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MAR 78 APR 17006 INSIDE: Now Carolinian, New Column, New Events, New News Make the most of your UNCG experience. Keep up to date with the latest on campus events, be part of your university and help shape The Carolinian. PAGE 12 Senioritis is In Melissa Westmoreland laments her progressive senioritis as graduation approaches. PAGE 5 The Flying Anvil Greensboro's new music venue is set to open at the end of April. Here's a sneak peek of what to expect. PAGE 6 To New Beginnings The new UNCG 'Softball stadium officially opened Saturday. PAGE 9 PostSecret - Art or Therapy? Web Junkie takes a look at confession in the Internet age. What's your secret? PAGE 10 ON THE WEB www.carolinianonline.com DIRECTORY News 2-3, 12 Classifieds 2 Corrections 4 Opinions 4-5 A&E 6-7, 13 Sports 8-9 Life 10-11 CONTACT US lhe_caroliniiin@hohnail.coro PHONE: 336-334-5752 FAX: 336-334-3518 THE CAROLINIAN ESTABLISHED 1919 VOL LXXXVI ISSUE 25 '- J Q - - The 2006 Carolinian Student-Reader Survey Just tell us what you think, and you could $20 to spend at i mi i'i . win DETAILS ON PAGE 13 THEaronnian THE INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF UNCG www.carolinianonline.com Journalist Speaks Out about America's Anthony Ridge News Editor An African American man who has issues with Black History Month and is a multi-award winning journalist with "no sacred cows in his writing," packed-out the UNCG Elliott Uni-versity Center (EUC) Auditorium Monday evening, March 20. Pulitzer Prize winner Leonard Pitts Jr. was the main speaker for the Friends of the UNCG Libraries An-nual Dinner, which according to Ned Cline, the re-appointed chairperson of the Friends of UNCG Libraries, it was the most "outstanding turn-out" and the best they had ever had. The preliminary reception dinner in the Cone Ballroom saw the an-nouncement of the Friends of the UNCG Libraries new board mem-bers. Pitts said the dinner left him feeling as though he had shook hands with every single guest. The presenting sponsor of the eve-ning was Greensboro's very own pub-lication the News & Record, where Pitts has a syndicated column. Since 1976, Pitts has been writing profes-sionally as a freelance journalist and author. In May, 1999, his most recent book, Becoming a Dad: Black Men and the Journey of Fatherhood, was released. The evening speeches included UNCG Chancellor Patricia Sulli-van and Rosann Bazirjian who has been the university librarian for 18 months. Sullivan announced UNCG's new Racial Immaturity classification as a "High Research Ac-tivity University," which was received by applause from the audience. Sul-livan went on to publicize the new library and EUC connector; she said that it joins both the hub of UNCG's academic center and the hub of UNCG's activity center. Finally, Pitts was invited to the stand, where he said he was told he could talk about anything, but of course he had to give a plug for the Libraries. Over a rumble of audience laughter he said, "I spend many hours in libraries.. .1 would consider myself as a friend of libraries." And with more laughter he left it at that. It was clear from the outset that Pitts had chosen to talk about race. What was uncommon about his speech was his stance as an African American man on African American issues. Pitts said he has a problem with Black History Month and that Black history is American history, and it LUKASZ WITCZAK/THE CAROLINIAN Leonard Pitts, journalist, speaking in the EUC Auditorium for the annual Friends of the UNCG Libraries dinner. should be a bigger part of general education and curriculum, not segre-gated by devoting an entire month to it. Pitts continued to say he was tired of hearing about "Black American icons." "The people [African American icons] and their achievements didn't live in a bubble," said Pitts. By this Pitts was keen to only high-light truly great African Americans, although not as African Americans, but simply as Americans. Pitts said that the Truth and Reconciliation Commission was the only organiza-tion in the U.S. willing to have the "racial immaturity discussion," which is a discussion that Pitts is keen to bring into the public arena. Pitts was careful to point out that he wasn't trying to invalidate the atroci-ties that black men and women had suffered in the past at the hands of "white Christians," such as the trade of the body parts of black people and slavery. But he was keen for the anger of African Americans and the bond-age of guilt of white Americans to be lifted. "Black folks feeling righteous and angry - white folks feeling shamed," said Pitts, continuing to say that feel-ings of anger can feel good, as can "being the victim." Seeing guilt in another person feels good, but anger is a corrosive thing and we as people do not examine our own anger, Pitts said. SEE LEONARD PITTS PAGE TWO Six Men Swim for Their Lives, Only Two Survive Melissa Kurland Staff Writer This past week, six Banner Elk Fire Department men opted to go fishing for their Spring Break. On Wednes-day, March 15, they left on their 18- foot catamaran at approximately 12:30 in the afternoon. They set off the coast of Ocean Isle Beach and at 2:30 p.m. caught rough waters. As the winds became stronger, the men's boat capsized. Unable to make a suc-cessful mayday call, the men strapped themselves to the boat. As nightfall approached, the six men decided to attempt swimming back to shore. The water at that time was 58 degrees. According to the Brunswick Beacon, Ocean Isle Beach Police Chief Curt Pritchard reported that, "The men put on life jackets and tried to tie their shoe strings together to avoid being separated." Tragically, of the six men only two survived. Nathan "Griff" Lyerly, 22, a senior from Mooresville, Michael Shope, 21, a junior from Raleigh, Archibald "Arch" McFadyen, 20, a sophomore from Raleigh and Kevin Bell, 38, a resident from Banner Elk, were found the next day by the US Coast Guard. The three younger men were all stu-dents attending Lees McRae College in Banner Elk, NC. Bell was serving as Assistant Fire Chief under his father, Chief Mickey Bell. The news of the tragedy spread quickly, leaving the small town of Banner Elk in complete shock and dismay. Not only were a majority of the men college students, but they were also firefighters and rescuers as well. By the abundance of gratitude and regret shown from the many flowers, mourners, prayers, and tears shed, it is easy to see that these men were greatly loved and respected. Lees McRae hosted two services for their fallen heroes. On Monday, March 20 a prayer service was held, allowing their peers to bow their heads to grieve with one another in prayer as well as openly share their fond memories and reflections of their lost friends. One Lees McRae student remarked that the men were often perceived as "the big brothers on campus." On Wednesday, March 22, a me-morial service was held in the Hayes Auditorium. Two Banner Elk fire trucks hoisted their ladders high holding the Ameri-can flag. All other flags across town were lowered at half-staff. Candles lit up the stage where the podium was located for the speakers and in the middle of the candles lay the helmets of the four men. The mayor of Banner Elk, Ms. Deka Tate was one of the first to speak. She announced that the local brick maker had already made and laid the bricks in honor of the fallen men. On each brick are the men's names and call numbers and they are placed in the sidewalk in front of the Banner Elk Fire Department. A tearful Alan Bradford spoke in Bell's honor. "Kevin's life meant something. It meant something when a young girl stopped breathing and when a man went into cardiac arrest... because of Kevin, they are alive." SEE TWO SURVIVORS PAGE TWO UNCG UNIVERSITY RELATIONS Award winning Dr. Mark Smith-Soto of UNCG publishes new poetry. UNCG Professor Publishes a Second Poetry Collection Sarah Benedek Staff Writer Dr. Mark Smith-Soto moved to Greensboro thinking he would live here a year and has ended up staying for 30. "Astonishing," Dr. Smith-Soto says with a half-smile. "He looks so young." Dr. Smith-Soto has just published, through Main Street Rag Press, his second book of poetry entitled Any Second Now. His first book, he said, took 30 years to get published, but since he "[didn't] have anything bet-ter to do," he stuck with his craft. He has since won several awards for his work, poetry and plays alike, including a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship in creative writ-ing, first prize in the Randall Jarrell- Harperprints Poetry Competition, and he was one of ten winners in the 2003 Ten by Ten in the Triangle Competition. Dr. Smith-Soto, who says he learned a great deal of English by. reading Shakespearian plays, was born in Washington, DC but was raised until the age of eleven in Costa Rica where SEE SMITH S0T0 PAGE TWO
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Title | The Carolinian [March 28, 2006] |
Date | 2006-03-28 |
Editor/creator | Lowrance, Chris |
Subject headings | University of North Carolina at Greensboro--Newspapers;College student newspapers and periodicals-- North Carolina--Greensboro;Student publications--North Carolina--Greensboro;Student activities--North Carolina--History |
Place | Greensboro (N.C.) |
Description | The March 28, 2006, issue of The Carolinian, the student newspaper of The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. |
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Original publisher | Greensboro, N.C. : The University of North Carolina at Greensboro |
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Full text | MAR 78 APR 17006 INSIDE: Now Carolinian, New Column, New Events, New News Make the most of your UNCG experience. Keep up to date with the latest on campus events, be part of your university and help shape The Carolinian. PAGE 12 Senioritis is In Melissa Westmoreland laments her progressive senioritis as graduation approaches. PAGE 5 The Flying Anvil Greensboro's new music venue is set to open at the end of April. Here's a sneak peek of what to expect. PAGE 6 To New Beginnings The new UNCG 'Softball stadium officially opened Saturday. PAGE 9 PostSecret - Art or Therapy? Web Junkie takes a look at confession in the Internet age. What's your secret? PAGE 10 ON THE WEB www.carolinianonline.com DIRECTORY News 2-3, 12 Classifieds 2 Corrections 4 Opinions 4-5 A&E 6-7, 13 Sports 8-9 Life 10-11 CONTACT US lhe_caroliniiin@hohnail.coro PHONE: 336-334-5752 FAX: 336-334-3518 THE CAROLINIAN ESTABLISHED 1919 VOL LXXXVI ISSUE 25 '- J Q - - The 2006 Carolinian Student-Reader Survey Just tell us what you think, and you could $20 to spend at i mi i'i . win DETAILS ON PAGE 13 THEaronnian THE INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF UNCG www.carolinianonline.com Journalist Speaks Out about America's Anthony Ridge News Editor An African American man who has issues with Black History Month and is a multi-award winning journalist with "no sacred cows in his writing" packed-out the UNCG Elliott Uni-versity Center (EUC) Auditorium Monday evening, March 20. Pulitzer Prize winner Leonard Pitts Jr. was the main speaker for the Friends of the UNCG Libraries An-nual Dinner, which according to Ned Cline, the re-appointed chairperson of the Friends of UNCG Libraries, it was the most "outstanding turn-out" and the best they had ever had. The preliminary reception dinner in the Cone Ballroom saw the an-nouncement of the Friends of the UNCG Libraries new board mem-bers. Pitts said the dinner left him feeling as though he had shook hands with every single guest. The presenting sponsor of the eve-ning was Greensboro's very own pub-lication the News & Record, where Pitts has a syndicated column. Since 1976, Pitts has been writing profes-sionally as a freelance journalist and author. In May, 1999, his most recent book, Becoming a Dad: Black Men and the Journey of Fatherhood, was released. The evening speeches included UNCG Chancellor Patricia Sulli-van and Rosann Bazirjian who has been the university librarian for 18 months. Sullivan announced UNCG's new Racial Immaturity classification as a "High Research Ac-tivity University" which was received by applause from the audience. Sul-livan went on to publicize the new library and EUC connector; she said that it joins both the hub of UNCG's academic center and the hub of UNCG's activity center. Finally, Pitts was invited to the stand, where he said he was told he could talk about anything, but of course he had to give a plug for the Libraries. Over a rumble of audience laughter he said, "I spend many hours in libraries.. .1 would consider myself as a friend of libraries." And with more laughter he left it at that. It was clear from the outset that Pitts had chosen to talk about race. What was uncommon about his speech was his stance as an African American man on African American issues. Pitts said he has a problem with Black History Month and that Black history is American history, and it LUKASZ WITCZAK/THE CAROLINIAN Leonard Pitts, journalist, speaking in the EUC Auditorium for the annual Friends of the UNCG Libraries dinner. should be a bigger part of general education and curriculum, not segre-gated by devoting an entire month to it. Pitts continued to say he was tired of hearing about "Black American icons." "The people [African American icons] and their achievements didn't live in a bubble" said Pitts. By this Pitts was keen to only high-light truly great African Americans, although not as African Americans, but simply as Americans. Pitts said that the Truth and Reconciliation Commission was the only organiza-tion in the U.S. willing to have the "racial immaturity discussion" which is a discussion that Pitts is keen to bring into the public arena. Pitts was careful to point out that he wasn't trying to invalidate the atroci-ties that black men and women had suffered in the past at the hands of "white Christians" such as the trade of the body parts of black people and slavery. But he was keen for the anger of African Americans and the bond-age of guilt of white Americans to be lifted. "Black folks feeling righteous and angry - white folks feeling shamed" said Pitts, continuing to say that feel-ings of anger can feel good, as can "being the victim." Seeing guilt in another person feels good, but anger is a corrosive thing and we as people do not examine our own anger, Pitts said. SEE LEONARD PITTS PAGE TWO Six Men Swim for Their Lives, Only Two Survive Melissa Kurland Staff Writer This past week, six Banner Elk Fire Department men opted to go fishing for their Spring Break. On Wednes-day, March 15, they left on their 18- foot catamaran at approximately 12:30 in the afternoon. They set off the coast of Ocean Isle Beach and at 2:30 p.m. caught rough waters. As the winds became stronger, the men's boat capsized. Unable to make a suc-cessful mayday call, the men strapped themselves to the boat. As nightfall approached, the six men decided to attempt swimming back to shore. The water at that time was 58 degrees. According to the Brunswick Beacon, Ocean Isle Beach Police Chief Curt Pritchard reported that, "The men put on life jackets and tried to tie their shoe strings together to avoid being separated." Tragically, of the six men only two survived. Nathan "Griff" Lyerly, 22, a senior from Mooresville, Michael Shope, 21, a junior from Raleigh, Archibald "Arch" McFadyen, 20, a sophomore from Raleigh and Kevin Bell, 38, a resident from Banner Elk, were found the next day by the US Coast Guard. The three younger men were all stu-dents attending Lees McRae College in Banner Elk, NC. Bell was serving as Assistant Fire Chief under his father, Chief Mickey Bell. The news of the tragedy spread quickly, leaving the small town of Banner Elk in complete shock and dismay. Not only were a majority of the men college students, but they were also firefighters and rescuers as well. By the abundance of gratitude and regret shown from the many flowers, mourners, prayers, and tears shed, it is easy to see that these men were greatly loved and respected. Lees McRae hosted two services for their fallen heroes. On Monday, March 20 a prayer service was held, allowing their peers to bow their heads to grieve with one another in prayer as well as openly share their fond memories and reflections of their lost friends. One Lees McRae student remarked that the men were often perceived as "the big brothers on campus." On Wednesday, March 22, a me-morial service was held in the Hayes Auditorium. Two Banner Elk fire trucks hoisted their ladders high holding the Ameri-can flag. All other flags across town were lowered at half-staff. Candles lit up the stage where the podium was located for the speakers and in the middle of the candles lay the helmets of the four men. The mayor of Banner Elk, Ms. Deka Tate was one of the first to speak. She announced that the local brick maker had already made and laid the bricks in honor of the fallen men. On each brick are the men's names and call numbers and they are placed in the sidewalk in front of the Banner Elk Fire Department. A tearful Alan Bradford spoke in Bell's honor. "Kevin's life meant something. It meant something when a young girl stopped breathing and when a man went into cardiac arrest... because of Kevin, they are alive." SEE TWO SURVIVORS PAGE TWO UNCG UNIVERSITY RELATIONS Award winning Dr. Mark Smith-Soto of UNCG publishes new poetry. UNCG Professor Publishes a Second Poetry Collection Sarah Benedek Staff Writer Dr. Mark Smith-Soto moved to Greensboro thinking he would live here a year and has ended up staying for 30. "Astonishing" Dr. Smith-Soto says with a half-smile. "He looks so young." Dr. Smith-Soto has just published, through Main Street Rag Press, his second book of poetry entitled Any Second Now. His first book, he said, took 30 years to get published, but since he "[didn't] have anything bet-ter to do" he stuck with his craft. He has since won several awards for his work, poetry and plays alike, including a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship in creative writ-ing, first prize in the Randall Jarrell- Harperprints Poetry Competition, and he was one of ten winners in the 2003 Ten by Ten in the Triangle Competition. Dr. Smith-Soto, who says he learned a great deal of English by. reading Shakespearian plays, was born in Washington, DC but was raised until the age of eleven in Costa Rica where SEE SMITH S0T0 PAGE TWO |