The Carolinian [March 14, 2006]

              IN THIS ISSUE
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UNCG and local
events.
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GRADUATION
CONTEMPLATION
Garon Anders is graduating
- and feels Commencment
would add nothing to his
college experience.
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DOUO HAMILTON
1963-2006
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LIVE ALBUM TEACHES
OLD SONGS NEW
TRICKS
Jason Walsh reviews the
new, live Eels album.
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"V FOR VENDETTA"
...MINU8 ALAN MOORE
The Wachowski Brothers
return...this time with a
comic book adaptation.
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DIRECTORY
News 2,3,12
Classifieds 2
Opinions 4
A&E 6,13
Sports 8
Life 10
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THE CAROLINIAN
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UNCG Ranked Amongst Top
Value National Universities
Allison Carroll
Staff Writer
Kiplinger's Personal Finance voted
the University of North Carolina at
Greensboro 75th out of 100 four-year
public universities and colleges for
the best value.
According to Kiplinger, the total
cost for an in-state student's tuition as
of 2006 was $10,503 and out-of-state
costs for 2006 were $21,771. These
costs include tuition, room, board,
fees and books.
In the January 10 edition of
Kiplinger's magazine, they consid-ered
SAT scores, admission rates,
cost, financial aid, freshman retention
rates, graduation rates, and student-faculty
ratios. They also evaluated
the information from 500 other col-leges
in the United States in order to
compile this list.
Of the other four-year public uni-versities
and colleges in North
Carolina, UNC Chapel Hill, North
Carolina State, UNC Wilmington,
Appalachian State University, and
UNC Asheville were also voted onto
the 'most bang for your buck' list
UNCG was ranked last out of the
six total UNC system institutions on
the list - however, it is the universi-ty's
first appearance, so there is time
for improvement.
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UNCG: a value institution according to Kiplinger's Personal Finance.
Drunk Driving Statistics:
Does UNCG Have a
Drinking Problem?
Sarah Benedek
Staff Writer
Drunk drivers kill one person every
30 seconds. The Mothers Against
Drunk Driving (MADD) website,
http://www.madd.org, states that in
2004, there were 1,557 alcohol-relat-ed
deaths in North Carolina In
January of 2006, Greensboro police
reported 70 DWI arrests in the city.
A search for "drunk driving" or
"DWI" on Google pulls up numerous
law firms that employ lawyers to
work especially on cases involving
driving under the influence. So far
this academic year, there have been
more than 90 arrests made on or
around the UNCG campus.
What do these statistics mean to
UNCG students? The reactions are
mixed. Some students aren't the least
bit surprised at the numbers, even the
numbers of arrests at UNCG, while
others reacted in disbelief.
"That's a lot," commented one stu-dent,
Lindsay. "I guess that means
the police are watching really care-fully.
Or else there are a lot more and
they just aren't getting caught."
The majority of arrests that have
been made have involved UNCG stu-dents.
According to the UNCG
Police website, 15 of these arrests
have involved a student under the age
of 21 driving while impaired. In the
state of North Carolina, a state that
has a "zero tolerance" policy, any
person under the age of 21 that is
caught with a blood alcohol count of
higher than 0.0 can be arrested.
These arrests, made almost exclu-sively
on UNCG's campus, have stu-dents
feeling concerned.
"People under 21 shouldn't be
drinking. And no one should be driv-ing
after they've been drinking.
There are people walking all around
this campus at all hours. [The drunk
drivers] could hit someone. That's
just stupid," said another UNCG stu-dent
who is in her second year as a
senior. Her statement exemplifies the
feelings of many students inter-viewed.
The most common responses to
their thoughts on drunk driving were,
"That's just stupid!" "People who
drive drunk are just dumb." And a
number of the students actually knew
someone who had been involved in
an accident involving a drunk driver.
Interestingly, there are many vary-ing
viewpoints on what exactly con-stitutes
"drunk driving."
Some people feel that driving after
consuming any amount of alcohol
could be considered drunk driving,
while others feel that as long as a per-son
feels like they can drive, they
probably can. In North Carolina, the
legal blood alcohol limit is 0.08,
which is the equivalent of approxi-mately
three drinks. However,
according to the MADD website, a
BAC of even 0.02 can significantly
impair one's judgment.
"I can have five beers and feel
fine," said one UNCG male. "It all
depends on, you know, who you are.
Girls usually can't hold their alcohol
very well, so 1 don't think I'd get into
a car with [a woman | who'd had more
than one."
Students are also divided on the
issue of what constitutes a designated
driver. Some people feel that they
would trust their driver as long as
said driver had had fewer than two
drinks. Others feel that as long as the
driver feels like they can drive,
they're probably fine.
"I can tell when I'm too drunk to
drive," said another student, a female
freshman. "If I can't see really clear,
then I know I shouldn't be driving."
Most arrests reported on the police
website took place between the hours
of midnight and 4 a.m., with most of
them occurring between the hours of
2 a.m. and 3 am. However, there are
the few odd instances where drunk
drivers are caught before midnight.
11 pf the reported detainments
occurred before midnight, one even
happening on Tate Street at 4:20 in
the afternoon. Lindsay had a com-ment
for this as well:
"That's scary. There are tons of
people on the road, you know, walk-ing
around during the afternoon.
Even before midnight, there are tons
of people still out. I know I don't go
to bed until two or three, and most
nights, I go down to Tate Street, to
New York Pizza or something."
Most of the arrests taking place
before midnight occurred between 11
p.m. and 12 a.m.
Although most students are against
driving after drinking in general, a
few don't think it's that big of a deal.
"Sure, I drive after I've been drink-ing,"
said another male student. "I go
to these parties ... there's never peo-ple
there who are sober. Never.
Pretty much, you're a pansy if you sit
around with no alcohol at a party.
That's what they're for. Getting wast-ed.
So you're not gonna find some-one
to drive you home. At least, you
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Bryan
School
to Host
Foreign
Policy
Lecture
Series
Janine Camara
Staff Writer
"Business is global now," said
Rodney Ouzts, Administrative
Coordinator for the Center for Global
Business Education and Research.
"We need to know what's going on in
the world politically, socially, and
from all different stand points,
because it all intertwines.
"Dr. [Riad Ajami), who is the fac-ulty
director of the series...was able
to take this series...tweak it, and
make it something that would be of
interest to MBA students," said
Ouzts.
In the face of a rapidly changing
global economy Dr. Riad Ajami,
director of the Center, has established
a lecture series entitled "America in
the Global Economy."
The series is sponsored in conjunc-tion
with the Foreign Policy
Association (FPA), a non-profit
organization that works to increase
public consciousness about foreign
issues. The lectures, which will give
MBA students the opportunity to earn
class credit, are a part of the FPA's
nationally syndicated 'Great
Decision' series. UNCG serves as the
designated site of the series for the
Triad area. The Center will charge
MBA students and the general public
a fee of $30 to participate. The fee
includes the cost of the textbook.
MBA students are also required to
write a paper to receive academic
credit for their attendance.
The topics for the current series
will range from an exploration into
the recent economic vitality of Brazil
to an introspective lecture by Dr.
Ajami himself on the effect of poten-tial
world powers like China on oil
use throughout the world.
Some of the speakers participating
in the 'Great Decision' series will
include Dr. Wendy Wolford,
Assistant Professor from UNC-Chapel
Hill. Dr. Jalil Roshandel - a
Visiting Assistant Professor from
Duke University, and Jason Goddard,
Assistant Vice-President of Wachovia
Bank and a Lecturer in the Business
School.
The presentations, which will
occur every Thursday from 6:30 p.m.
to 8:45 p.m., are not a first for
UNCG.
"We normally have about 75 par-ticipants;
the limit for MBA students
is 40 students. We have [had] a lot of
international students who attend;
they're very interested in learning.
Sometimes you hear from a student
from Spain, and you hear from an
American student, so it's a nice dis-cussion,"
said Ouzts.
The classes consist of a lecture
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