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The News Argus, March 2004 Construction plans moving aliead By Tammy Bankhead Argus Reporter Winston-Salem State University is receiv ing a major face-lift. Construction sites are visible throughout campus. One area of con cern for students is the pedestrian-walk building site. Barriers cause students and faculty to take alternate routes to reach particular buildings. In most cases this means a longer walk and a few extra minutes. Questions are being raised as to when con struction on the pedestrian walk will be completed. The pedestrian walk is part of a $46 million pro ject called the Capital Construction Plan.The plan calls for improve ment and/or renovations to existing sites such as the Health Science build ing. The project also includes the construction of new buildings. The Computer Science build ing is one of them. More renovations and new buildings are scheduled. Students and faculty are eagerly awaiting the completion of Phase 1 to the clock tower/pedestrian walk. Phase 1 began in front of the Thompson Center It continues down to the construction of the tower and down to the front of the library. Completion “Because of the weather and major utilities problems development of the site had to be delayed. These were things that we had not foreseen or could have predicted.” - Jorge Quintal, Interim A ssociate Vice Chancellor of Facilities on the site was scheduled for December. As we all know we’ve fallen short of that goal. Jotge Quintal, Interim Associate Vice Chancellor/Facilities, did offer an explana tion as to why the project has not been com pleted. “Because of the weather and major utili ties problems, development of the site had to be delayed. These were things that we had not fore seen or could have pre dicted,” Quintal said. He said that he antici pates phase 1 to be finished by the end of March and he hopes to have phase 2 com pleted in July. “Phase 2 of the pedes trian walk continues from the library to MLK.” Quintal added that there are still a variety of projects to be completed. “This sum mer construction of a Student Health Services building and renovation will begin.” With spring fast approaching many students are looking forward to spending afternoons on the yard. The faster the walk way is com pleted the more time students will have to enjoy it. Hopefully the weather will cooper ate, and there will be no more major prob lems.May the spring usher in the completion of the walkway and a renewed spirit of Ram Pride. m Photo by Keith Caesar The clock tower is part of the beautification plan for the campus. SECURITY, from cover monitored during peak hours, from 8:30 a.m.-4 a.m. Inman said that students continually prop doors open in the dormitories, allowing anyone to gain access to the residents, including persons that may be of threat to residents. Bell referred to the Clery Act as something to be mindful of. The act is named in memory of the late Jeanne Cleary who was a student at Lehigh University in the late 1980^. Cleary was raped and murdered in her residence hall. Her parents discovered that the students of LU were unaware of the crimes that had taken place at the university in the three years prior to their daughter’s incident. As a result, all United States universities, public and private, are required to disclose crime statistics on their cam puses and surrounding areas to the public. To combat such incidents. Rams Commons has a clause in their assignment of fees to violators of the “propping door open” offense, charging them up to $50 should they be caught on camera or in person in the act of propping doors open. Facility manager, Felicia Chacere says that residents assis tants, or RAs, heightened their awareness on for eign visitors in the halls in response to the inci dent. Campus police are able to monitor the remaining halls through cameras that many stu dents don’t even know exist. Cameras Monitor Students Ashley Blacktree, a junior, requested a ride from the lower Rams Commons parking lot to her residential building. When she called for an escort, her request was denied for an unknown reason. However, the campus police informed her that monitors stategically placed around campus would follow her. Blacktree said this didn’t make her feel safer. She doubts cameras can zoom into her specifically when she’s walking from the parking lot.” Although Chief Bell encourages all students to report if campus police refuse to escort them (unless the request is based on reason such as “I don’t want to walk in the rain in the middle of the day, so I’ll call campus police), he verified that there are cameras monitoring student activity all over the campus. “We have a 24-hour Monitoring Lab that was installed last year,” said Bell. The lab monitors more than 16 different loca tions on campus, including parking lots, and MLK Drive. However, the cameras aren’t always moni tored. The only problem with new, high-tech lab is that of the eleven patrolmen. Chief Bell, Lt. Marcus Sutton and the two secretaries, there isn’t always somebody to monitor the cameras. “As we (the university) grow more and get more buildings, we’re asking to get more people also,” said Bell. “That’s where students can help. “If they voice their opinion, the university will take heed to what they say they need.” Off-campus danger On Jan. 14 confusion broke out at the Millenium Center in downtown Winston-Salem during a party hosted by a campus group erupted into a major police incident, with gun shots fired by patrons. The trouble followed club patrons to campus, causing campus and city police to get involved in securing the campus. Art Malloy, Associate Vice-Chancellor for Student Affairs, was notified by campus police as soon as the dis turbance was brought on campus. On Jan. 15, a detailed letter was issued under every students’ door on campus advising them on how to stay out of harm’s way as they participated in social activites off-campus. "Enough is enough,” said Malloy. “When you see students bringing off-campus fights on-cam- pus, you have to draw the line.” “Once I heard of some of things going on I felt like it was a necessity to send out a notice to stu dents not to frequent any place known to have violence.” Malloy says that the school is trying to solicit student interest in activities like bowling and skat ing nights, special guest speakers, student-orga- nized gym jams and other activities that “Hopefully, after awhile students get to the point where they’ll begin taking advantage of the activities the university has to offer on a say a Criminal Offenses on Campus WSSU UNC-P Aggravated assault 2000 1 1 2001 5 0 2002 1 2 Burglary 2000 29 15 2001 26 ' 13 2002 40 13 Motor Vehicle theft 2000 7 1 2001 0 2 2002 6 2 Arson 2000 7 0 2001 0 1 2002 2 0 Forcible sex offenses (including forcible rape) 2000 0 0 2001 0 3 2002 0 0 Friday night, rather than frequenting establish ments known to be associated with danger.” Malloy, who oversees judicial matters at the university, has worked at WSSU for five years. He says the administration is well aware of the persons involved in things that cause disruption on and off-campus. “I’ve seen a couple of groups, without naming the groups, that have become more and more unruly. We're addressing them one by one. It’s not as if we don’t know who’s doing what.” WSSU is better in some areas According to the U.S. Department of TURNER, from cover Photo by Nicole Ferguson Security towers are all over campus in the event emergency help or escorts are needed. academic excellence in the classroom as well as in school activities, and by an essay about how their attendance at a CIAA school has affected their lives, their writing skills were evaluated. Students felt that the conference queen should uphold the standards of HBCU’s as well as being given the title because of the previously stated criterion. Junior Mass Communications major Russell Clemons said, “I think the CIAA queen should have knowledge of what she is repre senting. She should not just have the title, she should be intelligent, and have duties to bet ter the schools that she represents," The week before the results of the compe tition were announced. Turner said that she was proud to represent W'SSU in the compe tition and that she felt this was a great oppor tunity to be an ambassador for WSSU. “I think that the CIAA wants to encourage Education’s Office of Postsecondary Statistics, there were no accounts of murder, forcible sex offenses, nonforcible sex offenses or negligent manslaughter at WSSU for 2000-2002. There was one account of robbery in 2001, two accounts of arson in 2002, and one, five and one account(s) of aggravated assauh in 2000, 2001 and 2002 respec tively. Compared with a the University of North Carolina at Pembroke, whose size is comparable to that of WSSU with enrollment at about 4,400, the statistics are similar. The OPE publishes these crime statistics for all college campuses in the U.S. annually. Statistics for 2003 will be available this spring. others to become aware of each of the cam pus queens in the community. This competi tion is an opportunity to enhance the respon sibilities of the queens and their roles in their perspective schools. Each queen is an ambas sador for her university. This gives an oppor tunity to represent among other schools. The competition is more of a friendly competi tion. The community and students vote for the winner, which gives each contestant an equal opportunity. I am really excited to be a participant,” Turner said. Students felt that the ClAA’s decision to add the contest to the merriment was a wise one. Junior Therapeutic Recreation major Ebony Fowler said, “The pageant was something different that enhanced the CIAA celebration.” Senior Therapeutic Recreation major Alecisha Smith felt similariy. She stated, “1 think that all of the HBCU queens competing for one title was a very good idea. Those who are in chaige of the CIAA should have thought of this sooner.”
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