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Fall Semester
in Washington, D.C.
BY DICK COE
During the fall semester of
this year four Guilford students
were involved in a study/
internship program in
Washington, D.C. Intern
ships are available in Congres
sional offices. Executive
agencies, Public Interest
organizations and Judicial
agencies as well as in many
other areas of interest. The
students received 12 hours of
credit as well as a tremendous
opportunity to combine ideas,
principles and theories
obtianed in school with prac
tice in applied situations. The
internships also provide
students with an extra
ordinary opportunity for
personal development with
the wealth of political, histor
ical, and cultural attractions
available in the nation's
capital.
The internships are being
handled by Dick Coe, place
ment office, and a liaison
person for the program, and
Bill Burris, political science
department. They have been
developed in conjunction with
Awards In Security
and Loss Prevention
Cash awards are being
given by the A.S.I.S. Founda
tion, affiliated with the
American Society for
Industrial Security (ASIS), for
the two best undergraduate
papers and the top Master's
Thesis written and submitted
by students on a subject of
their selection pertinent to the
field of security and loss
prevention.
Students in universities and
colleges are invited to submit
their entries for the following
awards:
S3OO Master's Thesis Award
This award will be presented
for scholarly research and
best thesis, by a Master's
Degree Candidate (1976-77)
on a subject relative to
security and loss prevention.
S2OO Undergraduate Paper
Ist
This award will be presented
for the paper the judges
consider the most outstanding,
by a registered student at
a university or college in 1976-
77, on a security and loss
prevention subject.
SIOO Undergraduate Paper
2nd
This award will be presented
for the paper the judges con
sider the second best in the
Undergraduate Paper compe
tition as stated above.
the Washington Center for
Learning Alternatives of
Washington, D.C., a non
profit educational agency
which develops the individual
placements and provides
internship, supervision,
evaluation, academic courses,
seminars, housing, and other
support services for students
from colleges and universities
throughout the country.
While on internship for a full
term, students remain enrolled
at Guilford and receive
academic credit from Guilford
based on evaluations performed
by the WCLA staff and faculty
in Washington in consultation
with Guilford faculty.
The program is primarily
for juniors and seniors.
Students in any discipline may
apply although some prior
work in political science is
advised. Currently Guilford
can send as many as five
applicants to the W.C.L.A.
Interested Students should
contact Dick Coe or, in his
absence. Bill Burris. The
deadline for application to
W.C.L.A. is April 15.
Deadline July 1,1977
Entries for all three awards
must be submitted by July 1,
1977. Only one entry per
student will be accepted.
The A.S.I.S. foundation
will retain the copy of entries
submitted for its research
library.
There are no limitations on
length of theses and papers.
Each must be the student's
own work. Any published or
quoted sources utilized in
the preparation of the text of
the entry submitted must be
appropriately cited. All
entries must be typed and
accompanied by an abstract
of subject covered in the
thesis or paper.
A panel of judges,
selected by the Directors of
the A.S.I.S. Foundation will
review the entries submitted.
The award-winning students
will be announced in the
November 1977 issue of the
A.S.I.S. magazine, Security
Management. Each award
winning student will be notified
by mail following completion
of judges' evaluations.
Entries should be mailed to:
A.S.I.S. Foundation, inc.
2000 K Street, NW, Suite 651
Washington, D.C. 20006
Requests for information
may also be directed there.
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James Merritt Annual Criminal
Justice Award
Five papers will be selected
from those submitted. Their
authors will present tham at
the Annual Meeting of the
North Carolina Association of
Criminal Justice Educators to
be held in Boone, North
Carolina, in October, 1977.
Cash awards of SIOO, S6O,
and S4O will be given for first,
second, and third place respec
tively. The winning papers
will also be printed in the
Association's Criminal Justice
Tom Bernard has signed a
contract with Oxford Univer
sity Press to completely
revise and update G.B. Void's
Theoretical Criminology.
This book was originally
published in 1958, and is still
in print although it has never
been revised. The original
author is now dead, and the
book is considered something
of a classic in the field. The
revision will entail writing over
200 pages of new text, as
well as updating the existing
text.
Notes.
Papers may involve research
on any criminal justice
topic and employ the approach
es of any relevant discipline
(criminal justice, law enforce
ment, political science,
sociology, psychology,
economics, philosophy, etc.).
Winners will be selected on
the scholarly merit of their
study. All papers must follow
the form of an acceptable
style manual (e.g., Turabian,
Campbell, or the American
Dr. Robert Winokur from
the University of New England
biology department in
Armidale, N.S.W., Australia
will be lecturing in Room 122
of King Hall on Tuesday
March 29 at 3:00 p.m. The
topic of his lecture will be
Evolution and Adaptive
Modification in Reptilian Skin:
Some Insights into the
Structure, Function, and
Evolution of Integumentary
Specializations.
Psychological Association
Publication Manual). Proper
documentation of sources
and a complete biliography
are required.
An original and five copies
of each paper must be sub
mitted to Dr. Dennis D. Dorin,
Assistant Professor, Depart
ment of Political Science,
The University of North
Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte,
North Carolina 28223, no later
than September 1,1977.
Attention all Biology majors -
There are two more Senior
Thesis Seminars scheduled for
biology majors. They will be
on March 30 in King 122 from
9-12 a.m. and on April 2 in
King 122 from 1-5:45 p.m.
These presentations are open
to the public and biology
majors especially are urged to
attend.