Poge 2 — Smoke Signols, Mondoy, October 30, 1978
EDITORIAL OPINION
Ghost-Hunting Popular
It’s Halloween, that time of year when the popular sport is hun
ting for ghost and goblins. But at Chowan, the sport of ghost hun
ting seems to be popular year ‘round.
On most any given night students can be found at one of the local
graveyards. What they expect to find roaming in a graveyard at
night is beyond me. Ordinarily, it’s not a place where one goes for
excitement.
Then there is the ever-popular ghost of Early Station. Students
go to the old abandoned station in Ahoskie and walk up and down
the tracks all night in search for the ghost of a poor man who was
beheaded by a train about a century ago. If there ever was a
ghost, he probably gave up looking for his head after watching the
coUege students and seeing how foolish it looked to walk the tracks
all night.
Then, of course, there is Chowan’s own Brown Lady. One story
says she returns to campus each fall to test the loyalty of the
students. Another says she returns in search of her lover, who was
killed in battle after he promised to return to her. But who can be
sure?
Most every little town in North Carolina has its own ghost. Some
seemingly more realistic than others. So there is nothing unusual
about our ghosts. But the interest in something real around here...
The results could be amazing.
More Efficient Methods
Of Study Recommended
As the student body heads down the home stretch torward Fall Semester final
exams, the following suggestions for more efficent study procedures are offered by
Mrs. Wilhelmenla WUcox, the college guidance counselor.
Francis P. Robinson, a well-luiown psychologist from Ohio University,
developed the “SQ3R” method of studying a textbook. This method is one of the
systematic approaches to studying a textbook. It enables you to plunge into a
reading assignment easily and fairly quickly.
“S” is for Survey
1. Examine the title of the chapter you are to read. (Gives clues to the general
content.)
2. Read the introductory paragraphs. (Author presents his topics and major pro
blems to be disscussed.)
3. Skim through the chapter looking for pictures, charts, graphs, and topic
headings. (Gives clues as to the general outline the author used in writing the
chapter, length of the material and how much time will be needed to read it.)
4. Read the summary or concluding paragraphs.
“Q” is for Question — Ask yourself (1) what should I be getting from this topic(s);
(2) make up some questions that you want answered.
1. Gives you something definite to look for when you are studying.
2. Helps hold your attention on what you are reading.
3. Encourages you to watch for detail.
4. Helps you concentrate.
5. Helps you prepare for examinations.
The first “R” Is for read — After you have asked some questions, you are ready to
read.
1. You have asked yourself some questions. Now you are reading and searching
JjqT ;»n?s»prs. Reading is more than saying the words on the printed pages —
reading is a thinking process. Comprehension is vital.
2. If a passage is difficult, make a note to ask your professor. The only “dumb”
question is a question not asked.
3. A passage with a great many key ideas simply cannot be read rapidly. If you
have read a passage several times and it still dosen’t make sense, try reading it
aloud.
The second “R” is for Recite and Remember
1. Say over in your own words what you have read.
2. Helps you remember what you read.
3. Gives you practice in answering questions for verbalizing the topics.
4. Improves your ability to express your ideas in words.
5. Helps you to comprehend the ideas.
Special Notation: 1. Make marginal notes beside a paragraph. This helps you to
recall what was read. 2. Outline the material as you read. Read several pages at a
time, then go back and outline what you have read. Be sure to include new terms
relevant to the subject matter (helps strengthen your vocabulary).
The third “R” is for Review — If you have done all of the suggestions above, you
will probably find that reviews are easily and quickly accomplished.
1. Skim over chapter headings, trying to summarize as you go.
2. Review your notes and written summaries. Try to expand on the information
they contain.
3. Space review periods over several days or weeks. Your first review should be
within 24 hours of your first reading. The next could be three days to a week later,
etc. Set up a review schedule that is comfortable for you and that is based upon
how difficult the subject is. CRAMMING RARELY WORKS!!
It is important to realize that this suggested method is for you - so bend the
rules as you see fit. But, don’t bend the rules to the extent that you lose the method
— that’s what really works.
Schedule of Masses Announced
OH^NO- WE HAVE NO 60AL5 OR QUOTAS/
OUR ENROLLMENT IS OPEN TO ANYONE
WHO CAN EXPLAIN TriE PAKKE PECISION.
Administrators Still Befuddled
On Meaning of Bakke Decision
By TIM ELUOTT
Mass was held on Chowan College
campus on October 18 and will be held
every Wednesday at 7 p.m. for the re
mainder of the school year, according
to Dr. R. Hargus Taylor, coUege
chaplain. The Mass is held in Daniel
HaU.
Father Tim O’Connor of Saint
Charles Church in Ahoskie, is leading
the weekly Mass.
Dr. Taylor said that Mass has been
held on the Chowan campus for approx-
imatly five years because many
Catholic students have no transporta
tion to get to Ahoskie, where the nearest
Catholic church is located.
The Mass would have been started
earlier this year, but O’Connor couldn’t
come any earlier. O’Connor is new to
the Ahoskie church and wasn’t sure
what his schedule would be, according
to Dr. Taylor.
There are approximately 110
Catholics attending Chowan.
Charlie's
Angles
By CHARLES HITCHCOCK
Amendment 1 of the Constitution of
the United States of America reads as
follows: Congress shall make no law
respecting an establishment of religion,
or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;
or abridging the freedom of speech, or
of the press; or the right of the people
peaceably to assemble, and to petition
the government for a redress of
grievances.
Chowan College, as we all know, is a
Baptist institution of higher learning.
Its goal is to teach students in a Chris
tian atmosphere. This is fine as far as
education goes, but I feel that when
religion is matched against education
an entanglement will ensue.
Chowan has an Assembly-Chapel pro
gram that is held twice a week on Mon
days and Wednesdays. The purpose of
this program is to promote to us, the
students of Chowan, Baptist ideology
and things related to the Baptist way of
thinking and philosphy. I feel that this
program is fine for those of us who are
Baptist and are interested In things
associated with Baptist philosophy and
ideology but, by making the Assembly-
Chapel program a mandatory matter,
the administration is breaching the
laws of this land and our “unalienable
rights.” In this case. I’m referring to
our right of religious freedom.
There are many of us here at Chowan
who are not Baptist and who are not in
terested in Baptist philosophy or
ideology but rather in the academic
quality of this college. Chowan
reportedly ranks fifth out of the ten best
junior colleges in the United States.
This is an important factor in many
students’ decision to come here.
Religion is secondary and I feel that it
should be so.
The administration of this college not
only makes the Assembly-Chapel pro
gram mandatory but penalizes those
who do not attend. The policy on atten
ding Assembly-Chapel programs is as
follows: students are allowed four
absences from Assembly-Chapel. The
fifth absence results in suspension from
the college. To me this reeks of
religious suppression and dominance of
religious freedom.
I feel that the way to solve this pro
blem is to let students decide whether
or not the Assembly-Chapel program
holds anything of importance for them.
This can be done by a campus-wide poll
asking whether or not the above-
mentioned program is valid to students.
Those who find the program valid
should be given the chance to go on at
tending Assembly-Chapel. Those who
do not find the program valid and satis
fying to their lifestyles have the right to
do something else whether it be study
ing, sleeping or general goofing off as
long as it doesn’t interfere with the
students who are attending the
Assembly-Chapel program meetings.
Something creative can be found to
do for those among us who feel that the
administration of this college is sup
pressing their religious freedom. Let
non-Baptist students hold meetings
relative to their own religion—and I’m
not just talking about foreign students.
This college is a fine and outstanding
college academically and I feel that this
should be the main concern of the ad
ministration. Religion is a form of
philosophy, and philosophy a form of
education. They must be categorized in
to two different groups. I feel that one
does not mix well with the other.
The administration has successfuly
succeeded in running this coUege with
its religious interests topping the bill
and its academics at the bottom only
because no one has spoken out against
this matter or the undeniable fact that
the administration and the Baptist Stu
dent Convention which funds this col
lege accomplish this through the sup
pression of those of us who aren’t Bap
tist by removing our rights to religious
freedom.
Dunn Heads
Honors
Chapter
A leadership planning conference
was held the weekend of September
15-17 In C3iarlotte for all Phi Theta Kap
pa chapters in the Carolina Region. At
tending this conference from the
Chowan chapter of PTK were Mr.
Wooten and several of the chapter of
ficers.
Many informative subjects were
discussed among the Involved
chapters; such as, community rela
tions, service projects, and fund raising
activities. Also discussed was the up
coming Carolina Regional Convention
to be held in Greenwood, S. C. in the
spring. In their free time some of the
members enjoyed a night in Clharlotte,
while others participated in a square
dance.
Phi Theta Kappa is a national honor
fraternity for male and female junior
college students who obtain and hold a
cumulative 3.0 grade point average.
The Chowan chapter is Iota Delta.
At the first meeting of Iota Delta, of
ficers were elected for the 1978-79 year.
These officers are: Tandy Dunn, presi
dent; Anne Bueche, Vice president;
Aaron Cartte, treasurer; Pat Hudson,
secretary; and Dan Fuchs, reporter.
Mr. Wooten of the Math oiepartment
replaced Mr. Simmons as the chapter
advisor this year.
By DAVID ARBOGAST
WASHINGTON, D. C. (CPS) - Tim
Bradley of the American Society for
Engineering Education only shakes his
head and says, “Nobody knows.
They’re all wondering.”
That, in a nutshell is the “consensus”
that has developed among education
lobbyists here in the four months since
the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that 38-
year-old Allan P. Bakke was illegally
denied admission to the University of
California-Davis medical school
because he is white.
The court also ruled that the school’s
admissions policy, which reserved 16
seats in a class of 100 for minority
students, was unconstitutional. Yet it
was the court’s third ruling — that col
leges may consider race as a factor
under some circumstances — that
generated the kind of confused Bradley
noted.
For admissions officers are trying to
determine what those “circumstances”
might be. Their task is not made easier
by the court’s split opinion on the issue.
Only five of the nine justices concurred
in the “special circumstances” opinion,
and there was considerable dispute
among those five over what constitutes
an acceptable race-conscious program.
As a result, the academic community
is busily running off to various con
ferences to see if it can concoct an ac
ceptable affirmative action program on
its own. Professional organizations like
the American Council of Education and
the National Assessment of Educa
tional Progress, as well as schools fropi
the University of Maryland to Mount
Marty College in South Dakota, have
already scheduled Bakke conferences
DAVIS, CA. (CPS) — The dean says
he caused a decline in minority applica
tions to the school. The administration
says his very presense required extra
security precautions. The rest of the
world of higher education, meanwhile,
knows he’s inspired a time of uncertain
ty for all affirmative action programs.
So, none too surprisingly, Allan
Bakke, possibly America’s best-known
freshinan, started school Sept. 25 amid
the clamor of the press and the shouts
of protesters. Seemingly oblivious to
the questions and the demonstration,
Bakke just smUed and walked brisMy
into the main building of the University
of Califomia-Davis medical school.
Some 40 reporters scurried after the
38-year old from Los Altos, Ca., but
were denied entrance to the classroom
by the university.
Bakke who has shunned publicity
since filing his “reverse discrimina
tion” lawsuit In 1974, only told
reporters, "‘I’m very happy to be
here.” Then he left to attend his first
c1A88.
After the class, a three-hour session
on molecular and cellular biology,
Bakke had to be helped to his waiting
car by some of the extra security forces
the school hired to keep Bakke’s first
day peaceful.
Meanwhile, demonstrators from the
National Anti-Bakke Decision Coalition
picketed the school, shouting “Down
with Bakke” and “We won’t be
denied.” Nonetheless Andy Noguchi, a
spokesman for the group, said he wish
ed Bakke the man no ill, and that he
was protesting the U.S. Supreme Court
ruling.
In June, of course, the high court rul
ed the Davis affirmative action
porgram — which Bakke contended had
unfairly barred him from the med
school because hs is white — was un
constitutional because it used race as
the major factor in considering Bakke’s
applicaton.
But in a separate 5-4 decision, the
court also ruled that race and disad
vantaged status could be considered in
admissions in order to develop a stu
dent body.
this fall. Other groups, like the
American Association for Higher
Education, have rushed opinion
booklets into print that catalogue ad
missions policy adjustments in the
Bakke decision’s wake.
The adjustments to date seem to be
an empty consensus. Among the con
sensus’ main points:
That any admissions program that
uses racial considerations in any way
will protably be viewed by the courts as
“inherently suspect,” and thus be sub
ject to review.
That all schools are going to have to
review their current policies, and are
probably going to have to re-draw them
to explicitly reflect the school’s stated
academic objectives.
That colleges will, nonetheless, retain
broad discretionary powers in tailoring
their admissions programs to their own
goals, including the goal of increased
minority enrollment.
The court itself was clear only on the
first point of the consensus. On the se
cond point the court said schools can
consider race as one element of an ap
plicant’s character, and thus his ad-
missability. Yet it added that to give an
applicant special treatment only
because of his or her race would violate
the equal protection clauses of the 14th
Amendment. ■'
Specifically, the court decided that
Allan Bakke had been denied an equal
opportunity to compete for one of the 16
med school seats Davis had reserved
for minority students. Minority
students, though, were eligible for all
100 seats in the class. Bakke and all
other whites were only eligible for 84.
Justice Brennan wrote at some length
on the third point of the consensus, that
colleges should retain control over their
The furor over Bakke’s resultant ar
rival on campus, though, was con
siderably more short-lived than the
controversy over the court’s disposal of
his case. Only one reporter greeted the
first-year med student on his second
day of class. The rest of the week he
was largely ignored by both press and
protesters.
Bakke was, according to his
classmates, greeted warmly by many
students, and has been treated as just
another person trying to survive med
school. By the end of his first week,
Bakke was indeed indistinguishable
from his peers. On breaks he talked
medicine with students around him,
and answered probing questions like
‘ ‘How’s it going, Big All? ” and ‘ ‘how far
are you behind?”
Dr. Willard Centerwall, a genetics
professor, said the faculty isn’t giving
Bakke special treatment, either. “I
haven’t changed my style, ” Onterwall
said. “And I did not prepare for these
class any differently.”
Anatomy instructor Dr. Edward
Carlson called it a “foregone conclu
sion” that Bakke would be treated as
just another student.
But Bakke’s presense has made a dif-
own admissions programs, and that
“more minority students” is a worthy
program goal.
But he found — and the post-Bakke
consensus has tended to concur — that
schools will need to take a good, hard
look at how they admit students.
Minimally, the standards that are
emerging would require schools to
publicly declare their admissions
policies, and to explain how the policies
help the schools meet their insttitu-
tional goals.
It’s also clear that professional
education associations are taking an
active part in pushing their member
schools toward new admissions pro
grams. The emphasis is on innovation.
Innovation would seem to be necessary
if a school is to thoroughly consider an
applicant’s race within the vague
bounds suggested by the court. The
associations are asking schools to pat
tern their progams after Harvard’s.
Justice Powell, of course, wrote ap
provingly of the Harvard program in
his Bakke opinon. Harvard considers a
candidate’s minority status as one fac
tor (in the applicant’s favor) among
many factors that determine if the can
didate is ultimately accepted.
There is one other point on which
everyone seems to agree: When
evidence of past racial discrimination
is proven, the courts will not hesitate
imposing even drastic measures to
remedy the problem.
Otherwise, speculation is all ad
ministrators have to go on right now.
There seems to be agreement that
something will have to be done about
admissions programs in the near
future, but the schools, contemplating
an ambiguous court decision, are
cautiously waiting to see what other
schools will do first.
ference at the admininstrative level.
UCD Medical School Dean C. John Tup-
per said Bakke’s case is responsible for
a decline in minority admissions to the
school. He’s hopeful that “after the
furor dies down, the number of
minorities (in the med school) will con
tinue to increase.”
This year’s entering class includes 20
minority and 33 female students, the
dean said, but only nine people were ad
mitted through the affirmative action
program.
Students admitted under the program
before the Supreme Court’s June 5 deci
sion were allowed to remain, added
Vicki Saito, the university’s public af
fairs officer. Those spaces opened by
students declining to attend Davis were
filled through a different process.
Race, said Saito, was still a factor in
the process. Spots were offered to
minority students as well as white
students. Although she could not
separate pre- and post-decision admis
sions, she did know that only two of the
18 places offered to Hispanic students
were ultimately accepted. Only four
black applicants accepted the 11 spaces
offered, and just 14 Asians took the 36
invitations extended to Asians.
Edited, printed and published
by students at Chowan College
tor students, faculty and staff
of Chowan College
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