THE CAMPUS ECHO
EXCELLENCE WITHOUT EXCUSE
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NORTH CAROUNA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY
Jan. 2S, 1994
Miss NCCU Named Miss Atlantic City Klassix
By REGGIE JONES
Associate Editor
ATLANTIC CITY- On
December 18, 1993 Laurie
Nicole Robinson, (Miss
NCCU) vied for the tide of
Miss Atlantic Qty Holiday
Klassbc. Thepageant washdd
incmfertohighlightthe talent,
personalities, and intellect of
female students attending
black colleges, and to
encourage these students
attmding colleges, and to
oicourage these students to
coimnitnicaie and network
with each other for the
bettermmtoftheirinstitutions
and fellow students.
During the judging,
the eleven Campus Queen
parkipants werejudgedin the
following categtnies: oratory,
talent, poise/projection,. and
interview. During the oratory
portion of the pageant,
contestants iqxdcetxi issues frcHn
strengtherting the family to
promoting pride and education.
Laurie’s oratory was titled
“Black Colleges Roots Of The
Black Cranmunity.”
This was Ms.
Robinson’s second outside
pageant Last semester she won
4thWhileinAtlanticQty,L^e
and tire other ccaMestants visited
die Atlantic Qty Hospital and
(fistributed Christmas toys to
children. Inaddition,diey visited
the Atlantic Qty High School to
encourage students to continue
thdr educatioiL The part Laurie
enjoyedmost was theopprtunity
tonotwily representN.C. Central
Uruversity but also the Durham
Community.
AsMiKAdanticQty
Klassix, Laurie won a $1500
scholarship and a four day
three night trip to the
Bahamas. Laurie previously
won fourth nmner up at the
National Black Alumni Hall
of Fame Pageant and rrow is
preparing for the Miss
Collegiate Afiican-American
Pageant, which will beheld at
Disney World in Orlando,
Florida.
Miss Robinson says
she enjoys educating the un
informed about N.C. Central
which she is rdile to do while
representing the school in
these pageants. “These
pageants show the intelligent
arxl somewhat sophisticated
sidecfNcathCarcdinaCentral
University,” she states.Laurie
also says that the pageants
have a warm atmosiMKae tor
Laurie Robinson, Miss NCCU
contestants tocongregaie. “It’s Though the tide is mosfly
ruce because every one is on promotional and this is the
the same level and we just pagcant’sfirstrun,itwillhcpefiilly
have fun getting to know each oxnpare to the Bayou Classic in
otner,' she says. years to come.
NCCU Mourns Fourth Death of the Year
Heart disease suspected as cause of death
to heart disease.
By MAURICE CROCKER April Qu^pelle .junior
Co-Editor education major from
Norfolk,Va. found Downey
lying on her stomach just before
Faculty and students at
North Carolina Central Univer
sity experienced their fourth
tragic death of the 1993-94
aciulemic year.
Stephanie L. Downey, a
22-year-old fi^hman transfer
student ftom Oxford, N.C, (tied
shortly after she collapsed due
her 8:00 a.m. math class.
“The other four people in
the class were in shock, so when
I saw her lying on her stomach,
I turned her over, and she started
breathing better,” said
Chappelle.
Chappelle said another
she stayed with Downey, con
stantly checking her pulse and
monitoring her breathing until
NCCU security arrived.
Chappelle said Downey
stoppM Ixeathing just before
security arrived at 8 a.m. When
security arrived, one of the
officers began administering
mouth-to-mouth resuscitation
until paramedics came ^ut
8:10 a.m.
“I think she could have
been saved if she had gotten
attention sooner,” said
Chappelle “No one knew
cardio-pulimonary resuscita
tion (CPR),” she said.
As a result of her expe
rience, ChapeUe has made
CPR education on campus a
personal project I’m propos
ing to the Chancellor, that ev
eryone in each department
krtow CPR so situations like
this wUl not occur again, she
said.
In a statement released to
the press Chancellor Julius
Chambers sated, “On behalf of
N.C. Central University, I wish to
express heartfelt sympathy to Mr.
and Mrs. Downey, the parmts of
Stef^anie L. Downey. It is al
ways saddening to see the end of
a young life tike hers, with so
many dreams wishes, and prom
ises unfulfilled.”
Funeral services were con
ducted Jan. 27 at Wright Funeral
Home’s ch^l by the Rev. Ervin
Thompson.
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