The Carolinian [April 26, 1983]

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Glen & Shearer Page 2
Spring Dance Page 3
Softball Team Wini Page 5
A Funny Guy!!
Paul Rand and Bob Pearson write on their
impressions of one of Hollywood's biggest
names in comedy . . . Red Skelton.
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Dance Concert
Review
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Tuesday. April 26, 1983 Volume I.MI Number 48 The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Ervin, Cone Receive
Honorary Degrees
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Former United States Senator
Sam J. Ervin Jr. of Morganton and
Edward T. Cone, a distinguished
pianist and author who is a pro-fessor
of music at Princeton Univer-sity,
will be awarded honorary doc-toral
degrees by UNC-G on May 15.
Chancellor William E. Moran will
confer the honorary degree of Doc-tor
of Laws on Ervin, who served
in the United States Senate for 20
years before retiring in 1974. Dr.
Moran also will confer the honorary
degree of Doctor of Fine Arts on
Professor Cone, a well-known com-poser,
pianist and musical scholar
who is a native of Greensboro.
The honorary degrees will be con-ferred
during the University's 91st
annual commencement on May 15
in the Greensboro Coliseum.
Ervin, now retired, won national
recognition in 1973 as chairman of
the Senate Select Committee on
Presidential Campaign Activities
during the Watergate hearings. He
presided with both wit and distinc-tion
as the committee heard
testimony by high officials from the
White House and federal govern-ment
relating to the Watergate
scandal. Their testimony ultimate-ly
led to the resignation of Presi-dent
Richard M. Nixon on Aug. 9.
1974.
Cone has an international reputa-tion
as a distinguished pianist and
musical scholar. He is widely
recognized as one of the most
distinguished figures in American
musical life. In particular, he is
known as one of the leading
theorists in the world today. He has
gained recognition both as a concert
pianist and for his scholarly books
and articles concerning music. In
1975, he received a Deems Taylor
Award of the American Society of
Composers, Authors and Publishers
for his book, "The Composer's
Voice," published in 1974 by the
University of California Press.
Ervin formerly was a country
lawyer who served in both local and
state offices and as a judge on the
North Carolina Supreme Court
before becoming a U.S. Senator in
1954. He served three terms in the
North Carolina General Assembly,
as a Superior Court judge for six
years, as an associate justice of the
North Carolina Supreme Court for
six years and as a member of the
U.S. House of Representatives for
one term all prior to 1954.
At the time of his retirement from
the U.S. Senate, he served as chair-man
of the Government Operations
Committee, and was second rank-ing
Democrat on Judiciary Commit-tee
and chairman of its subcommit-tees
on Constitutional Rights, Revi-sion
and Codification of the Laws,
and Separation of Powers. He also
was third-ranking Democrat on the
Armed Services Committee and
chairman of its subcommittee on
Status of Forces Treaty.
He is a graduate of the Universi-ty
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,
and received his law degree from
Harvard University. He earlier
served as a trustee of UNC and of
Davidson College. During service in
the U.S. Army in World War I, he
was twice cited for gallantry in ac-tion.
Altogether, he has received
honorary degrees from 20 colleges
and universities.
Cone has served as a member of
the faculty at Princeton University
since 1946. He earlier received his
bachelor of arts and master of fine
arts degrees from Princeton. Later.
he did two years of advanced work
in musicology at Columbia
University.
Cone's appearances include con-certs
with the North Carolina Sym-phony.
He is a composer of
numerous compositions, including
one symphony, other works for
piano, voice, chorus, orchestra and
chamber combinations. His past
honors also include a Guggenheim
Fellowship in musical composition
and an honorary Doctor of Music
degree from the University of
Rochester. He also is designated as
an Andrew White Professor-at-large
at Cornell University with
responsibilities for annual visits and
lectures.
He has given generously to
charities in Greensboro, particularly
to Weatherspoon Art Gallery at
UNC-G. He and his sister. Mrs.
Frances Loewenstein of
Greensboro, last fall gave $100,000
to Weatherspoon Art Gallery in
memory of their mother, Mrs.
Laura Weill Cone, a noted alumna
of UNC-G and a long-time member
of the University of North
Carolina's Board of Trustees.
Court Rules For Franklin
By LEIGH TRAPP
Slmff Writer
The Superior Court ruled un-constitutional
a constitutional re-quirement
which states the "Vice-
President of the Student Govern-ment
shall have one year experience
in the student Senate." The ruling
allows for Vice-President-elect
Thomas Franklin to take office.
Superior Court met at the request
of a UNC-G student, Tim Blanken-ship,
who contested the Elections
Board's interpretation of the con-stitutional
requirement.
Blankenship argued that Franklin
had not fulfilled these re-quirements,
citing Senate records
on Franklin's term as Senator.
Franklin took Senatorial office the
seventh meeting of the Student
Government Senate the fall
semester of 1981. He resigned on
April 20,1982. Blankenship argued
that this constituted only 55 percent
of a year, making Franklin ineligi-ble
for the office of Vice-President.
"too vague to define under any ex-isting
guidelines." They cited com-plications
involving freshmen
Elections Validated As Court
Okays Franklin As Next VP
Elections Board Chairperson
Buck Buchanan, was cited as the
defendent in the litigation. The
Elections Board previously inter-preted
that Franklin had met the
one year requirement.
Buchanan, speaking before
Superior Court, explained the Elec-tions
Board's rationale, stating
"past precedence has been set that
a year constitutes Fall to Spring
Election."
Chief Justice of the Superior
Court Cynthia Stubbs, read the ma-jority
decision. The Court found the
phrase "year of experience" to be
senators who hold office for only
one semester, and the possible ex-clusion
of senators elected in the
spring of their sophomore year to be
eligible to run for Vice-President in
their sophomore or junior year.
Thus the Court concluded that "the
requirement of 'one year of ex-perience'
as an unconstitutional re-quirement
in its present situation."
The five member delegation reach-ed
this ruling by a mojonty vote ot
3 to 2.
Franklin will be sworn in at
tonight's Senate meeting.
INS Vetos Visas
A story of one of UNC-G's moat
courageous students. Page 4.
Restrictions on foreign students
attending American colleges are
about to get tougher in August, and
may get even harder if Congress
passes a new bill.
The Immigration and Naturaliza-tion
Service (INS) announced last
week that, as of August, it will give
foreign students four years to com-plete
their coursework here.
If they don't finish in that time
and they want to continue going to
school, they'll have to return to
their home countries for two years
before re-registering here, explains
INS spokeswoman Janet Graham.
At the same time, congressional
committees approved bills that, if
approved by the full House and
Senate, would force foreign
students to return home for two
years before becoming eligible to
apply for permanent U.S.
citizenship.
Graham says the bills are
necessary to "deter" foreign
students whose "whole intent is
never to go back home."
But Carole Shaffer, international
student advisor at the University of
San Fransico. believes Congress is
trying to keep out foreign students
to save jobs for Americans.
"It is our feeling that this legisla-tion
is being proposed without pro-per
justification," adds Georgia
Stewart of the national Association
of Foreign Student Affairs
(NAFSA).
She insists congressional spon-sors
of the bill are using "old and
not very reliable" information.
The sponsors believe 40-to-50 per-cent
of the 325,000 foreign students
now here are trying to gain perma-nent
resident status.
Stewart says only about 15 per-cent
has in fact applied for resident
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Chi Omega Donates
To Rainbow House
By DEWEY WHITAKER
New* Editor
The UNC-G chapter of Chi
Omega sorority donated a check for
$1000 to the Rainbow House
located near Baptist Hospital in
Winston-Salem, The Chi Omega's
girls sponsored a Swing-athon to
raise money for the event.
Mrs. Penny Latham, the head of
the Rainbow House, was there to
receive the check from Chi Omega
President, Sharon Joyce.
"I have seen people come to the
Rainbow House with just the
change in their hand when they
bring their child in for cancer treat -
.ment," said Mrs. Latham. "These
1 people need support and they need
! help.
I Mrs, Latham's child died three
years ago at the age of 3'/z and she
said that they "practically lived at
Baptist Hospital.'.' The Rainbow
house is similar to the Ronald
McDonald house in that it provides
shelter for the parents of children
who are receiving treatment at the
hospital. Mrs. Latham said that
they had approached McDonald's
for funding, but they replied that
they could only fund one house.
Sharon Joyce said that they decid-ed
to help the Rainbow house after
they tried to sponsor a child with
leukemia.
"We were going to sponsor a
child, but the parents of the child
asked that we sponsor the Rainbow
House instead." said Joyce. "The
reason we don't have a national
philanthropy is that we need to look
at the problems in the community
rather than something national."
The Swing-athon was held over
March 25 and 26, when the sorori-ty
sat on the swings behind EUC for
great lengths of time.
Professor Receives
Grant For Island Visit
The National Geographic Society
has just awarded a grant of
$5000.00 to Dr. Jeffrey S. Soles,
Associate Professor of Classical
Civilization, Tor this year's ar-chaeological
expedition to the island
of Mochlos in east Crete (Greece).
Once again this year the expedi-tion
will focus on the study of the
Late Bronze ag? settlement on the
island and the coastal survey along
Crete, where monuments of the
Early and Late Bronze age. as well
as Roman. Early Byzantine and
Venetian periods are located. Dr.
Jeffrey Patton of the Geography
Department will join the expedition
again as cartographer and three or
four UNC-G students will also par-ticipate
including Peter Laurence
(Fred S.)and Kim Kesterson.
As in past years, the project is be-ing
carried out under the auspices
of the American School of Classical
Studies in Athens and the Greek
Archaeological Service with the ad-ditional
support of UNC-G's
Research Council.
PoliSci Holds Convention
By LEIGH TRAPP
Staff Writer
The North Carolina Political
Science Association held its annual
convention this past weekend at
UNC-G. The conference, which con-vened
Friday and Saturday, was
designed to bring professors from
across the state together to talk and
to exchange ideas on various topics.
Professors also helped to critique
several papers written by pro-fessors
attending the convention.
This gave the teachers an oppor-tunity
to improve their papers — in
hopes that they will be published as
magazine articles in the future.
Friday, several events were held
in Elliot University Center: a com-puter
workshop, three chaired panel
discussions, a general business
meeting and a banquet. The com-puter
workshop, which was held in
Phillips Lounge, hosted Dave Gar-son
of N.C. State University and
Roger Lowery of UNC-Wilmington.
James Protho, who chaired a panel
that dealt with the future f political
science, spoke at the banquet Fri-day
evening. Prntho. a professor
from UNCCH spoke with Don
Schoonmaker of Wake Forest
University. Larry Hough of East
Carolina University and with Larry
Luton of Western Carolina Univer-sity
concerning a program entitled
"Toward the Year 2000 in Political
Science."
Saturday, professors met to at-tend
lectures and conferences head-ed
by colleagues from UNC-G,
UNC-CH, UNC-C, A&T State.
Winston-Salem State, and the
Atlantic Christian College. Lec-tures
included discussion of "Pro-spects
for the Future of the
Religious Right," "Collective Goods
and the Barrier to the Conservative
Majority," and "New Directions in
Egyptian-U.S. Relations;" among
others.
Most of the planning for the con-vention
was handled by Dr. Prysby
of the UNC-G Political Science
Dept.. The convention was open to
all public and private school pro-fessors
- as well as interested
students.
According to several professors
and students who attended the con-vention,
it was an interesting and
informative opportunity to meet
with their colleagues and
cniistituents.