The Carolinian [October 26, 2004]

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IN THIS ISSUE
KEEPING STUDENTS
AWARE AND SAFE
Stories of hazing victims
among MTT students hit home
with UNCG students dung
Collegiate Alcohol Awareness
Week.
PAGE 3
WEEKEND CALENDAR
Don't go home! Check
out some cool concerts in
Greensboro.
PAGE 2
THE FAIREST IN THE
LAND
Guest writer Christine
Richardson sounds off on
the annual North Carolina
State Fair.
PAGE 4
WE'RE #1, WE'RE #1
Led by goalie Jay Benfield,
the UNCG Spartans are #1
in the nation for the first
time as a Divsion I school.
PAGE 8
"PARTISAN HACKS"
Brad Stutts chimes in on
John Stewart's appearance
on "Crossfire."
PAGE 6
C. L. Lowrance has the
perfect costume idea for
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DIRECTORY
Lifestyles 4
Comics . 12
Opinions 6
Sports 8
Classifieds 14
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VOL. LXXXV
ISSUE 9
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Third parties gain voice
UNCG groups College Libertarians, Students for Nader
Thursday's Sociology Club debate.
at on-campus debates
and the International Socalist Organization included in
The Carolinian
With Election Day rapidly
approaching, UNCG has been taken
over by political fever. However, to
many people's surprise, we've been
hearing much more than informatoin
about Republican President George
W. Bush and Democratic candidate
John Kerry.
Students in lesser-known UNCG
organizations, including the College
Libertarians and Students for Nader,
have been an active force in multiple
debates this week.
Thursday night's panel discussion,
hosted by the Sociology Club, had to
roll in extra chairs and still left stand-ing
room only during the heat of the
battle.
"It went far beyond our expecta-tions,"
said Sociology Club President
Stephanie Hodges at its close. "We
wanted students to make informed
decisions on November 2nd."
And the club made sure to inform
them of all viewpoints by inviting
five political organizations to speak
and discuss pre-formulated questions
as well as those addressed by the
audience, which remained engaged
throughout the nearly two and one-half
hour long event.
Issues of broad scope ranging from
processses for appointing Supreme
Court justices, gay marriage amend-ments,
voter apathy, education,
NAFTA, the power of the president,
and the economy were hashed out
between representatives of the
International Socialist Organization,
College Libertarians, Salem College
Republicans, Sudents for Nader, and
the Coalition of Progressive
Students.
In the end, however, it was Julie
Southerland of the ISO and Students
for Nader, represented by Paul
Burnet who made a lasting impres-sion
on those attending by standing
determined on issues like the War in
Iraq and the need for the voice of the
working population.
They spoke, along with the agree-ment
of Allison Jaynes of the College
Libertarians and supporter of
Michael Badnarik, of the need for
third parties to be more present in
both the media and at the polls.
"People want to hear a different
side of things," Southerland
explained. "Most people I've talked
Continued on page 2
Solaris hosts debate for local
college students
Conservative Carolinian columnist Melissa Westmoreland, liberal columnist
Okla Elliott, and College Libertarian Allison Jaynes argued the issues of this
year's election at an informative debate in downtown Greensboro.
Charla Duncan
Staff Writer
The Carolinian's own Democrat
Jeff Elliot, of"My Humble Opinion,"
and Republican Melissa
Westmoreland, of "The Right
Angle," went head to head with each
other and Libertarian Alison Jaynes
in a political debate on Wednesday
night, arguing none other than die
issue of the upcoming president. The
debate, held at Solaris restaurant and
bar, was organized by Guilford
Technical Community College's
Albert Windham, who also acted as
moderator for the panelists.
Kicking off the debate with
UNCG, two participants from
Guilford Technical Community
College followed with their own
deliberations. NC A&T, on the pro-gram
as panelists, was unable to
attend.
"We rarely have the opportunity to
hear community members discuss
political issues in a public forum,"
wrote Windham in his program intro-duction.
"I have always felt that the
opinions of citizens mush be given
the same respect as those of political
and media figures...It was in this spir-it
that I [organized] tonight's panel."
Panelists were allowed two min-utes
to respond to questions posed by
Windham, resulting in what was
DEVTN SINGLEY / THE CAROLINIAN
Liberal columnist Okla Elliott (left), College Libertarian Allison Jaynes
(center), and conservative columnist Melissa Westmoreland (right) met at
Solaris resturant and bar downtown Wednesday night in a well organized
political debate.
about a thirty minute debate per
school. Afterwards, a question and
answer period was held by audience
members. Topics discussed ranged
from the War on Terrorism, issues of
nuclear waste, stem cell research,
abortion, same sex marriage, the
economy, and Nader.
When asked about her stance on
stem cell research, Westmoreland
spoke of morals and offered these
words on abortion to anxious listen-ers,
"abortion is not meant to use
without any concern to the unborn
fetus...I'm not a religious
person...[but] we need to worry about
our future."
Elliot stood his ground as
Democratic representative, com-menting
this on the issue of stem cell
Continued on page 2
Congressman Brad Miller
campaigns at Tate Street Coffee
Urban Film
Festival
continues a
new UNCG
tradition
Jeanna Covington
Staff Writer
The EUC Auditorium served as a
venue this past weekend for the 2
Annual Urban Literature Film
Festival (ULFF). This cultural event
was a four day urban-themed firm
festival created by Joseph Wilkerson
and Leo Ballard with a mission to
"foster and cultivate a platform for
urban/Hip-Hop creative works."
Many students and those from the
surrounding community were in
attendance. WUAG, the schools
radio station co-sponsored this
event.
"We chose to support this event
being that we (WUAG) are an inde-pendent
and underground media and
so are the films that were played in
the film festival. It's a good thing,"
stated Jack Bonney, manager of
WUAG.
ULFF began after Wilkerson the
festival director was unable to find
potential festivals to enter his film.
In the midst of working on his proj-ect
he and his partner Leo Ballard,
co-founder of the film festival, put
the film on the back-burner and cre-ated
Urban Literature.
"I felt that if I could design a
film festival with a centralized urban
theme that it would bring film mak-ers
together. We could give local
film makers a chance to showcase
their films here before moving on to
larger festivals," stated Wilkerson.
ULFF was held from October 14
Continued on page 2
Amanda Carl
Staff Writer
On Wednesday, October 20
Congressman Brad Miller spoke at
Tate Street Coffee in order to give
detail on his campaign agenda and
address questions and concerns of
local students and Greensboro resi-dents.
With as what Congressman Miller
noted was a very engaged crowd,
many students as well as community
members, packed Tate Street Coffee
to listen to the Congressman's
stances on issues concerning the
environment, economy, and the war
in Iraq.
After being introduced by
Statehouse Representative Pricey
Harrison, Congressman Miller imme-diately
dug into the issues. He
addressed his concern with environ-mental
regulations and the falling
economy in North Carolina.
"It's important to find a common
ground between business and the
environment. A lot of work needs to
be done to fill the gap between the
two issues."
Congressman Miller explained
that in North Carolina alone, 160,
000 jobs have been lost and stressed,
"The jobs we are gaining are not as
good as the ones we have lost."
Freshman Nicole Fauble explained
why she attended the event.
"I wanted to get to know who he
is. I want to be able to make an
informed decision, and I figured by
listening to him speak I would be
more inclined to do so."
Following the Congressman's ini-tial
remarks, he opened the evening
up to a question-and-answer session
and responded to the concerns of the
audience. He told those listening that
his two main concerns in his 2004
campaign are North Carolina's econ-omy
and where are in the world as far
as Iraq is concerned.
Congressman Miller expressed his
Continued on page 2
BROOKE KEMP / THE CAROLINIAN
Democratic Congressman Brad Miller spent a few hours talking policy
with the locals and UNCG students at Tate Street Coffee Wedndsday night.
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