following the chief's
comments, those present
had the chance to ask the
chief questions and make
suggestions for eliminating
the perception that the
UNCG police racially pro-file.
One student suggested
that a student review board
be set up to allow inde-pendent
criticism of police
procedures. Another said
that the police should
request student IDs upon
pulling drivers over, which
would help determine
whether there's a problem
with profiling.
Donelson listened and
reacted to students, but
seemed to have very few
answers. When one student
said it seemed he was hid-ing
behind a veil of "I
don't knows" Donelson
took offense, stating he'd
only been at his post a lit-tle
more than a year and
that measures were being
taken to assess the prob-lem.
"We don't know what
these figures mean yet,"
said Donelson. "But we'd
like you to help us figure
that out."
The overwhelming senti-ment
among students and
faculty at the forum was
that racial profiling does
exist, and that the data was
incriminating.
"I think the feeling here
is that the students obvi-ously
think there's racial
profiling going on." said
Michael Cauthen, profes-sor
of African American
Studies. "Somebody has to
just say it. Now that it's
out there we can go on and
talk about what's being
done, what measures are
being taken."
Cauthen and the student
audience also gave credit
to the UNCG police for
having the event and
allowing students to speak.
"I think it was a good
See Police, page 3
Former Governor Celebrates Childcare Education, Honors
Recipients of Hunt Scholarship
WHIAyers
The Carolinian
Gov. Jim and Carolyn
Hunt were the guests of
honor at a celebration for
UNCG's Infant Care and
Education Classroom on
Tuesday.
The event, held outside
the Curry Building play-ground,
honored two recip-ients
of the James B. and
Carolyn L. Hunt Early
Childhood Education
Scholarship, Jody Franz
(2001-02) and Heather
Woodruff (2000-01).
Other honorees included
John Shore, who received
the designation of Sherisa
Boone, who received the
Child Care Community
Service
Fellowship. Both honors
came from the Weaver
Foundation, an organiza-tion
devoted to improving
the quality of life in
Greensboro.
The celebration also rec-ognized
the creation of the
Child Care Education
Endowment Fund at
UNCG. The fund has
received $134,000 in dona-tions,
and supports the
University's Childcare
Education Program.
"This is not about brick
and mortar," said
Chancellor Sullivan. "This
is about the establishment
of a resource for genera-tions
to come that will
mean something relevant
and lasting"
Several small children
Governor Jim Hunt congratulates the recipients of two
Joames B. and Carolyn L. Hunt Early Childhood Education
Scholarships. University News Service
darted about and played
games on the grass as
Sullivan spoke.
"We want to be the num-ber
one resource for the
state and the region in edu-cation,"
she said.
Dr. Laura Sims, the dean
of the School of
Environmental Sciences,
spoke about the dilemma of
pre-kindergarten childcare.
"The need for high quali-ty
infant care has reached
See Governor, page 3