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Volume 68, No. 18 Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, N.C. Friday, January 25, 1985 Administrators, students discuss letters llo~b threat leaves -- . most classrooms empty By DANlEL PURDY letters are the presidPnl of the Black The university has taken some steps resource to aid those students," said SG Editorial Pago Editor Student Alliance, Student Government to aid blac~ students. "President Hearn President Brent Wood. and the Old Gold and Black. In addition, was adamant in a Ie~ter to me that the . A bomb threat Tuesday afternoon resulted in the adjournment of most classes The Office of Minority Affairs has On Jan. 17, Warren Brooks of Brooks has telephoned various stuaent university will do whai can be done to on campus. Campus police are still searching for the person responsible. Clemmons was arrested on an extortion leaders and written to their homes. solve the problem. Up until now, no tried to keep black students aware of The threat was received at 1:27 p.m. on the main Wake Forest line by Virginia events surrounding the letters. "I warrant which charged. that he had None of the letters have included administration has taken a stand. They Wilson, the chief telephone console attendant, who immediately notified public w.ould not want to encourage threatened the life of Wake Forest direct tlirea.ts against · university have been passive for the last seven to safety. Director of public safety Alton Hill said the_ caller was described by University student and. P9int. gtiard · members. They have all been phrased eight'years;" Eure said. widespread panic by minority students, Wilson as a white male, middle to upper age, who said, ''There is a bomb hidden but I do think it is something to keep in · · Tyrone Bogues. The Wil!Ston-5alem in ambiguous terms which according to . The University Counsel's office has on your campus and you have 30 minutes to find it." mind," said Suzette Leffwich of the Journal reported last . ~ridily · that Leon Corbett Jr., the university been handling the affairs concerning Minority Affairs Office. Hill set m motion a networking system to get in touch with as many people as BrookS denied the charge iii a telephone counsel, makeS it difficult to take legal· Brooks' .!.etters. Corbett. could not quickly as possible. At least one person in each building was contacted, informed interview. Currently, Brooks is f~ on .ac.tion against Brooks. commflnt on any possible legal action Some students and administrators of the threat and asked to pass the information on to others in the building . a $10,000 bond. ;' · The letters have .stated that black have been critical of the university's the university might take in the 'future. The decision to cancel classes was not given by public safety. "We are not in a Brooks is well kno\Vn ·to many athletes shOuld not be allowed to wear "In any·,case, where members of the efforts to protect the students. "I do not members of the university for .the racist Wake Forest University uniforms and feel that the university was as sensitive position to make that demand <to evacuate)," Hill said. Instead the decision was university have been harrassed on the left up to department heads, or more commonly to individual professors. Most letters he has sent over. the last five. that black students have tl)e "right to · basis of their affiliation with the as it should have been, being that this classes were cancelled, although some did continue and others moved outside . ·years. Last October, Brooks stepped up dle" for their presence at the university, 'the university would try to personal harassment has carried over until the 30.-minute time limit had passed. his letter writing campaign. His letters university ..In telephone conversations,. alleviate this harassment," said Reid two semesters," said Levon Mathews, have included white supremacist Brooks has hinted that he has Morgan, staff attorney for . the president of the Black Student Alliance. Hill said the caller's statement led police to search in more obscure places statements and veiled threats against dangerous friends. university. Black students have questio~ed why rather than in public areas, although he was not at liberty to say specifically black students. Brooks had made a Although the letters have not been Student Government has pledged to the university has not taken legal action where. He djd say the main effort was notifying people rather than searching the number of demands,. all of which have sent to black students only, they are the help students w.IJo feel harassed. "Any aginst Brooks. "They seem to think it is campus. be!!n directed against black students in students who are most upset. "Black time l feel that students' rights and not a big df'!lll. But if you are the one The sounding of a general alarm was not considered, Hill said, because of the ·someway. i · students are appalled," said Herman students' security are being threatened being threatened, it is a big deal," Eure possibility of causing panic. Among those who have received Eure, director of Minority Affairs. to any degree, I will use every available said. Carter to give Fund· drive begins By SAM EDWARDS Staff WriC<r sports The Ninth Annual College Fund National Telethon begins its Carlyle lecture quest to solicit donations to the College Fund on Monday. "Our goal this year is $285,000," said Molly Lineburger, Former President Jimmy Carter will be at Wake Forest on Feb. 19 to deliver the director of the College Fund. "I'm confident we'll reach it. Irving E. Carlyle lecture. He will speak in Wait Chapel at 4 p.m. and will answer Last year our goal was $245,000 and we raised over $260,000." questions after his address. · The telethon, which will run for 15 nights through February The speech, sponsored by the College Union, will be on international human rights 28, raises money for the College Fund. Thirty phones will be reekend and will be open to the public. · . manned in the University Club Room in Reynolda Hall every Carter, 60, has been teaching at Emory University in Atlanta since he left office in Monday, Tuesday and Thursday night during the telethon by 1981. He has also been traveling and raising money for .th~ Carter Center a~d the alumni and students. Other alumni, parents and friends of the Carter Presidential Library at Emory, as well as working on several pnvate university will be called and asked to pledge unrestricted projects. contributions. Carter spoke at Wake Forest twice while he was president. The first time was in "The money contributed is not restricted to a certain area. 1978 when his message was a warning that the United Slates must never allow the For example, it can be used to pay for library books, computer Soviet Union, or any other country, to surpass the U.S. militarily. He also spoke here supplies or heating bills," Lineburger said. "The money is in 1980 when he was running for re-election, a race he lost to current incumbent used where Wake Forest needs it the most. Tuition pays for Ronald Reagan. · · . less than half the cost of your college education; the College The Carlyle lecture series, begun in 1972, honors the late Irving E. Carlyle, a Fund assumes the rest of the cost." pr.ominent lawyer, long-time unive.rsity trustee, leader in pemocr!ltiC 1J9ijlfC!i ~n~ A challenge has been made this year by alumnus Pete Davis 48&1· ·.a.lliiiinUS::" -·-:---·.,_ ---- ... -~:.· -... ~~-'":'-r':~:r...:.~.-- -'-·,·· ·-·~- ·" · ·. -~·.:·.~· :_;_::_- ·'· for $2.50,000 to match aU "ll(lW,I!tinc.t:~e..d.gi1t§..9.t,~•. OJ: more, . · "Due to the Davis challenge, I'm confiderit we'll at least reach our goal, but I'm optimistic we'll exceed it," said Jennie Beasley, telethon alumni chairman. "Every year the College Cold dampens festivities Fund . especially tht' teletho" "'~ an ort'~,istic goal and becomes worried they won't rtuCiliL, but tlJC') dlwnys do." Wake Forest juniors Denise Jolliffe and Paul Schacht are favorites such as Tom Selleck, Sammy By JIM SNYDER and student organizers of the telethon, arranging for students to Davis Jr., Elizabeth Taylor and even .JULIE MOFFITT help with the phone calls. Of the 30 phones operating during Arnold Schwarzenegger. There were the telethon, 15 will be manned by students. WhPn President Ronald Reagan exclusive parties for Texans, "The students are very effective at getting donations for the makes a public appearance he rarely Olympians, athletes, senior citizens, College l"und," Jolliffe said. "It's easy to recruit students for does not receive the full attention of the Super Bowl representatives, farmers it. Some fraternities and societies· make it a requirement for nation and the world, but on Monday and young Americans: Washington their pledges." the President was upstaged by a society columns agreed that there were "Student participation has always been good in the past," chilling cold front which greatly not many changes between Reagan's Lineburger said. "The students are good at calling." disrupted the inaugural activities for first and second inaugural festivities. the 40th President's second term in the Local merchants contribute to the telethon, donating prizes Others recount the Carter parties in to be given to the callers with the most pledges. Oval Office. relation to the Reagan .inaugural The telethon has grown considerably since its regional Some Washingtonians labelled the . extravaganza saying it was like "going format nine years ago when $12,000 was raised. frigid northwest front "Minnesota's from Jimmy Carter~ country boy revenge" as the weather forced the image to Ronald Reagan's country inaugural address to be delivered club." inside the Capitol· and prompted the However, in spite of the glittering cancellation of· the traditional gala of stars and events a damper fell Union Carbide .