The Carolinian [February 16, 1999]

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New stadium and Spartan unveiled
Ben I.edbetter Streel, convienient forthe
Sports Editor nearby neighborhoods and stu-
Unseasonably warm weather dents who are passing by.
brought a record crowd to "The new stadium benefits
watch the
deadication of
UNCGs new
Baseball Sta-dium
and logo
unveiling on
Friday.
Since the
event was free.
there was no
ticket count but
university offi-cials
estimated
a crowd of
1.853. the larg-est
turnout for
the Spartans,
who used to
play at War
Memorial Sta-dium,
the community and university
The stadium is located on hand in hand. It's an attractive
Walker Ave.. just off of Aycock place to bring children or
The new Spartan logo, which was designed
by 8ME Design of New York, was revealed to
the I'NC'Ci community last Friday.
friends to enjoy a game.'*, said
Sport's Information Director
Jeremy Agor. "It will be a
great opportunity for students
to do the same thing, to come
out and support the team
andshow some pride in some-thing."
Much pagentary made for a
festive mood among the spec-tators
present even with endur-ing
wind gusts through much
of the ceremony.
The preliminary addresses
under a tent set up inside the
stadium featured Chancellor
Patricia Sullivan. Student
Government President
Jonathan Buford. and Thomas
Sloan. Secretary of the Board
of Trustees. The University
Chorale furnished their own
version of "Take Me Out To
The Ball Game", after which
the ceremony culminated with
the unveiling of a sculpture on
the press box titled. "A Play At
the Plate".
Athletics Director Nelson
Bobb described it as a "comer-stone
piece of this facility".
The new logo which entails
a Spartan carrying a downward
pointing spear in one hand and
a shield with a large G in the
other. A new mascot was also
unveiled, carrying a spear and
a wide grin on his face.
"I hope it will give the stu-dents
something to center
around and come together on.
We really worked hard on put-ting
together the new logo and
we hope it will give the
studentss something to look
forward to". Buford said.
The new logo was created by
SME Design, a New York
firm, for $35. (XX). A commit-tee
consisting of students,
alumni, faculty, staff, and oth-ers
met for 21 months to col-laborate
on the new design.
The SME fee includes the
Located behind the press box is this sculpture entitled "A Play At
Home Rase."
main logo, secondary marks,
team uniforms, the mascot cos-tume,
and a new look for
Fleming Gym's floor. SME
has also provided designs for
UNC Chapel Hill. NC State.
University of Virginia,
Villanova. and Auburn. They
have also been consulted by
pro teams such as the Seattle
Mariners. Utah Jazz, and Jack-sonville
Jaeuars.
As far as naming the sta-dium.
Bobb said many people
have put effort into the stadium
. disclosing no immediate
plans to name it.
Most people stayed to watch
the baseball game against
George Washington, which
was cancelled after two rain
delays in the seventh with
UNCG trailing 8-3. The game
was resumed on Saturday.
President Clinton acquitted
Associated Pn M
WASHINGTON (AP)-
Michigan's senators split along
party lines on whether to re-move
President Clinton from
office. Sen. Spencer Abraham,
a Republican, voted for both
impeachment articles on Fri-day
while Sen. Carl Levin, a
Democrat, voted against both
articles. Both senators said it
was one of the most important
votes they have ever cast.
Abraham had the added dis-tinction
of voting first since his
name comes first as the roll is
called by alphabet.
Abraham said Clinton was
guilty of perjury and obstruc-tion
of justice in attempting to
cover up his affair with
Monica Lewinsky, the former
White House intern. Levin said
the House managers had failed
to prove their case.
I m p e a c h me n t
and removal should
be based on sturdier
foundations than the
heap of inferences
that have been placed
before us. when those
inferences are pieced
together from bits of
testimony of witnesses whose
direct, explicit testimony con-tradicts
the inferences." Levin
said.
Abraham, however, said the
evidence against the president
was "overwhelming."
"The law is easy to enforce
when it's popular. It's not easy
to enforce when it's not popu-lar.
But the law is
the law." Abraham
said.
The Senate
voted 55-45
against finding that
President Clinton
committed perjury,
with 10 Republi-cans
siding with all
45 Democrats. The Senate
voted 50-50 on whether
Clinton obstructed justice,
with five Republicans joining
the Democrats in voting
against the article. Clinton
would have been removed
from office if one of the ar-ticles
of impeachment gar-nered
a two-thirds majority.
The Senate also voted 56-43
against taking up a resolution
of censure against President
Clinton. Both Levin and
Abraham voted to consider
such a resolution. For weeks.
Levin and Sen. Dianne
Feinstein. D-Calif.. had been
actively involved in construct-ing
the wording for a censure
resolution.
Last week, the House moved
to restrain the congressional
inclination to pass laws in
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UNCG faculty member to
visit scholar in Berlin
With a childs heart
Gcofftt) Gartaer/THE CAROLINIAN
This past Sunday. February 14.1999. The Children* Art
Festival was held in Cone ballroom. Artwork created b>
children was on display.
StaffReports
Dr. William T Markham. a
professor of sociology at The
University of North Carolina
at Greensboro, will be a visit-ing
scholar at Humboldt Uni-versity
in Berlin. Germany
during the 1999-2000 aca-demic
year.
Markham will be at
Humboldt University Institute
for Social Science Research
where he will study German
environmental organizations
and compare them with envi-ronmental
organizations in the
United States.
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"The Germans have a repu-tation
worldw ide as
perhaps having been more
effective in dealing with their
environmental problems than
any other society." Markham
said about the focus of his re-search.
"One component that
might help to explain their suc-cess
might be stronger envi-ronmental
organizations."
Markham presented a paper
in Switzerland in July where
he compared Internet sites be-tween
German and American
environmental organiza-tions.
His work in Berlin will
allow him to read the history
of the German organizations
and the materials they use for
recruitment.
"The main thing I'm look-ing
at are the German equiva-lents
of American organiza-tions
like the Sierra Club and
the Audubon
Society." Markham said.
"I'm especially interested in
how these organizations moti-vate
people to join, sacrifice
their time and energy, and
make financial donations."
Markham joined the UNCG
faculty in 1980. He is the au-thor
of the books, "A
Consumer's Guide to Social
Research" and "The Evalua-tion
of Police Management
Training Programs."
His research has focused on
voluntary associations in the
U.S. and on women's employ-ment
issues. He has been a vis-iting
scholar at the Hogg Foun-dation
for Mental Health at the
University of Texas and at the
Center for Research on
Women at Wellesley College.
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