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-
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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
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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
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