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PAGE 4 — THE DECREE — FEBRUARY 12,1988 Symposium to look at Constitution (Continued from Page 1) its implications are for us at the local level, “ Jones said. By design, the symposium’s two keynote addresses will outline broad, general issues while individual panel sessions will expand and develop those ideas from a local jjerspective. The symposium begins with a keynote address in Everett Hall at 9 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 17, delivered by the Honorable Charles Becton, who has served as a judge for the N.C. Court of Appeals since 1981. The title of his address is “How Well is the Constitution Working?” “I’m extremely pleased we have a person of such eminence as Judge Becton to speak to us,” Jones said. “The mem bers of the planning committee felt we couldn’t have invited anyone bet ter qualified than Judge Becton.” A question-answer session will follow the address. Two events are scheduled from 10:45 a.m. to noon. Ferrell Guillory, associate editor of The News and Observer will speak in Russell Chapel on “Religion and Politics/ Church and State.” “Mr. Guillory has thought and pondered much on the matter of religion and politics in a healthy society; he has written often on the subject and I know his insights will be particularly helpful,” Jones said. Running concurrently with the lecture and discussion will be a film, “The Times of Harvey Milk,” a documentary about the life and as sassination of a man who won elec tion to the San Fransisco City Coun cil as an acknowledged homosexual. The film will be shown in Gravely 105 and will be screened again at 1:30. A discussion of the film in Gravely 105 is set for 3:30 p.m. A 1:30 p.m. panel discussion on “How Well is the Constitution Work ing in Rocky Mount?” “will bring the general symposium theme right down to where we live,” Jones said. Rocky Mount Mayor Fred Tumage, Judge Quentin Sumner, Major Willie Williams of the Rocky Mount Police Department, and attorney Sarah Pat terson are panelists who will take part in this discussion. Two events are scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Wednesday: a showing of the film “All the President’s Men” in Gravely 105 and a panel discussion on “Should the First Amendment Apply to High Schools and Their Wesleyan 'revamps' cheerleading squad (Continued from Page 1) effects on the squad. For instai’ e, in 1987-88 the squad only cheers t home games; performs only sidelin- cheers, chants, and shoulder sits; and does pon-pon routines do the music of the pep band to encourage crowd participation. They no longer perform halftime dance routines. They distribute flyers announcing home games, hang ban ners for home games in the gym, baseball, or softball fields, use the display case to announce home games, serve as hostesses to supply drinks to the visiting teams, assist Wesleyan Sports Director Larry Pitroff with special promotions, and are available to help with any special promotions should a Wesleyan team host an NCAA regional comp>etition. The “revamping” also means that cheerleading will be included in the 1988-89 athletic budget, that an ef fort will be made to recruit athletes who are sincerely interested in be coming modem cheerleaders, and that a full-time cheerleading coach will be added to the athletic staff. According to Fox, cheerleaders are not required to meet certain eligi bility requirements because the NCAA does not consider cheerlead ing a sport. Fox feels that, for this reason, cheerleading must be treated specially. “I think cheerleading is an impor tant part of athletic life,” Fox said. ‘1 think they (the cheerleaders) can pro vide all kinds of benefits to the ath letic program in general, and we want them to continue here at Wesleyan and be a part of our entire 'thletic department. And that’s what w. ’re. going to shoot for next year.” \ ’ cheerleaders feel that they are alsc n important part of the ath letic depaiL,- lert, but with the restric tions they cara•.^t perform happily, to the fullest of their ability or competi tively. The squad says that they were told they could not go to the confer ence competition. But Fox said Hiat the conference was still debating the purpose of the competition. He added that he told the squad if there was a competition he wanted them to compete if Ferrell and McClain felt they were ready. The squad and Fox both see one program with the present coaching situation. McClain is the volleyball and softball coach and has an overlap with seasons. The squad feels be cause of this they do not receive ample practice time to improve themselves. Fox’s solution to the problem will be to delay the starting date of cheerleading practice to re lieve some of the pressure on McClain and the overlapping of sea sons. McClain feels the squad will suc ceed if the girls are willing to stay dedicated and work hard through the “revamping” of the program. Students?” in Russell Chap>el. The idea for this panel, Jones said, stems from a St. Louis, Mo., case recently decided by the U.S. Supreme Court and addresses the is sue of whether a school can properly censor a student publication on the grounds what the First Amendment does not apply in that situation. Rocky Mount City Schools Board of Education member Edythe Tweedy, Northern Nash Senior High School teacher James Cockrell, Rocky Mount Senior High School Assistant Principal Dolores Walker and RMSH senior Bill Bobzien will serve as panelists for this discussion. The Thursday, Feb. 18, program begins at 9 a.m. with a keynote ad dress in Everett Hall by Jon Wiant, deputy assistant secretary of state for intelligence coordination, on the topic of “The Intelligence Commu nity and an Open Society.” “It’s clear to me,” Jones said, “that in the 40 years since the estab lishment of the CIA, it’s an open question of whether you can heavily subsidize covert activities and have a free society. I think we’re fortunate tohave apersonof JonWiant’s expe rience sp>eaking to us on this subject.’ “The Front,” a movie starring Woody Allen, will be shown in Gravely 105 at 10:45 a.m. The movie deals with the issue of blacklisting in the late 1940’s and early 1950’s. It wiU be shown again at 1:30 p.m. and discussed at 3:30 p.m. Also at 10:45 a.m. in Russell Chapel a panel made up of local media representative will discuss the Constitution at the local level as it p>ertains to the news media, with an emphasis on the issues of security, taste, and confidentiality in reporting the news. Participating in the panel will be Butch Pindell, new anchor from Channel 47; Tom Knight, morning talk-show host for WEED-AM; Ken Ripley, publisher and editor of the Spring Hope Enterprise; and Richard Whiting, city editor for the Rocky Mount Evening Telegram. A concluding panel at 1:30 p.m. in the chapel will consider “A Col lege Community of Citizens,” with Wesleyan President Dr. Leslie H. Gamer Jr., Dean of Student Life Steve Cohen, Faculty Chairperson Dr. Linda Flowers, student newspa per co-editor Tom Rivers, and Stu dent Government Association Presi dent Lesley Freeman. A rep>eat showing of “All the President’s Men” at 7:30 p.m. will conclude the Symposium. Jones said he is looking to the 1988 Spring Symposium as a device to pull Wesleyan and the local com munity together. “We must realize that without active and committed citizens we won’t have a college or community worth anything,” he said. Jones’ concem is that people see the Constitution as a document at work everyday on the local level and not just in Washington, D.C., and that Americans must continue to re view and evaluate it in the light of modem concerns. “Americans cherish their individ ual liberties. But the best way to pre serve individuality is to have a strong sense of commitment to the public good. If we all depart into individual ity and have no decent common life, then we wUl have no decent private life. No one is free unless we all are free and we won’t be free unless we have a vital and vibrant Constitution that demands public commitment and guarantees individual liberty,’ he said. “I see this symposium as a call to citizenship.” orce Make It Work istance PLAN TO ATTEND the next Res ume Workshop on Feb. 25 in Room 105. PLAN TO ATTEND the next Inter viewing Skills Workshop on March 17 in Room 105. ATTENTION SENIORS — Do you have a completed credential file in the Career Planning Office? Re member graduation is less than three months away. SUMMER JOBS — Do you need a summer job? Have you checked the Summer listings at the Career Plan ning Office? GRADUATE SCHOOL RECRUI TERS were on campus Nov. 2. Watch the "upcoming events" board for details of future visits. *** GRE AND GMAT information book lets are in for students interested in graduate school. All the information about the tests is contained in the booklet. Booklets are on the table outside the Career Planning Office. GRE TEST DATES April 9,1988 June 4,1988 GMAT TEST DATES March 19,1988 June 18,1988 Office of Cooperative Education/Career Planning Rooms 139 and 141 Office Hours 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Evening Hours By Appointment
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