The Broncos’ Voice
of Fayetteville State University
Volume IX, Issue 1
‘TO INFORM, EDUCATE, INSPIRE, AND ENTERTAIN'
Spring 2002 EDITION
FSU Mourns Player’s Death
Staff Report
Today is the day Trey Arnold
had been working toward for
ahnost three years.
Arnold was finally eligible to
play for the Fayetteville State
men’s basketball team and
expected to suit up with the
Broncos for the first time tonight
against Shaw Universitj'.
"He was born with a
basketball in his hands,” said his
father, Thomas Arnold Jr. “It was
a passion I can’t begin to put
into words. He dreamed of
playing college basketball.”
But Thomas “Trey” Arnold 111
died Wednesday afternoon at
Cape Fear Valley Medical Center.
The 22-year-old from Atlanta
had been at Cape Fear Valle\-
since Monday afternoon after
falling ill at Fayetteville State’s
practice. The hospital would not
reveal the cause of death, but
FSU officials said Arnold
suffered a brain aneurysm. He
was pronounced dead at 2; 10
p.m.
Trev Arnold transferred to FSU last semester
“He was so ready to play,”
said FSU sophomore forward
Kenny Haywood, who was
Arnold's roommate. “1 mean,
that’s all he talked about. He was
only here for a short time, but he
fit in right away. He was really
ready to contribute to our team,
and he could have helped us out,
too.
National Report Shows
University Is Affordable
Staff Report
Fayetteville State University
was cited during a recent
report as being an
“affordable” institution for
low-income students.
A recent report says
students from poor families
can afford only one of North
Carolina’s 36 private colleges
and three of its public four-
year institutions.
The Lumina Foundation for
Education issued the report last
month. The foundation rated
nearly 3,000 colleges and
universities in the country.
The study looked at four
income groups: low- and
median-income students still
dependent on parents’ income,
and independent students age
25 to 34 with low or median
incomes. In North Carolina, the
low-income range for
dependent students is $19,010
to $23,510 a year in family
income.
Among the 16 public
institutions in the UNC system,
FSU, UNCP and the University
of North Carolina at
Wilmington are rated
“affordable” for low-income
dependents without student
loans.
Resident undergraduate
students typically pay about
$3,500 in tuition and fees a
year at FSU, compared to
around $6,400 at UNC-Chapel
Hill, not including room and
board costs.
The three private schools in
the Cape Fear region, Campbell
University, Methodist College
and St. Andrews Presbyterian
College, were rated
“unaffordable” in all four
categories. Livingstone College
in Salisbury is the only private
college in the state rated as
“affordable” for low-income
dependents. FSU alunma
Algeania Freeman is president
of Livingstone College.
The study found that at
many schools, students need to
borrow money to be able to
attend.
College officials have criticized
the study, saying it might
mislead families into thinking
they cannot send their children
to college.
Hope Williams, president of
North Carolina Independent
Colleges and Universities, said
the report is misleading
because it uses estimates
instead of factual information.
“An average does not show
a true picture of how much aid
students get,” she said.
Williams’ organization
represents the 36 independent
colleges and universities in
North Carolina on issues
related to state and federal
public policy.
Williams said private
institutions are helping students
through federal, state and
institutional funds. She said
students from all income levels
have enrolled at private
institutions and, at many
schools, up to 90 percent are
receiving financial aid.
“I do believe the report is
accurate in pointing out the
additional need for student aid,”
Williams said. “We are
concerned about loan burdens
and the amount of hours
students have to work.”
Williams said that in the
1999-2000 school year, private
college students in North
Carolina received more than
$488 million in federal, state
and institutional financial aid.
The foundation rated
colleges and universities using
1998 federal statistics on
income, enrollment and
financial aid. Lumina officials
said the purpose of the study is
to encourage college
administrators to lobby for
more student aid.
Elizabeth McDuffie,
assistant director of the North
Carolina Assistance Authority,
which handles the state’s
financial aid, said she was
concerned that the study did
not look at each campus
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“Now we’ll have to play for
him. It’s like our coach told us
yesterday, if we didn’t have
anything to play for before, we
have something now. We can
dedicate this season to Trey .”
Haywood said Arnold had
complained of a headache
Monday morning and was still
suffering when he got to
afternoon practice. As the team
gathered for warmups, Haywood
said, Arnold began vomiting.
FSU athletics director Bill
Carver said the team’s trainer,
Kathleen Cummings, had Arnold
lie down. Soon afterward, Arnold
became unresponsive and
Cummings called for emergenc)
medical attention. Carver said
Arnold was unconscious but
breathing when the emergency
personnel arrived.
“We did all we could,” Carver
said. “It was one of those things
... very, very rough.”
At first, the coaching staff and
the players didn’t realize how ill
Arnold was.
“We were sitting there in the
waiting room thinking it was
something minor,” Haywood
said. “We kept w'aiting for them
tell us we could take him home,
but the longer it took the more we
realized it was something
serious.”
The Broncos considered
postponing the Jan., 22 game at
Livingstone, but decided to play
at the urging of Arnold’s father.
FSU beat Livingstone 63-56.
It was a difficult night for the
Broncos, especially assistant
coach Sam Hangar. It was Hangar
who discovered Arnold during a
tr> out camp in Atlanta.
Arnold had attended high school
in Germany and played one
season at Atlanta Metro Junior
College in 1997-98. But in June of
2000 when Hangar met him,
Arnold was seeking a new place
to pursue his basketball career.
“He had been out of school for a
year when I saw him,” Hangar
said. “There were a lot of
Division I coaches there at the
camp. 1 saw this kid play and 1
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Staff Photo Angele Capel
Kappas discovered vandalized plot Jan. 9th
Vandalized Plot
Remains Mystery
Staff Report
Returning to school after the
Christmas break was less than a
pleasant experience for the
Epsilon Beta Chapter of Kappa
Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.
On Januar\' 9, the Kappas
discovered their plot had been
vandalized. A marble monument,
which listed the chapter’s charter
members, founding dates for the
national and school organization
and fraternity shield was
smashed. Rocks surrounding the
monument had been scattered on
top. The alleged act of vandalism
was discovered by Marcus
McRae, a member of the Epsilon
Beta Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi.
It’s not known what was used
to destroy the inch-thick marble
monument, but Dr. James Raynor,
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