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Volume 77 Issue 1
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Bomb exp
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}osh Palmer
Staff Writer
A bomb was exploded in the
firstfloor bathroom of English hall
11:00 pm Monday, Feb. 8.
Tracy French, English Hall Di
rector, said the explosive consisted
of a 16 oz. soda bottle filled with a
chemical believed to be "Drano."
"We recovered small amounts of
glass scattered on the floor, and a
'Drano' container," he said. "It
blew up with a lot of force."
The student who assembled the
device escaped the explosion with
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minor cuts in his foot.
Immediately after the incident,
the injured student called security
who then called the paramedics to
tend to the student's wound.
The bathroom suffered minor
damage. On the wall behind the
toilet was a black sunburst mark.
There were marks on the stall walls
showing where the glass had
spread, and fine shards scattered
about the floor.
Residents from both the bottom
and top floor were shocked by the
force and volume of the explosion.
They described the detonation
sounding like a gunshot.
An investigation of the incident
was conducted by security, resi
dential life and Provost Dan Poteet
Tuesday afternoon.
After the investigation wascom
plete, the student responsible for
the bomb, "was withdrawn admin
istratively from the college," said
Poteet.
The student, already under ad
ministrative probation, was with
drawn for violating that probation,
according to Dean of Students
Joanna Iwata
French said that this only proves
that it is important to report any
thing out of the ordinary to secu
rity or a hall director.
Gall S. Kasun
News Editor
The African American Cul
tural Society (AACS) has
planned several events to cel
ebrate Black History Month.
February is recognized nation
ally as Black History Month.
Lynn Harris, the AACS Direc
tor of Programs, explained the
importance of Black History
Month. "As far as history in
textbooks is concerned, there
isn't much teaching of African
history or African American his
tory."
"Itseems like people only think
African American history is
mostly Martin Luther King. He
is one of the most celebrated Af
rican Americans, but Black His
tory Month is a month to com
memorate other African-Ameri
can leaders as well," said Harris.
Katrina Wilder, AACS* Direc
tor of Programs, said that Black
History Month is "not only rec
ognizing black leaders, but also a
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Tree issues discussed
Brian Sugtoka
Staff Writer
The Guilford Facilities Com
mittee met on Friday, February
5. The sole item on the agenda
was the tree issue.
The decision to cut and prune
some of the trees on campus elic
ited a firestorm of student and
faculty concern.
The Senate meeting on Febru
ary 3 was largely dominated by
that item.
At that meeting, it was decided
that Facilities Committee, a com
mittee composed of administra
tors, seniormaintenanceofficials
and faculty as well as students
and intended to deal with facili
ties and planning issues, would
be charged with discussing the
issue further and coming up with
some recommendations as to
what should be done.
In addition to the regular mem
bers, the Friday meeting was at
tended by two other concerned
students, The Senate Secretary,
and Roger Nebel, a senior Guil
ford Security officer.
A number of important points
came out of the meeting.
time to recognize things in African-
Americans' past, such as slavery and
the Civil Rights Movement."
"It's the fact that we're the minor
ity and that education of African
American history needs to be brought
up. It's this month that really gets
recognized," said Wilder.
Daryl Nash, AACS member, said,
"Black History Month is important
because it gives us a chance to learn
about our history."
"I take every chance I can to learn
about it-and what I learn is very
important. Whatever I learn builds
up my identity as a black man, being
able to grow and function in soci
ety," continued Nash.
"It's really important to learn about
other cultures," said AACS member
Holly Canada.
"It's also important for me to learn
about my culture as an African
American," explained Canada.
Educational meetings and lectures
arc part of AACS's schedule this
month.
One of their largest plans is still
tentative. Wildersaid,"The Malcolm
It was agreed that some of the
pruning should commence immedi
ately, among trees and shrubs that
are clearly aesthetically displeasing,
in danger of becoming sick because
of crossed limbs or overgrowth, or
are in danger of falling over or hav
ing limbs break off.
It was emphasized by several mem
bers of the committee that the prun
ing to be done now should be the
minimum possible.
It was also decided that any ques
tionable cutting or pruning propos
als should wait ui til more commu
nity opinions and suggestions can be
gathered.
It was agreed also that any trees
that are of educational value because
of size, age or rarity were not to be
touched. Bill Fulcher, the faculty
representative and resident expert
on Guilford trees,said, "We will draw
up a list of those trees which are to be
protected."
The issue of removing or pruning
some trees because of security con
cerns that they block light or provide
a possible lurking space was also
raised.
It was decided that security would
come up with a list of those trees
deemed a security risk and make that
list available to the community, once
February 12. 1993
X play is tentative because our
budget wasn't finalized; now the
budget in finalized, but we couldn't
book the play previously without
the funds."
"We brought the price down
from their original SI7OO t05900,"
said Wilder. "Now, it will cost a
lot more than the original SI7OO
because we had to wait for our
budget," she explained, emphasiz
ing that the company needed a
greater time notice than what they
must work with currently.
AACS sponsored a showing of
'Mississippi Burning' on Feb. 1.
"We also did a tribute to
Thurgood Marshall, Supreme
Court Justice," said Wilder. "Pro
fessor Adrianne Israel lectured and
showed 'The Road to Brown',
showing all the court decisions
leading up to Brown v. the Board
of Education, which ended segre
gation."
A coffeehouse was sponsored
on Feb. 10 with poetry, readings,
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agreed upon.
It was also asked that a
walkaround be held, where secu
rity officials and administrators can
identify those trees which are
deemed a problem and explain their
reasons.
Roger Nebel agreed to bring the
proposal to Maryann Weedon, Di
rector of Security, for her to con
sider.
Jim Newlin agreed to discuss it
with other administrators.
The Facilities Committee meets
again this Friday at 1:30 in the
New Garden board room.
Additional information and pro
posals will be discussed. Inter
ested students are encouraged to
attend
Senate
election#
See platforms
on page 15.