The Carolinian [September 7, 2010]

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The Student Newspaper of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro- Founded 1919
Greensboro, NC I Vol. XCI, No. 3 Carolinianonline. com September 7 - September 13, 2010
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Reconstruction of -HES
and HHP departments
sparks ~ ~Q~ntroversy
James Nichols
News Editor ·
In a recent announcement
by Chancell9r Linda Brady,
the department' of Human En­vironmental
Sciences will be
combined with the department
of Health and -.Human Perfor­mance
into a solitary school.
·The mergin&. of the two pro­grams
is causing unrest among
many faculty and students who
fear the impact on their specif­ic
areas of study. Last Wednes­day,
a demonstration took pace
outside of the Faculty Senate
meeting in protest of the forced
merger of the two departments.
At the Faculty Senate meet­ing,
Provost David Per·ri~
made a presentation regard­ing
what is being labeled as
"reconstructing." Within this
presentation, Perrin discussed
the rationale and focus for the
reconstruction · as_ well as the
process. One ofthe three main
focuses he listed stated a "re­organization
that would create
a single academic unit around
strengths in health and human
development."
The HHP department en­compasses
majors such as Ki­nesiology
and Public Health.
The HES department houses
many liberal arts majors such
as Interior Architecture and
Consumer Apparel Retail
studies, majors some fear will
become overshadowed in the
face of this reconstruction.
Cha"" ncellor Brady stated ~'the
proposed restructuring is not
intended to eliminate any de­partments
or majors?' How­ever,
some still see this move
as illustrative of society's, not
merely UNCG's, continual pro­gression
into a science-focused
culture. "''m okay with it as
long as this isn't a first step to
cutting any majors;' said Senior
Consumer Apparel and Retail
studies major Miri Han. "How­ever,
from the rumors going
around my department I don't
know if that'll end up being the
case."
"What I'm thinking is th~t
this combination appears scary
because were going through
hard times economically, this
appears to be a negative thing;'
said Student Body President
Katie Marshall. "When an
educative approach is taken
towards a topic you can see
the I benefits from it: a stron­ger
•a .ademic core of incoming
studttnts:' Marshall also com­mented
that UNCG needs to
maintain the academic quality
of the education its students
receive in the future despite the
bad economy. "This transition
can do that. While I can see
the large error in potential mis­communication
between fac­ulty
and staff, that served only
as a learning experience for the
school for the next time a big
change happens:'
SEE RECONSTRUCTION, PAGE 2
Students march to raise ·
awareness about sexual
violence
Shonte Hodnett
Staff Writer
"We have the power, we have
the right, the streets are ours,
take back the night; 2-4-6-8, no
more violence, no more rape;
whatever I wear, wherever I go,
yes means yes, and no means
NO!" These are just some of the
chants that rang loud and clear
during the Take Back the Night
march and rally last Wednesday
night on the UNCG Campus.
The Take Back the Night foun­dation
hosts rallies and marches
worldwide to raise awareness
and speak out against sexual
abuse and violence. Students,
faculty members, and local par­ticipants
marched a one mile
course around the campus, start­ing
from the fountain and trek-
SHONTE HODNETT/THE CAROLINIAN
king down Grey drive towards
the Student Health Center, turn­ing
right to hike through the
high rise dorm area, going north
on College Avenue, onto Spring
Garden, past the EUC, and back
to the fountain. Many people
observed the large crowd of fifty
plus participants and some by­standers
even decided to join the
movement. UNCG, for the past
12 years, has hosted this march
and rally, sponsored by Student
Health Services and Alpha Chi
Omega this year. For over 30
years, women have been taking
a stand and speaking out against
sexual violence under the ban­ner
of Take Back the Night. In
SEE MARCH, PAGE 2