The Carolinian [November 4, 1997]

              FYI
UNCG music professor
selected for "Who's
Who in Entertainment"
Dr. Richard G. Cox, professor of mu-sic
at the University of North Carolina
at Greensboro, has been selected for in-clusion
in the latest edition of "Who's
Who in Entertainment."
The book contains profiles of individu-als
from a variety of entertainment fields.
Published by Marquis Who's Who in
New Providence, N.J., the volume is a
reference tool for journalists, research-ers,
educators and students.
A UNCG faculty member since 1960,
Cox directs the University Women's
Choir and the University Chamber Sing-ers.
He is the author of two books on
singing and is a former president of both
the state chapter and Southern division
of the American Choral Directors Asso-ciation.
In 1987, he received the Lara
Hoggard Award for his contributions to
choral music in North Carolina. In 1996,
he was honored with life membership in
the N.C. Music Educators Association.
Mathematical Sciences
department head to give
lecture November 6
Dr. Paul Duvall, head of the Depart-ment
of Mathematical Sciences at the
University of North Carolina at Greens-boro,
will give a lecture at 6:30 p.m. on
Thursday, Nov. 6.
The lecture, titled "Communications,
Cryptography and Mathematics." will be
in room 106 of the Bryan Building. It is
free and open to the public, and is spon-sored
by the Greensboro chapter of
Sigma Xi. the Scientific Research Soci-ety.
A reception will take place at 6 p.m.
The lecture will feature a non-techni-cal
overview of the role of mathematics
in designing secure communications and
a discussion of specific systems. Duvall
also will talk about some of the newer
mathematical ideas being used in cryp-tography.
Duvall has done research in fractal
geometry, topology and dynamics. Over
the past 27 years, he has worked with the
Department of Defense as a consultant
in the mathematics of cryptography and
communications. A UNCG faculty mem-ber
since 1986. he previously taught at
Oklahoma State University.
New playing fields to be
surrounded by 140 trees
When you look at the area where the
baseball field and Student Recreation
Area are being constructed along Walker
Avenue near Aycock Street, all you can
see now is a large, barren field. But by
next summer, not only will the playing
fields be defined, but they will be cov-ered
in green grass, and a total of 140
trees will be planted around the perim-eter
of the two fields.
The 140 trees will include 55 Willow
Oaks—each 14-16 feet high—that will
outline the boundary of both the Base-ball
Field and the Student Recreation
Area adjoining it. Not only will the Wil-low
Oaks be fairly tall initially, but as
they mature, they will groweven larger.
Other trees to be planted around the
Baseball Field and Student Recreation
area include the following: 22 Glory
Maples: 26 Leyland Cypress trees; and
21 Tulip Poplars. In addition, the small
Crape Myrtle trees that are now located
on the strip along Aycock Street between
Walker Avenue and Spring Garden Street
will be replaced with the 14- to 16-foot
Willow Oaks.
With the 140 trees to be planted around
the Baseball Field and Student Recre-ation
Area, plus the net gain of 112 new
trees to be planted in the Spring Garden
Streetscape project, Patrick said UNCG
will gain at least 250 new trees from these
two construction projects. In the Spring
Garden Streetscape project. Willow Oaks
will be planted along both sides of Spring
Garden. The Willow Oaks will be 22 to
26 feet high when planted and. as they
grow, they will form a canopy over
Spring Garden Street.
Both the Spring Garden Streetscape
and the Baseball Field and Student Rec-reation
Area projects will be completed
in the summer of 1998.
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Student government president reflects on first term
Natalie Watson
News Editor
In a recent request by the Carolinian
for reflections on her first term. Student
Government President Durenda Johnson
looked back on her term and offered this
response:
I feel quite good regarding all aspects
of my first term. As student body presi-dent,
you are the spokesperson for the
students of UNCG within the school and
externally in regards to the state.
I have personally spoken with Presi-dent
Molly C. Broad in regards to keep-ing
the Housekeepers on staff here at
UNCG . She thanked me for bringing
that concern to her and said that the
Chancellor had personally reiterated my
same sentiments in regards to the
outsourcing of the Housekeepers.
I have spoken directly to the Chair-man
of the Board of Governors C.
Cameron in regards to the student fees
at UNCG. He told me he knew that the
cost of student fees was a very big issue
at UNCG.
In regards to the university I have met
with some administrators over the sum-mer
and during this semester and they
have all been quite receptive to the stu-dent
concerns on this campus.
For example, after a University Plan-ning
Council meeting I spoke to Mr. Phil
Richman, V.C. for Business Affairs, in
regards to issues regarding the Mclver
Deck. He called a meeting within two
days and brought in all the necessary
persons in regards to the issue, and we
discussed it.
Our final conclusion was that no stu-dents
except the one case I presented to
him on that Wednesday morning were
reported to the Busi-ness
Affairs or Parking
Services.
The next day as well
as everyday I encour-age
students to report
any and all concerns
they have to that ser-vice.
If they do not re-spond
to you then or si-multaneously
let your
SGA know about it. I
can only advocate for
students to a certain extent.
I can go to a meeting and tell V.C.
Richman that a student reported to me
his/her car has been X by the construc-tion
project in Mclver Deck, but if that
student has no proof, i.e.. documentation
or pictures of the incident, how can we
make a change in our policy?
Changing the meeting time has been
one of the best decisions for the Student
Legislative Assembly this semester.
Delegates are no longer obligated to set
aside an additional day or time to meet
with their fellow delegates.
Instead we meet once a week, which
allows them to gather research and then
develop accurate resolutions based on
Durenda Johnson
their research of the situation.
The only problem I have seen is for
the students outside of SGA. They need
to be sure they understand they are wel-come
to SGA meetings and committee
meetings on Tuesdays.
We actually want
students to be a part of
the research because the
resolutions are made to
benefit the students.
I believe our decision
making has improved a
great deal with the new
meeting times. Del-egates
are taking mo-tions
brought up to the
assembly more seri-ously.
When they make
their decisions, they are
making them for the betterment of the
student body.
Also, we have had quorum at all of
our meetings thus far. There used to be
a time when we would get criticized for
not being able to meet due to lack of del-egates.
I believe the delegates feel pride
and purpose in what they are doing.
That pride and purpose stems from the
excellent leadership of the Vice President
Matthew McLean, and the Committee
Heads, and also delegates personal am-bitions
for the university.
Student participation has always been
a problem. I do not want to look at it as
a problem but as an opportunity for SGA
to continue to make resources available
to the students. Our meetings are open,
and we are looking into a radio talk show
thanks to the magnificent efforts of our
public relations chair Ryan Sullivan.
Also, into having our meetings video-taped
so that the students can know what
their SGA is doing for them.
All of these initiatives are our way of
letting the student body know we are
working for them. It is up to the stu-dents
to let us know if we are using the
right resources to get to them. If not.
PLEASE let us know!
The overall morale of the assembly is
high. Delegates come to every Tuesday's
meetings, the regular meetings as well
as the committee meetings, with excel-lent
debate and discussion on main mo-tions
or concerns brought to their atten-tion.
It invigorates people when they see
that the administration listens to them
and their concerns.
The passing of our resolution of the
extension of Library hours is an example
of this, although it infuriates delegates
when they are told the extension hours
do not pertain to the superlab because
that is not a part of the Library.
This kind of rhetoric makes the as-sembly
and me more aware of our need
to be more precise and clear with all fu-ture
resolutions.
SGA and the administration is well. I
have had an excellent response thus far
from
See SGA, Page 2
Take Back the Night march
helps students protest violence
Laddie Phanthalock
Staff Writer
He hit her because "he" didn't like her
tone of voice. He hit her because an-other
man would look at her. She be-lieved
that she loved him and took him
back every time. One day she realized
that it couldn't go on any longer because
she wanted to live.
Jackie Nelson, a survivor of domestic
violence, was one of the speakers for
Take Back The Night: A March Against
Violence last Thursday. Nelson. 38, said
that the only way to make a difference is
to talk about it.
Nelson is featured in a video called
"Any Day Now" about 16 survivors who
share their stories of domestic violence.
Erv Henry, director of professional
education with the Family & Children's
Services of Greater Greensboro, was an-other
guest speaker. Henry, 49, got in-volved
when she recognized abuse in her
students while she was tutoring math at
her son's school.
Henry said that "We can take a stand.
We have power as a community. We
won't tolerate family violence."
Blake Prelipp. 23. a senior soccer
player for the UNCG Spartans spoke on
behalf of all men who are against domes-tic
violence towards women.
After the rally adjourned, the crowd
of about 70 people marched from the
Elliott University Center through cam-pus
with candles lighted chanting "No
more rape, no more violence, no more
victims, no more silence!"
The candlelight vigil ended at the
fountain, making clear to draw attention
to the sexual assault and domestic vio-lence
issue.
The UNCG sexperts. a branch of the
Wellness Center and Student Health Ser-vices,
is an organization that raises
awareness about sexually-related topics.
They are the sponsors of Take Back The
Night. They also sponsor the Clothes-line
Project, held annually, which is an
international project designated for
drawing attention to violence against
women, children, and men everywhere
in order to promote Sexual Assault and
Domestic Violence month.
The T-shirts that were displayed on the
College Avenue lawn in front ofthe Jack-son
Library on campus were made to
support the victims of sexual assaults,
domestic violence, physical and mental
abuse, and assaults of any other kinds to
women, children, and men.
The T-shirts are a way to remember
and make others be aware of sexual as-saults
and domestic violence that are
going on around us.
The T-shirts are sponsored by the com-mittee
of the Wellness Center and Stu-dent
Health Services. They are free, and
anyone who knows of anyone that was a
victim of sexual assault or domestic vio-lence
can make a T-shirt in their memory.
Each shirt can tell you a lot about a
victim just by the ribbon and colors on
the shirt. A white ribbon is for women
and men who have died of violence com-mitted
against them by partners. A
purple or lavendar ribbon is for people
attacked because they are lesbian, gay,
or bisexual. A red. pink or orange rib-bon
is for people who have been raped
or sexually assaulted. A yellow or beige
ribbon is for people who have been bat-tered
or assaulted and a blue ribbon or
green ribbon indicates that the people are
survivors of incest or child sexual abuse.
The T-shirts were on display from Oct.
27-30.
UNCG historian publishes second edition of civil rights book
StaffReports
A second edition of "Running for Free-dom."
historian Dr. Steven F. Lawson's
book on the civil rights movement since
1941. has been published by McGraw-
Hill.
The 328-page book, subtitled "Civil
Rights and Black Politics in America
since 1941." has been updated on events
since 1989.
Lawson is a professor and head of the
Department of History at the University
of North Carolina at Greensboro.
"Running for Freedom" was first pub-lished
in 1991. Lawson calls his book
"an interpretive synthesis" which exam-ines
the freedom struggle and black po-litical
movement since the beginning of
World War II.
The book follows two tracks, the na-tional
movement and the local efforts,
and attempts to gauge and define the
connections between the two.
The book examines the development
of a black political movement that par-alleled
the civil rights struggle. In his
new edition. Lawson has added material
that covers developments since 1990.
Included are discussions of black lead-ers
Jesse Jackson, retired Gen. Colin
Powell and Nation of Islam Minister
Louis Farrakhan.
Other new sections address the con-firmation
hearing of U.S. Supreme Court
Justice Clarence Thomas, the Million
Man March, the Black Congressional
Caucus. Congressional redistricting, the
struggles of the NAACP and the O.J.
Simpson trial.
There is also an added section which
discusses the influence and political
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legacy of Malcolm X.
In his preface, Lawson writes, "Nev-ertheless,
as the twentieth century draws
to a close, the struggle for black politi-cal
advancement is in a more precarious
position than it was at the beginning of
the decade."
This second edition updates events in
the 1990s and discusses the increasingly
complicated state of black politics dur-ing
a period of heightening racial antago-nism,
attacks on affirmative action and
federal retrenchment of social welfare
measures. In it, Lawson has stated, "...
Taking stock of these developments, it
is perhaps truer today than when I wrote
in 1989 that black politics is primarily
concerned with running for freedom and
keeping hope alive."
Lawson joined the UNCG faculty in
1992. His area of specialization is 20th-century
American history, with empha-sis
on post-World War II events, politics
and civil rights. Previously, he taught for
20 years at the University of South
Florida in Tampa.
He is author of two other books,
"Black Ballots: Voting Rights in the
South, 1944-1969" and "In Pursuit of
Power: Southern Blacks and Electoral
Politics, 1965-1982."
He served as an adviser for "Eyes on
the Prize," the acclaimed documentary
on the civil rights movement aired by the
Public Broadcasting Service.
He has received fellowships from the
National Endowment for the Humanities,
the American Council of Learned Soci-eties
and the National Humanities Cen-ter.
He is a graduate of City College of
New York and holds the master's and
Ph.D. degrees from Columbia Univer-