VOL. 4, NO. 3
NORTH CAROLINA WESLEYAN COLLEGE, ROCKY MOUNT, N.C.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14,1988
Students begin using activity center
By GREG STREHMEL
The new Student Activity Build
ing at North Carolina Wesleyan Col
lege was opened on Oct. 3. “The pri
mary purpose of this activity build
ing is to fulfill the needs of the col
lege community,” said Vice Presi
dent of Finance, Ray Kirkland.
“The Student Activity Center al
lows the students with free time away
from their classes to enjoy them
selves,” said John Kesel, a junior.
Although many students agreed
NEW Arts
puts stress
on variety
Have an appetite for jazz? Classi
cal? Pop? North Carolina Wesleyan
College’s 1988-89 NEW Arts Series
can satisfy all of these tastes. Those
who appreciate great music will en
joy the 21st season of the Performing
Arts Series.
NEW is an acronym for Nash-
Bdgecombe-Wesleyan, representing
an invitation to all area residents to
attend local performances by intema-
tionally-known musicians. This
year’s season, consisting of four con
certs, wiU begin in October.
Leading off the season in grand
style will be the Auryn Quartet on
Tuesday, Oct. 25. These four yoxmg
men from Germany made their suc
cessful American debut less than two
years ago following a tour of Europe
that brought rave revues and numer
ous awards. The Auryn Quartet is
devoted to a repertoire of classical,
romantic and modem music. They
perform the the works of composers
such as Hans-Juergen von Bose and
Manfred Trojahn. The performance
will be held at First United Methodist
Church in Rocky Mount.
The musical beat changes in De
cember when the Swingle Singers
come to town. This unique vocal
group win sing their way from the
Beatles to Basie to Bach. The
Swingle Singers introduced a new
style and soimd to the world in 1963
when they released their album,
“Jazz Sebastian Bach.” Twenty-five
years later, the group still astounds
audiences with its stylistic choreog
raphy and smooth technique. The
Swingle Singers will perform Dec. 1
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with Kesel, some had a different
view on the new building. “Every
body wanted a new pool, but instead
they built a new activity center which
is full of staff offices,” said Mike
Eckert, a senior. Other students said
that a pool is more desirable than an
activity building. They admitted,
though, that an activity building is
actually needed more than a pool.
“The building cost approximately
$375,000,” said Ray Kirkland, and
an additional $40,000 was spent on
furnishings. Some students argue
that the school could buy at least two
swimming pools with $415,000 and
have even a better time.
According to Ray Kirkland, the
buUding was built because there
were no places for noncompetitive
student activities. Kirkland said that
many students who are not involved
;in sports complain that they are fre
quently “kicked out” of the gymna
sium by the basketball or volleyball
teams. Kirkland added that this shall
no longer be the case with the new
facility.
Kirkland said the size of the stu
dent activity building was increased
1400 square feet, which cost an addi
tional $50,000. He said that in “15
years we shall have repaid the full
amount of $415,000 plus interest to
Peoples Bank in Rocky Mount.”
Some students and professors say
the activity building should have
opened by the beginning of this
school year. Ray Kirkland, however,
said that Oct. 3 was the designated
date for the student activity building
to open.
According to student life f>erson-
nel the location of the new facility
helps unify the campus.
Assistant Dean of Student Life
Pam Derrick said employees from
Smithson Incorporated have done a
good job on the building. Derrick
said they’ve built a fun game room, a
TV room, and a student work room.
“They’ve also built a multi-purpose
room, set up as a conversation room,
otherwise used as an auditorium,”
she added.
Campus enjoys
week of activity
for Homecoming
DON'T ME ME LAUGH — Comedian Emory Emory attempts
to make Malt McKown laugh during Homecoming's "Make Me
Laugh" contest. Photo By Marg Buehler
By TERRIE ROBERTS
“I thought Homecoming was very
successful,” said Pam Gourley Assis
tant Dean of Student Life. Home
coming events were held the week of
Oct. 3-8, sponsored by the Student
Activities Committee.
The big events of the week were
the outdoor performance of The
Limit and the dance held in the new
Student Activities Center. Gourley
said that these were the “most suc
cessful events of the week.” The
Limit performed in front of Edge
combe on Thursday night.
Gourley said a few problems
arose, such as “students trying to get
on stage and grabbing the singers.”
She was also concerned about stu
dents trying to get backstage and hit
ting the high voltage wires. She then
said that some students were “giving
the Dean of Student Life and Area
Director a hard time with alcohol,”
and that it was “not making our jobs
any easier.”
The dance was held Saturday
night in the new Student Activities
Center. Gourley thought it went “real
well,” with the exception of a paper
towel holder being pulled from the
wall. She said this was “relatively
minor compared to past occur
rences.” Yvonne McKoy, a student,
thought that “people got carried
away with the vandalism and that
p>eople took advantage of a good
thing, but overall it was good.” She
also said this year’s dance was a dras
tic change from the year before with
“more people, better decorations,
and more patrolling from the admini
stration.”
The Homecoming Queen, Julie
Koenecke, was announced and
crowned at the dance. She was voted
by the student body from a baUot
containing the members of the senior
court, earlier in the week.
Other events included a “Make
me Laugh” contest. Comedians did
stand-up routines then drew names
from a box and challenged the stu
dent to sit and watch each comedian
for two minutes, six minutes total.
Students who lasted the entire six
minutes without laughing won $25.
An Air Band Contest was held on
Tuesday night. Students were invited
to get a group together or go indi
vidually to lip sync to a hit song.
Dean Hogan won first place. Sigma
Pi’s “Under the Boardwalk” came in
second, and “A Salt with a Deadly
Pepa” came in third.
On Wednesday there was a picnic
in front of Nash Hall, and later in the
night a scavenger himt led students
! aU over Rocky Mount. The winners,
Mike Miele and John Kesel, took
home $25 apiece.
The final day of Homecoming
started with a parade around campus;
; this event was started a few years ago
to promote school spirit, and this
year the cheerleaders had the win
ning float. After the parade a picnic
was held on the patio, followed by
the soccer game. The boys team tied
Greensboro College 0-0 in overtime.