VOLUME 16
Numbers
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TEffi STLDENT ^EWSPAPER OF CHOWAN COLLEGE
Date February 5,1988
Hampus Events
I'ebruary
Feb. 9th. — Columns — Play
(3 p.m. to 6 p.m.)
Feb. 10th. — Last day for per-
sms in unassigned private rooms
to pay $125 or consolidate.
Feb. 11th. — Rooms assigned to
persons in unassigned private
rotnns and have not paid |1K.
Columns — Play (3 p.m. to 6 pjn.)
Feb. 12th. — Consolidation day
for persons in unassigned private
rooms.
Feb. 15th. — Columns — Play
(All Day)
^/ISHINGTQI^
birthday
Feb. 16 th.—Columns—Play
(Sp.m.to6p.m.)
Feb. 20th. - ADMISSIONS
PREVIEW DAY (8 ajn. to 12
noon)MHA
PARENT’S DAY
Feb. 22nd. — Advisor and Ad
visee Day
Columns — Play (All Day)
Feb. 23rd. — Columns — Play
(3 p.m. to 6 p.m.)
Feb. 24th. — Individual Con
ferences
Feb. 25th. — Community Con
cert (Turner Aud. — 2 p.m. until)
Feb. 28th. — Last day classes
may be dropped without academic
penalty.
Feb. 29th. — Cohunns — Play
(All Day).
Smoke Signals Staff
Editor
T.A. Dunavan
Layout Editor:
W. Mike Griffin
Contributing Writer:
Warren Breniman
Photographers:
Joe Angellilo
Reginald Sasser
Feature Writers:
Olga Da Costa
Richard Perry
Reporters:
Brett Fipps
Thomas Royal
Robert Prince
Dwayne Bridges
Dean Johnson
Joey Markham
Robert Steed
Ronnie Wilson
Advisor:
Miss Tracy Hartert
Students:
Glad to be back!
33 studoits selected
to Who’s Who
The 1988 edition of WHO’S WHO
AMONG STUDENTS IN
AMERICAN JUNIOR COLLEGES
wiU include the names of 33
students from Chowan College who
have been selected as national
outstanding campus leaders.
Campus nominating committees
and editors of the annual directory
have included the names of these
students based on their academic
achievement, service to the
community, leadership in ex
tracurricular activities and
potential for continued success.
They join an elite group of
students selected from more than
1,400 institutions of higher learning
in all 50 states, the District of
Columbia and several foreign
nations.
Students named this year from
Chowan College are: Jean Karole
Adams, Gates; Terry Lynn Am
brose, Carteret: Ernest E. Boyce,
Tyner; Margaret Jordan Brown,
Suffolk, Va.; Lyle Scott CasseU,
Martinsburg, W.V.; Matthew Scott
Chappell, Norfolk, Va.; Michael
Andrew Clark, Mineral, Va.;
Martin Abernathy Clemons,
Raleigh; Andrea Dale Croom,
Carrboro; Charlene Virginia
Cutrell, Shiloh; Sharon Rose
Davis, Hampton, Va.; Cecil
Manning Davis, Cary; John A.
Edwards, Murfreesboro; Elaine
Marie Fala, Wynnewood, Pa.;
Joseph Wayne Felton, Gates;
Angela Elizabeth Felton, Suffolk,
Va.; Neil Joseph French, Jr.,
Highland Springs, Va.
Nancy Ellen Frye, Gorham,
ME; William Joseph Garvey,
Virginia Beach, Va.; Chacwia
Lanetta Harris, Cary; Anthony
Hodge, Jasper; Jeanette Grant
Liverman, Murfreesboro; Pamela
Anne Mullins, Cary; Karen Renee
Parker, Mt. Holly, NJ; George
Plainos, Greece; Sheila Raye
Roop, King; Laura Ann Ryals,
Siler City; Lisa Marie Sipley,
Vergennes, VT; Amy Lou
Stephenson, Raleigh; Jeffery
Shawn Thompson, Goldsboro;
Sandra Louise White, Eklenton;
Kathy Elaine Whitley, Como; and
Tara Lynne Williams, Conway.
Cupids reveal
their sources
By Olga Da Costa
Students on campus are back and
raring to face another semester. Could
it be that they are more excited than
bored? Well, if you read further you will
find out.
i.tnda Sowers who is a freshman from
Troutman, N.C. likes Chowan because
she finds it is a place where she can be
at peace from the pestering siblings at
home. It’s not that Linda doesn’t love
her family, but she has a thurst for
photography and finds that Chowan is a
great place to quench his thurst. One of
the things that she missed about
Chowan during the Christmas break
was being with friends that she made in
the first semester. She finds that being
here at Chowan helps her to leam
responsibility, as well as, leam to live
witii a room-mate and people who are
not family.
Linda’s philosophy for this semester
is to “study harder and for every body
to set a goal for themselves and to
enrich that goal. If they try to make it
the best it will be the best.”
Another freshman here at Chowan is
Ray Lynn Richardson from Va. Beach.
She aim has similar feelings about be
ing back as Linda does because she is
determined to complete her education
away from everyone at home.
However, there is one thing Ray Lynn
prefers over Linda and that is having a
private room. “Having a private
room”, says Ray Lynn, “allows me to
have a better atmo^here in which to
Chowan College has recently
received a gift of over 12,000 dollars
from the estate of the late Bessye M.
Harrell of Ahoskie, a Chowan alumna.
Miss Harrell, a retired school
teacher, also left the same amount in
her will to the Oscar Creech Memorial
Scholarship Fund at the First Baptist
Church of Ahoskie. The fund, named in
memory of a former Chowan ad
ministrator and area Baptist pastor,
provides scholarships for students who
are members of the church.
Miss Harrell died on Dec. 12, 1986.
According to Chowans Director of
Development, Bobby S. Cross, Bessye
M. Harrell was a “great lady.” Cross, a
miimhi.r of the First Baptist Church of
Ahoskie, commented, “Her life
study.” She enjoys being back because
she missed her friends and studying.
Ray Lynn’s philosophy for this
semester is, “For myself and everyone
else study better.”
Julie Barbour is another freshman
who is glad to be back. Being at Chowan
for three and a half months with the
taste of success and responsibility
made her eager to return. She also feels
that Chowan allows her to be far away
from home without parents telling her
what to do. Julie considers this to be
more or less a growing process. In the
past Julie attended a Community Col
lege near her home town and found that
it was not as easy making friends there
as she did in her first semester here at
Chowan.
Julie’s philosophy for this semester is
to “study harder and for others not to
fool around and everyone to do their
best.”
Wayne Edwards is also a freshman
here at Chowan from Conway. He
returns to Chowan this semester with
determination and excitement in his
eyes. He quotes; “I want to broaden my
horizons and to develop responsibility
as well as, receive my education here at
Chowan.” The things Wayne missed the
moot about Chowan was being in Mrs.
Davis’s English class and Mr. Tripp’s
Biology class. He found that these
classes were not only humorous but
challenging and obviously, not boring.
Wayne commented, “Thw students
who returned for second semester know
what the teachers expect and what
students expect out d themselves.”
always reflected a spirit of service and
giving for the l>enefit of others.” Her
bequest to the General Endowment
Fund of Chowan College will serve as a
living memorial helping to touch the
lives of countless generations of young
people.
“It seems so appropriate that she had
made this gift to the institution which
she loved and supported so faithfully
during her lifetime. We are deeply
grateful.”
Chowan President, Bruce E.
Whitaker, also expressed appreciation
for the gift. He pointed out the 12,000
dollar bequest would count toward the
capital development program effort to
raise four million dollars primarily for
endowment.
By Richard Perry
Saint Valentine’s Day, which is
celebratfsd every Feb. 14th is just days
away. Stores ^ over Murfreesboro
have nearly run out ct sentimental
sweetheart cards.
Cupid, the ancient Roman god of love
is one of the many symbols used for
Valentine cards. He usually shoots his
arrow into a person’s heart, and causes
them to fall in love.
Persons around campus were asked,
“If you could be cupid, who would you
shoot with your arrow and why?”
Miss Hartert, “Alex Trebek, he has
all the answers to my questions.”
Curtis McNeil, “Dr. Hill, she is very
attractive and considerate of others.”
Anonymous,“Tom Cruise, because he
was looking MIGHTY fine in Top Gun.”
Marion Braswell,“No comment, ha-
ha-ha.”
Ryan Polk,“T.H., because she needs
to be shot.”
Miss Cynthia Lawson,“John Kennedy
Jr., because I need some money, and
I’m tired of working.”
Dabney Grove,“The Boz, because!! ”
Fran,“Bruce Willis, because I would
love to party with him.”
Patricia Price,“Dex, because he is
the cupid of my life and I love him.”
April Dean, “K.S. because he is my
husband.”
Shiela Roop, “Donnie A. because he
is mine and I love him.”
Angie Felton, “All of my B.S.U.
friends.”
Coach Osborne,“Rachel Ward,
because she has got dark hair, eyes and
skin and is very attractive. ”
Adam King, “Mona Lisa because I
love her smile.”
K.R., “Doug and Rachel to re-light
the flame.”
Martin Clemons, “Leticia Cherry,
she has touched my heart in such a
manner that is beyond explanation.”
Richard Perry, “Bridgette Nielsen,
Whitney Houston, Brazen Grace Jones,
Jacqueline Onassis, Joan Collins,
Diahann Carroll because they all have
style and are very powerful vivacious
women.
Tavarres Brown, “Gisela, because
she’s got the look.”
Kevin Matheson, “The lead singer of
Atlantic Star, because of her lungs.”
Markus Taylor, “Sharon, so her
aspiration would be mine.”
Marlon Witcher, “Ihirley G., just
because!!!”
Steve Forest,“Vanna White, we all
know why.”
So those of you who were not shot this
Valentine Day and you feel left out and
depressed. There’s no need! Just
remember the saying, “There’s so
meone for everyone.” If you don’t find
them, they’ll find you.
Computer
Match
By Robert Prince
A thirty question survey for a new
program called Computer Match,
sponsored by Phi Beta Lamba, was
handed out during assembly on Mon
day, January 25 and Wednesday,
January 27. These thirty question
surveys with your interests, charac
teristics and preferences wiU be
analyzed by a computer one by one.
After the results are computed, a letter
for each student will be made con
taining the ten students of the opposite
sex with which the computer found
most compatible. Results will cost $1.50
per student. These results will be sold in
the dorms and cafeteria the week
before Valentine’s Day. This is a rare
opportunity, so don’t miss out.
College receives gift
from the late Miss Harrell
Dili PROCESSIIG MAWGEMEIITilSSOClJlTlOK
CHOWAN COLLEGE CHAPTH?
Chovi/an sophomore computer major, Ernest with two of his Chowan Deportment of
F. Boyce of Tyner, displays the Data Business professors, Mrs. Andreo Eason, left,
Processing Manogement Association banner and Mrs. Hottie Jones.
DPMA Chapter:
Treasurer receives
scholarship from
Tidew^ater Chapter
Chowan College sophomore Ernest E.
Boyce of Tyner has been elected as a
recipient oif a scholarship from the
Tidewater Chapter of the Data
Processing Management Association
(DPMA), Norfolk, Va.
Boyce was sponsored by the Chowan
College DPMA, which he serves as
treasurer. He is a member of Phi Theta
Lambda (national business fraternity)
and helps with the student emergency
loan fund in the student financial aid
office.
Boyce has also served the Mixon
Scholarship from Chowan. A computer
information systems major, he said he
has enjoyed studying at Chowan. “I
enjoy a snull coU^e where you receive
individual attention. The teachers have
helped me a great deal.”
Commented Professor Hattie Jones
of the Business Dept., “We are proud of
Ernest. Receiving the scholardiip is a
real achievement and honor. Not ^y is
he a good student, but he has been a big
help to the computer program. We are
going to miss kto when he completes
his studies in the spring.”
A graduate of Chowan High School,
he is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest E.
Boyce, Sr., of Rt. 1, in Tyner.
Chowan is a two-year residential
college with 900 students who represent
20 states and 14 countries. Over 40
associate degree programs are offered.
Chowan is one of seven institutions of
higher education related to the Baptist
State Convention of NorOi Carolina.