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College crime statistics publicized online
Carlos D'Agostino
Staff Writer
Beginning in fall 2004, Associate Dean
of Campus Life Aaron Fetrow started
publicizing crime statistics on a monthly
basis in the Guilford Beacon. This is a shift
from their traditional annual appearance.
These statistics are published because of
the Jeanne Clery Act, which went into effect
Aug. 1,1991. The law mandates that col
leges and universities publish statistics for
certain categories of crime. This is to help
ensure that students, faculty, and staff are
aware of crime and safety on their campus
es. According to Fetrow, the Clery Act
requires that his position maintain a record
of the past six years' crime statistics as well
as the current year's offenses. After seven
years, the documents are shredded.
"If you commit an offense on campus,
your name is noi revealed, but the offense is
publicized on a uniform crime report," said
Greensboro Trutti and Reconciliation march
Caitlin Adams
Staff Writer
On Nov. 3, 1979, in
Greensboro, Nazi party
members were caught by televi
sion crews killing 5 people and
injuring 10 others in an attack on
a legally scheduled march
themed "Death to the Klan."
The marchers were members
of the Communist Workers Party
looking to prompt support for a
labor conference following the
march. The Nazi members were
acquitted in court, never legally
punished for these tragedies.
This event is known as the
Greensboro Massacre.
On Nov. 13, 2004, in response
to the 25-year anniversary of this
event and the injustice that fol
lowed, The Greensboro Truth
and Community Reconciliation
Project (GTCRP) has organized
a march in hopes of obtaining
racial justice and finishing the
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Guilford's director of security Reginald
Hayes.
To avoid a breach of confidentiality, the
names of offenders cannot be made public.
It is not the intention of college security offi
cers or Greensboro police officials to harm
students' reputation; moreover, they must
abide by the law.
"It just gives the Guilford community knowl
edge of vital crime statistics to make
informed decisions," said public safety officer
Chris Pulliam.
For example, if prospective students or
their parents were to browse Guilford's web
site and read that crime on campus was
becoming an epidemic, then they might opt
to apply to another school. Similarly, current
students' parents who felt that their children
were at risk could withdraw them.
Though colleges are relatively safe places,
patterns show that there is a need students
to remain alert and combat criminal activity
on campus. Burglary, drug and liquor law
march that went unfinished in
1979.
The GTCRP includes students
from Guilford, Bennett College,
North Carolina A&T State
University (A&T) and the
University of North Carolina
at Greensboro (UNCG)
who want to promote dis
course responding to the
Nov. 3 catastrophe.
Representatives from all
of the colleges and univer
sities involved in the
GTCRP gathered on Nov.
5 to speak on the impor
tance of the march that is
to take place Nov. 13.
The Greensboro
Reconciliation Project is the
first reconciliation project to
take place in the United States. It
is modeled after the Truth and
Reconciliation Project in South
Africa.
Alexis Mitchell, the representa
tive from Bennett College, spoke
of the injustice as a "vital infec
tion in the air," as she compared
these events to a cancer. "We
need to stamp out racial preju-
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dice in the city of Greensboro.
Greensboro is a vital city to pro
viding healing," she said
Throughout her speech Mitchell
expressed the need to "find a
doctor and fight for a cure. We
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violations, and weapons possession charges
make up the current crime trend at Guilford.
In 2003, three drug and alcohol-related
arrests were made.
Amendments to the Jeanne Clery Act
require the above crimes in addition to on
campus murders, sex offenses, robbery,
aggravated assault, motor vehicle theft, and
arson to be reported to the college's public
safety office and to the local police depart
ment.
Security coordinator, Keifer Bradshaw
said, "It helps the school by having all cam
pus crimes recorded for use of students, fac
ulty, staff, etc. But the Clery Act is for
the major crimes; felony, theft, things of that
nature."
The Jeanne Clery Act, formerly known as
the Student Right-to-Know and Campus
Security Act, was renamed in 1986 in memo
ry of 19-year-old Lehigh University freshman,
Jeanne Ann Clery, who was assaulted and
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will march for freedom and jus
tice." In closing Mitchell asked
for people to "march for the cure
on Nov. 13."
Dara Edelman, UNCG student
government president, spoke on
behalf of UNCG. "UNCG voted
unanimously for support in the
Reconciliation Project. We (stu
dents of UNCG) have been
involved in this project a year if
not more. It was last summer
that we were all getting together,
so we have been involved with
this for quite a while," said
Edelman.
Steven Johnson, junior at A&T
and active member of the history
club and two community out
reach groups, spoke on behalf of
A&T. "College students of A&T
and the greater Greensboro
area have been active in sup
porting community enriching
events and demonstrations for a
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