The Carolinian [September 26, 1985]

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"The Student Voice of UNC-G" Volume LXV Number 6
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Apartheid Concerns Voiced in Senate
By TODD M. SMITH
Suff Wrtiw
Tuesday night's Student
Government Senate meeting
opened with the approval of
several Executive and
Legislative appointments to
various Senate committees. The
appointments had been made by
Student Government President
Mike Stewart, but were condi-tional
to Senate approval. This
was followed by the swearing in
of several elected Senators who
were not present at last week's
swearing in ceremony.
The agenda then moved to the
Student Forum, at which time
Jennifer Miller addressed the
Senate to seek help in creating
an Awareness Weak concerning
Apartheid in South Africa. Miller
explained that she has been con-cerned
over the recent
developments in South Africa,
and that in talking to fellow
students on campus, she has
found that "most of them have
no idea what 'Apartheid' is. "She
went on to say that it is up to stu-dent
leaders to help educate the
student body about South
African Apartheid, and that
such an Awareness Week would
serve that purpose. Miller asked
the Senate to form a "steering
committee" to "get the ball rolll-ing"
towards declaring an Apar-theid
Awareness Week.
The Senate was also address-ed
by Lynne Temple, Production
Manager of campus radio station
WUAG. Temple reminded the
Senate that WUAG will provide
campus organizations with free
publicity in the form of Public
Service Announcements,
whenever requested.
Mike Stewart, in his Presiden-tial
Report to the Senate, read a
letter from Sharon Thorpe,
director of The Job Location and
Development Center, thanking
the Senate for the additional
1760 in funding for JLD. The ad-ditional
funding had been ap-propriated
by the Senate on
August 27, in order that JLD
receive additional matching
funds from the Federal
Government.
President Stewart also spoke
to the Senate concerning his ap-pointments
to the various Facul-ty
Committees of the University
Governance structure. Stewart
explained that while the ap-pointees
do not have to be filled
by Senators, he would like to
have the positions filled by
Senators. Stewart explained that
in this manner, problems or
area* of interest to Student
Government that may come up in
the various committee meetings
SAT Scores Not Fair
By KAREN CARPENTER
Staff WriUr
Recently the fairness of the
SAT has been challenged by dif-ferent
colleges and universities
around the nation. At UNC—G
the SAT is part of what admis-sion
personel look at when con-sidering
at student for enroll-ment.
However, Jerry Har-relson,
assistant director of ad-mission,
says "the high school
academic performance is far and
above the best indicator of
Students at UNC-G generally
agree the SAT is not fair. Here
is how randomly picked students
on campus answered the ques-tion,
"do veu-thmk the SAT « a
fair indicator of how a student
will do in colleger'
"No. My scores weren't over a
1000, but I'm doing fairly well
right now. SAT's have an unner-ving
effect on alot of students."
Laura Perrella, freshman biology
major.
"No. It has more to do with
how your high school was. What
your high school offered." Thorn
Little, senior, political science
major.
"No. The SAT isn't a fair in-dicator
of knowledge. But it's not
just knowledge that gets a per-son
through college, anyway."
Dana Springs, senior, education
of the deaf major.
"Not overall for the simple fact
it's basis na sasnsnkgoiinriand
JIM CLARK once a journalist for justice now ponders
power in the media- as UNC-G professor.
Story on page 8
It's Family Weekend
By LORRIE J. CAREY
N.wi Eatur
The finishing touches are being
made on UNC-G's Family
Weekend. Students are en-couraged
to invite their families
to come to what is planned to be
a very enjoyable weekend.
Registration for those people
who have mailed in their reser-vation
forms will occur from 9
a.m.- 12 noon in the Virginia
Dare Room of the Alumni House.
The Chancellor's Brunch will oc-cur
at approximately the
time, from 10:80 a.m.-12 noon in
EUC's Cone Ballroom.
In the afternoon, tours of the
campus will be offered as well as
a chance to see the UNC-G soc-cer
team in action. UNC-G will be
playing Virginia Wesleyan from
2:00-4:00 p.m. "Collegiate Con-versations"
will also highlight
the afternoon.
"Collegiate Conversations",
will take place from 12-1:00 p.m.
in EUC . The three special
there are alot of backgrounds
and all of them haven't been ex-posed
to some of the ideas on the
SAT. But this doesn't mean they
can't do well in college." Belin-da
Pettiford, graduate student,
community health major.
"No because how you do in col-lege
has most to do with your
study habits and the way you do
in high school." Mary Faye Dark,
sophomore business major.
"I think doing wd on the SAT
is more an indicator of your
social class because of the way it
is worded." John Aslanien,
freshman, political science major.
"No, because I'm now a
graduate student and according
to my SAT scores I shouldn't
have been able to attend college.
I think it only measures how well
a person can take a test." Gregg
Spearman, graduate student,
English major.
"No. because I didn't score
very high but I came here and
have a "B" average. I don't see
where it helps show how a stu-dent
will perform. I don't think
it's fair at all." Cheryl Ross,
senior, communications major.
"I don't think so because alot
of good students are good in
other things than what the SAT
tests for. For example someone
may be a good drama student,
but bad in math, and his SAT
score wouldn't show this." Jack
Drake, junior, cinema major.
"No, because putting
somebody under a stress test like
that doesn't really test their in-telligence.
It testa how well they
would be more easily relayed to
the Senate by way of its weekly
meetings.
Vice President of Student
Government, Bernette Ghist,
said she would seek the forma-tion
of two ad hoe committees.
One of these committees, she ex-plained,
is to examine the pro-blem
of South African Apar-theid,
the other committee's pur-pose
is to design a queetionare to
be used in an informational
survey to find out how students
feel toward their Student
Government. This information
would then be used by a task
force which is currently working
to make revisions to the existing
can do under stress." Sherry
Jenkins, senior, broadcasting
cinema production major.
"To an extent, but it shouldn't
be the only thing considered.
Some people don't do well on
those tests but have good grades
and do well in college." Tim
Batts, freshman, broadcasting
cinematography major.
"No, because it can be beaten
mathematically by some formula
that analyzes each problem."
Doug Lincoln, sophomore, pre
medical major.
"No. Those thests are out to
get you. They have tricky ques-tions."
Ann Casey, sophomore,
CTX major.
"No, because it doesn't show
what someone is capable of, it
shows how much you can
remember over a long period of
time." Pam Pope, senior,
business and fashion merchandis-ing
major.
"Yes, it could be." Damn
Constitution of Student
Government.
In other business conducted at
the meeting, Jennifer Miller,
representing the Association for
Women Students, addressed the
Seante requesting SI00 in Stu-dent
Government funding to hasp
bring a road production company
called "The Road Company" to
UNC-G. The Senate provided the
funding which Miller said would
be used to help finance the pro-duction
of a play titled Blindtd
fry Duxrt. Miller explained that
"The Road Company'"s visit was
being organised by the Women's
Resource Center.
Brown, senior, physical educa-tion
major.
"Not really because I think the
things on the SAT are generally
easier on the SAT than what you
find at college." Shawn Johnson,
social work major.
"No, because it's culturally
biased and it determines how a
white person will do at a
predominately white college; not
how a black person will do in col-lege."
Nathaniel Thompson,
senior, public relations major.
"No, because the SAT doesn't
reflect a student's ability to
study and to adapt to a college
environment." Geneva Deal,
freshman, undecided major.
"No, because its standardized
and different regions of the coun-try
may not have been exposed
to the situations given in the
SAT." Patrick Bullock,
freshman, pharmacy major.
"turning pennies into silver"
The Skeptical Chymists
By ROGER BURMAHL
Matt Writer
Ink analysis and
"schizophrenic" chemical reac-tions
were only two of the sub-jects
on display at the first
meeting of the Skeptical Chymists
(UNC£'s chemistry club). The
program was held in Room 210
of the Petty Science Building and
was basically a series of live
demonstrations dealing with
general properties of chemistry.
Properties such ss acid-base
reactions, density, and oxidation
were presented in the form of in-teresting
experiments. Students
saw bright violet letters ap-pear
as blank sheets of paper
were sprayed with sodium
hydroxide, aiunsma their "invisi-ble
ink" markings. One flask of
liquid continued to turn instant-ly
from one color to another, thus
receiving the title of
schizophrenic. Other demonstra-tions
included a "sure way" of
turning pennies into silver and a
display on the layering effect of
liquids with different densities.
The demonstrations were an in-teresting
as well as educational
way of learning some basic
chemical properties.
In addition to the demonstra-tions,
there was s tour of the Pet-ty
Building for freshmen and
new students. A number of facul-ty
members attended the
meeting and were able to meet
some of the new students. "Very
successful" were the words
Patrick Craft, president of the
Skeptical Chymists, used to
describe the club's first meeting
of the semester. "We had a lot of
new faces," said Craft. The
meeting ended with
refreshments and discussion.
The Skeptical Chymists is s
Student Government sponsored
organization. The club is open to
all students, not just chemistry
majors. The club officers for the
85-86 academic year are:
President-Patrick Craft, Vice
President-Wendy Houston,
Secretary-Roger Burmahl, and
Treasurer-Steve Meyerboffer.
The club is continuing the
Stream Watch program which it
began last year. The program in-volves
checking for pollutants in
the two streams which run near
the highrise dormitories. The
Stream Watch is a statewide pro-gram
of which the club is a part.
An organisational meeting was
held Wednesday, Sept. 25 to set
up a meeting time for those in-terested
in helping with the
Stream Watch. Phil Harris is
chairman of the program at
UNC-G.
The Skeptical Chymists meet
in Room 210 Petty Science. The
next meeting will be on Oct. 11.
Information on the scheduled
program is posted on the club
bulletin board located on the 2nd
floor of the Petty Science
Building.
discussion sessions will led by
some of the most dynamic in-dividuals
at UNC-G.
Dr. Charles Tisdale, Associate
Professor in the Department of
English and Interim Dean in the
Office of Academic Advising,
along with Dr. Philip Friedman,
Dean of the School of Business
and Economics, and Dr. Richard
Harwood, Director of the Career
Planning and Placement Center,
will speak on the topic of "Career
Design: Liberal Education Ver-sus
Training for a Job."
Dr. Rebecca Smith, Associate
Professor, Department of Child
Development and Family Rela-tion
in the School of Home
Economics, along with Tom
Taylor, Residence hall Director
of Residential College, and
Reverend Ron Moss, a methodist
Campus Minister at UNC-G, will
speak on "College-Age Life-styles."
Dr. Elliot Pood, Associate Pro-fessor
of Communication I
and Director of the Broad
casting/Cinema Division will
speal. on the difficult subject of
"Parent/Student Communica-tions:
Barriers, Breakdowns, and
Solutions."
Special activities are planned
for younger family members who
may not be interested in the
"Collegiate Conversations"
series. Programs have been
planned for teens as well ss
younger children.
In the evening, Open House
Activites are planned from
4:00-6:80 p.m. A reception will be
held in Joyner and Alderman
Lounges in EUC from 7-8:00
p.m. At 8:00 p.m., the UNC-G
Talent Showcase, s variety show,
will be performed in Cone
Ballroom.
Anyone rntet'sated in having
their family participate in Fami-ly
Weekend should contact Joan
na Iwata, Director of Student
Activities at 379-6800 for more
informstion.
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Jim Clark page 8
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