Compass
Honors Convocation
Speaker Spotlight
The Program
ECSU is proud to sponsor the
1983-84 Honors Convocation. The
program, which honors students
displaying some degree of
academic talent, is scheduled to
be held on April 12 at 2 p.m. in
Moore Hall auditorium. Honored
students will be presented
plaques and awards, which
commemorate their academic
accomplishment(s). The ECSU
Honors Convocation Committee
is organizing the program. Dr.
Helen Caldwell is chairperson of
the Committee.
World-renowned author, Maya
Angelou, is the program’s guest
speaker. A reception for Miss
Angelou will be held after her
lecture in the G. R. Little Library
at ECSU. The reception is open to
the public.
Maya Angelou, author of the
best-selling I Know Why The
Caged Bird Sings and Gather
Together In My Name, has also
written three collections of
poetry: Just Give Me a Cool
Drink of Water ’fore I Diiie, Oh
Pray My Wings Are Gonna Fit
Me Well, and And Still I Rise.
In theatre, Angelou produced,
directed and starred in a
production of Cabaret for
Freedom. She, also starred at
New York’s Village Gate in
Genet’s The Blacks and
premiered in Los Angeles at the
Mark Taper Forum - 1974, in an
adaptation of Sophocles’ Ajax.
by Linda Putnam
staff Writer
Is the cafateria’s chicken
overdone? Is the hamburger in
the Snack Bar more bun than
burger? Are you on a special
diet? Tell it to Mr. Kurt Johnson,
Director of Food Services at
ECSU. It is his job to provide
over 1800 nutritious, tasty meals
per day for students who live on
campus and eat in the cafateria,
or who drop by the Snack Bar for
a quick bite.
Maya Angelou
In film and television, Angelou
wrote the original screenplay
and musical score for the film -
Georgia, Georgia, and wrote and
produced a ten-part TV series on
African traditions in American
life. She was ,also, guest
interviewer for the PBS
program, Assignment America.
Angelou wrote the television
screenplays to I Know Why The
Caged Bird Sings and The
Sisters.
In the sixties, at the request of
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. she
became the Northern
Coordinator for the Southern
Christian Leadership
Conference. Angelou received
the Ladies’ Home Journal’s
Woman-of-the-Year-In-
Communications award. She has
received numerous honorary
degrees,was appointed by
former Pres. Jimmy Carter the
Commission of International
Women’s Year and currently sits
on the Board of Trustees of the
American Film Institute.
Angelou is not only a multi
talented woman, but also, lends
the productions of her many
talents to people worldwide.
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THE RACE OF TIME
The ninety-third anniversary
we proclaimed to see.
How our forefathers made
room for me.
It seems so hard for the
pilgrims to bear.
Because they were the first to
cut and tear.
Early in Hayes’ term, a
compromise was proclaimed to
be.
To shut down troops and stop a
decree.
Southern troops were pulled
out wait, wait, there are the votes
for Hugh Cale?
Even then he stood with a
persistent smile.
Johnson Specializes in Good Food
A graduate of Shaw
University, with a B.A. in
Business Administration,
Johnson has been in the food
services business for 12 years —
the last 4 at ECSU. He has had
extensive experience in food
management, including stints at
Tuskegee Institute, Wake Forest
University and UNC-Chapel Hill.
Johnson is an employee of
ARA, a company which provides
a wide variety of services to
many institutions. ARA provides
efficient management of the
cafateria and snack bar, but the
University maintains the
buildings.
“Though ARA must make a
small profit, our main
consideration is serving the
students,” Johnson said.
Johnson’s warm concern is
immediately noticeable. “I love
to work and communicate with
students. I am willing to listen
whenever any student wants to
talk about the food served here,”
Johnson said.
Work-study students staff the
cafateria and another group of
students work with Johnson to
provide a catering service for the
University Center. Johnson
advises students considering
careers in food services that it is
a very good business. “Managers
and chefs are highly paid,”
Johnson said, “but you must
have patience and dedication.”
What kind of place should the
cafateria be? According to
Johnson, it should be a place to
“escape from class pressures, to
let off steam and to meet friends.
I would like the food services at
ECSU to be second to none.”
by Ricky Wilkins
News Editor
Rosemond Panda, Assistant
Periodical Librarian completed
requirements for a Masters of
Education Administration
Degree (M.Ed.) at East Carolina
University in Dec., 1983.
Panda started working in the
u.R. Little Library about three
years ago. She earned a B.A. at
the University of the District of
Columbia in Communicative
Arts and a Master of Library
Science from Atlanta University.
“Education is a continuous
process, and to me, one has to
change his or her intellectual
battery to keep abreast of new
developments in the academic
environment,” Panda said.
Panda’s
Second
“Failure to be knowledgeable
and to open up your intellectual
circuit to face the challenges and
relate in a dynamic society can
be very costly. One has to keep
striving for excellence in
whatever you do.”
“It is very hard for a family
person to work and undertake
advance academic work. With a
strong determinate and a
purpose in life and with the
cooperation of your partner, one
can make it,” Panda said.
Panda believes the degree does
not make a person, the person
makes the degree through his or
her performance.
The Library staff can give all
the help with the resources
available to students, but the
staff cannot do the work for the
students. Students must be held
accountable to do greater portion
of the work.
There were stumbling blocks
in front of him.
And pitfalls everywhere to
draw him in.
A race isn’t won by the swift or
fast.
Nor by the person who thinks
he can last.
It’s won by a man with a vision
in mind.
To help us stay in the race of
time.
Hugh Cale remembered
COMPENTENCY.
Then what Lincoln once said to
be:
“I will study and get ready for
the opportunity will come.”
January 1891 came with a
vision in mind.
To help Hugh Cale strive and
climb.
Stumbling blocks came to stop
his path.
But he turned to them and set a
staff. , .
He pushed and pulled to build
and make.
The twenty three students a
COURAGE of faith.
His CHARACTER was
unwilling to compromise with
moral vigor and defeat.
But the COMMITMENT of his
mind was a strong repeat.
We move on up to‘68.
But not forgetting those^
forefathers and events between,
these dates.
Dr. Thorpe was a man with 4
C’sinmind.
To help compete in the race of
time.
He was educated and earnest
with all his peers.
And gave the qualities of
leadership for the current years,
The current years were passed
in time.
To Dr. Jenkins with a special
care in mind.
We call him the student’s
Chancellor.
Because he helps us care.
A true friend is someone who.
rims to get their destiny.
Then endures to be back in to
Elizabeth City’s company.
by James Martin
Spring
Outlook
WANTED: Success-oriented,
self-motivated individual to
work 2-4 hours per week placing
and filling posters on campus.
Earn $500-plus each school year.
Call toll-free 1-800-243-6679.
by Angie Doles
March 22, the first day of
Spring, marks a time when
everyone dons colorful clothing.
Color not only reflects the
seasons, but also, a number of
events and the general spirit of
people.
Certain colors of clothing
denote different meanings. Most
people wear clothing that makes
them feel attractive. Women of
the ’80’s, for instance, wear
loose, lightweight clothing.
Like the weather, clothing
styles constantly change, and
people choose to wear clothing
that is suitable for the prevailing
climate. For example, skirt
lengths are constantly altered to
suit the current climate of
popularity, the preppy look is
present in all climates and the
punk-rock fad will pass like
yesterday’s storm. Remember,
fashions change daily; today’s
style may be tomorrow’s folly.
The fashion outlook is not yet
known for this Spring, but come
by Moore Hall auditorium - April
4 - for a peek at some Spring
fashions.
Be sure the way you dress suits
your individual personality.
Above all, when today’s style
goes out of fashion, keep it in
good condition. The same style
will probably be popular again.
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[contact: Teresa Tumage
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