North Carolina State University's Student Newspaper Since 1920' L0w 705 and Lows in the Mid 50S Volume Lxvi
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Weather Technician Cloudy and seasonable today and tomorrow With highs in the North Carolina State University's Student Newspaper Since 1920' l0w 705 and lows in the mid 50s Volume LxVI. Number 19 , Monday, October 8. 1984 Raleigh. North Carolina Students Weekend dedicate attracts flagpole students Valvano raises University gives ceremonial flag : high schoolers on the Brickyard taste of college J. Voris Williams Kelly Rogers NewsEditor t Staff Writer The dedication of a flagpole on the Open House proved successful as brickyard commemorating State's over 5.000 high school students and 1983 NCAA National Basketball their parents came to State Saturday Championship and the team's “Never to get a taste ofcollege life. Say Die" spirit that prevailed over .. The event provides high school campus will take place Tuesday at 12 students and their/parents an oppor- noon. tunity to observe all schools of the Head basketball coach Jim Valvano university by means of guided tours will raise the flag for the first time, to various displays and exhibits according to Perry Woods. chairman throughout the campus. of the 1983-84 Student Senate "Open House provides students Communication and Information the opportunity to see and experi Committee. ence the university firsit. hand. for “Last year's Student Government greater impact." said. George Dixon. initiated the project." Woods said. Mac director of admissions. “We wanted to do something to He said that State has received capture the spirit that prevailed over more applications this year than any campus during the team's run to the previous year and that enrollment national championship.” he said. “and is _ may go up in future years. we wanted that spirit to carry over Literature about State's Open toother aspects ofthe university.” House is sent to every high school in According to Woods. the Wolfpack Back! North Carolina. he said. Club loaned Student Government the This year's Open House tours funds to complete the project. “At . began in Reynolds Coliseum. where present we still need to raise about wiui'rmiiicg'snen booths and exhibits were set up to halfofthe money," he said. twogunemm acquaint. visitors with the universi’ “There will be a table on the ty's nine schools and services. brickyard collecting donations." tallbacltloauclntosh Woods said. _ soantoraone-yanl Next. visitors were: urged to see “We wanted to raise the money WWW-seiner the film "The People's University? in through the student body. If the Stewart Theatre to get a peek at championship was worth something campus life. to you." Woods said. “we would like Mammogram. After the film. prospective stu your support." dents were encouraged to visit the Following the ceremonies on many exhibits provided by State's Tuesday. Valvano and the basketball schools in hopes of attracting inter- team will leave for a tour of Greece ested students. begi'nnin Wednesday. - “This is great.“ one high school “This the dedication) will also be senior from Greensboro commented. kind of a send-off for the coach.“ Photoby WWinksd “I am so glad they have all this. Woods said. “who's leaving on Wed- because I am not sure yet what I nesday with the basketball team for want to major in. Now I can see what an exhibition tour in Greece." all the programs have to offer." A plaque at the base of the flagpole Usually Open House falls on a honors the team with the following State shocks 12th-ranked Tech, 27-22 weekend when State‘is hosting a words. Woods said. football game. but visitor turnout Devin Steele though it almost was the one that got Heeding coach Tom Reed's advice sunny autumn afternoon. the firedoup was high even without a home game. In honor of the Executive Sports Editor away. was something for State's and perhaps his plea. the team pieced visitors were the dominant force. according to A.C. Linnerud. associate N. C. State Wolfpack, ' gridiron warriors to cherish. together four quarters of solid -foot- They scraped for every inch. built a professor of statistics. who coor- ATLANTA. Ga. — Grady Harris's In the locker room the~jubilant ball - less the first seven minutes progressive lead and the young dianted Open House this year. 1 983 NCAA National red and white. T-shirt aptly summed Pack players displayed that simple and the last four —' to capture what defense looked like a group of “We got the Big Apple Breakers (a it up: “For 60 minutes, G.A.T.A." message not only across their chests may be considered State'3 biggest veterans. breakdancing group) for entertain- Basketball Champions G.A.T.A.? “Yeah. get after their but in their faces as well. upsetin at least five years Reed sensed a bearer of good ment this year to appeal to high a—." said the freshman tackle after It was ribbing time. wolf style. Though they haven't reached tidings three weeks ago. school students and maybe even “It’s not always the State's 27-22 upset of Georgia Tech “Where's Tom Suiter?" asked one near-perfection. State‘s players "I said after our loss to Furman parents." he said. strongest nor the Saturday afternoon. player in hopes of chiding the WRAL edged closer to living a Saturday as that we were doing90 percent of the Dixon said that State tries to make And for at least 49 minutes in the sportscaster who picked the Ramblin‘ “Sixty Minute Men." The Ramblin' things correctly. that we were just a as much contact with people as fastest but those who heart of this metropolis. the Pack's Wreck in Technician'5 Pigskin Picks. Wreck scored 19 of its 22 points in an little bit away." said Reed. whose possible. scorned squad went after something. And how about Mickey McCarthy. 11-minute span — seven on their first squad shook its twoyear—old. six- “A school's reputation is built by think they can” namely its first ACC win -— not to the Tech-ish News and Observer drive and 12 on their last two. word of mouth." he said, ”and word is author unknown mention some lost respect. The win. forecaster?. one player echoed. But for the better part of this lsve ‘Pack. 'page 7) out there." -:,r lit lil .l l 'Book lists Harrelson Hall as l site of homosexual activity Ernest Seneca saw 45 sex acts in a five-hour period." “I know that Harrelson is recog- News Writer There are 100 pick-ups per day at nized as a T-Room and a gay meeting Harrelson Hall. according to Hoy. place." Liles said. “I've heard rumors Definition of a “T-Room": a public rsity officials acknowl- and some reports of activity for five bathroom facility where males con- at Harrelson Hall but or six years but not the magnitude as gregate and engage in homosexual not to the e tent that Hoy men- Hoy claimed." acts. tioned. Others eny Hoy's accusa- John Stanley. acting coordinator Bob Damron's Address Book '85. a tions altogether. citing a lack of of the Gay and Lesbian Association. national guide for gay meeting places evidence and complaints. said that no one has come to him or Floyd McKisslck, left and companies catering to the gay T-Rooms formed in public re- GALA with any complaints. market. lists State's Harrelson Hall strooms prior to the advent of ”We're not particularly worried as a T-Room. community baths. public clubs or about it." Stanley said. "We as a Forum brings civil rights speaker Damron classifies Harrelson's T. adult book stores. Hoy said. As the group don't have any concerns about Room as a “Cruisy Area" which‘may gay movement increased. T-Rooms it. It's only word of mouth and rumor awareness of racial tension did not Jesse Helms frequently concerning or may not be active. depending on became archaic. he said. thus far." Laura Lunsford ,civil rightsissues. weather and time of day." ”In fact. no gay organization has Carolyn Jessup. director of Health Staff Writer occur until age 12 The incident the season. condoned community/public sex." Services and a member of a Public which made him aware of civil rights An Iranian student spoke of the According to Damron. some T-Rooms The Cooperative Campus Ministry problems was they-beating he re- oppression his people have experi are extremely dangerous for various Hoy continued. “Nothing positive is Safety liaison that meets to govern ceived from a white police officer McKissick what be visited strictly coming out of Harrelson." The situa- university concerns. said that she sponsored a peace forum dealing with enced and asked reasons and should tion hurts the gay community. he had heard Harrelson's T-Room dis- civil rights Thursday in the Walnut while helping his boy scout troop could be done to help worldwide civil at ones own risk. Room. A gathering of 25 students police a street. rights. McKissick listed several or» Bob Hoy. adviser of State's Gay said. cussed several times in the past. This beating got him involved with ganizations dedicated to the cause; he and Lesbian Community. called Larry Liles. Public Safety deputy “I don't know much about the and faculty members were on hand as director of operations. said that If situation." Jessup said. "it's not a Associate Provost Larry Clark in» the NAACP and developed his said they are all fighting for individ- Harrelson Hall an active T-Room. troduced the speaker. Floyd interest in a law career. he said. ual causesalso. ”I've witnessed public sex acts this were happening at the rate Hoy daily issue like Hoy said it was.” she The “judiciary was mighty.