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Volume 10 Number 6
Chowan College, Murfreeesboro, N.C.
December 13, 1978
SPLASH — This photo sequence isn’t quite what it appears to be, but it’s
still an imaginative effort by the photographer. Although B.B. Bailey does
take a fall into the lake os he apparently catches an errant toss of the
frisbee by Billy Donnell, it is really three separate posed shots, not a
stop-action sequence. Photos by Scott Yobaggy.
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Christmas Buffet
Thomas Cafeteria
Wednesday Evening, December 13,1978
Relish Tray
Cottage Cheese Salad
Potato Salad
Cole Slaw
Roast Top Round of Beef
Sliced Ham Platter
Sliced Turkey Platter
Assorted Cheese Platter
Baked Potato with Sour Cream
Green Beans with Bacon Chips
White Kernel Com
Christmas Cake
Fresh Fruit Display
Assorted Dinner Rolls
Assorted Beverages
Thomas Cafeteria will be closed after lunch ’Thursday, December 21
for the holiday and will re-open for dinner Sunday, January 14.
We Wish You a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
— From All of Us at Food Services
No Change
In Library
Hours Seen
By SUSAN PATE
Lack of funds prevents extending the
hours of Whitaker Library, according
to Mrs. Geraldine Harris, head
librarian.
Mrs. Harris explained at a recent
SGA meeting that a limited budget
prevents the extra hours for which
many students have shown a desire. At
the present, there are three librarians
and two library assistants. In order to
keep the library running in an orderly
manner, these five people often have to
cover more than one job. Mrs. Harris
said that if library hours were extend
ed, another person would have to be
hired and the present budget will not
cover another person.
Mrs. Harris also pointed out that if
the students would be quieter, the
librarians could be of more help to
everyone. She said that they could get
more accomplished if they (Ud not have
to constantly stop to tell someone to be
quiet. Mrs. Harris asked for help from
the students on this matter. Most of the
SGA members present agreed that peer
pressure is the best help.
Also discussed at the meeting was the
trial open dorm which was held on
Thursday, November 16. Many
students feel there should be both open
dorm and open lounges.
Who's Who
Taps 26
Students
Twenty-six Chowan sophomores have
been selected for inclusion in Who’s
Who Among Students In American
Junior Colleges for this year.
They are: Joy Marcia Braswell, Mac
clesfield; Anne Elizabeth Bueche,
Virginia Beach, Va.; Cynthia Lee
Drake, Newsoms, Va.; Pamela Mary
Hall, Beverly, N.J.; Loraine Pam Hel-
fand, Towson, Md.; Dana Michelle
Hight, Chesapeake, Va.; Louise
Elizabeth Jones, Dillwyn, Va.
Helen Elizabeth Lindsey, Richmond,
Va.; Debra Lynn McCraw, Whiteville;
Cheryl Robin Minton, Ahoskie; Bertha
Limunga Mokake, Buea, Cameroon;
Mary Jane Parrish, Edenton; Jean
Elizabeth Sexton, Murfreesboro; Jen
nifer Lynn Watts, Fayetteville.
Joseph Guiton Austin, Beaufort;
James Arthur Baker, Jr., Jacksonville;
Thomas Scott Brumley, Huntersville;
Tandy Oliver Dunn, Washington;
Daniel Joseph Fuchs, Ramsey, N.J.;
Wilson Wise Hitchings, Norfolk, Va.
Vincent Frank Lococo, Miami, Fla.;
Melvin Thomas Matthews, Mur
freesboro; Roberts Hunter Sears, Mur
freesboro; Yusuf Sabit Shabazz, Fayet
teville; Brian Stephen Swartz, Wilm
ington, Del., and Robert Edward Trout,
Beaufort.
This award is based on scholarship,
extracurricular activities, citizenship
and promise for future development,”
explained Dr. B. Franklin Lowe, Jr.,
dean of the college. “We are proud of
each student who received this honor,”
he added.
Optiona
Funding
On Rise
(CPS) — Optional funding of student
groups is becoming increasingly
popular at many campuses, much to
the chagrin of the groups relying on the
student fee assessments for funding.
This month, the University of Colorado
began implementing its optional pro
gram, and CU’s 38 campus organiza
tions are pretty glum about the out
come.
A full two-thirds of the CU student
body opted to withhold its share of stu
dent group funding, and student
government member Joe Melendrez
figures this means the end of the line of
many groups. “Student groups used to
get a lot done on this campus,” said
Melendrez. “Now they’ve gotten the
axe.”
The 38 groups will be vying for |12,000
tendered by the students choosing to
pay an extra $1.60, or 1.7 percent of
their total student fees. ’The allocation
process is expected to be difficult,
predicts Student Organization Commit
tee member Vincent McGuire.
Studies and New Friends
Fine; But Food Strange,
Foreign Students Say
Cecilia You
Ortoho Philip
Teko Gabriel
Aity Otto
College Degree Downgraders
Called Wrong by U.S. Official
NEW YORK, NY (CPS) - Herbert
Bienstock, who directs the U.S. Divi
sion of LaW Statistics’ Middle Atlantic
Region staff, told a City University of
New York conference here that doom-
sayers who swear college degrees don’t
improve a student’s chances of getting
a job are simply wrong.
Bienstock released statistics that
showed college graduates have an
unemployment rate of 3.3 percent, com
pared with the 8.8 unemployment rate
for all American workers in March,
1977.
Male college graduates had a jobless
rate of 2.8 percent, or about a third of
the rate of all males. Female graduates
had a 4.2 percent rate, versus 9.2 per
cent for all females.
“The much-heralded cautions about
college attendance,” Bienstock warn
ed, “should themselves be viewed with
considerable caution. It seems clear
that, while the college graduate has in
recent years experienced some dif
ficulties in the labor market, we can ex
pect to see the pressures ease as we
move into the 1980’s.”
By ANGELA ELDER
At first glance, Chowan College’s stu
dent body appears to be a minl-United
Nations. The foreign countries of Iran,
Micronesia, Japan, China, and Nigeria
are represented at Chowan.
Interviews with several of these
students provide the general opinion
that Chowan is providing them with the
education that they came to the United
States to seek and they are happy here.
Cecilia Yau is a freshman majoring
in Graphic Arts who is originally from
Hong Kong. This is her first time in the
United States and she is impressed with
Chowan’s campus and friendly
students. She feels that she has been
treated very well by her American
peers.
Cecilia found it difficult to adjust to
American food and claims, “Chinese
food is much better!” When asked
about adjusting to dorm life in Jenkins
Hall, Cecilia explained, “Jenkins is ok
but it needs to be modernized. There is
a friendly atmosphere there and I like
all the noise.”
Cecilia came to the United States to
continue her education at the promp
ting of her parents who wanted her to
“have a look,” at the United States. She
feels that the universities in Hong Kong
are either too big or too hard to get Into.
Cecilia anticipates attending Chowan
for two years and then transferring to a
University in the United States.
Ortoho Philip is a twenty-two-year
old Nigerian majoring in Printing
Technology. He feels Chowan is an in
teresting place and enjoys the cordial
people he has met. His opinion of the
food here is that it is “no good!” His
Nigerian diet consisted of rice, yams,
beans, and very little meat.
Ortoho does not particularly care for
living in the dormitory. “I don’t like my
friends in my room all of the time.
There is a lack of privacy," he explains.
When asked why he chose to come to
the United States, Ortoho admitted that
he was originally bound for France but
something didn’t go through. “’The
Agency of International Development
sent me the United States instead,” he
confessed.
Ortoho will continue his education at
Chowan for two years and then possibly
travel to another foreign countiy.
Teko Gabriel and Aity Otto are two
girls from the small country of
Micronesia located near the Philip
pines. They are cousins and one can tell
they are related at one look because of
the striking resemblance that they have
to one another. ’This is their first time in
the United States and they like it very
much.
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Weird People on Campus
Mysterious Being Sighted in Park
This odd-looking fellow was
observed crossing Squirrel
Park a while back, causing
passersby to pause and stare.
No one was quite sure
whether he was searching for
Miss Piggy, the glamorous star
of the Muppet Show; or
possibly was a visitor from an
alien planet or was he merely a
not- so-plain clothed member of
some law enforcement agency
who had wandered by mistake
onto our peace- and good order-
loving campus.
(It is known, however, that
this creature gave a real start
to the photographer taking
yearbook photos when he show
ed up in Marks HaU auditorium
and sought a portrait sitting.)
Or was he something entirely
different? Interested? Then
turn to page 4 to learn his true
identity.
Photo by Ken Clark