Musician, Linda Maxey
Visits campus
Linda Maxey, who has won critical
acclaim as one of only a handful of
concert marimba virtuosos, performed
at Chowan College Thursday, Feb. 25 in
Turner Auditorium, McDowell
Columns.
Admission was by membership in the
Chowan Community Concert
Association. Season memberships were
sold at the door. Season membership
entitles the member to attend concerts
offered liy Chowan and five other
concert associations in Williamston,
Elizabeth City, Wilson, Franklin and
Portsmoutti.
“Your proformance is absolutely
thrilling...the greatest performance (rf
the woric,” wrote composer Paul
Creston after hearing Linda Maxey
play his Concertino for Marimba.
Hailed for her extraordinary facility
and sound musicianship “(Enquirer
News, Battle Creek, Micliigan),” Linda
Maxey occupies a unique position in the
music world as one only a few con
cert marimba virtuosos.
In fulfilling her goal of establishing
the marimba as an effective concert
instrument, she has taken her artistry
as recitalist and as soloist with ochestra
to audiences in New York Washington,
D.C., and other major cities throughout
the United States and Europe. With a
repertoire spanning works of Bach,
Htuidel, Rachmaninoff, Saint-Seans
and Creston, diversity is the hallmark
of her exciting programs.
Linda Maxey, who began studying
piano at the age ct four and marimba at
the age of six, gave her first major
performance at eleven when she ap
peared at Madison Square Garden in
New York for the Kiwanis International
Convention. As an undergraduate
earning her B.A. in music, she was
selected to participate in a Department
of Defense-sponsored tour of France
and Germany. Ms. Maxey holds an
M.A. from the E^astman School of
Music; she has taught at Baylor
University and Long Beach City
College. She is a member of Pi Kappa
Lambda National Honorary Music
Fraternity, the Percussive Arts Socie
ty, and Mu Phi Epsilon Inemational
Music Fraternity. When not on tour,
Ms. Maxey enjt^s family life with her
husband and two children.
Two-year literacy campaign
proves to be effective
(NU)—Newqwpers have obvious
reasons for caring about literacy.
A newspaper campaign against
illiteracy was launched two years
ago by the American Publisher
Association Foundation. Labeled
“Press to Read”, the 1400
publisher members committed
themselves, to press other
businesses to join them, to press
c(Hnmunity groups and newspaper
readers to become involved, and
press the hand of the nonreader to
go to class.
Since then, hundreds of
newspaper organizations have
implemented projects to help
eradicate literacy in their own
hometowns. Projects range from
serving as catalysts, to con
tributing monies for institutional
equipment, to sponsoring work
place literacy tutoring at the
newspaper office itself.
Here are smne of the innovative
projects in place:
The Cedar Rapids Gazette, Iowa,
joined the state library association
on National Literacy Day, Sep
tember 8, to publicize literacy
throughout 145 libraries in eastern
Iowa.
The Press-Telegram in Long
Beach, CA is sponsoring literacy
classes for crewmen aboard ship in
the Navy Afloat Functional Skills
Program. Plans are being made to
expand the classes to more than 30
ships as they c«ne into port.
The Tnlsa World, OK, uses the
daily newspaper and an associated
telephone hotline to provide ad
ditional tutoring help for adult
illiterates to improve reading
skills. The program is designed to
be used by an adult student with a
tutor—a relative, a friend or some
other person who can read.
The Amarillo GIobe-News, TX,
has developed a three-hour
graduate credit college class for
teachers to learn to use the
newspaper in the classroom.
The Herald & Review, IL,
publishes REIAD: The News, A
monthly literacy newspaper with
rewritten news stories geared to
new adult readers.
During Freedom to Read Week
sponsored by the Killeen Daily
Smoke Signals. March 18,1988—Page 3
Forgotten
warriors of
the black
movement
Herald, TX, 13,000 paperback
books were distributed. Local
public libraries and the com
munity college assisted in the
effort by providing the give-away
locations and support personnel.
The Pottsvflle RepaUlcan, PA,
sponsered a Fall Festival (rf
Reading at a local naall, working
with the local literacy council,
libraries, book stores, ABE7GED
programs and teachers.
“We are not immuned from the
disease of illiteracy,” stated
Charles T. Brumback, President
and Chief Executive Officer of the
Chicago Tribune Company and
Chairman of the ANPA Foun
dation. And we challenge other
business to join us in tackling this
problem at the workplace.”
Brumback emphasizes that
illiterate employees have built
protective shells around them
selves over the years. “Such
employees avoid change in order
to stay secure; and change is a key
to tte future of all of our
businesses.
Wesley Johnson
Martin Luther King Jr. is the only
leader of his movement to receive a
monument for his achievements in the
fight for Civil Rights. Unfortunately,
the majority of predominantly white
institutions of higlier education still do
not recognize Dr. King's achievements
and the national holi^y is still going
unrecognized.
There are many blade men whose
talents have been overlooked by many.
What about Malcolm X, the greatest
orator of the Black Power Movement?
And what about H. “Rap” Brown or
Stokely Carmichael, both were leaders
of the Black Panthers. We cannot forget
about George Jackson, The Soledad
Brother, who, as Huey P. Newton
stated, was “the greatest writer of us
aU.”
All these men were great warriors of
true equality. Will these men go un
noticed by those who are bom as they
were dying? (I guess so). America the
land of the free? Not quite. If national
holidays continue to go unrecognized,
why have them?
CHOWAN
SPORTS
Atheletic
trainers; an
important part
of athletics
By JoeAngellUo
'’""'fhe’ trainers*" for™ our ^Athletic
programs are more than just field
hands, they play a major role involving
sports at Chowan. The trainers
basically do what the coaches don’t
have time to do in preparation for the
game. They are always rushing around
getting everything for the players on
the spur of the moment.
The trainers are not noticed as much
as the players, and they do take on a
great d^ of responsibilty for their job.
They hardly get any thanks for their
jobs, and are always taking orders
from coaches. Over all, the trainers are
almost more dedicated than players.
A trainer’s duty consists of
prevention-of-injury, immediate
treatment and rehabilitation
procedures for the injured athlete. The
trainers must take many varied classes
to become certified such as: First Aid&
Safety, Fundamentals of Athletic
Training (which includes tapping,
nutrition, muscle testing). Injury
Evaluation, Anatomy, Physiology, and
Injury Rehabilitation.
Trainers at Chowan College must
have 400 clock hours over a 2 year time
span, and 800 hours total rf clinical
experiences under the supervision of a
certified athletic trainer in an ac
ceptable clinical situation.
To achieve a degree in this field, you
must work towards your bachelor
degree. Many (rf the athletic trainers
here at Chowan will be continuing their
education at a four-year college or
University.
There are many job openings in the
field of Athletic Training. In a recent
1987 census on a scale of 100 percent, 98
percent of certified trainers are em
ployed by Pro-Teams, 78 percent by
Colleges and Universities, and 67
percent by High Schools.
A rule of thumb to remember,
trainers are not just field hands, they
are people too, and deserve the same
resp^ as the players and coaches.
Chowan College would like to give
special thanks to our Athletic Trainers
for their hard work and dedication to
their jobs.
Mr. Robert J. Casmus, Sports
Medicine Director, works with the
following student trainers:
Freshman—Karen Findley, Theresa
“Boo- Boo” Burdi, Twn “ERSK”
Erskine, Shawn Larsen, Brian
“Wookie” Worrilow, Chris Carroll,
Allan “Lefty” Brazell, Donovan
“Wolfie” Wolf, David “Colonel”
Sanders, Chris Bridgers, and John
“Frog” Wooten.
Sophomore trainers include: Neil
French, Lyn Bew, Chad Love, Scott
“Skippy” Cassell, and Susan Williams.
KANSAS
We Know The Way
Fans prove home
comt advantage
By Joey Markham
On Febraury 18, the Chowan Braves
hosted a game against archrival
Louisburg. The Braves side the
stands were filled with Iqrped up,
screaming and yelling Brave fans.
The team was excited and ready to
play. When the Braves scored for the
first time in the game, rolls of toilet-
paper were hurled onto the floor from
the Braves stands. From that point on
every time the Brave’s scored a point,
the fans raised the roof. When
Louisburg scored. Brave fans would
taunt them with their made-up chanting
which just disgusted their team and
fans more and more as the game went
on.
It was a hard fought game with the
Braves ahead virtually the whole
game. The Braves 84-72 victory over
Louisburg made everyone happy, the
players, fans, and especially Coach
Burke.
Chowan’s win over Louisburg sent
Coach Burke’s winnings to the 200
mark, with only 49 losses for an .803
winning percentage. After the game
Coach Burke was honored with a
commemorative cake at halfcourt. Our
congradulations to Coach Burke and
keep on winning.
Coach Bob Burke
I
As work was being done on new dugouts to get
them ready for the 88' spring season, the Braves
were practicing to get themselves prepared for the
upconrting season. The new dugouts are being
constructed above ground opposed to the old ones
which were sunken. Up to this point and time the
Braves baseball team is off to a pretty good season.
Lady
Braves
hit the field
By Robert Prince
The 1988 Lady Braves softball team
consist of ten freshmen and five
sophomores. They first met on January
20 with coach Renee’ Osbourne and new
assistant coach Ronnie Wilson, a
physical education major, who plans to
l>ecome a small college coach.
The Lady Braves began conditioning
practices on January 25 in the Helms
Center. These practices consisted of
running, throwing and stretching
exercises. After a week of preparation
in the gym, the Lady Braves were
excited about getting on the field. Since
then, they have been practicing on
fielding, batting, pitching and still more
conditioning exercises, which will help
get them ready for the upcoming
season.
Assistant coach Wilson says, “They
should have a fairly strong defense.”
The defense is led by Kathy Delgais at
the pitching position. The Lady Braves
have not done much hitting. Wilson
says, “Many of the girls have not hit
since last season, but the hitting should
come around.”
The first scheduled home game for
the L«dy Braves is against Norfolk
State on March 22, the last hcoie game
is against North Greenville on April 23.
All games wUl be double headers, away
or h«ne. The Lady Braves have a three
day trip to South Carolina, where they
will be playing Spartanburg, Anderson
and North Greenville and then turn
around to come back home to iday
Elizabeth City the next day. To wrap up
the season Chowan College will be
hosting the Regionals, which will be
played in Graham, North Carolina.
Wilson says that the girls are in high
spirits and that they would like all the
fan support they can get.
Intramm’al Sports
By Dwayne Bridges
The 1988 intramural volleyball
champs are: first floor Belk for the
ladies, and first floor Simons for the
men.
“Everything went very good with the
games, and everybody works as a
team,” said Coach Taylor. Besides
being in charge of the intramurals,
Taylor is the coach of the mens
wrestling team here at Chowan.
“Having the intramurals here at
ClMwan is a very good idea,” says
Coach Taylor. “It gives everybody a
chance to be involved in spots, and
also a chance to release tension.”
On Febuary 22, the basketball in
tramurals started and are going
smoothly. Other intramual sports that
are left for the 1988 season are
racquetball and softball.
Racquetball sign up starts March 9-11
and competition will begin on March 14.
After spring break. Softball will
begin. The regular season starts on
April 12, and playoffs begin on April 21.
All intramual game schedules will be
posted in Lakeside Student Center.
Anyone interested in participating in
one of these events, should contact their
intramural representitive. Good luck to
everyone.