The Carolinian [February 4, 2002]

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THE CAROLINIAN
The student newspaper of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro since 1919
Music
Monopoly?
Many students say
access to University
venues too exclusive
Kevin Harvey
Senior Writer
Some of UNCG's
most creative students say
they're having trouble find-ing
places to perform on
campus because administra-tion
officials won't book
them.
Several student musi-cians
and artists have com-plained
recently about the
availability of University
facilities for student-run pro-ductions.
"I've been trying to
put things on at the school
ever since I've gone here,"
said Nate Weida, a music
composition major. "If you
are a student and want to per-form
a work of your own,
you are the last person to get
[facilities]."
Weida composed The
New Hopeville Comics, a
musical that debuted last
November at Guilford
College's Dana Auditorium.
Weida also composed
Exposure and Commander
Squish, both original produc-tions
that debuted at the
UNCG School of Music
recital hall.
"If I wanted to use the
UNCG recital hall, I had to
lie," said Weida. "I told them
I was a graduate student and
[Commander Squish] was for
a grade. I didn't get any help
from faculty or administra-tion.
You have to lie and
cheat and steal to get what
you want."
"It seems they are
more open to other organiza-tions,"
says Dave Parnell, a
senior in the School of
Music. "Basically, if you're
not classical, you're at the
bottom of the barrel in trying
to get performance areas."
"I tried to get [The
New Hopeville Comics] into
Taylor Theater," said Weida.
"I waited for a year to just get
to the head of the line. They
said go to Aycock. I talked to
them and waited for 8
months. They still turned me
down after telling me that I
could have it, but they would-n't
give me a date. If they
could give me a date, it
would be something like
$800 an hour."
According to Taylor
theater manager Jody
Cauthen it is "not possible"
See Campus Booking, page 8
Kevin Norris, The Carolinian
V SGA denounces 'Crimes Against Nature9
In a controversial vote, SGA unanimously condemns felony charges aimed
at homosexuals
Joe Wilbur
Editor-in-Chief
The SGA passed a for-mal
resolution this week con-demning
North Carolina's
"Crimes Against Nature"
statute, which punishes homo-sexuality
as a felony.
"What a man or woman
does in their bedroom is their
own business," said SGA par-liamentarian
John Rouse,
author of the resolution. "If it's
consensual then it's not the
state's business and they
shouldn't be charged for it."
The resolution came
in reaction to the November
arrest of UNCG freshmen
Christy Thigpen and Anthony
Harvath for prostitution .
While Thigpen faces a misde-meanor
charge Harvath is
facing the felony charge of
"Crimes Against Nature" for
having had sexual relations
with another man.
"I think it's high time
we said something about this.
"What a man or woman does in their bedroom is their own business," said SGA parliamentarian John Kouse. author
of the controversial resolution. Rouse's resolution, passed unanimously, opposes 'Crimes Against Nature' laws
specifically targeting homosexuals.
President speaks in Winston-Salem
Joe Wilbur
Editor-in-Chief
President George W.
Bush hit Winston Salem
Wednesday, recapping his
State of the Union address
for an excited crowd at the
Lawrence Joel Veterans
Memorial Coliseum.
Bush touched on vol-unteerism
and mending the
economy in his speech, but
got the wildest applause
when turning to investing in
the military and combating
terrorism.
"History has called us
to action, and action we will
take," Bush told the crowd,
eliciting a loud cheer.
The enthusiastic
crowd mirrored Bush's recep-tion
by Congress during his
State of the Union address,
giving the President 5 stand-ing
ovations in just over a
half an hour. The speech was
broadcast live on CNN.
Before his speech
Bush met with Winston-
Salem police, fire and res-cue
workers and praised
them for their work in cre-ating
a local defense strate-gy
against terrorism.
The trip to Winston
Salem was Bush's first to the
Triad since his campaign for
the presidency, and he used it
to kick off his two-day tour
See Bush, page 8
President Bush at Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum.
Jocelyn Elders speaks at Ayock Auditorium
Former Surgeon General stresses education, health care,
Liz Fit/pat rick
Senior Writer
Former Surgeon
General Dr.Jocelyn Elders
spoke last Wednesday at
Aycock Auditorium for
UNCG's 16th annual Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr. cele-bration.
The UNCG Office of
Multicultural Affairs spon-sored
the event, which fol-lowed
a student candlelight
march from the Atrium to
Aycock.
rv
Elders focused on education
and personal responsibility,
but she also spoke openly
about family planning ,
healthcare and Dr. King's
mission.
"The Dr. Martin cele-bration
to me is not about his
birthday," said Elders. "It's
about the principles that he
stood for, and I feel that we
are still changing, and we're
still trying to recreate that
legacy and go back to the
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family planning
dream. But we have to wake
up and turn dreams into reali-ties
because dreams are things
we have when we're asleep,
and so for me, this day is a
day that I can go back and
revitalize this dream: as
myself, 'How far have we
come? Where are we? Where
do we need to go, and how do
we get there from here?'"
Elders also stressed
the importance of education
and free thought.
See EMers, page 2
as the SGA," said Rouse.
The resolution .which
urges the NC General
Assembly to change all laws
that discriminate on the basis
of sexual orientation, was
seen by m any as long over-due.
Almost immediately
after the arrest several organi-zations
- including PRIDE,
The Carolinian, the
Residential College at Mary
Foust and Residence Hall
Association - came out
against the statute. The SGA
remained silent.
"We had problems
with our structure last semes-ter,"
said SGA vice president
Carisa Stanley. "We couldn't
get anything done without first
fixing our foundation. But
now I feel like we're really
accomplishing something and
holding ourselves account-able."
Bickering and ineffi-ciency
in last semester's SGA
kept the group from even dis-cussing
the Harvath case.
See SGA, page 9
Fencing Club,
University end
equipment
sharing
Stephen Cook
Staff Writer
The department of Exercise
and Sports Science will soon
pack its fencing equipment
into storage because there is
no fencing instructor at
UNCG.
Stowing the gear will
end a longstanding equipment
sharing relationship between
the ESS department and the
UNCG fencing club.
Dr. Sally Robinson, a
graduate of UNCG, taught
fencing at UNCG from 1976
until 1998 when she retired.
Since Robinson
retired as an instructor in the
ESS department, finding a
qualified fencing instructor
has been difficult and fencing
classes have been sporadic.
"We've been in a kind
of three year being nice to
club period," said Robinson.
"I knew the day would
come when we would have to
part ways in terms of equip-ment,"
said Dr. John Richards
of the ESS department.
Robinson has met
with Dr. Richards of the ESS
department to discuss when
the department plans to put its
equipment into storage.
"We met to see what
equipment would be available
in the spring," said Robinson.
"He said we could
have it up until spring break,
so students could get their
first eight week lessons in;
which is a good start," said
See fencing, page 2
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