Maya Angelou: words for our future?
by Kimberly Hubbard
Maya Angelou is a legendary artist who cap
tured the nation's attention as the first poet laureate
in 30 years. She has a lifetime appointment as a
Reynolds Scholar at Wake Forest University. Ac
cording to Ebony magazine, her eyes seem omni
scient, as though she could look into a person's
soul; yet they are observant
and not judgmental.
Angelou's countenance re
veals the strength of her char
acter.
When she is not lectur- j
ing in a college classroom or J
acting, she is hosting her PBS
television series; Maya
Angelou's America: A Jour
ney of the Heart. Maya is a
person of many parts includ-
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ing director, dancer, actress, singer, and professor.
Also she is a voracious reader, a brilliant racon
teur, a great cook, and is fluent in many languages.
Her accomplishments include writing ten
books, receiving 30 honorary doctorates, and be
ing nominated for an Emmy Award for her perfor
mance in Roots. One of her recent engagements
includes reading "On the Pulse of the Morning" at
the White House. Mrs. Angelou was inspired to
write by W.E.B. Dubois, Fredrick Douglas, Frances
EUen Watkins Harper, and sermons by various
Black preachers. According to Ebony magazine,
all her poems reflect the theme, that human beings
are more alike than they are imlike in their virtues.
Maya has many lessons in living a productive live
that she leaves with her audiences. These lessons
are spirit, grace, sensuality, friendship, healing,
giving, and family.
NCSSM gets robbed, raped, and otherwise assaulted
security measures. Latin teacher Dr. Lucia Stadter
remarked, 'I was very glad when they put up those
screens last year (on the windows in ground Hill).
by Amy Cash
Does it ever feel sometimes as though
NCSSM is a totalitarian government? With the
soaring crime rate of the surrounding neighbor
hood, new security regulations have been instituted
at the school. In general, the student body feels as
though many of these regulations are unnecessary.
Over the past few years, NCSSM has
changed from a relatively free environment to one
filled with rules. Often, the students disagree with
some of these rules, as is the case with Emily Gillespie.
'I don't agree with them. If we are mature enough to
come to this school, then I think we are mature
enough to look after ourselves to a greater degree,'
she states. Many students find the security guide
lines to be infractions of their freedom.
Some teachers, however, applaud the new
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Sometimes I am here at night for tutorials, and
nobody comes.' Although the teachers are not
directly affected by the crime rate of the surround
ing neighborhood, they do feel the need for good
security.
As a result of the criminal activities oc
curring close to school, NCSSM will eventually
hire more security guards. Just recently, the school
was allotted $70,000 to hire 3 new security guards.
It is debatable as to whether or not these new
guards are necessary. 'The security guards do not
look very frightening. I don't feel very protected
by them,' stated Sharon Nikfarjam. She also re
plied that she felt the guards were more like simple
door-lockers than anything else.
Moreover, some students perceive a
problem with the portrayal of the Walltown neigh
borhood. Nikfarjam remarked, 'I go through
Walltown and my first instinct is that these houses
are so cute and small. Then the police officer tells
us that it is a crime-infested area.' Gillespie agrees.
'I think the whole 'Walltown is heU, and that's
where you'll get killed' is dumb. Even if stuff did
happen to people, they would not beef up security
measures, they would just restrict us.'
Over the last few years at NCSSM, the
security regulations have changed due to the in
creasing amount of crime in the surrounding neigh
borhood. Whether or not this is a positive develop
ment depends solely upon the individual. It is left
to the student body and faculty to discuss this issue
and decide what should be done concerning the
future of security at NCSSM.
NCSSM
October 1993
Volume XIII
Issue 1