The Campus Echo Number 2 North Carolina Central University Durham. N.C. December 3, 1988 Durham man charged in 1986 student slaying By Mike Jessup Staff Writer A Durham man was charged Wednesday, Oct. 26, with fatally shooting an NCCU transfer stu dent in 1986. Edward Teet, 35, of 2717 Broad St., is accused of the murder of Anthony Wayne Bullock, 20, who was shot on Saturday morning. Labor Day weekend, at 3:30 a.m. said, “Teet was a suspect from the beginning, but we did not have enough evidence to convict him.” Just a week before Teet was arrested, a $100,000 lawsuit hearing alleging that NCCU did not provide adequate security was held. The ruling is expected in December. Durham Police had been inves- suit, some information was ob tained. Certain physical evidence and certain knowledge of the events that only the deceased and the suspect would have known were all we needed to make an arrest,” said Roop. Some people who had knowl edge at the time, but did not want to get involved or did not feel the information they had would help. Miss North Caro lina Central Uni versity, Sonya A. Laws displays her trademark smile at her coronation held last month. She is shown here with her escort D. Curtis Lawson. (Photo by Herb Delancey) Whiting honors spirit of Janies E. Shepard during Founder's Day Convocation From Staff Reports Dr. Albert N. Whiting, chancel lor-emeritus ,addressed a crowd of 900 in B.N. Duke Auditorium on the camnus of North Carolina Central University as part of the Founder's Day Convocation. Whiting has the distinction of being the last president of North Carolina Central University and the first chancellor of the univer sity, serving from 1967 to 1983. In a speech designed to praise the memory of the late founder of the university, James E. Shep ard, Whiting said, “Dr. Shep ard’s challenge consisted of an awesome agenda for this univer sity. It is my belief that it is best achieved by a well administrated four -year program that reaffirms basic values like promise keep ing,'nonviolence and equality. Learning depends on this.” Shepard founded the univer sity in 1910 and remained the president until his death in 1947. Shepard understood the impor tance of language and would not stand for sloppiness, he added. He also allowed the audience a chance to visualize what he thought Shepard would have seen today. “He would give no re ward for low productivity. He felt that education must deal with purpose and meaning,” added Whiting. ‘ Ts it not educational responsi bility to teach students to judge wisely and to develop them to live for dignity and purpose and to weigh decisions wisely for the common good?” he asked. According to the lawsuit, Bul lock paid a $100 fee required of all students living in Chidicy Hall which provided a nighttime se curity guard. Students living in other dorms on campus do not pay this fee. According to John W. Smith, chief of NCCU secu rity, “No guard was on duty.” “You cannot blame [Smith) or any of his people. There is not out. That fact alone makes them impossibletoprevent. Therewas nothing that NCCU or anyone else could be done to prevent i t, ” he added. The motive is unknown and the trial will be six months to a year from now. Teet, the only known suspect, IS in the Durham County Jail without bond. Board passes visitation policy By Mike .Jessup Staff Writer With the exception of David Stith, the North Carolina Central Univer sity Board of Trustees voted unani mously in favor of the dormitory visitation policy. “Wc arc now in the process of spelling out the specifics and are working with residence operations and student affairs on how it will actually work, but we plan to have it in operation when the students get back from the Christmas holidays in January,” said Chancellor Tyronza Richmond of North Carolina Central University. “From day one 1 have been in full support of the coed visitation policy and I recommended it to the board. ’ ’ Most students responded positively like Debbie Bcllony, a freshman. “Wc should have it. All the other .schools have it.” But not all stu dents were happy to hear about coed visitation. “I don’t like it. I live in Eagleson with 25 girls on each side of the hall, and you cannot relax with guys on the hall. You cannot let your guard down,” said Sara Jackson, a senior. Margaret Harrington, supervisor for Eagleson Dormitory would rather see the coed visitation policy ap plied to juniors and seniors only so it would be “something for students to work up to.” Students just coming to college may not be able to handle it. “The reason students are here is to get an education and I would hate to see anything jeopardize that.” Donnie Cox, dormitory supervisor of Chidley Hall said, “The students will have to accept responsibility in order for visitation to work because the staff cannot be everywhere.” The new dorm security supervisor, Caroll Wright, hired in October of fered a note of eaution, “The stu dents want visitation - fine. If the students are mature enough - fine. If they abuse the privilege of visitation, then it will end itself.” The dormitory visitation policy states that: “Many residents of the dormi tories of North Carolina Central University have sought the privilege of hosting guests in the rooms of individual residents without regard to the gender of the guests and resi dents. Because such a privilege has a clear potential for the promotion of individual growth and maturity, and represents a recognitiori that today’s university student is in law an adult, and in fact is expected to make major decisions with regard to behavior, life style, personal safety and secu rity, and personal health, the univer sity adopts the following policy. “Effective upon adoption of this policy, student residents of dormi tory facilities may choose to enter tain guests in their individual rooms without regard to the gender of the guest or the resident. The university shall enable the students to make this choice by the establishment of rules, regulations, and procedures which neither negate this privilege nor interfere with the rights of other students to personal privacy, opportunity for study and reflection, and personal security. The rules, regulations, and proce dures shall address, but not be lim ited to, such issues as: days and hours when such visits are permitted; reg istration of guests; the availability and necessity of personnel to moni tor visitation rules, regulations, and procedures; and negotiations between roommates to establish restrictions on such visits. Should it be determined that cer tain dormitories, or areas or floors of dormitories need to be set aside to ac commodate students who desire to restrict guests to those of the same gender as the residents, the univer sity may set aside such areas.”

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