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Issue 25,
Volume 76
UNCG gives helping hand in World AIDS Week
Natalie Watson
Senior News Writer
Sunday Dec. I marked the be-ginning
of World AIDS Week
19%, a week set aside to recog-nize
the threat of HIV/AIDS and
to educate the public on how has
affected our society. In conjunc-tion
with World AIDS Week,
UNCG Gay and Lesbian Bisexual
Students Association is sponsor-ing
a week of programs in an ef-fort
to create a greater awareness
of the impact of AIDS and HIV
on campus and in the surrounding
community.
The week kicked off with the
celebration of World AIDS Day on
Sunday, Dec. 1. World AIDS Day
is a time when both the nation and
the world take a day to educate
themselves, and reflect on the im-pact
of HIV/AIDS in our nation,
and world. A positive reflection of
the national day is reported by the
National AIDS Hotline. World
AIDS Day 1995 brought more
than five times the average num-ber
of calls to the hotline.
A candlelight AIDS vigil was
held on Monday Dec. 2 to remem-ber
those lost to AIDS.
After a brief service and invo-cation
in Curry Auditorium, 50 to
60 participants marched to the
fountain, where a list of those lost
to AIDS was read.
Bonnie Crouse is a member of
the Kernersville Welcoming Con-gregation,
a fellowship for Unitar-ians.
She gave the closing state-ment
at the vigil.
Jessica Stine, a UNCG senior
and Outreach Coordinator for
GLBSA, feels that the vigil was a
success. "About 50 to 60 people
came out which is less than what
we would have ideally liked but
we were pleased... we read about
30 names, and a lot of those names
were former UNCG students,
proving that this is a campus
problem...we were pleased to see
good community representation,"
said Stine.
Tawana Johnson, President of
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, felt
that the student participation was
important. "I think that it was im-portant
for us to come out and
show our support and to recognize
AIDS as a universal problem. A
lot of the time people are scared
and choose to ignore the problem.
I felt it was important that we
show that we do recognize the
problem, and are willing to sup-port
those afflicted."
The candlelight vigil was co-sponsored
by UNCG NAACP,
White Rabbit, and St. Mary's
House.
Other AIDS Awareness activi-ties
included the viewing of "Liv-ing
Proof in Jarrell Lecture Hall
Tuesday night.
The movie revealed aspects
Amanda Vetter, Jenna Lombardo and Kelly Lucey hold candles during a moment of silence at the AIDS vigil held Monday
night at UNCG. The vigil is just one of the many activities planned for World AIDS Week.
about the lives of those with HIV/ p.m. The event is free and open to
AIDS. In conjunction with the
other eye-opening experiences,
students and members of the
UNCG community were invited to
join a discussion-about the reality
of AIDS, an event that was co-sponsored
by the Triad Health
Project and S.T.A.R.
AIDS 101, an informational
session sponsored by the Wellness
Center, is being held in Joyner
Lounge of EUC on Thursday at 8
Clinton strategist
seeks to discredit
prosecutor Starr
Peter Baker
Times/Post News Sen ice
WASHINGTON-Clinton strategist
James Carville has launched a
public campaign to discredit Ken-neth
W. Starr, the independent
counsel pursuing the man Carville
helped put in the White House.
But Carville is not doing so on
the orders of the president. Nor is
President Clinton secretly encour-aging
him. And the president
couldn't stop Carville even if he
tried.
That, at least, is the official
White House line.
White House officials don't
seem all that unhappy about
Carville's plans to set up a grass-roots,
anti-Starr organization.
Clinton made perfectly clear Tues-day
he has no intention of calling
off his pit bull-like political con-sultant.
When asked if he would
talk to Carville about it. he an-swered:
"No."
That and other public remarks
by top aides in recent days have
been taken as nothing short of tacit
approval of the Carville counter-attack,
which will include cam-paign-
style newspaper advertise-ments,
fund-raising appeals and
opposition research.
See Starr, Page 3
the public.
AIDS week culiminates on Sat-urday,
beginning with the Triad
Health Project's Winter Walk for
AIDS at 8 a.m.
A benefit concert and drag show
is being held in Curry Auditorium
at 8 p.m., where a $1 minimum
donation is requested, with all pro-ceeds
benefiting AIDS research.
"It was important for UNCG as
a community to do something for
AIDS. AIDS is not just a gay - les-bian
thing. We wanted to do some-thing
to include everyone," said
Stine. "AIDS does not discrimi-nate.
Hopefully our activities ap-peal
to and will include everyone-emphasizing
AIDS as everyone's
problem, that's our goal."
"Pray for the Dead, Fight Like
Hell for the Living." This quote, a
favorite of Stine's.exemplifies
what she feels is the purpose of
AIDS Awareness Week.
Campus welcomes finalists to rally for director
Deanna McDonald
News Editor
The search for UNCG's new
Director of Public Safety and Po-lice
reaches near closure this week
as three final candidates visit cam-pus
for an intensive two-day in-terview
and observation schedule.
The finalists' agendas are
steeped in meetings with student
leaders, university officials and
UNCG administrators. Members
of a search committee have been
divided among sessions with the
candidates also.
The week began with two-day
stretches of each candidate's visit.
Mr. Bart Ingersoll of Newfield,
New York, was first to arrive for
the final stage of his interview pro-cess.
During his open forum session
in Elliot University Center on
Monday, Mr. Ingersoll was avail-able
to address concerns of stu-dents
and various committees, as
well as faculty. He emphasized the
importance of community aspects
within a campus. He spoke about
the need for strong relationships
within the structure in addition to
positive communication with
other communities, such as other
schools, residential areas and
neighboring police.
Weather
Outlook
Thursday:
Cloudy and chilly
High near 45
Low in the mid 30's
Friday:
Mostly sunny
High in the 50's
Source: National Occank and
Atmospheric Administration
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Ted Rivenbark
Ingersoll stressed "diplomacy
and sensitivity" as the key to
working out conflicts.
Of the University Police, he
said, "We're here to service your
needs, not dictate them." Ingersoll
continued by citing social prob-lems
and the special needs of stu-dents.
He stated, "There has to be
control over an institution by the
people who live there."
Mr. Ingersoll currently serves as
the Director of Public Safety at
State University of New York at
Oneonta. His prior experience lies
heavily with Cornell University,
where he gradually rose from
patrol officer in 1974 to deputy
director of operations until
1993.
A second open forum was
held Tuesday with candidate
Regina Lawson, who recog-nized
the importance of balance
among students and others on
campus. She spoke about the
role of university police as
"little diplomats" despite the
extent of their policing abilities.
Lawson also cited the need for
university officers to carry "the
human factor" in addition to ex-hibiting
extensive knowledge of
municipal law and campus law
Geoffrey GartnerrTHK CAROLINIAN ™d policies.
Bart Ingersoll While Lawson is the Chief of
Wake Forest University Police,
she also teaches law enforce-ment
classes for the North Caro-lina
Justice Academy.
Lawson said that if she is cho-sen
for the position at UNCG,
she wants to continue and add
| to the high level of interaction
between University Police and
other members of the commu-nity.
She will continue teaching
for the academy, an activity that
some people would like her to
carry over to UNCG.
"I'd be glad to do in-service
training," said Lawson. "It's
been suggested to me that I
could try to get involved with
I>to the campus criminal justice prq^
gram and speak about specific
areas."
Mr. Ted Rivenbark of Talla-hassee,
Florida, is a lieutenant
at Florida State University,
where he started in the position
of patrol officer 25 years ago.
Rivenbark's open forum ses-sion
will be held in Elliott Uni-versity
Center today at 3:00. He
is looking forward to the oppor-tunity
to meet with campus
members and told The Carolin-ian
that even though he just
arrived on campus, he had re-searched
UNCG. Rivenbark
gathers information about the
University and University Po-lice
from the web. He has gath-ered
statistics and valuable case
information from this source and
so has formed some preliminary
ideas about UNCG.
"I would like to see a campus
law enforcement program that is
pro-active and more involved with
students. Students, faculty and
safety committees can evaluate the
needs of campus, " said
Rivenbark, who added, "With my
experience, I have a lot to offer
UNCG. We have a lot of programs
at Florida State that have a lot to
do with interaction between the
students and University Police."
Rivenbark talked about a pro-gram
that he helped implement at
Florida State University, called
Adopt-A-Copp, six years ago. An
officer was assigned to a specific
residence hall so that if they need
someone they know an officer
personally. That program was
implemented at UNCG after Lt.
Warren of the UNCG police de-partment
visited Florida State
University and saw the program
in effect.
"Students are concerned with
safety and security; we deal with
that a lot at Florida State," said
Rivenbark.
According to Search Commit-tee
member Kevin Trieber, the
evening campus walk scheduled
tor each candidate is a great way
Geoffrey Gartner/THE CAROLINIAN
Regina Lawson
for the individual to make first-hand
observations of their own.
Ingersoll and Lawson have al-ready
made rounds on the Univer-sity,
although Rivenbark's walk
will start tonight at 8:30 p.m.
"The walk allows them to iden-tify
any special problems or chal-lenges
they see. whether it be
lighting or other safety concerns,"
stated Trieber.
The search process had been
lengthy and detailed. Last August,
a search committee consisting of
10 members was organized to se-
See Director, Page 3
Judge's ruling
legalizes same-sex
marriage in Hawaii
Susan Essoyan
Times/Post News Service
HONOLULU-Hawaii, known for
its progressive social streak, be-came
the first state in the nation
to legalize marriage between
same-sex couples Tuesday when
a judge ruled that banning such
unions is unjustified discrimina-tion.
"We hope to get married in the
next couple of days," said an
elated Joseph Melillc, who
brought suit with his partner,
Patrick Lagon, and two lesbian
couples. "It's a very strong deci-sion."
In his opinion, Hawaii Circuit
Judge Kevin S.C. Chang said that
the state had failed to prove it had
a compelling interest in prevent-ing
such marriages. He issued an
injunction to prevent the state De-partment
of Health from denying
licenses solely because applicants
are ofthe same sex, basing his rea-soning
on the equal protection
clause of the state constitution.
Deputy Attorney General Rick
J. Eichor, however, said no mar-riage
licenses will be issued im-mediately
because he will ask
Chang to suspend his decision
until it can be appealed to the state
supreme court. "We violently dis-agree
with it," he said.
"We'll, know in a few days
whether the licenses Will be is-sued,"
predicted plaintiffs' attor-ney
Daniel R. Foley. If the request
for a stay is denied by Chang and
the high court, "There's a very
good chance we would have same-sex
marriage this year."
Although the legal battle is far
from over, gay rights advocates
hailed Tuesday's decision as a
momentuous one.
"This is the first court in the
United States that has ever said it
is unconstitutional to deny gay
men and lesbians the right to
marry," said Matt Coles, director
of the Lesbian and Gay Rights
Project of the American Civil Lib-erties
Union.
"It's the first time a respected,
important institution has ... ac-knowledged
that lesbian and gay
relationships are functionally the
equivalent of heterosexual rela-tionships,"
he said.
Conservative opponents con-demned
the opinion as an outra-geous
example of a court thumb-ing
its nose at public opinion.
"This is a slap in the face of the
Hawaiian people and Americans
everywhere," said Robert H.
Knight, director of cultural stud-ies
at the Family Research Coun-cil
in Washington, D.C.
"Once again an activist judge
has flouted public opinion and a
perfectly reasonable law and im-posed
his own agenda," Knight
complained, predicting that the
court action will give new impe-tus
to efforts to bar recognition of
Hawaii same-sex marriages else-where
in the country.
Fears that Hawaii would legal-ize
same-sex marriage has
launched a wave of pre-emptive
legislation nationwide. The De-fense
of Marriage Act, signed by
President Clinton this year, denies
federal benefits to same-sex
couples and allows states to ignore
the unions.
Although polls show that Ha-waii
residents oppose gay mar-riages
by a 70 percent margin, the
See Marriage, Page 4