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Campu By BOB FISCHL "Many people believe or would like to believe that the Campus Police are pigs in the sense that they are after you and mean to harass you. This is not true. We are here for the protection of students and nothing else," says George Key, head of the Campus Police "So far, there have been no arrests for drug abuses on campus. There have been minor disturbances such as people getting drunk and violent but on the whole there have been no problems." This police force does not have the authority to arrest students but rather limits itself to protecting them. But what of drug abuse? "Unless we play Gestapo and go sniffing under doors in the dormitories, we will never eliminate the use of drugs on campus. We don't ever intend to do this because it would destroy every ounce of trust that we have built up with the students." Drugs have become at this point a matter of in terpretation. Does the individual have the right to pursue whatever means he may to achieve hap piness or does the state have the right to instill what he may do? The question of why people turn to drugs is of the type that may never be answered. "It's like me asking you why you smoke cigarettes and you telling me that 'I like something in my hands.' Well Campers trip Two camping trips have been announced by the University Union Recreation Committee for the weekend of October 27-29. The Backpacking Short Course will go to Smokemont, Great Smokey Mountain State Park, North Carolina. The $10 cost will cover both food and transportation. The trip will be limited to 20 people. Contact Ed McDonald at 252-6268 for further information. The Camping Committee will take a group to Table Rock State Park, North Carolina. There will be a charge of $4 per person to cover all expenses. Those interested must sign up by Tuesday October 24, in room 204 of Russell House. The trip will be limited to 40 people. 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"You can't tell a person that if he smokes pot that little green hairs will start growing out of his hands. The people, and especially the students will never accept that line of thought." Another misconception of the t.: 'Z :1. )lina's 1972 Homecoming que Saturday's game. --| olled up and lunch at the T ng, buffet style. Tuesday t arve a day out with the girl Eat High on campus U1 :t, notI people, on the part of the police force, is what the police do with the drugs they confiscate. "There is a very strict security," Key said, "in every police department. As soon as the contraband enters the station it is signed for and for every person who comes in contact with it a record is kept. Finally, when it has been submitted for evidence, it en, smiles as she is op of Carolina this week, hrough Friday from 11 :30 s once in awhile. niversity Dining Service. larass is burned and a final record made. "The police, by no means, "take the stuff out and resell it" as is a popular rumor. "I feel, or at least I would like to feel, that the Campus Police are successful in stabilizing the in crease in drugs. But we do it th ough Public Relations rather than through scaring and harassing the students." Projects organized Students working on volunteer projects through the Office of Volunteer Services now have their own organization-the Volunteer Action Council (VAC). The purpose of the recently re organized VAC is to make the students aware of volunteer projects and organizations on and off-campus, Jeff Wallace, co president, said. The group, which is open to everyone, recruits students for volunteer projects and advises them on what the various service projects and organizations are like. This advisement helps the student to chose a volunteer project with which he will be most comfortable. VAC with a $3,000 budget, also organizes service projects. The group provides transportation to get volunteers to their projects; also, they cooperated with last week's Red Cross Blood Drive and plan to work with Carolina Cares. Students interested in joining VAC can call Jeff Wallace, Co President, at 777-4538. PHOTO Front page Ian Anderson Photo by Tom Price, Chief Photographer girls. It's to 2:00.