,, 51.5 51.4 '" 50;0 ': 48.7 48.5. 48.3 48.0 47.~ Vow~ 76, No.18 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1993 One of 'Little Rock.Nine' to discuss race relations, reflect on life experiences BY ROBYN C. REED He will speak at 7 tonight in Benson Green was one of the "Little Rock Nine," the black Boone said he thought it was "ironic that the'governor 401. students who entered formerly segregated Central High of Arlcansas (Orval Faubus) once tried to keep him out of Sophomore Eric Boone and junior School in Little Rock, Arlc., in 1957. high school," and yet Green helped another governor of Ernest Green, the first black person to graduate from a Michele Bollinger, the co-chairmen Green served as assistant secretary oflaborun~r Presi­ Arlcansas win the presidency. forcibly integrated high school, will be on C8!11PUS tonight of the Student Government Race Re­ dent Jimmy Carter. In the 1980s he founded Ernest Green Faubus opposed a federal order to integrate Central to speak about his life lflen and now. lations Committee, worked on arrange­ Enterprises, a Washington-based finn that provides labor High School. As a result, the Arkansas National Guard 1 Green served as a senior advisor to the Clinton presiden­ ments for Green's visit. training. was called in to supervise the integration. tial campaign and the chairman of the National Associa­ Boone said Green will use the speech Boone, who served with Green on theNMCP board of Boone said "The Ernest Green Story," which premiered tion for the Advancement of Colored People's Executive to "reflect on his experiences." directors, said: "Green and Clintonare very close•.•. He'll on the Disney channel last month, will likely be screened Director Search Committee. His life is the subject of the EmestGreen "It should be an inspirational mes- tell you stories about going to the governor's mansion at Wake Forest sometime soon. recept fiL-n, "The Ernest Green Story," which premiered sage.... We'll go away with some­ with his wife ... and banging on the door at 12 o'clock at Green has also been managing director of Lehman last month. thing in our hearts," Boone said. night, then going in and cooking breakfast with them." Brothers. Legislature. Trustees to decide considers· 1993-94 tuition rate BY STEPH MOHL Turner, thestudentrepresentativeon the board parking fix MANAGINO EDIToR of trustees, before the board's business meet­ ,:-•, ing Friday morning. ~~~~ . BY BENEDETFA AGNOLI The board of trustees will meet today and Freshman Shane Evans, one of the students OLD GOLD AND BLACK REPoRTER Friday to set the tuition rate for the 1993-94 circulating the petition, said, "I feel that five academic year. years of 10 percent-plus increases without Several ideas on how to solve the parking The board will also take action on ·the pro- noticeable returns don't justify further in­ problem on campus were voiced during the posed divinity school and on a proposal to creases." Student Government Legislature meeting extendtheundergraduateaccountingprogram, Evans said he could not speculate on how Tuesday. said Brian Eckert, the director of media rela- the members of the board would respond to Members of the Parking Task Force, in tions. the petition. However, he said, "The most collaboration with C. Monroe Whitt, the di­ John Anderson, the vice president for ad- important consideration is that students make rector. of Physical Facilities, and Regina ministration and planning, said he could not the effort." Laws9n. the director of University Security, reveal what the proposed tuition increase will Senior Zeke Creech, the Student Govern­ have been trying to find a solution to com­ be until after·the board acts on the proposal ment president, said he supports the ideas plain~ about campus parking that will be Friday morning. However, Anderson said in expressed in the petition. acceptable to everyone. an open forum for students Jan. 26 that the "My concern, and that of many other stu­ The committee concluded that the main administration will not ask for a tuition in- dents, is that the campus is becoming increas­ probl~m exists during the daytime when day creaseabovelOpercentfornextyear.Forthe ingly inaccessible to the middle class stu­ students, as well as resident students who past five years, the-increase has been more dent,"Creechsaid. "Manystudentsvoicethat leave campus for a few hours, find it very than 10 percent each year. they and their families are simply unable to ~difficult . -· ~:fi.nd. ... 'a :w"'""'"'"'~""'!.!U!P_.. ' "''"".. :W-a'r.f.l.:..'' "1'"".-.'W-.U', ... A gi'!lup ofsW~n\S, unaffiliated with any afford the (tuition) increases which have been _.iesid~:palls .. A-s -~pes).l].t;~p-parking . ,~ ·organlzJ!tioP:.:biS been 'cii®lalfug..A.pe.tition.. so prevalent at Wake Forest in recent years." ·occui'S·ti:equently~: with stUdents preferring to requesting that ~ebolltd of ~c;es ~C!CP the Creech and the other SG executive officers risk getting a ticket than having to trek across tuition rate as !Pw as pcissib1e. The studentS plan to submit a list of student concerns to the campus.· . · also plan to spqnsor a "speak out" at 12:30 board of trustees through a letter to Turner. Many legil;lators suggested that a multi­ p.m. Friday on Reynolda Patio to allow stu- In addition to the concern about the increas­ level parking complex be constructed on cam­ dents to voice their opinions after the tuition ing inaffordability of Wake Forest, Creech pus. These legislators said this plan would increase is announced. said students have expressed concerns about allow the university to add more spapes with­ The petition reads: "We the undersigned do ~nsuring that the Z. Smith Reynolds Library out paving any more of the cam_pus: Legisla­ hereby request that the board of trustees keep has adequate financial resources: making sure tors suggested this complex be built either student tuition I;IS low as possible iri the 1993- that the university is committed to budgetary behind South Hall or north of Wait Chapel. 94 budget. We ~lieve that this should be the efficiency; keeping in mind the need for the Other suggestions which were made ranged first and highest priority.... As Wake Forest recruitment of diverse faculty members and from iin i,mderground parkirig lot to forbid­ exists for the sake of itli students, we ask that administrators; and assessing the adequacy of ding freshmen to have cars on campus. Tip Gentry the board rtmember Wake Forest's tradi- space for Greek women's organizations. Two bills were passed during the meeting. Do you believe· in miracles? tional conimiblient to iinderg!'aduate liberal In other business before the board of trust­ The first, a legislative appointment bill, which arts education open. to all qualified students, ees, Eckert said the board will receive a report irrespectiveofsocialoreconomiccondition." on how much money has been raised for the approved the appointment of seven new leg­ Senior center Derrick Hicks celebrates after winning the game against islators, was unanimously accepted. As ofW~esday_evei:ling. about 600 s~- proposed new divinity school and will then SG PresidentZeke Creech admiriistered the University of North Carolina Saturday in joel Coliseum. dents had ~igned the petition. The students decide if it is feasible to continue with the oath of office to all seven students simulta­ plantosubmitthepetitiontosophoriioreTodd See Board, Page 5 neously. The new legislators are juruors Shan­ non Ziegler, Nilaya Baccus and David Wasilewski, sophomore Kathy Kelly and freshilien Laura Wilson, Carla Fachtmann Broadcast journalist speaks at Founders' Convocation and Erik Lisher. A v·acancy on die Charter Committee was OLD GOLD AND BLACK STAFF REPORT first female students at Wake For­ Creation by Franz Joseph Haydn: rial assistant for The New Yorker assignment in Somalia. fill¢ by sophomore Russell Hubbard. est. Hunter-Gault last came to Win­ magazine. Since then, she has won Hunter-Gault is also the author of Bill32, the Publications BOard Salary Re­ Charlayne Hunter-Gault, a na­ Several awards were presented ston-Salem when she interviewed several jqumalism awards, includ­ In My Place, which tells of her expe­ view Recommendation, caused some debate. tional correspondent for the during the ceremony, including one two students and an administrator to ing the National Urban Coalition riences while growing up in the The bill calls for the administration to re­ MacNeil/Lehrer News Hour, spoke of the university's most prestigious illustrate voter sentiment in North Award for Distinguished Urban South. She will sign books today in view the revenue distribution and compensa­ at the aimual Founder's Day Convo­ honors, the Medallion of Merit. Carolina during the presidential Reporting while working for the the College Bookstore from 2 to 3 tion for the staffs of publications on campus. cation 1 I a.m. today in Wait Chapel. Other awards were given to faculty campaign. The report was aired in a New York Times and a George Fos­ p.m. Those who favored the passing Jf the bill Hunter-Gault, who wasoneofthe and staff for excellence in various 10-minutesegmentontheMacNeil/ ter Peabody Award for Excel1ence Traditionally, faculty, students said they feel that the salaries of the publica­ first two black students to attend the areas, and members of the honor LehrerNewsHourinearlyOctober. inBroadcastJournalism for her work and staff meet for Founders' Day tions staff are excessive when compared to UniversityofGeorgiain 1961,gave societies Omicron Delta Kappa and Hunter-Gault was the first black on a series on the MacNeil/Lehrer Convocation on the first Thursday those of other s~dents who also hold posi­ an address titled "The Challenges of Mortar Board were recognized. woman to work as an anchor on the News Hour called "Apartheid's of February, the month in which tions that serve the student body.