Students Receive Harrassing Calls

l~\··:~· .... ,... ,...;:., "'"'~~ '-' ' ' _, Q Exhibit in Scales presents taple of Souther 12 black artists from the Student columnists wrestle with questions of diet Southeast. hatred and prejudice. arts & entertainment/page 9 editorials/page 6 perspectives/page 8 OLD AND VoLuME 76, No. 9 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1992 Students receive harrassing calls BY MICHAEL PEIL Hill said the caller has an easily distin NEWS EDITOR guished style. "He will almost always start out in the same manner. He will say, 'Hello, how An individual who has been making harass are you? You know who this is.' Or else he ing phone calls to students on North Campus will say, 'Guess who this is. He usually asks, since August is still at large, according to 'What's your roommate's name?' University Security officer Alton M. Hill, the "He tries to make them think he's some investigator for the case. The rash of harassing body they know. He tries to catch them off phone calls has generated about 40 reports guard," Hill said. from students to security, Hill said. "From there it will lead to, 'Can you suggest "The caller is a white male, has an older a time I can call back or is there an opportunity sounding voice," Hill said. ·'He has a drawl now to talk to the two of you together,'" Hill which resembles a .. .'Gomer Pyle-type' ac said. cent, a very distinguishable accc:1t." Hughes did not receive anything that ex Senior Angela Hughes has received three plicit. "It was all rather boring actually. All he calls from the individual. "He called the first said was, 'Whatchadoin "!'I wasn't impressed, time around the beginning of the semester," as obscene callers go." she said. "Last week. he called twice in a I 0 Freshman Kamara Moody received a call minute period. from the individual Oct. 15. "I came back ··r-ve talked to several people around cam Thursday afternoon and there was a message pus, ... and he's called them too," Hughes on my machine," Moody said. "He said, 'Hello, said." After the third phone call, I reported it this is so-and-so, please call me back."' Tip Gentry (to security) and they told me it was campus When Moody gave the cassette from her Old-fashioned whistlestop wide." answering machine to security, she was told it Sophomore Kenji Kuramoto has also re was probably the same individual. "They President Ccorge Bush addresses a crowd in Thomzbville Wednesday aftemoon. About 75 students attended ceived calls from the caller. "He called twice," thought it was the same type (of call) that was the rally. Because of the lateness Qf the event, the fu II story on Bush's visit will run next week. Kuramoto said. ''When he called the second going on on North Campus," Moody said. time, we knew who it was:· See Phone, Page 3 Stt1dent Government hears bill for reinstatement of Fall Break statement or the one-day Fall Break extended break will give out-of-state Break 26-24. withholding highway funds if they do should not make decisions about such usually given in addition to a three residents more travel time than the In other legislature action, the Na not comply. The bill cited a 1986 issues for the entire student body. day Thanksgiving holiday. old E11l Break, which spurred too tional Drinking Age Refonn Cam study by Mike Males which found However, junior Jill Weiskopf, the A controvc:rsial bill submitted in Students 'upporting. the bill ,,lid many students to skip classes. paign Support Bill also sparked de that raising the drinking age does not Speaker of the House, said that ac response w Ll1e recent elimination of the new i 0 day hrl--~1k uv;.:{ T~;an~:-, Th~,..; h.:gi,:..,t1iurc held an infonnal bate among the legislators but was signitlcantly affect the number of cording to the SG Constitution, one foal! Break for the 199J-94 and 1994- giving. will fall tclll close to tile Chri>t voice vote on the calend;:~r issue, and passed. The bill requested that the drunk driving fatalities. The bill also purpose of the legislature is "to repre 95 school ye~1r wa~ referred hack to mas bn:<~k. Many men1bers ahul"Oill it was dctcm1ined that the legislature legislature mail a resolution to each of said the current drinking age "vio sent the interests of students in social ..:ommittee uuring rh~ Student Gov plaincd that SG was not cDnsultecl and was divided on the issue. After some the presidential candidates, urging lates the principle that all adults are and academic matters." She also re ernment Legislnture meeting Tues that student opinion was not tak~n discussion. senior Laine Thomas, the them to work for the repeal of section equal before the law" and does not minded legislators that they were, in day night. into consideration when th~ cakndar chairwoman of the academic com !58 of the Surface Transportation Act stop underage drinking. fact, entitled to represent the entire The Acadcn1ic Calendar Recom change was nHH.k. mittee, requested another infonnal of 1984. Some legislators argued that legis student body by their individual votes mendation BilL submitted by the Aca Other legislators objected to the vote. At that time, the legislature sup This act compels states to maintain lature should not address national is because they had been elected by their demic Committee, called torthc rein- recommendation, arguing that the ported the calendar that included Fall a minimum drinking age of 21 by sues and that individual legislators See Legislature, Page 4 LE1\D program Foreign students assess offers training American political scene in leadership the people in power now." Cm.:TRIBUli~G REPOK rF.R This skepticism may be because of the BY HRIA:-> UZWIAK different attitudes foreigners have regarding --~·- -- ·--:::o,-,.,-n-:-!"v;-t.,-~,,-,;,-•• ----- American politics often seem strange to politics and the candidates running for offices For motivated, community-conscious fresh citizens of foreign countries. Perspectives of themselves. men and sophomores who an;; interested in international students provide a view of our For instance, in Argentina, where voting is honir1~ ·1J<'i r leadership skills, applications for system from a different context. compulsory, "People do not take democracy the seventh annual Leadership Excellence "American politics are for granted. Voting is a Application Development program a1c n<JW (viewed) like a big cir duty but it is also an honor avaiial,le. cus," said Erik Branclsma, to vote,'' said senior According to Mark I-I all, the ;lssistantdin:c a freshman from Holland Mariana fribane, an inter tor of lkn,on University Center <illd one of who came to Wake For national student studying the two fa<:ulty advisers to LEAD. the pro est to study and play soc politics. She said she be gram j, an eight-week participatory program cer. "People in Holland lieves that people regard which foe: uses on kade1·ship and commtmica don't take (American politics with a more seri tions training. Hall said h:aders ""learn by politics) too seriously.'' ous attitude in her coun doing rather tkl!l just sit there and have to Brandsma said that in try, but she said that "in absorb." Holland people are fairly Argentina, the emphasis LEAD was created in Jl)X5 by Mike Ford. skeptical about the is on a likeable character the director of student devolprnent. because American presidential and charisma .... The is ford said he ··sensed that there was a need for race and American politicians. The majority sues are not as important." undergraduate stuclems to Qet some funda of the Dutch people tend to think that whoever Iribane also said that in Argentina, people ment<~ leadership training b'Oth for their own pays the most for a campaign will win. that are afraid of having their right to vote taken personal devdopmcnt as well as for the " ... whoever passes out the most buttons will away, since Argentina has not been a democ stn.:ngtlH:ning of st udcnt organizations on cam be the next president.. .'' racy for long. The political system is unstable, pus." Magda Sancho, a sophomore from and as a result the political campaigns are The program br:gins With a rctn:;1t to YivlCA But, officer Barcelona, Spain. said she agrees that a lot of valued more highly than in the United States, Camp I Janes. where the 60 participants get to foreigners do not trust American politicians. she said. 1-.now one another and begin fom1ing the A sl,ll~! tmopL't lectures a student in front oi Benson University Center She said, "American politics are very dif This attitude toward voting and candidates bonds that sophomore Eric 13oone. a partici i\·1ondZJy. ferent (from Spanish politics). but people did seems to exist in Spain as well. Sancho said: pant of last year's LEAD program. said help not trust Ronald Rt'agan, and they don't trust See Election, Page 5 See LEAD, Page 3 Drive sponsors Halloween carnival to raise money for cancer c.lrnll·al. and 11 will 'L't up an extra cash register fort he event so This contribution covers the cost of stalls and games for the Ctl,[l~l[tl'll;-..1, RII'(IRII [{ th,lt student' wili not have to wait in long lines. said Kristie carnival. The majority of student organizations solicited CiJc•er. tile lltal·kcting manager J(n ARA. have already responded, and Buckingham said the response To raise monl'y for the Brian Picc<1lo Cancer Fund lJ!"IIL". :1 T~1bk' 1111hc Pit will be re<HTanged to allow the carnival to be was ··very good." Each sponsoring organization may have Hallowc~n cam ivai will be: held fwm :'ito il p.m.

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