The Carolinian [September 18, 1986]

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^ THECAROLINIAN Thursday, September 18, 1986 The Student Voice of UNCG
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Volume 7€, Number 3
NBS:Stressgrades\
and black faculty
,By JENNIFER GREEN
Nee-Black Society President
Timothy Thorpe says his
organization's chief objective this
year is to place greater emphasis
on academic performance, on ac-tive
involvement and on increas-ing
the percentage of black facul-ty
at the university.
According to Thorpe, the focus
of NBS's energies will be on
entering freshmen. Thorpe says
the new student reception, held
Sept. 3 in Alexander Lounge, is
one way the NBS will become in-volved
with the new students.
"I want NBS to take another
turn, to stress academics more,
because the retention rate of
black students here could be im-proved,"
Thorpe says. "We want
to make academics a greater con-cern
of the executive board and
the general body of the Neo-
Black Society."
According to information pro-vided
by Karen Haley, retention
coordinator for Academic Advis-ing,
the retention rate of black
students at UNCG is 50 to 56
percent. She says these numbers
represent an average of those
students who graduated over a
period of five years from
1980-1886.
Re-instituting a program which
classifies students by majors to
organize study sessions, and
directing students to those able
to help with academic problems
are among those ideas Thorpe
says he has for NBS to em-phasize
academic performance
this school year.
"We want to direct students,
to help them by directing them to
a source that can help them —
student services, the department
of the class they're having trou-ble
in — to see if they have any
problem," he says.
"Whatever we can do to help
the students is our concern."
He says that the hiring of more
black faculty will be instrumen-tal
in providing black students
and white students with a well-rounded
education.
The culture shock some
students experience entering a
predominantly white environ-ment
for the first time, says
Thorpe, is a primary reason for
the low retention rate of black
students.
"I want the Nee-Black Society
to become more political this
year," says Thorpe, "not radical,
but political." He says he will
work closely with black Greek
Chancellor says law
won't affect quality
of education here
Thorpe
letter organizations in address
ing the problem of the minority|
faculty shortage at UNCG
"In the past, we've been a lit
tie laid back," Thorpe says. "Thf
covers have been pulled over our
eyes too many times. That's no
longer going to happen — not in
'86-'87.
"When there's a problem, peo-ple
are going to hear about it."
According to Thorpe, the NBS
constitution, the NBS executive
board and the budget allotment
from the student government
have undergone significant
Continued on page 3 Graduates elect Simmons to
Prised over them this year
By LANA A. WHITED
The University Graduate Stu-dent
Council convened its first
meeting of the year on Wednes-day,
Sept. 9, with {Catherine
Grimes (English), the GSC Vice
President for Business Affairs,
presiding. Joanna Iwata, who, as
Director of Student Activities for
EUC, is advisor to the group, ex-plained
the GSC's functions and
purpose.
The main item on the agenda
was the election of a president,
as the person who was elected
last spring is no longer enrolled
in a graduate program. The
council elected Barry Simmons
(Education) by acclamation. The
other member of the GSC Ex-ecutive
Committee is Sharon
Johnson (Home Economics), who
is Vice President for Programm-ing
and Academic Affairs.
The Council heard and acted on
five requests for funds for pro-fessional
development (attending
conferences, etc.). One request
was approved, one was tabled
pending receipt of further infor-mation,
and three were approv-ed
after minor reductions to
bring them within GSC
guidelines. The Council
unanimously agreed that
graduate students who travel to
present papers or perform as
representatives of the Universi-ty
should be its first priority for
funding. Some representatives
expressed concern about accoun-tability
of those who request
funds to attend conferences for
their own professional develop-ment;
a committee was formed
to determine what action, if any,
ought to be taken.
Sharon Johnson presented s
request from the School of Home
Economics and Bonnie Parsons
made two other requests for fun-ding
programs on campus. The
Council determined that, in both
instances, the projects should be
of concern to other sectors of the
University in addition to
graduate students; therefore, it
approved partial funding of those
activities and recommended to
those making the requests that
they approach other organiza-tions
for additional support.
The Council approved plans for
a picnic for all graduate students
to be held on Sept. 25 from
4:00-7:00 p.m. at the goldfish
pond outside EUC. A valid
UNCG I.D. will be required.
In general, the GSL has had a
very good Beginning this year.
About 376 people attended the
registration day deli (more than
double the anticipated response),
and over forty people came to
Wednesday's meeting. In addi-tion,
this year a
clerical/secretarial position for a
graduate student to assist with
the Council's affairs has been
funded.
The next GSC regular meeting
will be in early October, at a date
and time to be announced.
Although only designated
departmental representatives
may vote on any item which
comes before the Council,
meetings are open to all graduate
students who wish to attend.
By MICKEY FREEMAN
On Thursday, Sept. 11, the
UNCG Board of Trustees
discussed and voted on several
issues ranging from the new anti-obscenity
law to the new parking
regulations to student
enrollment.
The meeting opened with
remarks from Chancellor Moran.
He reviewed the policy and the
events of last month when an
EUC official took down several
nude paintings in an art exhibit
from fear of the new anti-obscenity
law. Chancellor Moran
said he will not let the new law
affect a student's education.
"We as faculty should continue
to do business as we have always
done it." The board approved his
reaction to the new law.
Moran also brought the board
up to date on renovations and
new buildings, including three
main projects coming in the near
future. These include the $13
million Physical Activities Com-plex,
scheduled to begin con-struction
in October, the $6
million Dining Hall renovation,
construction beginning the first
of November, and the $7.6
million Arts Center, with bids go-ing
out next February and con-struction
beginning in March.
In addition, Moran discussed
the $2.6 million renovations to
the Spencer dorms and the $1.2
million spent on air-conditioning
for Grogan and Reynolds Hall
which should be completed in
March, 1987. Finally, Moran
discussed the $900,000 pricetag
on the new parking facilities.
Upon completion of the
Chancellor's remarks, the Board
of Trustees re-elected Charles
A.Hayes, chairman of Guilford
Mills, as Board Chairman.
The Board then had to vote
whether to approve the new
parking regulations proposed by
out that the sudents he appointed
to the committee were away dur-ing
the summer vacation when
the committee met and designed
the new regulations.
The discussion went on. Brown
asked that the board consider
keeping the spaces on Gray Drive
for on-campus students. One
board member even suggests*!
"We as a faculty should continue to do
business as we have always done."
Chancellor Moran
the Office of Business Affairs.
These changes include the con-version
of numerous 'B' spaces
on Gray Drive to 'A' spaces and
similar changes. They also had to
vote whether to approve the in-crease
in ticket prices.
Several board members, in-cluding
Student Government
President David Brown, ques-tioned
why the changes were
first made without being taken to
the board. Fred L. Drake, Vice-
Chancellor for Business Affairs,
said that the conversions had to
be mads before students arrived
because of all the new construc-tion
set to begin this semester.
Drake added,'To my knowledge,
there have been no complaints."
The question also came to the
floor about whether there was
any student representation on
the committee that voted for the
changes. David Brown pointed
Bankers warn of rising
rates, fewer student loans
Claai Council member* indndt aeruora Chru
Harlow and Tina Lawa, aeated left and center'
Cimor Brad Ellis, aeated at right, and junior David
lubb, alanding at left; and aopbomorea Lamoat
Brown, Phillip Qurtiac and Nan Lewia.
Class Council revived
to combat apathy
Nearly four million students
nationwide may have trouble get-ting
student loans soon, a
bankers' association warned last
week.
The interest rates students pay
on new loans will rise while many
banks, says the Consumer
Bankers Association (CBA) in
Washington, D.C., may simply
stop making student loans if Con-gress
spproves s proposal to cut
a special government allowance
the banks may get for making
the loans.
"Many banks may just get out
(of the student loan business)
completely," says William
Clohan, the group's lawyer.
"Students are going to have to
look very hard for an institution
willing to loan them money,"
adds Bill KidweU of the National
Educational Lending Center.
The last cut in the special
government allowance in lurch,
1986, convinced California-based
Security Pacific Bank to stop
making student loans. The bank
sold the loans it had already
made to Marine Midland Bank.
But even Marine Midland of-ficials
are not optimistic. "The
bottom line," says bank official
Greg Lancaster, 'is some banks
are going to say *Why are we in
thisf"
About 18,000 lenders are in the
Guaranteed Student Loan (GSL)
program now, Clohan estimates.
Their worry is a provision, ap-proved
three weeks ago by a
House-Senate conference com-
, mittee, in the proposed Higher
Education Reauthorization Act
that would cut the special
allowance banks get.
To encourage banks to make
marginally profitable loans to
students, the government has let
the banks take an allowance
amounting to 3.6 percent higher
than the rate the government
charges for Treasury Bills.
Banks say they cannot make a
profit on student loans without
the allowance.
When the GSL program began
ton years ago, KidweU recalls,
"Congress was literally begging
lenders to come in."
"The incentives enticed them
Continued on page 3
By DARIUSH SHAFAGH
Have any of you ever heard of
the Student Legislative
Assembly, the Media Board or
the Class Council? Most of you
probably haven't, which is why
we, at The Carolinian will try to
educate the "Me"-generation-folk
about UNCG student
organizations.
Apathy is a widespread pro-blem
among college campuses
across the U.S.; which is why
UNCG school administrators
have brought back the Class
Council. A popular organization
before it was abolished in the
'70's, the Class Council wss
brought back in order to allow
students to administer certain
aspects of student life.
Chris Harlow, president of the
Class Council and the Senior
Class, assigned each class s par-ticular
facet of campus activities.
The Sophomore Class will be in
charge of class sweaters. Junior
Class will not only be in charge
of rings, but will also be in charge
of getting the Freshman Class
elected by the end of September.
The Senior Class will be respon-sible
for graduation.
When asked about bow the
apathy problem might be solved,
Harlow said that time will pro-bably
be the best cure. Like other
campus leaders, Harlow would
like to see more student involve-ment
on campus.
A 4.0 GPA will not make the
difference when you look for a
job after college...but if you can
show your employer that you
have had some on-hands ex-perience
with organizing events
and administering to other peo-
Continued on page 9
splitting the drive between facul-ty
and staff and on-campus
students. The Board finally
decided to appoint a committee
to study the new regulations.
This committee will report back
to the Board of Trustees at their
next meeting in November.
Of the continuing UNCG park-ing
difficulties, Drake said, "Tea
convinced it will never work."
V ice-Chancellor for Academic
Affairs Elisabeth A. Zinser had
the floor next with a more cheer-ful
topic. She reported that
SAT's, overall, minority, and
freshmen enrollment were up
thai year from last.
SATs for freshmen were up 11
points from last year to 908. As
late as 1970, freshmen SATs
averaged 1,040. Zinser thinks
this year's figures are the begin-nings
of a positive trend.
Continued on page 12
Brown
goes
to capital
for talks
Members of the University of
North Carolina Association of
Student Governments (UN-CASG).
which is composed of
Student Government represen-tatives
from each of the 16 public
universities in the UNC system,
were in Washington, DC, Sept.
11 -12 to discuss issues currently
facing college students. Meeting*
were arranged with Secretary of
Education William Bennett,
Senators Helms and Broyhill and
most of North Carolina's Con-gressmen,
including Represen-tative
Howard Coble.
In order to build momentum
for this effort, Student Govern-ment
Presidents held press con-ferences
in their individual
hometowns. In Greensboro,
Dsvid L. Brown, Student
Government President of UNCG
and Michael A. Branson, Student
Government President at
NCA&TSU, spoke at a press con-ference
on Tuesdsy, Sept, t.
The most pressing concern of
our students today is that of the
new verification requirements
recently empbeed by the Depart-ment
of Education. It is our
belief that these requirements
are unnecessary and are severe-ly
inhibiting equitable distribu-tion
of financial aid funds. Fur-thermore,
we also feel that the
aid verification piocaes is too
lengthy snd is keeping students
from completing the class
registration process. As a result
many students have been unable
to attend classes, and some have
been forced to miss the i
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