Many aspects of campus expansion and policies had great benefits, but nevertheless held oppositions as well. The Davis Library was a new, innovated, resource for the students. On the other hand, there were complaints of the library being abused, specifically by undergraduate students (Richards, 1984b, p. 8). This ultimately led to several specific instances of banning undergraduates from the library, written shortly after its opening. Mary Margaret Richards, a graduate student in the English department claims that undergraduate students were frequently “hanging over the balcony screaming to friends below, holding noisy social hours, making out in the study lounges and enjoying the thrill of sneaking contraband Coke, which they then spill on the books and carpet.” Another contributor, Richard Fetter Jr., was disgusted that a significant portion of the library permitted smoking.
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Also, Brad Kramer writes that he is “utterly overjoyed” at the opening and operations of the new library (Fetter, 1984, p. 8). Controversies such as this one, as well as every year in Chapel Hill, arose commonly in 1984. One issue along with undergraduates in the Davis library, was the distribution of playboy magazines in the student stores (Fridl, 1984, p. 1). The chairman of The Association of Women Students, Margie Walker, felt as if the magazines were sexist and degrading to women. The Association as a whole planned on getting the magazine taken out of the library, in order to raise student’s awareness on taxpayer dollar’s being spent on student “pornography”. Yet, the vast majority of campus was in support of the magazines being in the library. The large variety of differing opinions and protests, such as these, shaped the university into one of the most diverse schools in the country
Also, Brad Kramer writes that he is “utterly overjoyed” at the opening and operations of the new library (Fetter, 1984, p. 8). Controversies such as this one, as well as every year in Chapel Hill, arose commonly in 1984. One issue along with undergraduates in the Davis library, was the distribution of playboy magazines in the student stores (Fridl, 1984, p. 1). The chairman of The Association of Women Students, Margie Walker, felt as if the magazines were sexist and degrading to women. The Association as a whole planned on getting the magazine taken out of the library, in order to raise student’s awareness on taxpayer dollar’s being spent on student “pornography”. Yet, the vast majority of campus was in support of the magazines being in the library. The large variety of differing opinions and protests, such as these, shaped the university into one of the most diverse schools in the country