n I “Together We Will Find the Right Direction” PUBLISHED BY THE STUDENTS OF ELIZABETH CITY STATE UNIVERSITY Volume ^Number If 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.

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