December 5,1978
Environmental corner
Alaska: The Great Land
The Alaska lands have been in
controversy since the Statehood Act
of 1959. This controversy is caused
mainly by the tremendous size of
Alaska, approximately 375 million
acres.
The Statehood Act and the Alaska
Native Claims Setdement Act of
1971, basically divided these lands
into three major divisions. The state
lands, from which the state erf Alaska
can choose 104 million acres, the
native people's land, which includes
44 million acres, and the remaining
land, which is to be called National
Interest Lands.
Before the state or the natives
can choose all of their lands, Con
gress must decide by December 18
of this year, what exacdy to do with
these lands. Since congress
adjourned without acdng on this
issue, the fate of the National
Interest Lands was in the hands of
President Carter or Secretary
Andrus.
Late last month, Secretary erf
Interior Andrus acted, using the
1976 Bureau of Land Management
Organic Act categorized 100 million
acres for 3 years as a National
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will persuade you to enlist.
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Monument. These lands will be
basically treated as National Parks
until Congress decides to change
their status. This is a relatively new
law that Andrus used, so that it
may be possible for some special
interest groups (i.e. oil industries)
to take this to court, claiming
Andrus should not'have this power.
As a presentative of the Alaska
Coalition, (a collection of conser
vation groups, trying to see that the
wilderness lands erf Alaska remain
preserved in their natural state) I
felt that Andrus' efforts would not
be strong enough.
As of last Friday; however, Pres
ident Carter acted, using the 1906
Antiques Act (which also set aside
the Grand Teton Wilderness and
the Grand Canyon) to preserve 56
million acres, including some of
Alaska's greatest wild areas. Some
of these wild areas are parts of the
Brooks Range, Yukon River and
Tributaries, and Glacier Bay.
I applaud this action, for such
wilderness lands, as those found in
"Great Land," must be protected
from the hungry hand of progress,
so future generations will be able
to enjoy the wilderness lands as
we know it today.
Guilfordian
Guilford LEEP Coordinator
Ann Johnson is shown with
Burlington Police Chief Ray
Shelton, left, and Sgt. Steve
Lynch, who was so impressed by
L.E.A.A. increases
funds for criminal
justice students
By DAVE OWENS
Guilford College's Urban
Center for Continuing Education
has been awarded $230,000 by
the Law Enforcement Assistance
Administration for the 1978-79
academic year, an increase of
$20,000 over the previous year.
Prior to the recent award, Guil
ford has received $1.4 million since
the Law Enforcement Education
Program (LEEP) began in 1970.
Only two institutions of higher
learning in the Southeastern United
States received more funds for the
current year for LEEP programs
than did Guilford Biscayne
College in Miami and Eastern
Kentucky University.
Ann Johnson, LEEP coordinator
at Guilford, explained that the funds
are used for grants and loans to pay
college tuition for men and women
who are either employed in crim
inal justice or who plan to enter the
field.
"It's just a wonderful program,"
she declared. "The bottom line is
that any person who qualifies can
get a quality college education
courtesy of the Law Enforcement
Assistance Administration!''
A qualified person who enrolls
at Guilford as a full-time student
three courses meeting two nights
a week is eligible for $2,200
per year for tuition.
Upon graduation, the loan liqui
dates after four years if the person
continues to work in criminal jus
tice.
Grants to qualified persons taking
the two-year Associate of Arts
degree at Guilford will liquidate
after two years of employment.
Pre-service students those who
declare that they will seek careers
in criminal justice upon gradua
tion are eligible for loans when
they begin their sophomore year.
(Guilford is the only institution in
I
the Urban/Center for Continuing
Education that he recruited 12
fellow officers, brought them to
the Guilford campus and saw
that they registered!
the Piedmont granting pre-service
loans.)
Ms. Johnson commented that a
predicted decrease in enrollment of
men and women through the LEEP
program has not happened at Guil
ford, where there are 59 new
Administration of Justice majors
this semester.
"With the many, many law en
forcement people who have graduat
ed from Guilford, you'd think that
we had reached all of them, but
we haven' t,'' she said.
"One reason is that turnover
in law enforcement is relatively
high," she explained. "Another is
that there are college-educated
administrators within the police
departments now, and they put
more emphasis on education.
"This is particularly true in
High Point, where the chief is
Guilford graduate John Faircloth,
and in Burlington, where Chief
Ray Shelton has an undergraduate
degree in social sciences and a
master's degree in adult education,"
she pointed out.
She added that the Burlington
and High Point departments have
accounted for 35 new students in
the Administration of Justice
major this semester.
"Of course, there is added in
centive to earn a degree because
many officers who do are rewarded
with salary increases," Ms. Johnsor
pointed out.
Sounding pleased, she said that of
the 52 officers recently promoted
within the Greensboro Police
Department, half of them either are
in or have been in the LEEP
program at Guilford College.
Anyone interested in the LEEP
program is urged to contact Ann
Johnson at Guilford College's
Urban Center for Continuing
Education.
page three
Musical
musings
By TIMOTHY NOLAN
The purpose of this column is to
let you know what is going on
musically these days. Because my
taste is admittedly limited, I will
confine myself to telling you about
4 rock and roll'. But I also hope
to occasionally enlist the help of
those who are knowledgeable in
other fields of music. So, having
said this, I will present you with
some quick reviews of some new
releases.
The purpose of those reviews is
to help you choose what to buy and
what to avoid. In the future, you
will find longer reviews of the best
of the new, an occasional
concert review, and some plain
rambling, since that is what I do
best.
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