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Campus Security Log February 25 — Harassment. A female student reported recurring harassing calls. There are no sus pects at this time. March 4 — Due to power outage, Spring Break began early. March 16 — Vandalism. There have been sev eral acts of vandalism to vending machines on cam pus. Anyone with information should contact Deborah Pittman at ext 5180. March 22 — Larceny. A member of Delta Sigma Phi fratemity reported the theft of two of the three wooden letters, removed from North Hall. Anyone with information about any of the above crimes should contact Deborah Pittman at 985-5180. Use your eyes and ears. Report: • Any unusual noise — screams, breaking glass, pounding, a shot. • Any emergency, such as an accident, a fire, a critically ill or injured person. • Any form of vandalism. inii‘ • Door-to-door solicitors without properly issued license. • Someone hanging around the dorm, hallway, or other campus building with no clear purpose. Remember, if it worries you, Security needs to know. They would rather be called and not needed, than needed and not called. Lecturer at Wesleyan awarded two grants MARCH 26,1993 — THE DECREE — PAGE 3 Poorly attended forum looks at whether to legalize drugs Dan Gall, adjunct science lec turer, has been awardedj*tTO^ grants for summer projectsj^m- cluding one for summer sfiience camps at Wesleyan, * For the second year, the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation and the N.C. Science and Math Alli ance are awarding $15,000 for the Sci-5 Science Summer Camp Poetry contest ending^ II The National Library of Po etry has announced that $12,000 in prizes will be awarded this year to over 250 poets in the North American Open Poetry Contest. The deadline for the contest is March 31. The contest is open to everyone and entry is free. To enter, send one original poem, any subject and any style, to the National Library of Poetry, 11419 Cronridge Dr., P.O. Box 704-XJ, Owings Mills, MD 21117. The poem should be no more than 20 lines, and the poet’s name and address should appear on the top of the page. Entries must be postmarked by IVtoch 31. A new c(mtest opens April 1. which runs the first week in Au- gfiSft'on-^eampus. The camp fo- chses on hands-on training for seventh-grade public school sci ence teachers as well as teaching some rising seventh-grade stu dents how to be peer tutors for those labs. A National Geographic Soci ety Research and Exploration Grant has been awarded for the Mhya Moun tains Archaeological Project, of which Gall took part last sum mer. This May-June, their explo ration into the Southern Maya Mountains of Belize will include continuation of the search for Mayan sites and evaluation of bio logical and geological potential of the surrounding areas. Gall was recently chosen as the 1992 recipient of the Walter H. Wheeler Teaching Award for excellence in teaching. This award is given to a UNC-CH graduate student who has excelled in his commitment to excellence in teaching freshman geology labs. Gall’s name has been added , to the award, plaque which hangs in the UNC-CH geology- library .' By KIMBERLY CURSEEN The legalization of drugs was the topic of the open forum in the Chapel on March 18. The forum was attended by two students. Dawn Koslowkaski and Brad Taishoff. Other mem bers of the Wesleyan Commu nity in attendance were Director of Security Deborah Pittman, Dr. Quinann, and Nelson Cooper. Al though poorly attended, the fo rum was informative. Early in the forum Ms. Pittman stated her position against legal- ^tion of drugs. She said that from a law enforcement stand point “it would be hard to con- Audience finds magician’s act mind-boggling By JENNY BEEMER Craig Karges, a famous mind reader, performed at North Caro lina Wesleyan College on March 17, leaving the crowd buzzing with excitement and amazement. Karges was bom and raised in Wheeling, W.Va., and became interested in magic at an early age. He first began entertaining as a stage magician, but got into psychic reading. At age 16, he combined the two acts together through his show. Karges’ favorite stunts have been moving a table and using people in the audience to make up a car. Whatever the audience constantly reacts to is what he uses in his performance. One act performed in the beginning was when Karges told the audience to pick an odd number less than 50. Karges wrote the number on a board behind him while the audi ence was guessing. Members of the audience were amazed when he flipped the number around. Some who guessed it right were shocked and left immediately. Freshman Wairimu Kibe was impressed with the show. “The mind reader show was a thrilling experience for me,” he said. “He made me feel Uke I have never used my brain before, and I should start now.” Anneliese Hatcher, a student who assisted Karges, was amazed with the movement of objects and said, “I wish Iknew. howto move. trol.” Also, she made the point that drugs such as marijuana were a gateway to more addictive and damaging drugs. Dr. Quinann, who also came out against the legalization of drugs, said that the medical uses of certain illegal drugs should be researched. Taishoff, who was for the legalization of marijuana, de scribed specific uses for the hemp (“marijuana”) plant beside “get ting high.” Hemp, he said, can be a natural resource for p^er and other textiles. Taishoff also pointy outjhat the agent in marijuana that causes the high can be removed and bred out of the plant. In addition, the plant can be harvested early so that it does not have time to pro duce this element. Also discussed at the forum was the issue of alcohol as a drug. Pittman pointed out that “We teach (young people) how to drive... but we send them out un prepared to drink.” Education about drugs became an issue. Cooper and Pittman rec ognized the paradox of having to educate students on something that they should not be doing any way. A League of Their Own Starring Tom Hanks, & Madonna \arch 27 9:00pm Single White Female Starring Bridget Fonda & Jennifer Jason Leigh Vpril 3 9:00pm Dead Again Starring Kenneth Branagh Andy Garcia Emma Thompson [April 17 9:00pm I MARCH AND APRIL ■ SATURDAY NIGHT 5 CINEMA Each Saturday Night lit Doc's
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