Tuesday, April 29,1986
Black Ink
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Minority enrollment
Phoio by Tammi Foust
‘Women and Minorities Business Networking Seminar ’ held on April 48
Cancer victim
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by Patrice Jones
Staff Writer
This week many Carolina
students will begin celebrating the
end of another semester while other
Tar Heel hopefuls await admission
letters from this proclaimed “public
ivy.”
Herb Davis, assistant director
for undergraduate admissions,
informs that, equal to last year, an
expected 10 to 15 percent of the
incoming freshman class will be
minority. “I would guess at this point
that our enrollment (minority) will be
just about what it was last year,
approximately 300 minorities out of a
class of 3200 to 3300 students.”
When asked why UNC has had
trouble meeting its minority quotas in
past years, Davis said, “When you
talk about UNC most people think
about this campus but in fact it is the
whole UNC system. I think realistic
ally it would not be within reason to
assume that Western Carolina,
because of where it is located, would
be able to attract minority students at
the same rate as (urban schools) like
UNC-Greensboro, N.C.' State or
Chapel Hill.”
Concerning out-of-state minority
students, Davis said that more out-of-
state students were applying to
by Marjorie Roach
Assistant Editor
•Eeeeerie, was all I could think as
I sat in anticipation watching ghostly
figures fUl the screen waiting to view
Student Television’s airing of
“Shadows of Dromgoole” at Peppi’s
Pizza.
On April 21 and 23, “Shadows of
Dromgoole,” written by Mike Wilson,
a junior, morehead scholar from
WUson, aired on Village Cable.
Its cast was composed of UNC
drama teachers and students. The
scenes were shot in familiar areas
around UNC’s campus.
"Shadows of Dromgoole” is the
first part of a series and lasted forty
minutes.
Carolina because of recruitment by
the admissions office. “In the past we
were under such a tremendous out-of-
state quota that it was not feasible to
go after out-of-state students, black or
white.”
The admissions standards for
application to Carolina require
students to take the SAT and send in
high school transcripts. Davis said
that although it has been claimed that
the SAT is culturally biased,
minorities are given a fair chance at
Carolina.
“We concentrate so much on the
academic performance of a student
that we don’t pay as much attention to
the SAT for students and especially
minorities,” Davis said. “The SAT
quite often reflects the socioeconomic
exposure of a particular student.”
Putting academic performance
before SAT scores, Davis asserts that
he would take a minority student with
a good classroom record and a
moderately good SAT over a student
who did not do well in the classroom,
but scored 1200 or 1300 on the SAT.
Davis also noted the fact that
admissions officers can get a better
indicator of a white student’s
performance by the SAT than by a
black student has been verified in
studies by the Office of Institutional
Research here at Carolina.
It is a spooky, satirical soap opera
that adds a touch of “Dynasty,”
“Dallas,” General Hospital,” and "Dark
Shadows,” in it.
The story revolves around the
1831 shooting of Peter Dromgoole. It
is 1986, and Peter Dromgoole has been
brought back to life by Sam "Doc”
Barrett played by Stuart Scott, a
junior RTVMP/communications major
from Winston Salem. Scott is very ex
cited about the film. He said that it
could possibly achieve national
recognition.
"I am looking forward to part
two,” Scott said.
Congratulations Stuart on a
performance well-done.
raise. My family was very private and
didn’t want all the publicity that
would go with this.”
But, she explained, her family
was going to do anything and
everything to help Mom. So the
family, along with friends, kicked off a
campaign that stretched from
Fayetteville to Chapel Hill. Stories on
Victoria’s situation ran in several area
newspapers. And, as a result, dona
tions from private citizens over
whelmed the Fisher family.
Luchina said she knew people
would respond in this way. “I believe
there is an inherent good in people,”
she said.
While the donations were coming
in on the UNC campus, the story was
circulating. Students who already
knew Luchina and her mom had
already given donations. Some of
those friends belonged to Alpha Phi
Alpha fraternity. She said she asked
them if they could do anything to help.
“I told Asa Bell, and Alpha about
the situation. It was totally up to them
what they would do. Two weeks later,
they had posters out about their
spring stepshow and how it would
help my mom.”
At the stepshow on April 10,
Luchina explained, in front of a few
hundred strangers, that her mom had
cancer. She said it was hard for her to
talk about something so personal and
not get emotional, but she knew she
had to do it for her mom.
She said she was very nervous
about speaking in front of so many
people, but her mom gave her
strength to do it. She tried to separate
herself from the situation and tried to
relate it to the people in the audience,
she said.
"When I got up there, I said,
‘She’s a part of me, but I can see that
she is a good person.’ All her strength
trickles down to me.”
Her mom’s strength made it
easier to talk about everything in
front of all those people at the step
show, she said.
The response there was over
whelming. Students pledged money
right on the spot. A total of over $500
was raised. Fisher said she never ex
pected such a response, but was not
surprised at the generosity.
"When I smile too much, my jaws
hurt,” she said. “My jaws hurt so
much that day. It made me feel so
good inside. There’s no other feeling
that compares as when someone else
helps you out. “I saw good people
there,” she said.
With the money that was raised
at the stepshow added to other dona
tions, the total amount raised
approaches $8,000. But, now part of
that money will go into a cancer fund,
after additional expenses for the
operation have been paid for, because
officials at Ft. Bragg took it upon
themselves to see to it that Victoria
Fisher has her operation. The funds for
the treatment will be taken from the
general funds at Womack Army
hospital. So, in a couple of weeks,
Luchina’s mom will enter the hospital
at Duke University and undergo exten
sive treatment.
“Mom has a strong belief in
religion and that the Lord is going to
carry her through,” said the younger
Fisher.
Although it is assured now that
she will have the treatment, Victoria
Fisher appreciates everything that
was done by the students. “I just
thought it was fantastic that they
raised that much money in one day,”
she said. “It was fabulous. We were
just elated about it.”
“I just wish I could’ve been there
at the stepshow. My daughter talked
about how good the people were. I’m
just very appreciative of everything."
She said she wishes to thank
everyone on campus who was involved
in the fundraising.
Shadows of Dromgoole