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The claus~;*'as'passed .. ter face a tough time at the university. unanimously by the board of trustees fnApril.l ave "At best, students described the environ 1995 be included in all university publica ::me ment as unsupportive. At worst, the environ tions. s a ment was labeled as hostile," the report said. "The truste!! .stat!!m·ent is very clear about The report is based on the results ofa survey discrimination based on sexual orientation," :to, 1 ' commissioned to study the environment for said Ken Zick, the vice president for student tity Go-Go Girls gay and lesbian students at the university. life and instructional resources. :his · The report offered four suggestions for im Zick said that he believes some parts ofthe :'re Fans packed Wait Chapel Oct. 20 for the Indigo Girls concert. Folk singer Terry Binion opened for the concert that is part of proving the climate for homosexual students: university may have merely forgotten to in his the band's "Honor the Earth" tour. Apart from the music, the audience was thrilled by a marriage proposal in the middle of the posting the unviersity's anti-discrimination clude the change in their publications. The " concert and a fellow student's singing of "Closer to Fine" during the encore. statement in more places, including homo new anti-discrimination statement is in the teir sexuality as a topic atuniversityprograms, the rth development of a web site and having the See SLC, Page A3 ar- 'I Report djscllSses, pQ~Sible curriculum changes ;. • • • • .: '· ~ • • : • • r ~~~··h··· f ~- ·.:·. :~~:~.~~+:::~~~~-T~;:·.~:\~{;J~:;~~:!~:;::~!:~-::-\~··- ::·.::·.... · ·"·:"..--'.;-.J.:~- . -~-- .. ,-.~- > . _----;,· .. ;-: ~~~-. -·~:.<:;~·.:-:-: :.:·-·: . By Mark Rabuano a final report, but rather a provisional rec- course semesters; with a one-class inten- adding a multicultural requirement. The Old Gold and Black Reporter ommendationforcampusdiscussion,"Tho- sive teffil in the middle. final, more radical, option would be to- mas said. "There is a sincere effort to gather "This was impractical and the university adopt a modified version of the current After 27 years of a relatively unaltered The committee, which consists of 15 campus opinion, as we are looking for went back to semesters, but the registrar divisional system that would reduce the 1curriculum, a report released this week by members made up ofthe faculty, adminis- good, conclusive discussion and a maintained the value structure. The faculty divisionals to a process-oriented curricu- the Curriculum Review Committee con tration and two students, is close to a con- d I , had to pledge to make the classes worth lum not tied to departments. tains several proposals for making some sensus on the report's recommendations. goo resu t. four hours now, and they agreed," Thomas "Grouping by content may be outmoded, changes. These plans range from minor The report lists five possible options that Claudia Thomas said. and there is a need to teach different ways tinkering to overhauling the entire system would alter the current lower-division cur- Associate Dean of the College Changes were also proposed for divi- ofleaming with the groupings such as quan- ofdivisional and upper-level requirement~. riculum. The most controversial alternative sional requirements. One option would be titative reasoning and creative thinking," Claudia Thomas, an associate dean of the would be to lower the value of classes to to reduce the divisional grouping from five Thomas said. college, who chaired the committee that three and four credits, from the current four four credit-hour policy, and Thomas said to three categories. Thomas said the committee also sug released the report, said that their findings and five, and then increase the number of that the university's deviation stems from Another alternative would be to maintain gested a new semester calendar that would are only preliminary. courses required for graduation. its 4-1-4 calendar system that was in place the current system with slight modi fica- "It is a horrible misconception that this is · Many schools in the nation use the three/ in the 1970s. That system had two four tions, eliminating several divisionals and See Curriculum, Page A5 Unidentified man steals computers from Calloway By Danielle Deaver When questioned by University Police, several stu investigation according to Regina Lawson, the chief of The man asked Lejuez if he was the computer moni Editor in Chief dents reported seeing a man hanging around Calloway Univerity Police. tor for the lab and said he was waiting to speak to around 8 p.m. on the evening of Oct. 16. He was a black Calloway's computer specialist. He poked his head ; The man spoke to several students while in Calloway. Someone w4lked into Calloway Hall last Thursday male about 6 feet tall with short, close-cropped black "He did not seem nervous. He said that he was a into the lab to speak to Lejuez and then retreated to the and strolled out with $6,000 worth oflBM equipment. hair and a gap between his two front teeth. The man was professor from a school in Texas. He spoke to me hallway where he sat down and read The Wall Street According to Donna Horosko, a prevention specialist, wearing a black suit, a blue shirt with white pinstripes briefly," said Paul Lejuez, a fifth year senior in the Journal. Several students passed him while he read in students said a 'man packed six computers into a tan, and collar and was carrying a copy of The Wall Street accounting program. Lejuez was working in the com the hallway. Journal, according to Horosko. A man fitting this puter lab in Calloway 217, where the theft occurred, at mid-sized car and drove away from campus before See Computer, Page A3 anyone knew that he was a thief. description is currently the leading suspect in the the time. I . Calljlpus problematic Sundry Shop manager enjoys job · e bl d d By Suzanne DeBose Corbett used to work as a cashier in the · r Contributing Reporter Benson University Center before she be- . ISa e stu ents came the manager of the Sundry Shop. "I 0 ThoughyoumaynotrecognizeBelinda love working with the public; I'm defi- J. Corbett by her name, if you have en- nitely a people's person," Corbett said. tered the Sundry Shop before, you would The youth, energy and crazy antics of By He her Seely who is in a wheelchair. Price said that this recognize her face. the students keep her on her toes. "llove Assistant ews Editor number is based on information in student "Stu- to see it when the students come in all health records and is not a comprehensive dents may dressed up for things like '70s night, or The Georgian arqhitecture that covers number. complain cute stuff like when two students had a campus creates undepiable beauty with its Most complaints Student Health Services Personality about the water gun fight in the store." columns, verandas a'nd stairs. But it also receives about difticulties getting around prices, but Corbett is a true Winston-Salem local. creates many problems for a handicapped campus do not come from these students Profiles~ they keep Not only was she born and raised here, but person. but rather students with acute injuries such coming she has never lived anywhere else. She "I have a problem: with the excessive as sprained ankles which force them to use ~~.~ back be- met her husband, Jay Corbett, in the lOth amount of stairs. It would be even worse if crutches. He said that students with ~~ cause of grade at North Forsyth High School, from I were in a wheelchair," freshman Kelly longstanding problems usually are accus <& the ser- where they both graduated in 1981. They Murdoch-Kitt said. Murdoch-Kitt suffers tomed to finding elevators and otherroutes. v i c e , " married in 1989 and have a 12-year-old from chronic fatigue syndrome and is forced "People with a handicap, by the time they Corbett said with a grin. Corbett's daughter, Turquoise, who is currently a to walk with a cane, although she had spent get here, are accustomed to finding ways Cheshire cat smile and cheerful attitude seventh grader at the Kennedy Middle twp and a half years in a wheelchair. around barriers. That is not to say that there certainly add to the atmosphere of the School. According to Dr. Cecil Price, the director are no ~arriers. There are plenty," Price Sundry Shop. Even with her busy career, Corbett of ~dent Health Se)."\lices, roughly 14 said. "I think you should treat people the way makes plenty of time for her daughter. Noel and gradu~te and undergrad~te students have Price said that most problems arise in youwanttobetreated,soltrytobehappy Recently Best Choice Center, her Belinda J. Corbett, who enjoys watch a condjtion that would qualify as a mobility with everyone," Corbett said.