Volume 29 Issue 3
December 7,1999
Twiggy Morgan Crowned
Reverse Beauty Queen
J_. By Twiggy Morgan
This year 1 not only had the
pleasure to like cover the re
verse beauty pageant for the
newspaper, but I was like the
winner too. After a long and
grueling process to get ready
for the pageant, which is really
no different than my normal
morning routine, 1 came out to
my most favorite song in like
the whole world, “Genie in a
Bottle.” 1 had to really strut
my stuff for the judges because
the competition was quite
fierce. I was wearing my
pretty blue mini-skirt. (1 had
shorter but S.J. said that would
not be very lady like) None of the other contestants looked as
good as 1 did. Most of them looked like they just came in from
the street, a hinting of their true profession. And one of the la
dies was even scantly clad in a bikini. (1 guess she didn’t know
that it’s wrong to wear a two piece after Labor Day.) After a
brutal talent competition, it was down to some girl that looked
like an Annie wannabe, the unmentionable bikini lady, and the
fairest of all, ME. Luckily, they
made the question round easy,
not like a Dr. Ingledue Biology
test. We were allowed to min
gle with the audience during the
tense moments of the score
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What’s Inside
Anime Review
Page 9
Artist Ledge
Page 14-15
Fashion Review
Page 4
Christmas Surveys
Page 7
Fun Page
Page 5
Horoscopes
Page 8
Music Review
Page 10-11
Scenes From ...
Page 12-13
SGA Update
Page 18
Sports Page
Page 20-21
Student Activities
Page 22 ’
What’s Cooking
Page 15
Mr. & Ms.
Wilkes Community College Elected
• Chad Treadway and
— Carrie Rogers were
recently elected as
.. Mr. and Ms. WCC for
the 1999-00 school
year. The elections
I were held on Novem
ber 9 and 10 in the
I Student Center Lobby.
Each active club and sports team on campus had the opportu
nity to nominate one candidate for each position. The qualifi
cations required of nominees were:
* Must be a sophomore.
* Must be a full time student.
* Must have a minimum of 3.0 G.P.A.
* Must be an active member of the organization by which
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Phi Theta Kappa Holds Induction Ceremony
By: Grade Woods
Phi Theta Kappa is the ultimate intellectual success of the two-
year college experience.
Through hard work,
determination, and su
perior study skills, the
PTK members have
placed themselves in
the top 10% of the com-1
munity college students
in the nation.
The induction ceremony for the proud new PTK inductees was
held Thursday November 18, 1999. Dr. Staten, a faculty advisor
for PTK, gave an eloquent introductory speech to the ceremony.
PTK President Laura Gener
ous, Vice-President Elsie
Cowles, Secretary Jada Par
sons, PR Secretary Joe
Griffith, and Treasurer Devin
Staley, each took turns ex
plaining the symbolic mean
ings of the PTK icons. With
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QQSOns
reelings