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Rally to be held
Campus special interest
groups, local politicians and
community members will join
together on Nov. 2 at 9pm in fron
I of Dana Auditorium for an elec
tion vigil/forum/rally.
Each group will discuss the
election as it relates to their spe
cial concerns. Everyone is in
vited and a final planning meet
ing will be on Wed. the 28th at
9pm in the Poetry Center in the
Library.
Dr. C. Everett
Koop to visit
Greensboro
On Friday, October 16,1992,
Dr. C. Everett Koop, the former
Surgeon General of the United
States, will be the keynote
speaker at the Guilford County
State of the Child Conference.
In that capacity, he advised
the public on matters such as
smoking and health, diet and
nutrition, evironmental health,
immunization and disease pre
vention and AIDS. He resigned
in October, 1989.
The State of the Child Confer
ence will serve to
•review local data about the
well-being of children
•provide an overview of exist
ing programs
•showcase program models that
might work in our community
•develop a Community Action
plan-to be implemented, with
the help of the North Carolina
Advocacy Institute, over a
four-year period.
The all-day conference will
take place at the Greensboro-
High Point Marriott Hotel, from
B:3oam to s:oopm.
Sixteen workshops have been
scheduled under three major
themes: Health Care Access,
Violence Prevention and Devel
opmental Education.
This Week
Defense workshops planned
By Rebecca Wlthrow
Staff Writer
Motivated by a concern for safety
on campus and in Greensboro,
Bryan Resident Advisors Erika
LeMay and Stephanie Klingenberg
have encouraged some residence
halls to sponsor self-defense pro
grams.
The Young Yu Tae Kwon Do
Association held a 1 1/2 hour long
self defense class in Mar)' Hobbs
on Septemeber 16, and has been
invited back to do a similar pro
gram in Bryan lounge on Nov. 10,
at 8:00 pm .
"My main hope for this program
is that it will help people learn
some basic safety precautions and
understand that they do have op
portunities to protect themselves
from becom ing victims," explained
LeMay.
The November program will be
like the one held in Mary Hobbs,
which had a turnout of only about
15-20 people. Three black belts
from Young Yu talked to the group
about altitudes.
The session focused on psychol
ogy and physics rather than on
martial arts or physical strength.
The presenters talked about the
vital areas on the body, and how to
blind, cripple, and kill an attacker.
"We like to think of our body,
and the body of our attacker as our
only weapons," one instructor said.
They simulated several attack
scenarios, involving different situ
ations, numbers of people, and
positions. The group discussed
when to strike back, when to go
along with the attacker's wishes,
Senator's Notebook
Senate Secretary Brian Sugioka
The Community Senate met in
Boren Lounge on Wednesday
October 7 for their weekly meet
ing. The meeting covered numer
ous subjects of interest to stu
dents.
First on the agenda was contin
ued discussion of the special re
quest for funds made by a group
going to Florida over fall break to
help in rebuilding areas damaged
by the hurricane.
Katherine Beldner, one of the
group's organizers, was on hand
to answer questions and raise
some points about the trip. She
stressed the Quaker principles
motivating this trip and also
stressed that tr e amount asked for
was a bare minimum to allow
them to go. Bridget VandeWalle,
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and when to watch for and/or cre
ate a chance to escape. They re
sponded to hypothetical situations
posed by the audience.
"We have to begin changing our
thinking toward attackers," the in
structor said. "You may say to your
selves now, 'Oh, I could never kill
somebody!' But when it's your
life that's in danger, you can do it.
When you decide to defend your
self, you have to go through with it
100%; there's no doing it half
way."
the main organizer of the trip,
added as evidence of the group's
commitment that they had raised
close to S9OO in donations towards
the trip.
Continuing from the general
decision made at the last meeting
that the group should be given more
funds than the $ 1068 Budget Com
mittee recommended be given
them, discussion turned to what
amount should be given. A pro
posal was made that Senate match
dollar for dollar any funds raised
by the group up to SIO6B.
The group would be allowed to
keep any amount over $ 1068 with
out having it subtracted from the
Senate allocation, but those funds
would not be matched by Senate.
This proposal was then approved
Some students expressed con
cern about a self-defense class last
ing only 90 minutes, saying the
danger lay in giving people with
no background in fighting a false
confidence that could lead them
into trouble.
"I think people take natural pre
cautions that they would not cease
taking just because of a class like
this. These are just the basics,"
said Junior Emily Rickards, a par
ticipant in the Mary Hobbs class.
"We don' t want people to be too
and the meeting turned to the next
order of business.
The Secretary announced that
Senate needs people to fill the fol
lowing positions: 1 Binford Sena
tor, 1 Alternative Housing Sena
tor, 1 Day Student Senator, 2 Ath
letic Senators, and 1 Transfer Sena
tor.
Turning briefly to the higlights
of the Committee reports, Meghan
McSheffrey, chair of the Environ
mental Concerns Committee, an
nounced that ECC will be more
independent from Forevergreen in
the future. The committee had been
meeting as part of Forevergreen,
and in the future will be holding
separate meetings. The committee
will work on projects of its own as
well as continuing to work closely
October 16, 1992
overconfident," expressed LeMay.
"The point is not to make anyone
feel immortal. But I don't think
they will. People are pretty ratio
nal when the hazards are pointed
out to them...unless there's alco
hol involved."
The program in Bryan is open to
everyone on campus. The RA's
said they are hoping for a group
that can work together and will
feel comfortable with each other.
"Anyone who wants to come,
come," LeMay added.
with Forevergreen.
Special Projects Chair Devah
Waterman distributed for SPC
some suggested revisions to the
Senate by-laws which would per
mit co-treasurers and co-secre
taries in Senate. Discussion and
possible decision will take place
next week. Devah also reported
that SPC is examining the current
ticketing policy and parking situ
ation on campus. There have
been numerous complaints that
there are not enough parking
spaces available for those students
with registered cars.
This problem is particularly bad
when the CCE students are on
campus in large numbers and
when children's soccer takes place
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