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Vol. 73 No. 9
S, Spin Magazine Promote Safe Sex,
Awareness
WQF
AIDS
by Jay Underwood
WQFS, in reaction to the
controversial November issue of
Spin magazine, which includes a
condom in each newsstand copy
and which has been banned by
many merchants, made a
commitment to work with
magazine officials in advocating
safe sex and the promotion of
AIDS awareness last week, and is
inviting other area radio stations
to join them.
John McSheffrey, WQFS
Co-Music Director, said
Wednesday, "The management of
WQFS denounces any type of
censorship and is in 100%
support of AIDS awareness and
safe sex." Spin is sending 200
copies of the issue to WQFS,
which is planning to give them
away over the air, in hopes of
raising consciousness about the
dangers of AIDS. Said
McSheffrey, "Spin is ecstatic
about this. They're being
completely supportive of our
ef forts."
WUAG, the radio station of
UNCG, declined the offer to join
WQFS in its statement.
New Building to Revolutionize Campus
by Jay Underwood
The gift of $1.75 million
from Edward J. and Vivien Bauman
of Greensboro is earmarked for
the construction of an 18,000
square-foot telecommunications
complex - - a facility that is
expected to revoluntionize
computer use and
communications on campus.
The unusual
telecommunications project is
estimated to cost approximately
$3 million and is expected to be
completed in 1991 along with
the multi-million dollar library
expansion.
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Guilford College, Greensboro N.C.
responding that the station does
not get involved in protests.
Rock 92, a large independently
owned area station, has yet to
respond.
In an exclusive on-air
interview conducted by
McSheffrey last Monday, Bob
Guccione, Jr., editor and
publisher of the monthly
nationwide music magazine, said,
'The inclusion of a condom in a
magazine is a very emphatic and
very bold editorial statement ...
We're not telling people 'you
must use this.' We're saying you
must really for your own good
think about it."
"The one thing we know is
that condoms dramatically reduce
the danger of getting it ... AIDS
really is an equal opportunity
destroyer. It's something we
really must worry about in every
sector of our world," said
Guccione.
The magazine, which claims
to be the only non-medical
journal in America to include
monthly in-depth reports and
editorials concerning AIDS, has
been banned by merchants
"It's a network system that
gives Guilford an edge over
probably any private school in
the region, and certainly for
North Carolina," said Jim
Newlin, Vice President for
Finance and Development.
One major aspect of the
telecommunications project calls
for the wiring of all residence
hall rooms, enabling students to
connect into the college's main
academic computers anytime day
or night, and access college,
regional, and national
educational broadcasting.
'This project represents one
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nationwide because of the
inclusion of the condom in this
month's issue. Guccione
contends that North Carolina
leads the other states in the
number of stores which have
chosen not to carry the
November issue. "The reaction
has been fanatical down there,"
Guccione said.
"The way [these stores] react
to an epidemic like AIDS is so
much like an ostrich, burying
their heads in the sand so that
the wrong thing is reacted to,"
said Guccione.
Food Lion, based in
Salisbury, is one of the many
North Carolina stores that has
elected to exclude the November
issue of Spin from its
newsstands.
Mike Mozingo, Food Lion
Corporate Communications
Manager, said Thursday, "We're
trying to maintain the
atmosphere of a family place to
shop ... We felt something like
this would be offensive to the
vast majority of our customers.'
Mozingo further said that
Food Lion did not want to join
of those great giant steps in the
life of a college," said Dr. Cyril
H. Harvey, professor of geology
and director of institutional
research. "It will enable a
student's room to become part of
the academic workplace and
shape a student's attitude," he
said. Harvey chairs the college's
Computer Systems Study
Committee.
The complex will be built
on the corner of the two college
access roads that intersect across
from Bryan and Shore Residence
Halls, in part of the area where
two Frazier Apartments currently
exist. The two apartment
buildings will be removed to
make room for the two story
building.
Upon completion of the
complex, students will be able to
do everything from write and
submit a paper, seek a faculty
review of a draft, check on the
status of a book or potentially
review a bibliography on the
other side of the country, and
communicate with faculty and
other students from the
convenience of their rooms.
"It is vitally important that
we perceive residence halls as
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Spin in a compaign that centered
around the distribution of free
condoms. "Spin's in the
business to make money - -
especially if you consider who
Senate Advocates Campus
Condom Machines
by Susan Nelson and
David Simpson
In an hour-long session last
week, the Community Senate
approved an official statement of
advocacy for the installation of
condom vending machines on
campas.
Citing the support of other
campus organizations such as
Health Services, Senate
President, Seth Hassett, proposes
a statement which would, when
presented to the college
community, detail the Senate's
stand on the controversial and
timely issue of safe sex.
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One Type of Condom Dispensing Machine
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"Guilford College has acted
responsibly thus far with regard
to encouraging safety in sexaul
behavior, and the Community
Senate would like to go on
record as supporting the school's
actions thus fax," read the letter
November 7, 1988
its publisher is - - and we didn't
want to be a part of it."
Mozingo said that Spin
would most likely return to the
newsstands next month.
authored by Hassett.
"Furthermore," continues the
statement "the Community
Senate goes on record advocating
the installation of condom
vending machines on campus in
the residence halls."
Following Hasselt's brief
introduction, the topic was
opened for debate. Becky
Morchcad, a senator for
alternative housing, began the
discussion by questioning how
the scna'e would use funds raised
by the vending machines.
Referring to the statement,
which claimed that profits from
the sale of comdoms would
benefit residence halls, Morehead
stated that such a claim might
emphasize the wrong issue.
"I do support having
condom machines in the dorms
for safe sex reasons, but I have a
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