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Technician North Carolina State University’s Student Newspaper Since 1920 Volume LXll, Number 19 Monday, October 12, 1&1 Raleigh, North Carolina Phone 737-2411,-2412 Bomb threat prompts evacuation at Meredith show by Terri Thornton At 3:45pm. the police and security Hankins said that security officers in Jones Auditorium. and that it was audience applauded and then was seriously.“ Martin said. Writer officers had searched the auditorium ' were standing outside her office when in protest of Sadat's death." Hankins evacuated. Meredith's Dean Alan Burris said. and the adjoining Wainwright Music the man called. “It sounded like he had said. Kathy Hoffarth. who received “I suppose you just get conditioned to The cast. crew and audience of Building and found no bomb. The pro . written a speech out on paper and was orders from campus security to turn this kind of thing." Meredith's production of Once Upon a duction went on. reading it to me," she said. "I'hung up before he did." she said. off the lights. said "i thought they There were no government officials Mattress stood outside Jones Meredith switchboard operator She said she really wasn‘t listening “I know i shouldn't have hung up on would stop but they kept on singing." present at the performance. according Auditorium 3 p.m. Sunday. chatting Sharon Hankins said she received a at first. but when he began talking him but I was really scared." Several minutes after the evacua- to Martin. and no one could account and laughing. while Raleigh police and call around 2:15 p.m. from a man with about Sadat's death and a bomb in Technical director of the play. John tion. some children and cast members for the caller's reasoning in connecting Meredith College security officers a foreign accent saying there was a Jones auditorium. she realized he was Martin. said that after the call came. stood on the steps of the auditorium Sadat's death with Meredith's play. searched for a bomb reportedly set to bomb planted in Jones Auditorium “serious about what he was saying." stage power was turned off. the cast and talked. “In a sick mind anything can be explode at 3:80 p.m. that-would explode at 3:30 p.m. “i think he said ‘we' planted a bomb finished the number it was doing. the "I don't think they're taking it that related." Burris said. University historian Fee-increase committee puts final touches looks into possible on State history book student fee increase by Mary Durham ing Lockmiller's book. "it's a good Staff Writer place to begin." Since Lockmiller's book only by Ethan Khalil crease is relatively small and can do Thomas H. Kearny. historian for covers State's history up to the Staff Writer the same for the budget as the last in- State's Foundations and Develop 1980s. Kearny's book will greatly crease did. ment. is finishing a book about the expand on the work. He said the Student Center current history of State which will be Kearny said the attitudes and A committee formed by the Student ly receives 838.45 per person for the available to the public in the spr~ habits of students attending State Center's board of directors to look into fall and spring semesters and $16 per ing..The book willcover aspects of has changed significantly. the possibility of increasing student person for the summer sessions. State dating back to 1889. when the “In the early days. the school fees will probably ask for a fee in- “Currently there is $1,800,000 in the University first opened. Kearny was run like a military institution." crease. according to Lee McDonald. Student Union budget." he said. “At hopes the book will generate an in- Kearny said. “The students were assistant to the Student Center presi- least $150,000 more is needed this terest in State and familiarize peo much more disciplined." dent. year (1981-82) alone." ple with State's background. i The committee, formed at the McDonald said inflation is the main “You can’t know who you are For instance. the students were beginning of the semester. will take reason for the need to increase the unless you know where you came in a platoon-like atmosphere with its findings back to the board of direc- budget. He said since the last fee in- from." Kearny said. He hopes to commanding officers. Also. women tors Oct. 28. crease in 1978. the rate ofinflation will free people from their ignorance were not able to receive degrees “The fee'increase is a necessity if have risen 44.4 percent by 1983. about State by answering ques _il_nt_iLlong after State—opened. the Student Union is to keep up with The board's committee will meet tions such as “Who is Alexander Attendance at State has grown inflation." McDonald said. “The last with the board of directors Oct. 28 in Holliday and what does he have to from 72 students when the school fee increase turned a deficit into a room 4126 of the Student Center. do with me?" Holliday was the first began in 1889 to the present surplus.” Students are welcome to attend. president of State and the first 20.000-plus students enrolled. McDonald said the possible fee in- McDonald said. building on State's campus. Holli- State. which began as an day Hall. was named after him. agriculture school. has expanded to Kearny’s book. a three year. nine schools. The most recent to 805.000 project is funded by the start giving degrees is the School Students complain NCBU‘ Aluiiihi Association and offiumnitles and Social Sciences . State's Foundations and Develop- which began in 1961. ment. The endeavor is headed by Although the only author of the the University committee on in- project. Kearny has found stitutional and historical com- assistants such as Alice Reagan about local transients memoration which selected Kearny and Alan Downs very helpful in to be the author through an applica- compiling the book which should be tion process. published in the spring. The main by Karen Freltas pass out on a park bench or near a Kearny's background includes information source for his book has street. Sometimes they will even hurt having been a history professor been the relatively unknown Staff Writer themselves for an ambulance to take here for eight years. Furthermore. University archives. The archives. Editor’s note: this is the fourth in a them to a hospital for care - all at the he received his bachelor of arts which contains information and series of articles dealing with taxpayers’ expense." _ degree at Wake Forest and attend- displays about the University. is Hillsborough Street transients Various students and residents are ed graduate school at UNC—Chspel located in the basement of the concerned about the transients as well Hill. library. M.E. Valentine. owner of Valentine as Valentine. One student. Tom Kearny hopes his book will fulfill “Not everyone realizes that the Construction and Realty. is continuing Goudey. said some transients will get the need of a historical account of University has an archivist and in- his efforts to get rid oftransients from obscene when someone refuses to give State. in 1939 Dr. David Lockmiller formation available of that kind." Hillsborough Street. them money. published his History of the North Kearny said. “The only thing that I am trying to “I live off Hillsborough Street and Carolina State College. which was Hopefully people will read Kear- do is make the people who live and they would actually come in my house ewe. ta .. the only book published on the sub ny's book and become more aware work here aware of the transient pro- -to burn money. They have also taken . ’ photo . Jim Frei ject. according to Kearney. of State's foundations. blem." he said. “and also to make food from my refrigerator while I was m H. Kearny. “Dr. Lockmiller did a great job “We are hoping this will students aware of how much support there." Goudey said. “I came home one a historian for State's foundations and Development, is considering he had six months to generate more interest in the they are giving the bums when they day and i found a transient sleeping on finishing a book about the history of State which will be available to the write it." Kearny said. acknowledg- history of N.C. State." he said. aid to peddling. my couch. i had to forcefully make him publlc in the aria. “If students were not giving money leave." to some degree. they wouldn't be Todd Gatts. a computer science stu- when they are arrested." Dengler make warrants just by listening to a here." dent. said the transients are a said. “Then they have a bed to sleep transient harassing another in- There have been reports of tran- nuisance. 0 in. some have been seen to take their dividual." University finances sients breaking into houses — par- “i personally have to check the shoes and stick them in their clothes Sullivan said that it would help if ticularly the basements. They are doors at night; they will come right in when they go to sleep so that no one merchants along Hillsborough Street often found sleeping in or stealing otherwise." he said. “I think concen- will steal them." would place signs in their windows food from houses. according to tration on the bums would help to He also said if cars are unlocked stating that begging is a crime.