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■' . ■ . iiimiiepii \mmms*mmmmmm CLASSIFIEDS 15 Cornea 14 FEATURES 10 OPINIONS 4 PERSONALS 16 SPORTS 9 Three UNCG dance students bring you to "the Verge," page 10 Big South Conference files law* suit against Campbell, page 6 V est 1919 Volume 73, Number 21 The University of North Carolina at Greensboro Thursday.Mm*«4,m* JOHN JARMAN/CvWIalu Construction continues at the Jackson Library. The card catalog area is currently being renovated into a state-of-the-art computer information area. Student found dead in Ragsdale Autopsy inconclusive, medical reports may reveal cause ofdeath From itaff reports A 20-year-old UNCG student was found dead Sunday in her room in Ragsdale Residence Hall. AresidentofRagsdale, Aimee Erwin, a sophomore music ma-jor from Roanoks Rapids, was found in 108 Ragsdale byfriends around 1:30 p.m. that day. Friends ofErwin began to get worried when she had not re-turned calls or been seen since Friday and asked a Residence Advisor to check her room, ac-cording to Amy Byrd, a sopho-more in Mendenhall. Finding the doorunlocked, the residence assistant (RA) entered the room, only to find Erwin's body. A meeting held later that evening for residents in Ragsdale and Mendenhall an-nounced that there were no marks found on Erwin's body and that she had been fully clothed. Susan Terrell, the resi-dence director for Ragsdale, an-nounced at the meeting that Erwin might have had a heart condition, according to Byrd. According to the News & Record, there had been no signs ofany inflicted assault and fur-ther investigation waspending. The County Medical Exam-iner reported that immediate See Student, page 3 Budget reinstated after protest at SLA By SALLY THOMAS StaffWriter The Student Legislative As-sembly (SLA) overturned its prior decision to cut the International Students' Association (ISA) bud-get by 10 percent after approxi-mately 40ISA membersattended to protest the move. On February 15,SLAhadvoted to cut the ISA's budget for failure to send poll workers to the SLA referendum. SGPresident Michael Pearson vetoed the legislation because ISA claimed that ithad not been noti-fied to send poll workers for the referendum. Last week, the SLA delegates overturned Pearson's veto, thereby cutting ISA's budget ISA President Manish Jha spoke on behalf of the organiza-tion. TISA] has a history ofsending more poll workers than required. I n M ... We can ssnd people to your referendum, but we need some kind of notification," Jha said. He said that he felt SLA had violated its own constitution by not sending a notice to ISA at least two weeks before the refer-endum was to be held. "If we are supposed to follow the rules, shouldn't the mother body?" Jha said. ISA Vice President Channa Kurukulasuriya spoke on the impact of the budget cut. "The budgetcutmaybe only 10 percent, but it amounts to over $1,000, and with that money we doa hell ofa lot We, the students of ISA are passionate about pro-moting multi-culturalism. But thatcan't be done without funds," Kurukulasuriya said. Pearsoninformedthe delegates that he considered their overturn to be unconstitutional. He has referred the issue to Attorney General Steve Black. After debate, the SLA re-scinded the budget cut The delegates debated an amendment which would allow organizations to withhold their membership list from SG if it would be in the best interest of the members of the group. In particular, the new amend-ment would affect the Gay, Les-bian, and Bisexual Student Asso-ciation (GLB8A), which is pre-vented from releasing a member's list by its constitution. Delegate Sammy Webb ob-jected to the amendmentbecause he felt there would still be ways for people to find out who the group's members are. Webb pointed out that speak-ers in SLAare often identified in The Carolinian. Therfeore, the nameofanymemberfromGLBSA who spoke at SLA could become I believe last year we sent seven, ofhis veto at last week's meeting public knowledge. Class off94 celebrates Senior Day ushers UNCG students to alumni status By DANG. STUART auffWriter Seniors celebrated Senior Day Tuesday from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. at the Alumni House. The purpose of Senior Daywas to help studentsmake the transi-tion from being college students to alumni of the University. "Senior Day is our way of say-ing 'Congratulations, you are graduating. We look forward to seeing you as alumni'," said Brenda Cooper, the Executive Director of the Alumni Associa-tion. According to Cooper, it is an opportunity for seniors to tour and sse the Alumni House, learn about the Alumni Association, receive Alumni Association Mem-bership for half price, meet with Career Services CenterRepresen-tatives, andjoin the Spartan Club for free. It is also an opportunity for seniors to pick up caps and gowns, buy graduation announce-ments, and buy class rings. The Alumni House is a central meeting place for UNCG gradu-ates. It serves as a point of con-nection on campus for alumni. During Senior Day, seniors voted to fill various posts. Results ofthe election appear on page 2 of this issue of The Carolinian. SeniorDaybrought student* out to enjoy the weather, free food and, for those over 21, yeah — they got their cape and gowns, too. unusually i beer. And, oh. In Opinions: Minority Studies makes for a well-rounded student, page 4 -=- ] *
Object Description
Title | The Carolinian [March 24, 1994] |
Date | 1994-03-24 |
Editor/creator | Schwarzen, Christopher |
Subject headings |
University of North Carolina at Greensboro--Newspapers College student newspapers and periodicals-- North Carolina--Greensboro Student publications--North Carolina--Greensboro Student activities--North Carolina--History |
Place | Greensboro (N.C.) |
Description | The March 24, 1994, issue of The Carolinian, the student newspaper of The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. |
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Original format | Newspapers |
Original publisher | Greensboro, N.C. : The University of North Carolina at Greensboro |
Language | eng |
Contributing institution | Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries |
Publication | The Carolinian |
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Additional rights information | NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES. This item has been determined to be free of copyright restrictions in the United States. The user is responsible for determining actual copyright status for any reuse of the material. |
Object ID | 1994-03-24-carolinian |
Date digitized | 2011 |
Digital publisher | The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, University Libraries |
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Sponsor | Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation |
OCLC number | 871560461 |
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Title | Page 1 |
Full text | ■' . ■ . iiimiiepii \mmms*mmmmmm CLASSIFIEDS 15 Cornea 14 FEATURES 10 OPINIONS 4 PERSONALS 16 SPORTS 9 Three UNCG dance students bring you to "the Verge," page 10 Big South Conference files law* suit against Campbell, page 6 V est 1919 Volume 73, Number 21 The University of North Carolina at Greensboro Thursday.Mm*«4,m* JOHN JARMAN/CvWIalu Construction continues at the Jackson Library. The card catalog area is currently being renovated into a state-of-the-art computer information area. Student found dead in Ragsdale Autopsy inconclusive, medical reports may reveal cause ofdeath From itaff reports A 20-year-old UNCG student was found dead Sunday in her room in Ragsdale Residence Hall. AresidentofRagsdale, Aimee Erwin, a sophomore music ma-jor from Roanoks Rapids, was found in 108 Ragsdale byfriends around 1:30 p.m. that day. Friends ofErwin began to get worried when she had not re-turned calls or been seen since Friday and asked a Residence Advisor to check her room, ac-cording to Amy Byrd, a sopho-more in Mendenhall. Finding the doorunlocked, the residence assistant (RA) entered the room, only to find Erwin's body. A meeting held later that evening for residents in Ragsdale and Mendenhall an-nounced that there were no marks found on Erwin's body and that she had been fully clothed. Susan Terrell, the resi-dence director for Ragsdale, an-nounced at the meeting that Erwin might have had a heart condition, according to Byrd. According to the News & Record, there had been no signs ofany inflicted assault and fur-ther investigation waspending. The County Medical Exam-iner reported that immediate See Student, page 3 Budget reinstated after protest at SLA By SALLY THOMAS StaffWriter The Student Legislative As-sembly (SLA) overturned its prior decision to cut the International Students' Association (ISA) bud-get by 10 percent after approxi-mately 40ISA membersattended to protest the move. On February 15,SLAhadvoted to cut the ISA's budget for failure to send poll workers to the SLA referendum. SGPresident Michael Pearson vetoed the legislation because ISA claimed that ithad not been noti-fied to send poll workers for the referendum. Last week, the SLA delegates overturned Pearson's veto, thereby cutting ISA's budget ISA President Manish Jha spoke on behalf of the organiza-tion. TISA] has a history ofsending more poll workers than required. I n M ... We can ssnd people to your referendum, but we need some kind of notification," Jha said. He said that he felt SLA had violated its own constitution by not sending a notice to ISA at least two weeks before the refer-endum was to be held. "If we are supposed to follow the rules, shouldn't the mother body?" Jha said. ISA Vice President Channa Kurukulasuriya spoke on the impact of the budget cut. "The budgetcutmaybe only 10 percent, but it amounts to over $1,000, and with that money we doa hell ofa lot We, the students of ISA are passionate about pro-moting multi-culturalism. But thatcan't be done without funds," Kurukulasuriya said. Pearsoninformedthe delegates that he considered their overturn to be unconstitutional. He has referred the issue to Attorney General Steve Black. After debate, the SLA re-scinded the budget cut The delegates debated an amendment which would allow organizations to withhold their membership list from SG if it would be in the best interest of the members of the group. In particular, the new amend-ment would affect the Gay, Les-bian, and Bisexual Student Asso-ciation (GLB8A), which is pre-vented from releasing a member's list by its constitution. Delegate Sammy Webb ob-jected to the amendmentbecause he felt there would still be ways for people to find out who the group's members are. Webb pointed out that speak-ers in SLAare often identified in The Carolinian. Therfeore, the nameofanymemberfromGLBSA who spoke at SLA could become I believe last year we sent seven, ofhis veto at last week's meeting public knowledge. Class off94 celebrates Senior Day ushers UNCG students to alumni status By DANG. STUART auffWriter Seniors celebrated Senior Day Tuesday from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. at the Alumni House. The purpose of Senior Daywas to help studentsmake the transi-tion from being college students to alumni of the University. "Senior Day is our way of say-ing 'Congratulations, you are graduating. We look forward to seeing you as alumni'," said Brenda Cooper, the Executive Director of the Alumni Associa-tion. According to Cooper, it is an opportunity for seniors to tour and sse the Alumni House, learn about the Alumni Association, receive Alumni Association Mem-bership for half price, meet with Career Services CenterRepresen-tatives, andjoin the Spartan Club for free. It is also an opportunity for seniors to pick up caps and gowns, buy graduation announce-ments, and buy class rings. The Alumni House is a central meeting place for UNCG gradu-ates. It serves as a point of con-nection on campus for alumni. During Senior Day, seniors voted to fill various posts. Results ofthe election appear on page 2 of this issue of The Carolinian. SeniorDaybrought student* out to enjoy the weather, free food and, for those over 21, yeah — they got their cape and gowns, too. unusually i beer. And, oh. In Opinions: Minority Studies makes for a well-rounded student, page 4 -=- ] * |