January 29,1991
BRONCOS’ VOICE
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Campus Life
FSU Professor Presents Play
by Patrizia Wallace
On Febuary 7, FSU will
present, in conjuction with Black
History month, "Fredrick the
Great: An Evening With
Fredrick Douglas" in Seabrook
Auditorium.
"Fredrick the Great" was
written by one of FSU’s own
instructors. Dr. Dan Campagna
of the Criminal Justice
Department. In addition to this
play, he has published several
boardgames and a non-fiction
book, and is currently working
on his first novel. "There is
really no connection between
Criminal Justice and my
^ting," Dr. Campagna said,
"but I like to do it as a creative
outlet. This play is my first stab
at the theater and it took me six
months to write it."
Dr. Campagna’s one-act
play features two scenes
separated by a twenty-minute
intermission. It encompases
Douglas’ life as a child, his
experiences with slavery, and his
rise to international fame as an
orator and abolisionist.
Dr. Campagna said his
involvement in writing about
Douglas dates back when he
first read Douglas’
autobiography.
"I quickly became addicted
to him and his writings and he
has become one of my heros,"
Dr. Campagna said. "I’ve read
all of his speeches, letters and
political writings and it hit home
right away."
Dr. Campagna said
Douglas’ perserverence is what
attracted him to Douglas’ work.
"He overcame tremendous
hardships which we take for
granted and he didn’t become
embittered, but he was so
powerful and he said things so
unpopular at a time when his
life was in jeopardy. I don’t
think that I’d have that kind of
FSU to Hold First Pageant
by Kelvin Culbreth
On February 20, the FSU
Counseling Center will present
the first annual Miss FSU
Scholarship Pageant at Seabrook
Auditorium.
This competition will
replace the student election as
the means for determining who
is to represent the university as
Miss FSU, although the election
will still decide the Homecoming
Queen. "The winner of this
pageant will represent the
university at various events such
as Fayetteville’s Dogwood
Festival," said FSU’s Director of
Public Relations, Patty Jensen.
"We would also like her to
go into the public school system
and talk to the kids about
education and college," Ms.
Jensen said.
"Basically, she will be a walking
billboard for FSU."
Applicants should possess a
cumulative grade-point average
of at least 2.5, be a full-time,
on-campus student at FSU, and
have at least two full semesters
remaining for completion of her
degree.
The pageant judging
committee, comprised of
qualified people from across
North Carolina, will interview
each contestant on the morning
of February 20. This interview
session will test the contestant’s
knowledge of current events,
social and political issues, and
FSU history. Evening gown,
sportswear, and talent
competitions will take place at
Seabrook that evening.
Anyone interested in
entering the pageant may pick
up applications at the Public
Relations Office, the Student
Center, or the Counseling Office.
^Daniel Campagna, author of "Frederick the Great".
(Photo: Kenneth Hawkins)
courage."
"Frederick The Great" has
been performed in various
places, but this will be the first
time it has ever been presented
at FSU or even in the
southeastern part of the United
States.
Playing the part of Fredrick
(con’t from page 1)
expounded upon America’s
economic class system and use
of the military.
She stated that "two evils lay
at the fore of virtually every
injustice that still remains...the
gap between the haves and the
have nots in this country and...
our obsession with militarism."
Ms. King said our
problems as a country are not
about black, white, brown and
yellow. She says these are issues
that are used to divide people.
"It is greed, not racism or
sexism." "It’s pure and simple
economics that determines who
gets what and how much," she
explained.
"Racism and sexism
exist, but I am convinced they
have been conditioned into the
psyche of humanity to keep
most of us fighting over the
scraps while a few people
remain in control of the vast
resources of the world."
Douglas in the one-man show
will be Rhoden Skyles II. The
play will be under the direction
of Edward J. Carne.
"Fredrick the Great" will be
presented on Febuary 7, 1991 at
2:00 pm in Seabrook
Auditorium. Admission is free
and everyone is welcome.
"When it all boils down,
it’s about economics. That’s
what’s happening in the Persian
Gulf. It’s not about Kuwait...it’s
about who’s going to continue
to dominate and control the
resources of this world, and
America does not want to give
up it’s position."
"We can move this
country forward," Ms. King
iterated.
"It’s going to take people
like you and I talking to each
other, sharing our resources,
pooling what we have and
educating and supporting each
other."
This means that instead
of sitting back "complaining,
criticizing, talking about what so
and so should be doing," we
must "get in there and do
something."