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Evelyn Jones
Miss FSU D iscusses Reign;
Has Hole P ierced In Nose
By TERECIA MELVIN
“I never imaginedthedayl wo
uld be Miss F.S.U. It has truly,
been a challenge and a great joy,
The experiences I encountered
have all been very precious ones
that will always remain a part of
me.” These are the words of Ev-
elyn Jones, Miss F.S.U. as she
contemplates on her reign thus
far.
Miss F.S.U., a native of Boston
feels that this has been a thrilling
year for both her and her family,
especially for her father who has
always referred to her as Miss
Tarheel. She says “Inrardly",
I’ll always reign as Miss F.S.U.
even though outwardly my reign
ends soon.
Evelyn says that as Miss F.S.
U. she doesn’t regard herself as
a queen to be catered to, but as
one cl the many sisters attending
our University who was so fortu
nate as to have won this coveted
title,
“I accepted the honor as a
‘giver’ of my time, energy and
love to our University in contin-
uing to uphold its pride and dig
nity,” she said.
During her reign Miss F.S.U.
has encountered many happy mo
ments. She has recieved count
less letters from well-wishers.
One such letter came from a
prisoner who saw her picture
in the Afro-American and asked
her to be his pen pal. The pris
oner felt very pround of our Miss
F.S.U., a sister who was “mak-
ing it,”
Miss F.SU. extends a grateful
George Purcell
Got Idea From
To the people who know him
as a student at Fayetteville State
University, he’s George Purcell.
To those who enjoy his disc joc
key type dance parties, he’s
“Gorgeous George and the Mean
Record Machine,”
A senior at FSU majoring in
business education, George re
cently put together a record show
to earn extra spending money. To
date his outfit includes three
German-made speakers, a turn-
table,microphones, strote lights,
black kights, a psychedelic pos-
ter, and an impressive music
library containing the best in
soul music. He spins the rec
ords and flashes his multi-co
lored lights while young people
jive to the music.
George says he got the idea
for his own deejay show while
watching WIDU radio’s “Big Bad
Bill” Hennessey perform the
same type of thing recently at
the Pope AFB Recreation Center
where he is employed as a part-
Statistics Show
March 20, 1972
College VD On Upsurge
By JOSEPH HOLDEN
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hand to all the Broncos and the
countless others who have been
so kind.
Miss F.S.U. says “To the fu.
ture Miss F.S.U.’s, it is my ev
ery wish that their experiences
bring them even greater joys to
remember.”
By ARGIE HOCUTT
African tradition leaves Eve
lyn Jones, Miss FSU, with a per-
manent hole in her nose. In the
early 60’s,having the earspierc-
ed was the fad. Before that it
was putting a gold crown on the
tooth. As times change, howev-
er, that changed too. Now many
people are having their noses
pierced.
Evelyn, a native of Boston,
said, “having your nose pierced
is not a rare thing in my home-
town.” She had her nose pierced
during Christmas while home on
break.
-According to her, the actual
process only took about 10 se-
conds, but it takes about eight
days for the nose to heal. Eve
lyn’s hole is on the right side.
She said she chose to have it on
that side because “long ago sla
ves had their noses pierced on
the left side. Since I don’t con-
sider myself a slave, I had mine
pierced on the right.”
Evelyn has a gold stud in the
hole, but hopes someday to have
a ruby like her aunt’s. She also
said that there are three places
where the hole in the nose can
be placed, the right or left side,
or the center where a ring is
worn.
What is venereal disease? Most
people know, but for those who
don’t, it is a disease that is spre
ad from one person to another,
usually by sexual intercourse.
Two of the most noted venereal
diseases are syphilis and gono
rrhea.
One might ask if syphilis and
gonorrhea really are serious di
seases, Statistics show that one
out of four cases reported are
under twenty-one years of age,
which means they are very ser-
ious indeed. Dr. C. Mason Quick
FSU’s campus doctor stated,that
“there are more cases of VD than
any other communicable disease
reported. More than 2,000,000
cases of gonorrhea are reported,
or about half the reported VD
cases. There have l^en about
75,000 cases reported ot those
having syphilis. There has been
$40 million spent on mental pa
tients, which is only one of the
many serious side effects of this
disease,”
Concerning syphilis, a bact
eria enters the body from the
area surrounding the sexual or-
gans. It can affect the brain,
heart, bones and other parts of
the body.
The first sign of the disease
is a chancre ( a sore around
the sex organs), that may not
be picked up in a blood test.
This is the primary stage,
which lasts from three weeks to
two months.
The second stage involves a
rash. “It doesn’t cause too much
trouble,” says Dr, Quick, “and
it is possible for it to disappear.”
The third stage is called the
latent stage or late phase. It has
no outward visible manifestati-
on. It is only detectable by a blo
od test. The late phase can go on
for twenty to twenty-five years.
Then one can suddenly become
ill and maybe die. If syphilis is
cured in this staee. one r-an not
undo the damage it has already
caused. The best time for a cure
is to get it cured when a chancre
develops.
Gonorrhea is caused by a bac-
teria that is very serious and
very common. It can cause ster
ility in both male and female,and
this disease can also cause arth
ritis,
“For the male,” saysDr. Qui-
ck, “he will know if he has the
disease from three to seven days,
seldom less than three or more
than seven. But it isn’t the same
with the female. She can not tell
in that period of time whether
she has the disease or not.”
A very important statement of
Dr, Quick’s is “Do not go to a
drug store and ask for two or
three penicillin pills to cure gon-
orrhea, because it mi^t not be
enough. Too little mi^t just push
it back for a while, but you will
not be cured, it will show up la
ter,”
This information was gathered
at a recent seminar on VD, con
ducted on campus. Statistics in
dicate an upsurge of the disease
on college campuses.
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Gerald Barrax: Many-Sided Poet
- Now D-Jay;
Bill Hennessey
time staff member,
“After watching him for a
while, I thought, shoot, I can do
that well, maybe better,” said
George recently. “So,” he con
tinued, “I invested about $300 in
some basic equipment and put
together my own show,”
Thus far, “Gorgeous George”
has done one show at the Recre
ation Center, plus half a dozen
more at locations throughout
North Carolina. Most of the shows
are done within a 50-mile rad
ius of Fayetteville for a nomi
nal fee.
“Right now. I’m just trying
to get some exposure,” George
said. “I’ll graduate from FSU
next December and had planned
to teach. Now, I’m not so sure.
I just might try to be a fulltime
deejay if I can'make enough mo
ney. I plan to eventually include
music other than soul in my
shows in order to be able to
cater to the musical tastes of
all types of people,” he said.
By JANICE JONES
Int, he then outlined the many
things he had one before arriving
at his present profession. For
four years he served in the Air
Force where he was a radio me
chanic. Later he worked in a ste
el mill, drove a cab, was a mail
carrier and postal clerk, substi
tute public school teacher, ency
clopedia salesman and awning
hanger. Although he now enjoys
teaching, he is embraced with
poetry.
Barrax, who used such words
as fucking and shit in his works
says, “A poem should speak the
language of its people. If I feel
that I have to say something to
express as idea or attitude, then
I have to say it that way. I re
fuse to be limited.”
Some of his published poems
have appeared in Poetry, Four
Quarters, Journal of Black Po
etry, Colloquy, World Order, So
uthern Poetry Review, “Kaleid-
eoscope: Poems by American
Negro Poets”, “Out of the War
Shadow”, “The Young American
Poets”, and his own volume,
“Another Kind of Rain,”
An example of his poetry ap
pears below.
Gerald Barrax
Now that students at FSU are
aware of famous black poets such
as Langston Hughes and Countee
Cullen, they now are beginning
to learn of black poets in North
Carolina.
Gerald W. Barrax, a visitor
here last week, is one such black
poet. A native of Pittsburg, Pa,,
he is now teaching English at
North Carolina State in Raleigh.
Previous experiences gained
while teaching at North Carolina
Central in Durham have also in
fluenced his life,
Barrax did undergraduate work
at Duquesne University where he
first majored in pharmacy before
later changing it to journalism
and English. He took his M.A.
at the University of Pittsburg^i.
Barrax says, “Trial and error
helps me to decide what I want
out of life.” To illustrate the po-
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