The Register, 1972-01-28

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"COMPLETE AWARENESS FOR COMPLETE COMMITMENT"
VOLUME XLHI, NUMBER 17
NORTH CAROLINA AGRICULTURAL AND TECHNICAL STATE UNIVERSITY. GREENSBORO
JANUARY 28, 1972
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Old Vanstory
Photo By   Mike Braye
Work Begins On 'Old Van'
By Gail Ross
Old Vanstory, the last of the
original buildings which
composed the early A&T
campus, is now being renovated
to house five departments that
are now in the Dudley Building.
Old Vanstory will be the new
home of Counseling and Career
Placement Center, Planning and
Development, Public
Information, Sports Information
and Cooperative Education.
The renovation process being
used is called "Adaptive
Restoration" and is currently an
acceptable way for restoring
older structures which may have
been destroyed. The process
takes   a   sound   structure   in   a
desirable location and converts it
for new uses by re-deploying
existing space and adding new
equipment and furnishing along
with the necessary mechanical
and electrical work to create
essentially a new facility in an
existing structural shell. An
example is the Fayetteville
mayor's office.
Money for renovation comes
from the A&T cluster which is a
group of thirty-three industrial
firms that joined with A&T to
improve the over-all educational
program. Their contributions are
of two categories: cash
contributions of approximately
$3500 " and gifts-in-kind
(materials) which is
approximately $9,178.
The labor is to be supplied by
the Physical Plant Office and
preliminary remodeling has
begun and is expected to be
completed in the next six to
eight months.
One of the main reasons for
renovation is the need of space
for job placement and recruiters.
The new structure will have
booths for interviews, a Career
Information Library and a
student work room.
Old Vanstory was occupied in
1896 and lasted through a fire in
1925. It was occupied by males
for 55 years and converted to a
women's dorm in 1951. It was
last used in 1969.
SUS Members Meet To Air
Grievances To Adminstration
By Betty MUler
Members of the Students of
the University Senate held
another meeting Wednesday
night. The purpose of this
meeting., according to Norman
Johnson, acting chairman of the
group, was to discuss a list of
grievances. The meeting was
sparsely attended. Of the thirty
students on the University
Senate, only twelve showed up.
The grievances were termed
short and long range projects.
The short range projects
consisted of (1) acquiring books
stating the rules and regulations
of the University Senate (2)
orientation sessions that will
enable the students of the Senate
to become knowledgeable of
what happens in the meetings
and what is to be expected (3)
sending letters to students
informing them of committee
meetings, (4) changing the
meeting time from 3:00-5:00 to
6:00-8:00.
The long range projects are (1)
getting students on the Faculty
Forum (2) getting students on
the Executive Committee of the
University Senate.
On hand to respond to the
grievances for the administration
was Gerard E. Gray, chairman of
the University Senate. Gray gave
an individual reply to each of the
grievances.
In reference to obtaining
books, Gray pointed out that the
Constitution Committee has
already approved the proposal
for handbooks. He added that
the administration had them and
that he did not know why they
had not been given to the
students of the Senate. These
handbooks will include rules
regulations and policies of the
University Senate. Gray injected
at this point that the procedures
(See SUS, Page 5)
Campus Security May
Stage No-Knock Raids
By George Johnson
"I have an obsession against
drug pushers, and I'm in favor of
doing anything to get a pusher,
except murder." These were the
words vehemently uttered by
Marvin B. Graeber, head of
campus security.
This response by Graeber was
made with reference to the new
drug regulations that appeared
last week in a news letter
released by the Office of the
Dean of Student Affairs and
others.
Graeber expressed his
enthusiasm over these new
regulations in that he feels that
this is an extremely good
beginning even though everyone
may not agree with the wording.
Graeber took time out from
studying what seemed to be an
extensive blueprint and in a very
professional and solemn
demeanor explained why he feels
so strongly about drug pushers.
"Drugs have no place in a
struggling Black society," was.
one of his first statements. He
feels that many students may try
drugs out of curiosity, and he
wants to help to defer these
students from the pusher whom
he described as "the biggest,
most vicious and chronic liar in
the world."
The formula for obtaining a
drug addict,according to Graeber,
is to take an alcoholic and
multiply him by 100. The
significant factor here is the time
element. The difference is
that a person becomes an
alcoholic over a big span of time
whereas one can become hooked
on drugs by only three or four
encounters .
Even though the latest
medical findings indicate that
marijuana has less deleterious
effects than either alcohol or
tobacco, Graeber stated that
until the law is changed, he will
continue to enforce it as a sworn
official even though some people
may think it is too severe.
Graeber further indicated that
his office has a number of
suspected pushers under
surveillance, and that he is in
favor of employing such
procedures as raids and the
no-knock policy.
He     added     that     the
approximate     percentage    of
women  on  campus usin« drugs
is    one third less than of the
men.
In closing, Graeber regressed
to his previous sentiments that
the most potent weapon his
office would use would be the
elimination of the "I-don't-want
to-get-involved" attitude of some
students.
Frye Voices Need
Open Admissions
Black legislator Henry E. Frye
wants this state to adopt some
kind of open admissions policy
to insure that blacks and other
minorities have continued access
to the restructured higher
education system^
Frye, a graduate of A&T,
voiced his opinion Monday night
as A&T paid tribute to 31
national firms who have aided
the university's development
program over the past five years.
The legislator also said he is
seeking a ruling to get the board
of governors for the new higher
education system to guarantee
racial integration of trustees.
Noting the power of this
board of governors, Frye said it
should start with some kind of
"general rule" to name about 20
to 30 per cent whites to boards
of trustees of predominantly
black institutions.
He proposed the same
percentage of blacks for
predominantly white universities.
Frye said these percentages
give "a goal to work toward" and
noted the need for each trustee
board to have representatives of
the different races, sexes and
political parties.
Frye said the time for
implementing new policies is
within the next six months,
before the board of governors
take office and the the university
system   becomes   reconstructed.
The planning board, an
interim board to act for the new
system until July, was called
"important and powerful"
because it determines the top
personnel, including the
president and vice presidents of
the restructured higher education
system.
This interim board also
determines some very important
policy decisions, according to
Frye, and these will determine
how powers are delegated for
years to come.