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“Together We Will Find the Right Direction”
PUBLISHED BY THE STUDENTS OF ELIZABETH CITY STATE UNIVERSITY
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ELIZABETH CITY. N. C.
December 1977
Miss Cheryl Gallop — Miss ECSU “1977-1978”
Gallop Elected Miss ECSU
By Sylvia Peele
Miss ECSU for the 1977-78
school year is Miss Cheryl
Gallop. Miss Gallop is from
Powell Pt., N.C. and has
three sisters and one brother.
She is a graduate of Joseph P.
Knapp High School in
Currituck, N.C. While at
tending this high school, she
participated in the following
activities: cheerleader,
majorette. Student Govern-
ment President,
Homecoming representative,
basketball team, softball
team and the track team.
Miss Gallop is also active
on the campus of Elizabeth
City State University. She has
been a majorette for three
years and is now co-captain of
the majorettes. She is a
member of the Business Club,
Advisory Council for Student
Affairs and on several
committees.
Some of the responsibilities
of Miss E.C.S.U. is to
represent the school when she
travels and she gets a chance
to sit in on the Advisory
Council of Faculty meetings.
“Being Miss E.C.S.U. is a
challenge,” Miss Gallop
stated. “I have to keep on my
toes because people are
watching and judging me. My
mental outlook toward people
has increased because there
are a lot of people who are
willing to work with me and I
have some very close friends
who help to keep me in line.”
Her plans are to have two
projects a semester. Miss
Gallop travels to other
schools, besides those in
North Carolina. This way she
feels that she can look at
other school’s problems and
better understand the
problems on E.C.S.U.’s
campus. Next semester, she
plans to have a talent show.
Miss Gallop feels that there is
a lot of talent that has not
been seen. There will be
poetry reading included in the
talent show. And there will be
rap sessions, that everyone
can attend. During the rap
sessions, furture outlook of
the job market will be
discussed. The money from
the projects will be used
towards the Miss E.C.SU.
Scholarship Drive.
A closing quote from Miss
E.C.S.U., “"^e students on
campus are beginning to
realize that it takes more
than just being average;
strive for better goals and
look at yourselves and ask
how you can improve your
life.”
Students Visit
Ohio State
University
By Anthony Rahning
For the past five years,
Elizabeth City State
University has actively
participated in the Graduate
School Visitation Day
Program at the Ohio State
University. During the
period, Ohio State University
has awarded 18 fellowship to
graduate degree programs,
our students to pursue
Tiie Students were selected
from the highest ranking
minority seniors. Their
averages range from 3.93-
3.59. Students selected were
namely, Ida M. Holley, Nettie
L. Moore, Angela M. Knight,
Loretta Satterfield, Beverly
Spruill, and Velma Turnage.
The students visited Ohio
State University campus
during November 6-8, 1977.
Kumalo Speaks During
International Week
By Carolyn Britton
Tribute was paid to the
international faculty and
students - during the ob
servance of International
Week which was held by the
E.C.S.U. faculty, students,
and staff during the week of
Nov. 7-11.
The theme was titled, “A
Cry for World Peace,” and
attention was focused on
South African Problems.
Guest Speaker Dumisani
Shadrock Kumalo was born,
1945 in Evaton South Africa,
and educated at Wilber-
force’s Jordan High School.
In 1963 he moved to Soweto
and became a Freelance
Writer for the Golden City
Post. During 1973 Mr.
Kumalo was a participant in
the U.S. Department of State
Multi-National Foreign
Journalists Project at In
diana University. Mr.
Kumalo wrote for the
Baltimore “Afro-American
and the SanAntonio” News
Light, newspapers. He also
worked on Drum Magazine,
The World and Times. He is
also a founder of the Union of
Black Journalists.
In 1976 he joined Total Oil,
Inc. (SA), a French Oil
Supply Company, in order to
free himself to research a
book about South Africa. He
is presently engaged in writ
ing that book, A Turning
Point which deals with the
problems and pressure facing
Black South Africa.
During the assembly, Mr.
Kumalo spoke of the white
minority ruling the black
majority. He stated that the
white minority is 4 million
and the black majority is 20
million. He also talked about
whites forcing there
universal language on blacks,
which is called “Africana”.
He said that blacks has to pay
for an education and whites
don’t; he also said that blacks
are not allowed in cities
without a passport; they must
live in overcrowded suburban
areas.
Dumisani Shadrock Kumalo, guest speaker of International Week, speaks to a faculty member and
students.