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Fhoto by Rodney Moore
Steve Talley, percussionist for Steadi Groove, works on mixing the song in the engineering room of the University’s state-of-the-art 24-
track recording studio. A music Industries major, Talley plans to use his degree ‘1o bring the quality back into rrxjsic.”
ECSU officials defend females’ curfew,
but some students say policy is unfair
and tears, there shall arise a revolutionist
who will set the captives free."
The band members' short term goals
are to finish college and receive their
degrees.
"1 want to finish college first because
I'll always have my education even if the
band breaks up," said Hall.
As for their long term plans in music,
the group hopes to one day receive a
recording contract and become success
ful.
"We're going to send demo tapes to
record companies like RCA, Warner Bros,
and Polygram and hope that one of them
likes them," said Powell.
"Doing this project helps the students
improve their playing skills and teaches
them to play more professionally," said
Hill. "They are learning what it takes to
be in an actual group and face the deci
sions that need to be made in a situation
where different personalities and ideas
need to be focused into one specific goal."
Guns found
on campus
By Eric Skirmer
An ECSU senior who had been sus
pended for possession of a firearm on
campus will be aUowed to graduate in
May; however, the student won't be al
lowed to appear in graduation exercises.
Campus policemen arrested the stu
dent early Saturday morning on April 11
in the parking lot of Williams Hall Gym.
A security officer found the gun in the
student's pocket while "pattingme down
for a beer," the student told The Compass.
"At that time I realized I still had my
friend's gun," the student said. "I'd taken
it from him earlier to keep him from
getting in trouble."
Arrested and charged with possession
of a weapon on school grounds, the stu
dent faces a May 7 hearing in Pasquotank
County District Court
"I nrwde a mistake and I paid for it," he
said.
The student's suspension was upheld
in an April 16 Student Court hearing;
however, the student later appealed his
case to Chancellor Jenkins.
"The Chancellor made the decision to
let me back in," tiie student said, adding
that the owner of the gun accompanied
him to the hearing and testified that the
gun had not belonged to the student.
Under the conditions of his readmis-
sion, the student is or\ly allowed to attend
classes and the library, he said.
Another p iident was suspended this
month after officials found a gun in his
room, according to Dr. Leon White, Vice
CharKellor for Student Affairs. White
would not ovscuss the terms and condi-
tionsof the students' cases,butsaid, "Guns
have no plac:^ in a higher academic envi
ronment."
By Kimberly Whitaker
AlthoughnnanystudentsbelieveECSU
maintains a separate curfew for men and
won>en, no such curfew exists, according
to Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs,
Dr. Leon White.
"We don't have a curfew," said White.
"Because if we had a curfew and a stu
dent missed it, then she would get in
trouble. The policy on that is we lock all
buildings at the same time. We lock fe
males in for safety. If something hap
pened to them, then the parents would be
callir^ asking why did this happen to
my daughter, because the buildingwasn't
locked."
Although females' dorms are locked at
night, males' dorms stay open 24 hours
seven days a week. Freshmen dorms are
locked at 12:30 a.m. on week nights. All
other female dorms are locked at 1 a.m.
on week nights.
'They don't lock the male's dorms be
cause they aren't going to get raped,"
White said.
White said the University had no writ
ten policy regarding this issue.
"When they lock the residerxre halls,
you get in anytime you want to," said.
"All you have to do is wake the residence
advisor up."
According to one female dorm resi
dent, not all dorm directors are willing to
be awakened when they are asleep, how
ever.
"My dorm director tells you straight
up, 'Don't come to my window all hours
of the night expecting to get in,' the stu
dent said.
Some students have questioned the
University's policy of locking only fe
male dorms.
"Locking up the girls' dorm is sex dis
crimination" said a Wamack resident.
"Why should a guy worry about sneak
ing in the girls' dorm when the girls can
come in the males' dorm."
"It's good the doors are locked for fe
males' protection, but it's still sex dis
crimination" said a Mitchell-Lewis resi
dent. "I believe they are more worried
about girls sneaking guys in. They just
used the'protectionstatement asacover-
up.'"
'To stop confusion and sex discrimina
tion they need to give students a key to
the front door," said a resident of Doles
Hall. "Students at other colleges have
them."
Mr. Willie Spence, Assistant V ice Chan
cellor for Student Affairs, said the deci
sion to lock female's dorms was "not a
double standard." Spence added, "If s a
securityapproach. Men aren'tatthe same
security risk."
Spence said locking the female'sdorms
was "an administrative decision" that
was made at the same time officials de
cided to lock all of the campus buildings.
Mrs. JerebneLynn,directorofBias Hall,
said locking the female's dorms isa good
idea, because "of all the things going on
today." Lynn added, "Me and my girls
have an imderstanding. When they ap>-
proach the gate, security calls me and
wakes me up so I can let them in."
According to a Compass survey, 83 per
cent of the students said that the
University's policy of locking female stu
dents out of dorms after curfew increases
the risk of their being sexually attacked.
In thesame survey, 48 percent of students
admitted going into off-limit dorms.
"I believe it's fair to lock the women's
donns at a certain time, for the overall
safety of all the female students," said
senior Chukundi Salisbury. "But then
dorm directors should also be required to
get up and let the late arrivals in."