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No. 13
Published by anti tor the students ol North Carolina Central University in Durham, North Carolina 27707
March 6, 1981
Like this
picture?
You can see
Jimmie Green
“whip it”
in person
in Eagles Nite Live
Monday night
at 8 p.m.
in B. N. Duke.
Photo by
L. A. Fields
Four Nazis charged with
G’boro bomb conspiracy
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (DPI) Four Nazi supporters
charged with conspiring to firebomb
Greensboro appeared Wednesday before a
U.S. magistrate, who declared them eligible
for court-appointed lawyers and continued
their $50,000 bond.
The men made a brief appearance before
U.S. Magistrate J. Paul Teal Jr. and were
then returned to the Buncombe County jail.
None of them has posted bond.
The four, all from the Winston-Salem area,
were among six people indicted Monday on
federal conspiracy charges. The indictments
said the six planned to set off napalm-like ex
plosives in Greensboro last year had guilty
verdicts been returned in the trial of a group
of Nazis and Klansmen accused of killing five
communists during a Nov. 3, 1979 clash bet
ween the groups in Greensboro.
The four who appeared before Teale were
Raeford M. Caudle, 38; James Christopher
Talbert, 30, and brothers Joseph Gorrell
Pierce, 28, and Roger Allen Pierce, 25.
A fifth suspect, Frank Lee Braswell, 48,
also remained in the Buncombe County jail
Wednesday. His wife, Patsy Keeter Braswell,
32, was also charged, but released from jail
Monday to care for the couple’s three
Caf rip-off goes on
By Letisa Yates
Instead of a decline in the number of eating
utensils being taken from the cafeteria, there
is a significant increase. Why?
The present meal plan system has worked
successfully for years, but due to the changes
in the attitudes of the students many pro
blems have arisen.
Under the present system, the student can
purchase food from the serving counter in an
a la carte fashion, budget or minimize pur
chases to suit personal appetites, and share
or exchange meal cards with visitors or
relatives.
According to a pamphlet circulated by the
food service department at NCCU, the
cafeteria is designed to serve students living
on campus only.
The pamphlet also explains that the meal
Alpha, Omega lines
halted temporarily,
then reinstated
By Winfred B. Cross
The pledge activities of Alpha Phi Alpha and Omega Psi Phi
fraternities were recently reinstated after being suspended
because of suspected abuse to pledgees, according to Dr.
Roger Bryant, assistant vice-chancellor of Student Affairs.
Phillip Rosser, president of the NCCU chapter of the
NAACP, was hospitalized Feb. 16 because of “extreme il
lness,” according to Bryant. Rosser was pledging Alpha.
Rosser was taken to the infirmary and then transferred to
the emergency room at Duke Medical Center. He was releas
ed on Feb. 19 but suffered a relapse and was hospitalized
again on Feb. 20.
Bryant said he suspended the Alpha’s pledge activities to
“insure that every means is used to investigate the situa
tion.”
Rosser was last seen leaving the Alpha house at approx
imately 12:00 a.m. Feb. 16 before being admitted into the
hospital later that night.
Tests at Duke Hospital later showed that no alcohol or
drugs were found in Rosser’s blood stream.
Rosser stated that he did not feel the Alphas had anything
to do with his illness because of “their concern when they
found I had been hospitalized.”
Bryant has since lifted the suspension placed on the Alpha’s
pledge activities.
Omega Psi Phi’s pledge activities were suspended after a
pledgee identified only as “number eight” was hospitalized
for an injury in his groin area. He was treated and released
with no serious or permanent damage.
“The situation is under investigation so I am not at liberty to
give any details,” said Bryant.
Recently, a poster hanging in W.G. Pearson Cafeteria
depicted Jim Jones, an Omega and a candidate for SGA presi
dent, kicking a pledgee in the groin area.
“I don’t think Mr. Jones would hurt anybody in the manner
in which the postei; depicted,” said Bryant.
Although the investigation is continuing, Bryant has lifted
the suspension from the Omegas also.
Bryant said that at least one campus organization’s pledge
activities are suspended per pledge period due to rule infrac
tion.
“Organizations must observe their national rules concern
ing hazing (extreme mental or physical abuse),” he said.
“When they accept the fact that hazing has been outlawed
completely, pledge periods will run more smoothly.”
Bryant added that, contrary to negative views, fraternities
and sororities do a lot of community service projects.
“I think it’s unfortunate that the negative views outweigh
the positive ones,” he said.
children.
Federal agents have said an undercover
agent employed by the federal Bureau of
Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms infiltrated the
Nazi group. They have declined to name the
agent.
But, state Nazi leader Harold Covington
said the agent was a man named Mike McS-
wain, who approached him in the summer of
1980, offering to conduct assassinations and
transport Nazis to South American. Cov
ington said he referred the man to the
Braswells, who later called Covington asking
for his impressions of the men.
John Westra, the agent in charge of ATF
operations in the Carolines, refused Tuesday
to confirm or deny Covington’s account.
The, agent was the second one to infiltrate
Nazi and klan groups in recent months. Dur
ing the murder trial of the Nazis and
Klansmen, it was disclosed that ATF agent
Bernard Butkovich had sat in on a Klan and
Nazi planning session two days before the
killings took place at a Greensboro housing
project.
Westra denied that the two ATF agents
were working together.
the controversy continues
Pot: harmful or helpful?
plan, based on the volume of students hous
ed on campus, makes it possible to offer a
mandatory “group plan” or “discount plan.”
Now, back to the attitudes of the students.
On campus students who get
“take-outs”and off campus students who may
need to furnish an apartment are guilty of
removing trays and eating utensils from the
cafeteria. This causes more money to be
spent to replenish supplies rather than for a
wider variety of foods, and these expenses
are charged to the on campus student in
stead of the off campus student.
If students continue to remove eating uten
sils from the cafeteria, the food service
department could enforce the rule that only
students residing on campus be allowed to
eat in the cafeteria.
Compiled by Vicky L. Wiggins
from reports by English 3100
Once again the question permeates the air—tinkling in the
mind of the weary juror preparing to hear testimony for the
third day, bemusing the medical doctor as he prescribes the
drug to yet another ailing chemotherapy patient, and haun
ting the student who has just puffed the butt-end of his mari
juana cigarette.
The question; Is marijuana harmful (mentally or physical
ly)? Does it cause negative after-effects?
In a recent survey of 178 NCCU students, 105 said it was
not harmful and did not produce negative after-effects, 71
disagreed with the above statement, and 2 were undecided.
“Come on and help me smoke some of this bad herb (slang
for marijuana). It’s some killer.” Does this sound familiar?
Many of us have heard that or similar dialogue. But just how
much of a killer is pot?
Although there have been years of testing the positive and
negative effects of marijuana, controversial evidence still
floods in. Even with this inconclusive evidence, marijuana is
still reaching epidemic proportions on college campuses.
Last fall several students attending the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill participated in a “smoke-out,” a
festivity in which students smoked marijuana during the
lunch hour every Friday for 2 to 3 weeks to protest the illegali
ty of the drug.
Why is the use of marijuana now seeping through crevices
that were once sealed tightly?
Dodson Barnes, a 21-year-old senior from Lincointon, said,
“For the most part, pot stimulates thought and activity.” He
added that the after- effects of marijuana depend on the men
tality of the individual.
“I used to smoke it to solve problems; it never affected me
mentally dr physically and it never conflicted with my study
ing,” saidia 25-year-old physical geography major who asked
to remainjanonymous.
What atlout the cries and shouts against any form of mari
juana? Is it as dangerous as the critics claim?
“The lattgest problem with the drug is that it is illegal and
the reseakh is still incomplete,” said Dusty Stuab, clinical
director f^r Hassle House.
Dr. Marcono R. Hines, director of student Health Services
at NCCU, agrees with Stuab. “I would not advise any student
to smoke marijuana because he does not know what he is
smoking. It’s not like alcohol which is bought in a sealed con
tainer.”
Medical Uses of Marijuana
Recent research on marijuana is as an aid to chemotherapy
and glaucoma patients. William Erwin, associate director of
Public Relations for Duke Medical Center, pointed out that
cancer patients who undergo chemotherapy and cannot get
rid of nausea with conventional methods are given tetra
hydra cannabinal (THC - the active ingredient found in mari
juana) in pill form.
According to Sol Lu.:dS, a clinical pharmacist at Duke, the
conventional methods are standard nausea drugs such as
Compozine, Thorozine, and Tigan. When these methods fail,
THC is used. Some of the patients receiving the drug ex
perience up to 75 percent reduction in nausea. The average is
about 50 percent reduction. Lucas said a patient “receiving
chemotherapy at Duke can get THC only if he has a prescrip
tion from a physician who has been approved by the National
Cancer Institute (NCI).” The NCI requires that an oncologist
(cancer specialist) meet the regular requirements of acquisi
tion of a narcotic license and employment at a cancer treat
ment center.
How is the marijuana used? JHC is extracted from the mari
juana plant at the Research Triangle Park. It is then shipped
to an unknown company in the United States to be processed
into pill form.
Duke Hospital, the only one in this area that prescribes
THC to its patients, is one of 500 hospitals across the country
licensed to prescribe the drug.
Marijuana is also being tested to help glaucoma patients.
Beta Adrenergic Properties (the active ingredient used in the
treatment of glaucoma) causes a decrease in blood pressure.
According to authorities, there seems to be a correlation in
the decrease in blood pressure and the decrease in the
pressure on the eyes.
Opponents of the legalization of marijuana cite that it
causes serious damage to the brain, lungs, and reproductive
organs.
So the controversy lingers on.
Pot and the Law
Is the 4 to 12 feet hemp plant getting too much attention?
• On August 10, Dr. Gordan Piland, a 34-year-old Hatteras
Island physician was arrested for growing 111 marijuana
plants at his home. Piland claimed federal regulations and
limitations made it almost impossible for him to get marijuana
or THC for his cancer patients so he grew his own. On
See POT, page 5
In this issue
The candidates and their platforms
page 2
Student attends the Grammy Awards
page 6
Black leadership the focus
History program begins today
The fifth annual Helen G. Edmonds History Colloquium will
be held Friday and Saturday at N. C. Central University.
The theme of the program will be “Black Leadership and
the Shaping of 20th Century America.”
Among the speakers will be Dr. Blyden Jackson, an
associate dean at the University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill, and William A. Clement, chairman of Central’s board of
trustees.
Jackson will speak at a luncheon Friday at the Alfonso Elder
Student Union, and Clement will speak at a banquet Saturday
at 7 p.m. at the Ramada Inn in downtown Durham.
The colloquium, which honors NCCU’s only Distinguished
Professor Emeritus, is designed primarily for teachers, who
may earn one and a half hours of continuing education credit
by attending, and for adult North Carolinians who are out of
school.
The program is sponsored by the Edmonds Scholars, a
group of 25 NCCU alumni who studied under Dr. Edmonds
and now hold doctorates in history. Thirteen of the scholars
will lecture and lead discussions during the program.
The colloquium is open to the public and free. Individuals
and groups in the Triangle area who need transportation to
the programs should call the Department of History and
Social Science at 683-6321.