Rumanian Visits WCC
Wayne Community College
had the pleasure of an unusual
and unique student visiting its
campus September 18.
Axexander Boeriu, Ruman-
ian-bofn sophomore at Ohio
State University, was the cam
pus guest of Wayne Commun
ity College student Rafael Fa-
biani. Off campus, Boeriu was
the guest of Cesar Berrios.
While on quarter break from
Ohio State, Boeriu talked to the
students of Mrs. Cuthrell’s
and Mrs, Wharton’s combined
12 o’clock Spanish and French
classes.
Majoring in mechanical en
gineering, Boeriu came to the
United States from Rumania
in September, 1969. He enter
ed the United States compara
tively easily since his mother
is an American-born Ruman
ian, His father is a chemical
engineer who, while in Ruman
ia, had risen to the highest po
sition possible, and thinking of
his children’s future, emi
grated to the United States.
Boeriu credits his fairly easy
entry into the United States to
President Nixon’s trip to Ru
mania.
Comparing Wayne Com
munity College to Ohio State
University, Boeriu noted that
the classes are smaller and
student - professor relation
ships are better here than at
Ohio State. He added that there
are no less than 40 students in
a class at Ohio State. Boeriu
also commended the methods
used In teaching at Wayne.
Boeriu gave an in-depth look
at life in a communist coun
try during his talk. He pointed
out that soccer is the main
sport enjoyed in Rumania
while basketball and volley
ball are next in popularity.
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VOL, 4, NO. 2
CAMPUS CLEAN-UP
GETS SUPPORT
Boys from the Forestry
Club and girls from the Den
tal Hygiene program joined
efforts on Thursday afternoon,
October 5, to clean up the
wooded area behind “K”
building. The project’s goal is
to make the vacant lot into a
picnic and park area; but be
fore any benches or tables
could be placed, the bram
bles, stones, and limbs had to
be removed.
The work party members
were; co-chairmen Lynda Ray
and Bob Stewart, Susan How
ard, David Rouse, Bill Smith,
Hal Williams, John Reese,
Beth Wood, Cynthia Wells,
Sandy Hill, Mike Tripp, Jul
ian Nelms, Monroe Morris,
Kevin Patterson, Steve Bar
nes, and John Hill.
Under the direction of Lyn
da Keys, who is skilled with
the school’s big riding mower,
the girls were a great help to
the fellows. Bob Stewart,
speaking for the Forestry
Club, said the jobs of grad
ing, grass planting, and plac
ing of benches and tables
should be finished by Spring.
The members of the Fores
try Club, under the sponsor
ship of Mr, Sam Moore,have
begun this project in hopes
of making a more pleasant and
comfortabl(> campus. They
hope the stitdents will use and
enjoy the area they are im
proving.
WAYNE COMMUNITY COLF^EGE
OCT. 24, 1972
ERWIN ENDORSES
EDUCATION
By NOVA RHODES
The main attraction for
Wayne Community College
students at the Wayne Coun
ty Agricultural P’air this year
was the exhibit perched atop
a 60-ft flagpole. With a smile
for everyone President Clyde
Erwin seemed to enjoy all the
attention he was getting espe
cially from the students and
staff of W.C.C.
His facilities consisted of
a 6 foot by 6 foot platform
on which he could stand and
watch things going on beneath
him. A trapdoor led down in
side the 4 foot high inter
ior where two foam rubber
pads with a sleeping bag over
them made a combination re-
f.liner and bed. For the orange
juice President Erwin likes
to have around, an ice chest
substituted for a refrigera
tor. He felt that the thing he
missed most was the shower.
He said he felt almost like
an astronaut because all his
movements had tobe very slow
to keep the flagpole from rock
ing. He had trouble reorient
ing himself to walking on solid
ground after the swaying effect
of the flagpole.
Newspapers in Georgia,
South Carolina, Virginia, and
Washington, D.C. carried the
story of Wavne Community
College’s president staying
for a week atop a flagpole to
raise money for the student
aid fund.
This does not sound like a
very fascinating way to spend
a vacation but it did turn out
to be very productive. During
his 120 hrs. and 34 mins.a-
top the flagpole approximate
ly $1,000 was contributed to
the student aid fund which
sum the federal government
will match 4;1. One man who
has spent approximately 2400
days in the hospital since 1957
called President Erwin at the
beginning of the week and said
that he would like to give some
money but didn’t have any to
give. He called back later to
donate $10 he had made sell
ing hand-crafted articles. An
other interesting call came
from a 4th grader who, learn
ing that President Erwin had
nothing to read but “work
books,” called him back the
next day and read BILLY
BROWN MAKES SOMETHING
GREEN and described the pic
tures. Another little boy,
hearing that Mr. Erwin had no
alarm clock, called him the
next morning to wake him up.
There were no prank calls
made during his entire stay.
College Night Big Success
EVERY
LITTER-BIT
HURTS!
CLEAN-UP OUR
By BETTI ANNE WATKINS
College, or any institute of
higher learning, when chosen
with proper care, can be an
asset to a person’s life.
Therefore, it is necessary to
find the college which best
meets one’s needs for the fu
ture, whether it be a two year,
four year, or technical insti
tute of learning.
In order to aid area stu
dents with their decisions, a
Joint College and Post High
School Education Day was held
here on Wayne Community
College’s campus. This spe
cial event was Monday, Sep
tember 25, from 7-9 p,m.
Approximately 90 colleges
from North and South Caro
lina and Virginia were repre
sented at various stations
throughout the buildings on
campus. The colleges included
private, state supported, two
year, four year, and technical
schools. Approximately 700
students from Wayne County
met with representatives from
the schools and obtained much
beneficial information.
Rumanian refugee visits friends at WCC. Pictured left to right;
Rafael Fabiani, Alexander Boeriu, Cesar Bierrios.
By MARIA STEVENS
Tuesday night, October 3,
in the Student Center, Wayne
Community College was host
to three members of the En
vironmental Protection Agen
cy. They presented aprogram
to approximately one hundred
twenty-five students and other
interested persons. The EPA
is a Federal agency which ex
amines all facets of the en
vironment, from slum prob
lem to air pollution.
Earlier in the day, the group
made speeches at Seymour
Johnson, several local clubs,
and to classes at Wayne Com
munity College. The first
speaker of the evening was Dr.
James Bivens, physician-in-
research at the Research Tri
angle office of the EPA.
Dr. Bivens is a graduate
of Lincoln University and the
University of Munich, He is
now a research epidemiologist
with the EPA. The subject of
Dr, Bivens’ speech was air
pollution, and its effects on the
human body.
Following is an exerptfrom
his speech:
“The subject of air. pollu-r
tion has become quite fash
ionable within the past seve
ral years. But in spite of the
fad, there is little agreement
about what should be done to
control the pollution, and to
what extent it should be con
trolled,
"Each of our views is in
fluenced by our own position
in life. We all want total elim
ination of pollution, but only if
someone else is willing to pay
for it. One the other hand, we
are more inclined to think in
terms of a reasonable level
of control if the costs are to
come from our own pocket-
books. Eventually, whatever
our own personal views,” the
questions will arise; ‘just how
dangerous is air pollution; how
many people will be affected;
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President Clyde Erwin waves at the crowd atop the flagpole
at the Wayne County Fair,
**Tlie Cage”Presented
By LEWIS PRICE
The first play sponsored
by W.C.C. this year was, to
say the least, a disappoint
ment. Sitting through a much
too long pre-play introduc
tion of a broadcaster’s voice
over a prison P. A. system, the
audience was then in for nine
ty minutes of unintelligible
mutterings. They play opened
with a homosexual act,which
drove many people with chil
dren immediately fleeing from
the auditorium. Although the
play was to illustrate prison
life, it was impossible to re
late to or have any sympathy
for the inmates. The humor
was cheap and shallow, vintage
1920 vaudeville. Too much of
the play was devoted to fan
tasy and a plot was non-exist
ent. Yet there was one re
deeming factor — if the play
was bad, the audience was
worse. All it took was any
four letter word to bring the
house down. The serious parts
were laughed at which threw
the play off even farther. If
the cast thought Goldsboro was
provincial before the play, I
am sure that after the play
they considered it comparable
to Dog Patch. If any lesson
should be gained by the reac
tion of the audience, it should
be Hatchet’s lines; “MAY THE
GOOD LORD SHUT YOUR
MOUTHS AND OPEN YOUR
MINDS.