The Carolinian [September 27, 2005]

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IN THIS ISSUE
8T. MARY'S ON
WALKER AVE.
Accepting place of wor-ship
or sancutary for
bums? Staff writer Charles
Wood explores both
angles.
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A LITTLE DIVINE
INTERVENTION
Ever prayed for a good
grade? Melissa Westmore-land
says students can ben-efit
from divine interven-tion.
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VOLLEYBALL WINS
FIRST HOME MATCH
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THE STATE OF: OUR
SO-CALLED
AMERICAN CULTURE
Arts and Entertainment
Editor Charla Duncan
explores the. culture of
America's Youth with the
help of author Curtis White
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"I CAN'T BELIEVE I
TRIPPED ON
ROBITUSSIN"
No, I'm afraid you did read
that correctly. Brook
Taylor talks about her first
(and likely last) "drug"
experience.
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DIRECTORY
News 2,12
Classifieds 2
Opinions 4
A&E 6,13
Sports 8
Life 10
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'Voice' provides outlet for black writers
Rachel Brown
Staff Writer
In early September, a new publica-tion
was being distributed throughout
the campus. Intended to enhance cov-erage,
not compete with, other school
publications, it aimed to create a
strong work environment for minori-ties
- black students in particular.
The Voice a thirty-page monthly
magazine, was first started in April
2004. The publication is run and edit-ed
by junior Jeanna Covington, a for-mer
staff writer for The Carolinian.
"The Voice is here to represent the
minority student population here on
campus," Covington said. "UNCG is
a very diverse institution, but you
wouldn't really know that by reading
the other publications on campus."
Covington's story began in fourth
grade with the publication of her first
newspaper article. She continued to
write for school and local publica-tions
through high school, learning
that she was "interested in more than
just the writing part of journalism."
Once at UNCG, Covington wrote*
for The Carolinian until the idea of
creating a student magazine devel-oped.
"I wasn't dissatisfied with my
work, but I knew that there was
something bigger that I was trying to
do that I couldn't necessarily do
under The Carolinian," Covington
said. "I knew it was going to take a
lot of time, a lot of work, it was going
to be difficult, and I would cry some-times,
but its something that I really
believed should be here."
It was then that Covington turned
to the website of the National
Association of Black Journalists
(NABJ) for guidance.
"I looked at their objectives, and I
was like That's something we need
here at UNCG,*" Covington said.
The goals of the NABJ include
incorporating unity in the newsroom
for black journalists and encouraging
black students in both high schools
and colleges to pursue journalism as
a career.
Covington is in the process of cre-ating
a chapter of the NABJ on cam-
MATT BLALOCK / THE CAROLINIAN
Fill the Fountain was a massive across-campus effort to raise funds for victims of Hurricane Katrina running
from noon on Thursday until Friday afternoon. It included booths from student groups (including members of the
Asian Student Association, pictured above), crafts, live music, food and more. Their efforts raised thousands of
dollars, aided largely by the opportunity for students to donate from their declining balance. Look for more infor-mation
on totals and the people involved hi next week's Carolinian.
Marching with the Socialists:
One writer's trip to DC
Matt Blalock
Staff Writer
Excitement was exploding from
my veins and pounding in my heart.
Sleep is not an option the night
before a protest. My first ever, and I
was going as a socialist, as an
extreme leftist, as a hippie (maybe). I
had no idea what to expect.
"Well meet outside of Kinko's on
Tate around 3:30," said Ben Lassiter,
a member of the UNCG Socialist
group, after eagerly paying him my
25 bucks and signing my name.
After a quick trip to Wal-Mart at 2
a.m. for batteries, I was packed and
ready to go. Completely unsure of
what I would need, I packed lightly.
Lugging my backpack filled with my
laptop, two cameras, food and water,
paper and a pen and with my pillow
thrown over my shoulder to Kinko's I
went. Quietly I strode into the
Kinko's parking lot, almost as if the
place was mine. Not a word was said
to me, I must have chosen the right
clothes - torn jeans and a plain blue t-shirt.
No turning back now. Time to
spend the next 24 hours with the
'crazy socialists.'
Sitting outside Kinko's I met only
one person, but the other 26 going
together were soon my friends. DC or
bust!
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MATT BLALOCK / THE CAROLINIAN
UNCG student Desmond Florence spent his entire Saturday in
Washington, D.C. at the national protest, demanding the return of
American troops from overseas.
pus.
"I was advised to go ahead and get
people together and at least start
doing things now in the midst of try-ing
to affiliate with NABJ,"
Covington said. "We are affiliated
with the University, as a UNCG stu-dent
organization. We're the UNCG
Association of Black Communicators
and Journalists, and through that we
have the Voice."
When Covington tackled the task
of creating a magazine, she had little
experience.
"I was learning as I went,"
Covington said. "I was on a ListServ
[for the NABJ], and asked questions.
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Laptops
required -
students,
IT react
Rick Richards
Staff Writer
In Fall 2007, every incoming
freshman at UNCG will be required
to purchase a laptop capable of
accessing the university's wireless
network, which will permeate nearly
the entirety of the campus. This will
add, in a very rough estimate from IT,
$2100-2400 to the rest of a student's
expenses. Additional accessories,
like a printer or carrying case, could
add several hundreds more to that
amount.
Gloria Thornton, Associate Vice
Chancellor for IT Services and head
of the laptop project, says this
requirement will benefit students by
getting them a more powerful
machine for less money and taking
the guess work out of buying a suit-able
machine for schoolwork. It will
benefit faculty as well, she says, by
ensuring that students are capable of
participating in the growing use of
technology in the classroom.
Wireless laptops are already being
used by the Schools of Education and
HHP, and IT is working with a com-mittee
of representatives from each
school to ensure all can contribute to
the selection of an appropriate laptop
for students.
UNCG students, have had varied
responses to the news.
Some students, who don't wish to
return to their dorms or homes to
access the internet, are looking for-ward
to the convenience of wireless
internet access anywhere on campus.
Many already have laptops and say
that the new 2007 requirement would
only make it easier, as they wouldn't
have had to worry about selecting
their own. Others use the labs
because they cannot afford their own
computer or prefer the setup of a
desktop. While they wouldn't mind
the campus becoming wireless, they
don't feel they should be required to
use it. Some who use Macintosh
computers fear a required switch to a
new platform, one that may not pro-vide
as much of a benefit to their
major.
Thornton promises that the labs
won't be going anywhere for a while
- when the program first starts, band-width
won't be great enough to deliv-er
all of the network applications
(programs for class which require
students to go to the labs) to students'
laptops, and it will take four years
before every student at the university
has a required model. Thornton also
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