Howard Coble, Others to Discuss the Role of Civil Liberties During War Casey Creel News Editor On Monday, April 14, a panel including U.S. Rep. Howard Coble, whose comments about Japanese Internment offended many and called his role as commencement speaker into ques tion, will discuss civil liberties for Arabs and other groups in the current war against Iraq. Head of the Peace and Conflict Studies Smoking Policy Changes Proposed Alexandra Stewart Staff Writer Upon receiving information about housing for next year, many students were upset to find that residential smok ing policy is being changed. Campus Life is currently sponsoring a proposal to change the current smok ing policy of residential halls only. As pro posed, the halls that will be smoke-free next year are Binford, English, Mary Hobbs, Milner, and Shore. Bryan, the Apartments, and Alternative Housing will decide on a unit-by-unit basis whether to allow smoking. These buildings have better ventila tion and a more contained living environ ment than other areas on campus, Cam pus Life said. As for the other public buildings on campus, there will be no change from what is currently in place. The Underground will still be available as a smoker's haven. According to Joe Vereen, Assistant Dean for Campus Life, the main motiva tion for this change came as people in Campus Life noticed the number of other schools changing over to smoke-free cam puses and resident halls. This, along with the lack of decent sprinkler systems and ventilation in some of the larger and older buildings, inspired Campus Life to con- UMUMUM .q-ulLkxr+l filaLM. .COTH JVCJMJA. department Vernie Davis will moderate the fo rum, which will last 90 minutes. The event, to be held at the New Garden Friends Meeting at 7:30 p.m., will be open to all students and other affiliated with the college, and dosed to commercial media. "I'm excited about the opportunity for ev eryone who is involved with Guilford to get a duct a survey among the student body during meal times from Feb. 25 to 27 and to research other colleges' policies. A total of 437 students filled out a survey over the course of three days; the survey was administered by RA's and other student leaders involved with Cam pus Life. In a summary compiled by Vereen, a majority of the students said they did not want a smoke-free campus, but did prefer smoke-free residence halls. The study of other colleges consid ered many different schools in three main groups: colleges in our tuition peer group, local and regional schools, and Quaker schools. Only two colleges had no restric tions on smoking on their campus. Dean for Campus Life Anne Lundquist said that the policy for Bryan, the Apart ments, and Alternative Housing would be a part of another decision including com munity living contracts. Similar to room mate contracts, all the members of one suite, apartment, or house will need to discuss their feelings on all sorts of is sues, including, but not limited to, smok ing, drinking, visitors, and noise. Lundquist expressed her under standing for the concern of outside-only smoking, stating that her staff will try to create areas outside with ashtrays and cover from rain so that smoker's won't be left without a decent place to smoke. She chance to really be educated about this issue and discuss it in an open form with experts in different fields," said Senior Josh Neas, who is involved in planning the forum. Neas spearheaded the protest against Coble as a commencement speaker in February, and this forum is partly a response to students' con cerns that he was an inappropriate choice. mentioned that while working at another in stitution, "we didn't think about providing places outside for students to smoke. We know better now. This summer we'll make sure that there are adequate spaces avail able to smokers." She also mentioned that other changes to the public buildings' smok ing policy would be brought up during an upcoming meeting of deans and vice presi dents. She welcomes any students with feel ings on these issues to contact her or Vereen with comments, questions, and suggestions by e-mail or at her open office hours or Din ing with Deans. While many students have come out against the housing changes Cori Parmenter, a sophmore, said, "I think it's a good idea. I don't like smoke." First year Asa Fager disagrees. He says that these changes are "ridiculously unfair." He worries about students not being con sulted enouch about this change. "Smokers should be able to make the decision themselves." Corrections The Guilfordian strives to maintain accuracy and balance in our reporting. If you should discover any factual error printed in this edition, please leave a detailed message for Editor-in-Chief James Tatum at The Guilfordian office, (336) 316 - 2306, or e-mail the paper at guilfordian@guilford.edu, including the word "collection" in the subject line. April 4, 2003 CCE Report Have You Visited the Student Lounge Lately? Toni Paxton Kick back and sink into the new leather sofa, have a cup of joe and relax in the revamped CCE ?' dent lounce lo cated in Hendricks Ha The lounge is available to ail CCE students to study or socialize, it aiso has two computers for your use. The can teen located within Hendricks HaH offers snack and drink machines, free coffee and other hot beverages and a micro wave. Come check it out ami enjoy. V\fe are continually making improvements and took forward to any suggestions you may have *o make this space more inviting and user-friendly. The lounge is open from eight a.m. to 10 p.m. on weekdays when classes are in session. For more information on the lounge and other con tinuing education information, please see the student handbook. Copies of the handbook are available in Founders Halt. In addition to improvements made to the CCE student lounge, the CCE/SGA is ex cited to sponsor a Spring Celebration at Page 2