The Carolinian [September 13, 2004]

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IN THIS ISSUE
PEACE FROM THE
FAR-EA8T
Tibetan monks will visit
UNCGthis week to share their
music, crafts and world heal-ing
with the students and com-munity.
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WEEKEND CALENDAR
Don't go home; find cool
stuff to do in Greensboro.
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A GLIMPSE BACK IN
TIME
Spooky museum offers
more than your garden vari-ety
history.
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Spartans Ranked 7th
I
UNCG men's soccer team
defeats is currently ranked
7th in the nation by the
coaches.
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Protesting for
Dummies
Our conservative colum-nist
sets her sights on pro-testors
and Kerry support-ers
as the Democratic can-didate
visits Greensboro.
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DIRECTORY
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Comics 5
Opinions 6
Sports 8
Classifieds 10
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Kerry bashes Bush, talks jobs at Greensboro forum
The Carolinian
Staff and wire reports (KRT)
Senator John Kerry made a cam-paign
stop in downtown Greensboro
Tuesday, speaking to about 300 peo-ple
at a forum in the restored
Southern Railway Depot.
The appearance included a stump
speech in which Kerry attacked Bush
on the economy, education and the
war in Iraq before taking audience
questions for about forty-five min-utes.
Kerry opened with a jok«, intro-ducing
himself as "John Edwards'
running mate."
But after a few jokes about grits
and learning to say "ya'll" the
Democratic presidential candidate
got down to business - speaking to
the economic concerns of out of work
North Carolinians.
"He said a lot to try to connect
with North Carolinians." said
Cameron McKinnon, a UNCG soph-omore
who attended the forum.
"Some people asked what he was
going to do to bring jobs back to the
state, and he had an answer for every-thing
they asked."
"Because of George Bush's wrong
choices we're continuing to ship jobs
overseas, jobs that have good wages
and benefits," Kerry said during the
forum.
"That's W: wrong choices, wrong
direction - and it's up to us to make it
right."
North Carolina has been hit hard
by the loss of manufacturing jobs
overseas in the last three years. Some
areas that were once major boom-towns,
such as Rockingham County,
are now looking at unemployment
rates of up to 10%.
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SHARON FARMER / KERRY-EDWARDS 2004. INC.
Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry talks about his running
mate, John Edwards, and his audience responds enthusiastically during a
town hall meeting held in downtown Greensboro Wednesday morning.
BROOKE KEMP / THE CAROLINIAN
Former POW keynote speaker for
Human Rights Awareness Week
U.S. Army Specialist Shoshana Johnson captured the audience
Tuesday with a speech full of humor and inspiring bravery.
Amanda Carl
Staff Writer
Imagine that you are miles away
from home, in a land stricken by war.
Your convoy is ambushed and you
are not only shot, but captured by the
enemy. You are then taken to a
remote location and thrown in a jail
cell, left alone, terrified for your life.
For most, such a scene is hard to pic-ture,
but for Shoshana Johnson, the
scene is all too familiar.
On Tuesday, September 7, 2004,
Johnson, former Iraqi Prisoner of
War and Food Service Specialist for
the United States Army spoke to a
full house at the Aycock Auditorium.
She discussed her life experiences
leading up to and including the time
she spent in Kuwait and Iraq, specif-ically
describing her twenty-two days
as a POW last March.
Johnson who was wounded in both
legs and faced possible life-threaten-ing
infections, was brought to cam-pus
by the Multicultural Affairs
Office in an effort, according to Dr.
Carol Disque Vice Chancellor of
Student Affairs, to serve as a "catalyst
to help us think about human dignity,
wholeness, caring, and service."
Johnson's speech served as the
Keynote Address for the Office of
Multicultural Affairs Observance of
Human Rights Week.
Johnson, while maintaining her
humor throughout the speech,
touched on some very serious issues.
She described the images she saw
and the pain she felt with honesty and
conviction.
Exemplifying OMA's goal of
teaching students about human digni-ty
and caring, Johnson ironically dis-cussed
the kindness she was shown
by her captors.
"They took care of my wounds and
even supplied me with antibiotics,"
she explained. "They demonstrated
what true humanity is and I am grate-ful
to them for the fact that I am alive
today."
Johnson further discussed her life
now a year after her capture.
"I have my good days and my bad
days," she said. "I still have night-mares,
but I remember those who
fought and died before me. I remem-ber
their bravery and sacrifice, and I
know that what happened has made
me a better person."
Following Johnson's moving
speech, a forum was opened for any
questions the audience had regarding
Johnson's experiences. Many stu-dents
took advantage of the limited
time including former soldier and
Shoshana Johnson (above) jokes about growing up and "looking cute" to
speak to UNCG students. Junior Latonya Smith (below, left), after being
called on by junior Janice Hernandez (below, right), asked Johnson
about how she prepared for going into active duty overseas during the
question and answer period following the speech.
UNCG sophomore Sardie Izzard.
"I just found it so ironic how
Johnson expressed the niceness of the
Iraqis and I could definitely relate to
her military mentality," Izzard
explained. "I was really amazed."
Specialist Johnson graciously
answered questions and listened
intently to comments from the audi-ence
for 20 minutes prior to the
event's closing.
Johnson's words left lasting
impressions on UNCG students and
community members alike.
"I was so moved by her words. I
was literally holding back tears," an
inspired Jodi Deaton, UNCG junior
BROOKE KEMP / THE CAROLINIAN
commented after the address.
Agreeing with Deaton, Freshman
Cecilia Hughes added, "I admire
Johnson. Her speech was so interest-ing;
It was much better than any his-tory
class I will ever take."
Johnson's words not only helped
promote the OMA's goals to promote
human rights, but also served as a
reminder to students. She helped stu-dents
realize the power of kindness,
the necessity of humor, and the
importance of remembering those
who passed before us.
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UNCG frats
return to
campus, join
sororities on
quad
Jeanna Covington
Staff Writer
The Greek system on campus was
established in the 1980s but only
now are fraternities and sororities
simultaneously occupying the resi-dence
halls.
In 1990, the sororities of the
Panhellenic Council (PHC), an
umbrella group of historically white
(now integrated) sororities and
female fraternities, were invited to
reside on campus. Since then, there
has been a presence of five sororities
living in Cone Residence Hall. Last
Fall however, Alpha Delta Pi, Alpha
Chi Omega, Chi Omega, Phi Mu and
Sigma Sigma Sigma were relocated
to Jamison and Coit Residence Halls.
There were several reasons for the
move.
"The sororities, Office of Student
Life and Housing and Residence Life
felt there were advantages to moving
the sororities from Cone to Jamison.
The Quad is centrally located and has
larger rooms and the sororities want-ed
to have their own space. The
floors in Cone are larger than those in
the quad and to fill the floor we
would have to place non-Greek stu-dents
on the hall," stated Guy
Sanders, Associate Director for
Resident Services of the Office of
Housing and Residence Life.
This year, the Inter-Fraternity
Council (IFC), an umbrella group
historically made up of national
white fraternities that are now inte-grated,
has taken the opportunity to
join the PHC in having Greek hous-ing
on university grounds. Kappa
Delta Rho, Lambda Chi Alpha, Pi
Kappa Phi, Sigma Nu and Sigma Phi
Epsilon were invited on to campus
last year and are currently residing in
Bailey Residence Hall. Three floors
are divided into space for the five fra-ternities.
There are non-Greeks who
also make up the residents of the hall,
however, they will be replaced after
IFC recruitment is complete
The IFC are new to Greek hous-ing,
so to aid in the transition, OSL
employed House Managers, a new
position of Housing and Residence
Life.
"The House Manager position is
an offshoot of a CA but is also a
member of each chapter. Each chap-ter
is responsible for selecting the
House Manager," stated Justin
Williams, Coordinator for
Residential Learning in the Quad.
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