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Martin Luther King, Jr. Day celebrated
Rev. Carlton Williams of the New Zion Ministry in Tarboro, joined by Mrs. Williams (left) and
son Josh, presented the sermon at this year’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Day “Celebration of the
Children” on Jan. 21 in the Dunn Center. Williams was introduced at the celebration by Janet
Morrison (right), assistant director of Student Life. The program also included special music.
Society of Professional Journalists
offering two summer internships
The Society of Professional
Journalists annually awards two
Pulliam/Kilgore Freedom of In
formation Internships.
One intern works in the of
fices of the Society’s First
Amendment legal counsel in
Washington, D.C. The other in
tern works at the Society’s Na
tional Headquarters in Indianapo
lis.
The interns research and write
about freedom of information is
sues while assisting the Society’s
Freedom of Information Commit
tee and First Amendment legal
counsel in preparing SPJ’s annual
Freedom of Information Report.
Interns receive a stipend of
$400 per week and work during a
mutually agreeable 10-week pe
riod during the summer. Recipi
ents are notified in mid-April and
should arrange to start their in
ternships in late May or early
June.
The Pulliam/Kilgore Freedom
of Information Internships are
awarded in memory of Bernard
‘Barney” Kilgore, an early and
active member of the Society of
Professional Journalists and
former chairman of the board of
Dow Jones & Co. Inc., the parent
company of The Wall Street Jour
nal; and Eueene C. Pulliam, a
founder of Sigma Delta Chi and
Central Newspapers Inc.
Internships are funded by the
Society’s educational foundation,
the Sigma Delta Chi Foundation.
To be considered, applicants
must include the following:
• Completed application.
• Resume.
• A one-page essay that illus
trates your understanding of Free
dom of Information issues and
what you expect to gain from the
internship.
• As many as five writing
samples.
Applicants must be a journal
ism student who is entering or
just completed his/her senior year,
a graduate journalism student, or
a law student with a journalism
background.
The intern selected to work at
the Society’s National Headquar
ters in Indianapolis primarily
works on writing stories for the
Freedom of Information issue of
Quill magazine, published annu
ally in September. Stories focus
on FOI issues of interest to jour
nalists.
Other duties of the Indianapo
lis intern include;
• Updating comprehensive
contact lists for federal and state
agencies.
• Working on other FOI-re-
lated projects of the Society.
• Attending various SPJ Head
quarters-related events.
The intern selected to work in
the law offices of Baker &
Hostetler, the Society’s First
Amendment legal counsel in
Washington, D.C., primarily
works on researching and writing
SPJ’s annual Pulliam/Kilgore Re
port. The report addresses a Free
dom of Information topic of in
terest to journalists and attorneys.
The 5,000- to 6,000-word report
is distributed at the Society’s Na
tional Convention.
Other duties of the Washing
ton, D.C., intern include;
• Writing stories for Quill
magazine.
• Attending hearings on Capi
tol Hill that are of interest to SPJ.
• Representing SPJ at various
Washington, D.C., events.
Applications should be sent to
Society of Professional Journal
ists Eugene S. Pulliam National
Journalism Center 3909 N. Me
ridian St. Indianapolis, IN 46208-
4045. Phone 317/927-8000 or fax;
317/920-4789.
For more information, contact
the Quill editor at SPJ Headquar
ters, phone 317/927-8000, or by
e-mail; auill@sDi.org.
FEBRUARY 22,2002 — THE DECREE — PAGE 3
Photographer
displays images
of world travels
William Roeder’s art exhibi
tion titled “Around the World in
80 Frames; A Photographic Od
yssey” opened Feb. 15 with a free
public reception in the Mims Gal
lery at the Dunn Center of North
Carolina Wesleyan College.
In his world travels the artist
has collected many images that
reveal his fascination for the natu
ral and man-made details of our
often overlooked visual surround
ings. Working in both black and
white and color the visual beauty
of Roeder’s photographs invite
the viewer to share the artist’s
close-up examination of particu
lar things.
Abstractions or “abstracts” are
photographic images taken so
close to an object that the entire
object cannot be seen (like only
the wheels of a train or solely the
grill of a car).
Expressed in his own words
Roeder says, “ [his] photography
has been strongly influenced by
his fascination with LEGO® [toy
blocks] early in life. In each pho
tograph he attempts to move be
yond the readily apparent “big
picture” and capture the less no
ticed building blocks that form
the essence of the scene. He be-
heves that fundamental beauty is
most powerfully represented
through this visual distillation
process. While his portfolio con
sists of a wide range of subjects
and styles, Mr. Roeder’s images
of flowers, architecture and ab
stractions’ provide the most dra
matic representations of his main
themes; strong color and/or tex
ture, unique viewpoints and hon
est (un-staged) settings.”
William Roeder is a graduate
of Rocky Mount Academy and
The University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill (BA ’94). During
his career as an investment
banker, he was based in London
and traveled widely in Europe.
Following that experience, he
spent six months living and trav
eling with his wife in her native
Tasmania, Australia.
In addition to those experi
ences, Roeder has been fortunate
enough to visit and photograph
over 15 other countries. He and
his wife currently reside in Rocky
Mount, where she is completing
her final year at North Carolina
Wesleyan College.
The Mims Gallery is open free
to the public Monday through Fri
day from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m.
Roeder’s exhibition will continue
until March 17.
Native American
exhibition to close
The exhibition of photographic
portraits, “Pathmakers: North
Carolina Native American
Women of Distinction,” and
women’s arts and crafts from the
Haliwa-Siponi Community
opened on Oct. 25 at Wesleyan
College’s Four Sisters Gallery on
the College’s Founder’s Day and
conclude on Feb. 24.
Organized by the Guilford Na
tive American Gallery of Greens
boro in 1994, the portrait exhibi
tion was curated by Barbara
Braveboy-Locklear and photo
graphed by Marld Wagoner. Arts
and crafts from the women of the
Haliwa-Siponi community in
Warren, Northampton, and Hali
fax Counties have been curated
by nationally known ceramic art
ist Senora Lynch.
Decree sets meetings, deadlines
The Decree is having meet
ings again this semester on Mon
days at 6:30 p.m. in the Hartness
Center in the office behind the
piano. All on campus are wel
come — news writers, creative
writers, photographers, artists,
and organization representatives.
If you have press releases, cre
ative pieces, art, or any informa
tion vou need oublished but are
not planning to attend our meet
ings, please email it to
SEStGeorge@ncwc.edu> and
include the word DECREE in the
Subject line of your email.
Submission deadlines are on
the following Fridays: March I,
March 22, April 5, April 19, and
May 3.
—Shannon St. George, Editor
—D. K. Camobell. Adviser