Student Body Approves Reform
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Hi\l)PY BIRTHDAY! A hero for all people ROTC program celebrates Critics review The Last Boy Scout, }FK Everyone should honor its 75th anniversary. and The Hand That Rocks the Cradle. Martin Luther King Jr. Day. news/page 2 arts and entertainment/page 9 editorials/page 6 LDAND VoLUME 75 No. 15 WAKE FoREST UNIVERSITY, WINSTON-SALEM, NoRTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, ]ANUARY 16, 1992 Volunteers Student body needed for , " n..;; ' ' ... ~ !"l ,, , na. ' '~It approves reform " :itJ! 'Fill .~tJ;::%! <:n5\ library move -· BY JAY WooDRUFF end of the year for the campus-wide AssOCIATE MANA.Gli"'G EoiTDR election, but this was something we wanted to do right away," she said. Book-moving project An overwhelming majority of stu Senior David Upchurch, the SO dents who voted Dec. 5 supported a president, said the Ad Hoc Judicial only one-tenth complete referendum for a resolution to change Committee, which drafted the reso sections of the Student Government lution, will now work on incorporat BY JuLIE DuNLOP constitution dealing with definitions ing the displaced parts of the consti OLD GoLD AND BLACK REPoRTER and procedures into statutes, which tution into the statutes. the legislature can change without He said most of them can be inte Workers have moved little more than lO making an amendment. grated into the existing sections of percent of the books into the new Edwin G. The referendum passed with 389 the statutes, but some new sections Wilson Wing of the Z. Smith Reynolds Li students in favor (99.77 percent) and will have to be created. brary, creating a great need for volunteer 13 students opposed (3.23 percent). The constitution and the statutes help, ,sai~ Rhoda Channing, the director of the Only II percent of the student body are equally binding, but the statutes library.· turned out for the vote, but constitu are less difficult to change because Only the books in 500 of the 4,459 stack tional amendments require a two they do not require a student vote to sections (spaces 3 feet wide and seven shelves thirds vote of the students who vote, amend them. high) have been moved, Channing said. The not of the entire student body. The revised constitution and stat moving on level six is complete and volun Sophomore Jill Weiskopf, the SG utes will allow the legislature to teers are working to finish the first floor. secretary, blames the low voter turn change procedures and definitions Channing said she hopes that the entire out on a combination of factors. She more easily. move, including the shifting of books in the said there were only five ballot box The sections retained in the consti old section, will be complete by the end of the locations, instead of 14, which made tution concern structure and frame semester. However, all of the books being voting a more conscious eff011. "For work of Student Government and stu transferred to the new section must be in place example, if you live in Bostwick you dents' rights. by Founder's Day in time for the wing's would have had to vote in Johnson," Most of the changes address the dedication, she said. she said. student judiciary. For example, the In an effort to get the books moved to their Eric Rice Voter turnout is usually highest for revision retains in the constitution a new locations as quickly as possible, Channing Dig Dug the general elections, so referendums broad definition of the four primary said the move continued during the Christmas put before the student body at other violations of the honor code -lying, break. A small number of students who live in Physical facilities employee Red Murphy works to finish the landscaping near the Z. times during the year do not attract as cheating, plagiarizing and stealing the area, as well as children of staff members, - but transfers the detailed defini Smith Reynolds Library Wednesday. many students, Weiskopf said. "We were hired to help. usually save (referendums) until the tion of those violations to statutes. Channing said she has spoken to the Interfraternity Council, the InterSociety/so rority Council, and the Resident Student As sociation In the hope that they will organize a competition to encourage students to volun Community to celebrate King's birthday on Monday teer. According to Channing, the Museum of BY JULIE BOUTWELL nual celebration of the civil rights leader's and Chi Rho, two Wake Forest a capella "Last year we reflected on the life of Martin Anthropology has already offered to donate MANAGING EDITOR birthday "Presumed Opposites." singing groups, will perform. Luther King; this year we wanted to focus one prize, and Channing said she would be The activities will focus on students and Senior Deidra Jones, a member of the com more on a celebration of the spirit of King," happy to provide prizes to faculty, staff, indi A group of eight students, faculty members professionals who live in or work in a racial mittee, said the procession will act as a kick Jones said. "(The procession) will allow you viduals and clubs who participate in the mov and administrators are working hard to insure environment different from their own. off for the next day's events, which will in to get in the mind-set of the celebration and '• ing project. that the observance of Martin Luther King All Wake Forest community members are clude a keynote speech by the Rev. Samuel E. think about what meaning (King) could have Channing said she feels volunteering will Jr.'s birthday Monday is more than a day-off invited to participate in a silent candlelight Mann, performances by the Gospel and Con personally for you." bring the campus together to work on a project from classes. procession 6:30 p.m. Sunday beginning on cert choirs and afternoon workshops led by Mann, who is a white pastor at the predomi from which everyone will benefit. She said The Martin Luther King Celebration Com the steps of the Benson University Center students, professors and off-campus minis nantly black St. Marks Church in Kansas City, she is impressed by the number offaculty and mittee has dubbed Wake Forest's second an- patio and ending at Wait Chapel, where Nishati ters. See Celebration, Page 3 staff members who have volunteered their time, including President Thomas K. Hearn Jr. A broken elevator, carpet installation and Rush to begin soon with slight changes to process differing ideas on how the books should be organized in the new section have compli BY STEPH MOHL Another change is in the time when 2.0 are eligible; in the past the 2.0 cated the move, she said. NEWS EDITOR bids will go out to women, Wheless rule was interpreted to mean that The dedication of the new wing will be 3:30 Men's Rush said. This year bids will not be ex women were required to have a 2.0 p.m. Feb. 6 in the atrium of the library and will Someminorchanges-especially tended until3 p.m. In previous years, GPA the semester prior to rushing, include music, food, demonstrations of high for women - will characterize the Today: Rush registration, bids went out between noon and 3 she said. tech media by IBM and Apple, tours of the spring rush proceedings, said junior noon-4p.m. p.m. Wheless said this change gives new wing, the unveiling of Wilson's portrait, Jen Wheless, the vice president of Sunday: Rush assembly, The change was made because the upperclass women who previously K. and a speech by Wayne Smith. the Intersociety/sorority Council. 4-5:30 p.m; ill time conflicted with the afternoon had a bad semester an opportunity The library will soon implement new poli Rush, which will begin Sunday ·PUgh Auditorium; class schedule, Wheless said. "We to rush. cies for the Wilson Wing, Channing said. formenand Wednesday for women, never really had problems with (the Mike Ford, the director of student There will l:?e no smoking allowed in the new Fonnal dry rush will again be shortened for women, begins. time) in the past, but just the idea that development, said no real changes wing, and an all-night study area requiring continuing a recent trend to make classes are being held made the time have been made to men's rush, but key card access will open on an experimental . ·sunday-Jan. 27: Various rush less strenuous, Wheless said. fonnal smokers. change a good idea," she said. he said dry rush will be strictly en basis. Three years ago rush was shortened A slight change was also made in forced this semester. "From my per The library staff will also more strictly . Feb. 3: Bids issued. from three weeks to two. This year, Feb. 6: Silent Day. the interpretation of one of the eligi spective, and the perspective ofiFC, enforce the rules for group study rooms to rush will remain at two weeks, but Feb. 7: Pledge Night. bility requirements for rushees, a strong vigilance of dry rush will ensure that they are being used for their in the number of hours for room rush Wheless said. This year women with occur to ensure that the two-week tended purpose, Channing said. will be shortened. · a cumulative grade point average of See Rush, Page 3 The success of these privileges will be determined by the students' responsibility in using them, she said. Fighting until the end She hopes to open another all-night study area in the library in the future in which eating, drinking and smoking will be permit ted.