The Carolinian [November 8, 1990]

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Vol. 70, No. 8 The Student Voice of UNCG Thursday, Nov. 8,1990
Students turn out for election
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Students march to the Aycock poll* on alectlon day. Tha march
was sponsored by tha Nso-Black Society.
By JJ. MCEACHERN
SUIT Writer
The Neo- Black Society(NBS)
sponsored a march to the polls on
Elections Day to encourage stu-dents
on campus to vote. The
students gathered in the NBS
Lounge in Elliott Center at 3:30
p.m. and marched to the voting
site, Aycock Auditorium,at4 p.m.
"It was an excellent idea," said
Kawanna Giles, a freshmen mar-keting
major. "It had more mean-ing
going as a group. As a group,
we were able to discuss several
issues about the campaign that
concerned us."
Although thecrowd was small,
students eagerly marched to the
polls. Students were encouraged
by the number of African-Ameri-cans
at the polls.
"It was exciting," said Angela
N. Adams. "I was pleased to see
so many African-Americans at
the polls. African-Americansdid
vole!"
Many students who were vot-ing
for the first time were dis-couraged
by the waiting lines.
But Terry Weaver, who directed
the voting in Aycock Auditorium,
said that it is usually frustrating
for first-time voters. "The polls
were steady all day long," said
Weaver.
"For most
I students, the
wait was nor-mal.
Some
first lime vot-
Waavar
ers were un-aware
of the
wait and were
| upset."
The NBS
was pleased
that the students did not limit their
conversation to (he elections. Stu-dents
also spoke about issues that
were facing them on campus.
"We were able to talk about
campus concerns as it related to
African-Americans," said Lana
Jones, a sophomore communica-tions
major.
"We discussed what issues
wecould helpchange on thiscam-pus."
Some topics discussed were
the Black Studies Program, the
need for more black faculty and
staff, and better retention pro-grams
for the university.
Student alleges residence hall rape
By MEGAN MCNALLY
Staff Writer
A second incident of acquain-tance
rape has been reported on
campus. Around 10 a.m. Sunday,
Nov. 4, a female student reported
a rape to UNCG police that had
occurred Saturday night in her
residence hall room.
She was then transported to
Cone Hospital for treatment and
obtainment of evidence.
According to police, the victim
indicated that she had met the
offender earlier Saturday evening
at a party, but was unsure of his
name. It was later discovered that
"I expect, should the victim choose to
prosecute, that an arrest would be eminent/
—Jerry Williamson
Director of Public Safety
he had signed in to her residence
hall under a false name.
The offender was not a student
at UNCG and his identity has not
been disclosed to the public..
Jerry Williamson, Director of
Public Safety andPolice, said that
the police, however, were confi-dent
of his identity.
He noted "I expect, should the
victim choose to prosecute, that an
arrest would be eminent"
The victim, who is receiving
counsel to deal with the situation,
has not yet indicated whether or
not she will press charges.
A national survey reveals that
ten percent of acquaintance rapes
are never reported.
According to Rebecca Flynl,
coordinator of UNCG's Student
Partnership forAcquaintance Rape
Concerns (SPARC), one in eight
female students at UNCG have
been or will be raped at some point
in life.
Any type of sexual assault
should be reported to Campus
Police at 334-5963 and/or the
Health Center at 334-5340.
Both offices are prepared to
handle situations involving sexual
assault and rape.
SigEp
party cut
short by
city police
By MEGAN MCNALLY
Steff Writer
Williamson
A Halloween party at the
Sigma Phi Epsilon house on
West Market Street was shut
down early Wednesday night by
Greensboro city police.
UNCG Director of Public
Safety and Police, Jerry Wil-liamson,
said that he believed
the Sig Ep's were given a "bad
deal."
According toWilliamson.the
party was in no way out of con-trol.
The noise level was accept-able
and all
proper precau-tions
had been
taken for an or-derly
event.
However,
Greensboro po-lice
responded to
two complaints
at about 9:30 and 11:30 p.m. A
Greensboro city councilman,
who is the owner of rental prop-erty
across from the fraternity
house, threatened to file a for-mal
complaint on behalf of a
tenant who was disturbed by the
party.
Councilman William Burck-ley,
alumnus of UNCG, arrived
at the scene apparently hostile
and insistent
Despite the fact that the party
area had been fenced off, private
security guards had been hired
to monitor the situation, and
only students with invitations
were admitted, the councilman
felt the event was out of control.
Attending officers and Wil-liamson
arguedin defense ofthe
See PARTY p. 3