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Friday, March 7, 1997
Plan would end breaks for Citadel
■ The Army wants to stop
giving graduates of military
schools better commissions.
BY VICKY ECKENRODE
STAFF WRITER
After months of criticism concerning
female integration and alleged hazing,
the Citadel faces another controversy.
The Army announced possible plans
to revoke the status of the Citadel and
five other military colleges as “essential
military schools.” That change would
decrease the number of the schools’
graduates who automatically receive
active duty commissions.
Col. Terry Leedom, director of pub
lic affairs at the Citadel, said the pro
posed change could threaten recruiting
for the Citadel.
“This might make some potential
candidates think about not coming
here,"said Leedom.
Along with the Citadel, the classifi
cation also gave preference to graduates
from Virginia Military Institute, Texas
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Institute and State University, Norwich
College in Vermont and North Georgia
College over graduates from 301 other
ROTC programs in the country.
Leedom said the Citadel deserved the
status because of the school’s extensive
military training.
“Because of our 24-hour military
environment, the product we produce is
more valuable to the Army than a grad
uate from a civilian school,” he said.
Lt. Col. Jim Rhodes, professor of
military science and chairman of
UNC’s Army ROTC program, said
UNC cadets could receive the same
commission as Citadel cadets with less
grief.
He said the U.S. Military Academy,
located in West Point, New York,
should be the only school to receive spe
cial status because it is the Army’s offi
cial academy and is federally funded.
“I think die time has passed for (the
Citadel) to still receive special consider
ation,” he said.
Tavi Brunson, a junior in UNC’s
Army ROTC, agreed.
He said, “The only people who
should have a different consideration are
West Point cadets because they have a
“I think the time
has passed for
(the Citadel)
to still receive
special consideration. ”
LT. COL. JIM RHODES
Chairman, UNC's Army ROTC
different assessment process” as the offi
cial Army academy.
Tightening in military funds has
caused Citadel graduates and ROTC
graduates to fight for a decreasing num
ber of active-duty jobs, Brunson said.
“Because there are fewer commis
sions being given out, there is more com
petition for active-duty positions,” he
said “That’s why it’s necessary to make
the whole process more fair.”
Brunson said he did not agree with
the current system that gave more con
sideration to Citadel cadets than to
cadets like himself.
He said, “It’s unfair because we do
the same things they do and we’re
assessed the same way they are.”
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Jim Walters, associate provost and director of undergraduate admissions, sits
buried amidst the plethora of applications that cross his desk each year.
APPLICATIONS
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versity was illustrated in the increase of
500 applications he saw this year.
Clayton said the visibility and notori
ety of the academic programs and
schools at ECU encouraged students to
consider his campus. “Several years ago
we were known as an eastern regional
school,” he said. “It has been a matter of
the maturing of ECU into a national
type of institution.”
Clayton also commented on the
improvement in minority recruitment.
“For three straight years we have seen
a very marked gain (in African
American applications),” Clayton said.
“We are up 12 percent over last year.”
Smaller schools in the UNC system
also noted an increase in applicants.
“We are up about 18 percent,” said
Jamie Legg, admission counselor for
UNC-Pembroke. “Right now we have
517 freshmen applications as opposed to
a total last year of 450.”
Legg said better high school prepara
tion encouraged students to apply to the
UNC-system schools.
“I think high schools are doing a bet
BSM
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to BSM members.
Although Gragg said the movement
must be an advocate for the concerns of
black students, Taylor added that she
hoped the BSM could serve as a valu
able institution for the entire University.
“(The BSM) exists as a cultural and
educational resource for everyone,”
Taylor said. This aspect of their plat
form resulted in strengthened ties with
other campus groups, she said.
Gragg agreed with Taylor about the
BSM’s mission and extended her
involvement with minority issues to
Masala, an umbrella organization for
about 15 campus minority groups.
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ter job of preparing their kids,” Legg
said. “I think that can be attributed to
the increased standards for the universi
ty system as a whole.”
Larger schools, like UNC-Chapel
Hill and N.C. State University, said their
numbers remained about the same as
the previous year.
“We have been running even with last
year,” said James Walters, director of
admissions at UNC-CH. “I’m estimat
ing we will probably end up in the range
of 15,800 applications for a freshman
class of 3,200.”
Despite the positive responses, offi
cials at one university said it saw a
decrease in applications.
“We had the largest applicant pool
ever last year,” said Cynthia Weaver,
associate director of admissions at
Appalachian State University. “This is
the first time we have had fewer appli
cants in a while.”
Weaver could not offer a reason for
the decrease in numbers.
“I would be taking a shot in the dark
if I tried to offer any explanation,” she
said. Officials also attributed some of
the increase in applicants to larger senior
classes with higher caliber students.
“I think every minority group faces
the same issues that we do and should
have the same opportunities we do,”
said Gragg, a former chairwoman and
founding member of the group.
Gragg said students created Masala
because of a desire to bridge the cultur
al gaps that exist on campus.
In addition to their dedication in
bridging cultural gaps, Gragg and Taylor
have had to address the gap between the
past and present BSM. Due to the evolv
ing responsibilities of the BSM presi
dent, the two had to confront the expec
tations created by past leaders
Taylor said the nature of BSM lead
ership had changed since the days of the
the movement to get a freestanding
black cultural center. “A lot of older peo
Campus Calendar
Friday
4 p.m. The Department of Physics and Astronomy will present
a colloquium titled “Coherent Phonons, Squeezed Phonons and the
Quantum Harmonic Orchestra,” featuring Roberto Merlin of the
University of Michigan, in 265 Phillips Hall. Refreshments will be
served in 277 Phillips Hall at 3:30 p.m.
7 p.m.-8:30 p.m. The Pathways Center will present a Friday
Evening Fonim titled “Exploring Your Family Roots with Family
Maps” at its center for counseling and psychotherapy. Call 968-0231
for more information.
Items of Interest
The town of Carrboro is seeking local artists to participate in the
first ever Carrboro: A Collection. The exhibit will feature paintings,
photographs, fabric tut, mixed media, drawings, jewelry and ceramics
by Carrboro artists. Interested artists may submit one piece of art for
consideration. Entry forms are available at the Cartboro Town Hall at
301 W. Main St. or by calling 968-7706. The deadline for entries is
March 21. Final selections will be made by April 1.
Smithfield International president Raoul Baxter will speak at N.C.
State University’s College of Management at 4:30 p.m. March 20, on
his company’s success in Japan. The event is free and open to the pub
lic. Call (919) 515-4614 for more information.
Husband and wife writers Henry and Catherine Petrosld of
Durham will be guest speakers on March 9 at 2:30 p.m. in the Wilson
Library assembly room as part of the Second Sunday Reading series
at UNC. The program is free and refreshments will be served after
ward.
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Suspect finds
creative end
to drug arrest
■ A Chapel Hill man was
arrested after swallowing a
rock and a half of crack.
FROM STAFF REPORTS
A Chapel Hill man was charged with
possession of crack cocaine Wednesday
night. However, instead of turning the
drugs over to arresting police officers,
the suspect swallowed the crack.
According to police reports, Ronald
Christopher Burton, 28, of 605 Craig St.
was arrested on Graham Street near
Rosemary Street at 9:32 p.m.
Police officers saw Burton purchase a
substance that resembled crack cocaine
while he was inside the Village
Connection on Graham Street. The offi
cers stopped Burton once he was out on
the street to investigate further, reports
state.
When one officer was searching
Burton, the other two officers asked
Burton to open his mouth.
According to reports, officers then
suspected that Burton was attempting to
hide something in his mouth. An officer
told Burton to spit the item out of his
mouth. Instead of spitting the item out,
the suspect swallowed the small object,
reports state.
Burton was then placed under arrest,
and officers contacted the department
to request a search warrant.
While riding in the patrol car to the
Chapel Hill Police Station, Burton told
an officer, “I swallowed a rock and a
half.”
Burton was taken to the emergency
room to have the search warrant exe
cuted. Burton’s bond was set at SI,OOO,
and his first trial date is March 10 in
Orange County District Court in
Hillsborough.
Linda Scott, a registered nurse at
Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst,
which has a substance abuse treatment
and crisis stabilization unit, said swal
lowing crack could pose serious health
risks.
“If the crack was swallowed raw, it
could cause liver damage, internal
bleeding and possible constipation.”
pie expect (the current BSM) to be the
BSM that used to be,” she said.
Despite the BSM’s evolving charac
ter, Taylor said, “Even when race rela
tions are OK, I,think (the BSM) will be
a cultural conduit for the University.”
Looking back over their terms, Gragg
and Taylor said they had proven them
selves to the critics who warned about
the dangers of a co-presidency.
“We complement each other so
much,” Taylor said. “Mavis creates the
vision, and I streamline it and make it a
reality.”
Gragg expressed confidence in the
direction in which the two had steered
the organization.
“I think we lived up to our expecta
tions of ourselves and each other.”