Page 4 —SMOKE SIGNALS, February, 1992
Joyner sisters make education
at Chowan a family affair
By Jessica Kiser News Editor
In a time when undergraduates
are becoming increasingly dissat
isfied with large universities, Susan
Harmon and Tammy Joyner are
two sisters who are attending a
small college and loving it! They
represent two major categories of
the population on college campuses
today: the recent high school gradu-
with it. My entire family supports
me," she says.
Tammy, the youngest, gradu
ated from Hertford County High
School in 1990. She enrolled in
Chowan with plans to get her
degree in elementary education.
“When I graduated, I had made
plans to attend Chowan. That was
where I wanted to go. It has worked
ate and the student who is coming out for the best all the way around ”
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back to school later in life
Susan, the oldest of the six chil
dren in the Joyner family, is mar
ried and has two daughters, 8 and
11, of her own. She has gone back
to school to get her elementary
education degree and has found
that going back to school later in
life is challenging and rewarding.,
“It is totally different. I had to
relearn to study, to budget out time,
and to made everything fit together,
but I knew I wanted to go back to
school and get my degree. I quit
my job, and that is what I did—
what I wanted to. I went back to
school.
“My girls think it’s great, and
they look up to me. My husband is
proud and encourages me to stick
she relates. “The first thing that
attracted me to Chowan was the
quality of the professors, but after
I began attending here I really
began to appreciate the fact that I
could talk to them. I am not just a
number, like I would be at a larger
school.”
Susan hadsimilarthingsinmind
when she chose Chowan. “The
professors came highly recom
mended by my brother and sister
David, 21, and Peggy, 26, attended
Chowan also. David is now at North
Carolina - Chapel Hill after gradu
ating from Chowan and teaches at
Hertford County Middle School,
but she says that if Chowan had
had a four-year degree program
when she attended, she would have
Your Horoscope
ByDCB
Taurus
Keep your pants on, there’s an
AIDS virus floating around, you
know. Look forward to a good
month. Don’t push things, let them
come to you.
Aries
It is time to conquer your big
gest fear. If you don’t do it now, it
will plaque you for the rest of your
life. Stay away from the Taurus..
. try to meet a Leo or Capricorn.
Gemini
Forget about your petty prob
lems, the answer is just around the
comer. So get off your butt and get
on with your life or bigger prob
lems will come your way. Re
member, everything works out in
the end.
Capricorn
Take a chance and do some
thing you wouldn’t normally do. It
may turn out to be the best moment
of you life. TTie Leo is awaiting for
you.
Aquarius
A relationship is seriously
needed to sooth your anxieties.
Look for a person that can relate
with you, not a person that just
looks good. You better go to hunt
ing or you will live lonely for quite
a while.
Pisces
This is the month that you must
separate your needs from your
wants. Your monetary funds will
fall short. Don’t worry, the moons
are aligning your way soon, and
you will be able to look forward to
an overflow of fund, if you are
careful.
Cancer
T ake notice of your friends, they
will be your most valuable asset
this month. Do not cross them, it
could mean your downfall. Try to
meet a few more people and form
a close bond with one of the, but
make sure it is not a Taurus.
Leo
I wouldn’t recommend driving
on 195, especially southbound. If it
a must, try taking the back roads. I
don’t know what would happen,
but I have a strange feeling.
Virgo
Remember that the only one you
should try to impress is yourself.
Don’t go overboard trying to get
someone’s attention, just be your
self and that person will forever be
with you.
Libra
Someone will test your ideas
and try to destroy all that you be
lieve in. Keep your convictions.
Stand for what you believe in no
matter what the situation.
Scorpio
There is no need to worry about
tests and quizzes. This is the month
that you will peak in intelligence
and common sense. You will
remember whatever you hear and
be able to apply it to everyday life.
Sagittarius
A new person will walk into
your life. Pay careful attention to
this person, for he/she will guide
you through some hard times in the
near future and has must to say on
how you can improve your life.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
YESi I am willing to volunteer!
WHERE: Riverview Elementary School
201 W. High Street
Murfreesboro, N. C. 27855
398-4862
WHEN? Whenever you have the time
WHAT? Whatever you choose
Would you rather read to the children, or would you rather
they read to you? Many of our children need an aunt or uncle or a
grandparent to just hold their hand.
We have chikJren ages 4 years to 12 years. Some are very
tall and some are very short. We have science olympalds,. science
fairs, math nights, family math, fieW day, etc.
Perhaps you would like to see how much school has
changed in the last 5 to 20 years. Would you like to let a 5 year okJ
teach you howto use a computer or wouW you mind teaching a 12
year okJ how much to water a plant?
Name
Address
Phone Number:
Grade Prefererxie:
Time of Day Preference: AM_
PM
How soon will you be available?
Send to: Dr. Charles Bentley, Marks Hall
stayed. “The Math Department
provided the mathematical foun
dation necessary for me to be an
academic success at Chapel Hill.
If Chowan ever starts a graduate
program. I’ll be the first to sign
up.”
Since their siblings have faired
so well since their Chowan days,
Susan and Tammy were asked if
they felt any added pressure to do
as well or better. Both of them
referred to the added edge it gives
them because they have people
close to them who know what they
are going through, and their family
has a great network inside of it.
“We go to each other for sup
port and advice.” “I am glad we are
going to school together, Tammy
confides. Susan advises me and
encourages me. We study together
sometimes, and since we have the
same major, elementary education,
it helps to know that we are going
into it together.”
Both of these sisters are excited
about Chowan’s going four years
and the department of education.
“I feel like we’re pioneers,” says
Susan. “We are going to be among
the first teachers to come out of
Chowan. I feel like we are going to
get a top-notch education.”
Tammy summed it up, “At
Chapel Hill, the professors do not
know you the same way the pro
fessors at Chowan do. At Chowan,
the relationships with your profes
sors are close, like family,” and
family is important to these sisters.
By Daniel Butler
So what’s up on Murfreesboro?
Nothing as usual. But guess what:
At the Thomason Trauma Cen
ter in El Paso, Texas, there are over
6,000 births by Mexican women
each year. So who cares, right? But
get this, over 70% of these women
are not citizens; therefore, since
most of the women are poor and
cannot afford any type of medical
care, they cannot be billed for the
cost of birth. The facilities at Tho
mason are for trauma patients. In
other words, they have little or no
choice about who they physician,
even if the patient has no visible
means of ever being able to pay the
bill. The only thing Thomason
Trauma Center can do is charge a
fee for the application the Mexican
patients must fill out. That fee is
for one dollar! So, who has to pay
for all this . . . you guessed it,
taxpayers!! But wait there’s more,
the child who is bom in the trauma
center in El Paso automatically
becomes a citizen, just because he
was bom in the U. S. Subsequendy,
this leads to a situation where
people actually fly into the U.S. to
give birth so their child can be
come a citizen. So what’s wrong
with that? Well, it means that we
gave an otherwise “illegal alien”
citizenship. So what happens next?
Welfare, most likely I And who has
to pay for welfare ... that’s right,
taxpayers!! However, if you think
there’s nothing you can do then
you’re wrong. At the end of this
article there will be an address you
can write to or a phone number you
can call. Ask Sen. Sanford about
the bill which requires one parent
to be a citizen in the U. S. in order
for the child who is bom to auto
matically become a citizen.
IN Science News, the Hubble
telescope (you remember the
Hubble telescope, don’t you? you
know, that telescope that costs
billions of tax dollars and then
didn’t work. Then it cost a few
extra million to fix it!) is bringing
back pictures, of, now get this,
black holes! Of all the wondrous
colorful pictures it could obtain
throughout the galaxy, it takes a
picture of a black void where no
light can ever escape (actually light
could theoretically escape but that’s
beside the point). I mean, it’s a
black hole, people!! I’m sure all
the scientists are excited. I can
picture them now: standing around
a table, looking down at a 6x12
glossy, and saying, “Say, isn’t that
blackhole black!” “Why, yes it is!
And such a pretty black too!” In
other words, it’s like walking into
a closet and shutting the door, then
pulling out a camera without a flash
and taking a picture! It’s major
events like this that make me proud
to be an American... NOT!!
NOW get this, over in the Phil
ippines, Amelda Marcos is run
ning for president. In case you don’t
know who she is, let me refresh
your memory. She’s the woman
who helped her husband smuggle
billions of dollars away from the
Filipino govemment. And by the
way, when her husband died she
had him preserved, frozen, I think!
But this is the best part, Amelda
claims that she is deprived and
desperate, and that she can hardly
afford a thing! I guess that means
Pizza Shoppe opens in Murfreesboro
By Marty Grebing
To get good pizza, Chowanians
had to go all the way to Ahoskie.
Now “The Pizza Shof^ is open
forbusiness, we only have to travel
about two blocks.
Located across the street from
Fast Fare, it is an ideal place for
Chowan students to go. Being
within walking distance, huge
carpools are not necessary.
“The Pizza Shoppe” is a family-
owned and operated business.
George Roussis, the general man
ager, along side his father, financed
the establishment and looks for
ward to working with the college.
When asked about some of his
goals, Mr. Roussis repUed, “We
really want to work with the col
lege students”.
The business for a resturant that
that serves good pizza and gives
Chowan students a considerable
discount is enormous. To get a
student discount, all that is neces
sary is to present your Chowan
identification, (see “The Pizza
Shoppe ad for prices).
George Roussis likes to do
business on a personal level. When
you go in to eat, simply approach
him and introduce yourself.
Admittedly, he may not remember
all names but he would like to get
to know the students. So don’t be
afraid to walk in and say hello.
Something I have been looking
forward to and sincerely believe
many businesses is this town are
idiots for not having is a delivery
service. “The Pizza Shoppe” plans
on having a delivery that targets
Literary club
being formed
Members of the English faculty
invite anyone interested in litera
ture to meet casually, infonnally in
Marks 315 on Monday, February
17, at 3:30 to initiate meetings of
what we’ll call for now The Liter
ary Club. The idea is to have a
good time talking about books and
authors, reading poems, discuss
ing films or literature generally.
Anyone can come—faculty, stu
dents, strangers on their way to
Milwaukee, your Uncle Bubba—
anyone interested n literature.
We’ll meet in Marks 315 and
the agenda for the meeting on the
17th hasn’t been set up. We might
begin with a discussion of mutila
tions in Renaissance drama or
sources of ecstasy in the novel of
the city, but more likely we’ll begin
with the questions, “Read any good
books lately?”
Come sit, come read, but join
us!
the students.
Although all of the details have
not been worked out yet, Mr.
Roussis shared some of his ideas.
Instead of a person placing an order
and having it delivered, then ten
minutes later another person places
an order, Mr. Roussis decided to
have a delivery schedule. This will
save time, money and effort on
both sides.
The delivery will roughly be
dorm oriented. For instance, they
will deliver to Dunn at 4:00 pm,
Jenkins at 7:00, or something to
that effect. Perhaps they wiU make
one round through all the dorms
every few hours. It will beplanned
to be a great convenience to
Chowan students.
“The Pizza Shoppe” is open
seven days a week, 11:00 am -
11:00 pm Monday- Saturday, 2:00
pm -10:00 pm Sunday, so drop by
and try it out.
Wrestlers, football players, and
coaches have all eaten at The Pizza
Shoppe and not one single nega
tive word has been heard! Having
eaten there myself, I can attest to
the fact that it is well work your
business.
So, the next time you get the
cravings for some really good
pizza, don’t go all the way to
Ahoskie —just go down the street.
she’ll have to move out of her
$2,000 a day suite in Honolulu,
and as for her poor frozen husband,
I guess he’ll have to sleep in the
dessert section of Shoney’s.
DOES anyone remember Jerry
Falwell, I think it was Jerry Fal-
well, wasn’t it. It doesn’t matter,
they all sleep with the same hook
ers, anyway! But wasn’t it him that
said he needed 9 million doUars or
God was going to take his life? Can
you believe this guy? I say this,
instead of me paying Jerry money,
why doesn’t Jerry take out an in
surance policy that clearly states
that if he’s struck dead by God,
then his ministry will receive 9
million dollars! That way, I don’t
have to pay anything. God can kill
him, and the insurance company
can pay the ministry 9 million
dollars!
NOW this brings me to the
question of insurance. I don’t
understand it! I mean. I’ll pay a
certain amount of money all of my
life and if I die they give my recipi
ents a certain amount, minus the
company’s share. I say, let me keep
my money aU my life and spend
what I can, than when I die. I’ll
give the insurance company what’s
left over! And car insurance is
worse. For instance, say I have to
pay $1,000 a year. If I only have
one wreck through the entire year,
and say it only costs $50, then the
insurance company will have made
$950profit! Butthat’snot the worst
part, the worst part is; they raise
my insurance cost because I
wrecked! What a wonderful world
we live in!
B UT before I give the Senator’s
address, I was wondering if any
one could tell me why professional
bowling is shown on T. V. It has to
be the most boring thing in the
world. I mean it’s not even a sport.
Bowling is fat, balding, middle-
aged men wearing ugly blue shirts
and drinking. That’s all it is! And I
don’t care what situation the bowler
is in, the stupid announcers ask
each other the same dumb thing
time and time again; “So what do
you think he’ll try to do this time?”
Duh!! What else can he do, he’s
gonna try and knock the -#*@#-
pins down, you moron!! Some
times, I worry about this world!
Live your dreams — peace.
Sen. Terry Sanford
716 Hart Senate Office Bldg.
Washington, N.D. 20510
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331 EAST MAIN STREET
MURFREESBORO, NC 27855
398-5778
PIZZA
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10"
Med.
14"
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...4.50
7.25
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...5.50
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... 5.50
8.50
10.25
Mushrooms
... 5.50
8.50
10.25
Pepperoni
....5.50
8.50
10.25
Peppers
...5.50
8.50
10.25
Onkins
..5,50
8.50
10.25
Hamburger
... 5.50
8.50
10.25
Ham
...5.50
8.50
10.25
Olives
...5.50
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10.25
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13.00
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11.75
14.25
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Homestyle Baked Lasagna 5,25
VEAL PARMESAN
Veal Parmesan served with spaghetti and
our own meal sauce 5,25
EGGPLANT PARMESAN
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CHICKEN PARMESAN
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3.15
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Tuikey
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