volume 6, no. 4
Wayne Community College, Goldsboro NC 27533-8002
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By ROY W. PATE
On Thursday November 4,
1994, just days before the
most highly contested
elections in recent
history, the auditorivm lit
Wayne Conmunity College was
the setting for a visit and
speech from North Carol ira
Senator Jesse Helms.
The speech was in
support of Walter B. Jones,
Jr., candidate for the
Third Congressional
District of North Carolina.
Prior to speaking to a
capacity crowd. Helms
cannnnented on several key
issues he believed were of
iirportance to a growing
nunber of disillusioned
voters.
Helms sa;id, "This
election is so inportant I
cannot really put it into
words. I don't know how
many more chances we're
going to have, if any, to
straighten out this country
so that it can survive."
The senior NC Senator
said that without restoring
some spiritual and moral
priorities in the United
States, "the nation wcai't
have a chance."
In additicHi, Helms
connented that he did not
care which party does the
job as long as the job gets
done.
He said of the v^coming
election that he thought
the public would base their
choice on canpaign
advertising rather than the
candidates' reputations.
Helms said, "The people
are far better equipped to
judge what is miid slinging
arKi v^t is hcxiest
assessment, but for nv
part, I wish we would all
lower our voices and talk
about some fundamental
principles."
Helms said, "I think the
people would rather hear
vrtiat this country needs,
not how great I am as an
incunbent representative or
senator or president or
whatever."
With control of the
Senate in the hands of a
Republican majority Helms
will likely be a leading
candidate for chairman of
the Senate Foreign
Relations Ccnmittee.
Conmenting chi forei^
relations, he said that he
would nevet have given away
the Panama Canal, nor would
he let U.S. tax dollars go
to a country that did not
support the United States
in the United Nation.
NOV. 18, 1994
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Seminar
p. 13-14
New faculty,
staff
p. 6
Basketball
Team
forms
Student
apprentice
p. 19
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Cracked skylight glass poses no danger
By mi NORRIS
The sky is falling, the
sky is falling! Could WCC
students be fiiKiing
themselves utteriiig Chicken
Little's famous words?
According to Linwood
Andersen, Vice President
for Educational Support
Services, the skylight
poses no danger to
passersby despite the
cracks.
The cracks first began
showing up in July 1991.
As of August 1994, 11 of
the approximate 112 windows
had cracked.
The cause of the cracks
still remains a mystery,
but "bad glass" is the
possible reason, Anderscxi
said.
Imperial Glass
Structures based in
Illinois were the
subcontractors J.M.
Thompson Construction hired
to make the skylight.
Imperial piirchased the
glass from Falconer Company
vrtiich Guardian IiKiustries
bought out.
WCC just wants the
skylight fixed without a
courtroom battle, according
to Anderson.
All of the parties
involved—WCC officials,
J.M. Thompson Construction,
Imperial Glass Structures,
Falconer, and Guardian and
their lawyers—met in an
informal sessicxi.
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