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4 Martin passes a lie-detector test ♦ Martin takes a polygraph test in response to accusations that the attack was staged BY MARJORIE HALL News Editor Though the police have finished ques tioning students on campus for a while, the investigation into the Molly Martin attack continues. Due to some accusations that the Feb. 11 attack in the Senate office was staged. Senate President Molly Martin took a poly graph test, more commonly referred to as a lie-detector test, on Friday, March 6. The attack, which involved hate lan guage, has attracted the attention of report ers and newspapers all over the country, as well as the interest of the greater Greens boro community. Martin paid for the test herself and it was administered by the former State Bu reau of Investigation polygraph expert. No deception was indicated. The polygraph test measures the body's chemical reactions as the operator asks them a series of questions. It has been scientifically proven that when people lie, the fear of getting caught causes several different changes in the body, ranging from a quicker pulse and higher blood pressure to sweat on the fingertips. Polygraph tests are not admissable i evidence in court. The list of questions is given to the fjgjgg Do you need a dose, convenient place to store your things for the summer?... COLONIAL STORAGE has just the place for your stuff. We have a variety of sizes available... one just right for your storage needs. 3730 W. WENDOVER AVENUE 855-0428 Colonial Storage Centers test-taker before the polygraph. The op erator begins by asking general unrelated questions and then mixes up the questions on the list. The test was given three times, and all three times, Martin passed. "I felt like the focus wasn't on the incident any longer,"' said Mar tin while defending her decision to take a polygraph and to hire an attorney. "I personally have no faith in these tests. It's just a machine. But for the sake of the issue at hand and for myself, I wanted to give those people what they wanted." Martin was hoping that a polygraph would help shift the focus of the investiga tion. "I knew I had nothing to fear, but I understand that a lot of people out there don't know me. I hope that this can help people look the real issue in the eye, not for my sake, but for the sake of the com munity." Martin expressed some frustration at the amount of suspicion that has been directed at her, especially by the media. "I am not angry that the possibility of the at tack being faked was a consideration," said News Martin. "I am angry, though, at what amounts to harassment by a reporter who appears to be after nothing more than a good story." Beth "For the sake of the issue at hand and for myself I wanted to give those people what they wanted. Molly Martin Guilford before the incident, has routinely been writing sto ries about the investigation. Many of these stories pointed out the possibility that Mar tin staged the attack. "I have not felt defamed or violated by the fact that some students think it was staged," says Martin. "But I do feel vio lated when I pick up the Sunday paper and read things that are only partially true." Dafly: Unprogrammedworship. 8:05 a. m.-8:20&m. Hut. Friday, March 20 • Noon: Brown Bag Lunch Discus sion on Violence with Kimberfy Maddox. Hut. • Noon: Brown Bag Lunch with best-selling author Phil Gulley, reading from his book Home Town Tales, Gallery • 7:30 a.m.: Beginning of the Quaker Process conference, with Laura Melly. Gallery. Saturday, March 21 QUAKER PROCESS CONFERENCE Sunday, March 22 • 9:15 a.m.: College meeting for wor ship, led by Janet Cochran Moon Room. • 7:00 p.m.: Catholic Mass. Gallery. • 7:00 p.m.: 'The Experience of Japanese-American students at Guilford College during WWII," a presentation by Wakako Araki and Becky Lawson. Hut. • 8:00 p.m.: Student A.A. meet ing. Hut. • 9:oopjn.: "Quaker Athletics, a pre sentation by Allison Schott Wayne McGuire, and Matt Caruso. Bryan Hall lounge. Monday, March 23 • 3:30 p.m.: GCRO Meeting. Hut. Director of Security Sylvia Chilcott says that at this point, she knows nothing about the investigation. "It's out of our hands," she says. "Even I'm out of the loop." Lieutenant Gary Cundiff. the officer who oversees the GPD detectives, still has questions about the polygraph and wants to talk to Martin, but has not been able to contact Martin's attorney. '"The polygraph test is only as reli able as the operator," said CundifF. "I don't have a lot of information on the polygraph right now. There is information we need to obtain about it.'' Cundiff did assert that there has not been any decision at this point to close the case due to lack of evidence. "Due to the public interest in this case, when the the case is closed, the police de partment will make a public statement. That would be in the best interest of the school and the community." McMurtrie, the reporter who cov ers higher educa tion for the Greenboro News Record and had written sev eral stories on the week in Campus Ministries • 8:30 p.m.: Fellowship of Chris tian Athletes. Boren Lounge. Tuesday, March 24 • 9:30 a.m.: North Carolina Yearly Meeting Ministers Association Meeting. Boren. • 4:00 p.m.: Discussion with Glen Hinson, "The Spirituality of Dou glas Steere." Boren. • 5:15 p.m.: Episcopal Eucharist. Moon Room. • 8:30 p.m.: New Generation Ministries. Boren Lounge. Wednesday, March 25 • 5:30 p.m.: Midweek meeting for worship. Hut. • 8:30 p.m.: Inter Varsity Chris tian Fellowship. Boren Lounge. • 9:00 p.m.: Unitarian-Universal ist students. Hut. Thursday, March 26 • 7:00 p.m.: Seeker Session: The Spirituality of Gandhi and King Friday, February 6 • Noon: Brown Bag Lunch: re ports from Spring Break Trips. Hut. • 7:30 p.m.: GCRO Friday Fire side led in Baha'i traditions. Hut. 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