Pbotoa hy Jackie Rountree
This young Viking fan found hinnself a good perch from which to view the
Homecoming Parade, held Saturday in Elizabeth City. An estimated
2,000 people braved the cold temperature to participate in the festivi
ties.
Rap artist Kwame performed his songs, "The Rhythm," "Sweet Thang,"
and "Hey Heart," during the Homecoming Concert. Here, he drums out
an impromptu rhythm on an ECSU megaphone.
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The River City Marching Vikings'Pom Pom Squad show off during the Homecoming Parade, held Saturday, Oct. 27 in Elizabeth City. The paraae
took place before the ECSU Vikings scored a 14-7 victory against the Hampton University Pirates. That evening, the Homecoming concert left the
SGA $1,000 in the black, according to SGA President Renel Sample.
Vikings defeat Hampton 14-7:
Homecoming week ’a success’ at ECSU
By Pablita Batiste
Homecoming weekend 1990 cul
minated in a sweet victory for ECSU
as the Vikings scored a 14-7 victory
against the Hampton University Pi
rates on Saturday, Oct. 27.
The Homecoming Concert left the
Student Government Association
about SI ,000 in the black, according
to SGA President Renel Sample.
“The cost of homecoming went
down as opposed to last year,” said
Sample. ‘The money made from ticket
sales came up to $27,000, but the per
formers cost us $26,000, so overall the
money made from the concert, the
stepshow and the dances was pretty
good.”
“I think it was a good week because
of the student body turnout,” Sample
continued. “The performers were good
for the total community and having all
the events in the same building were
good for security reasons.”
Sample admitted that “the biggest
downfall of homecoming was sched
uling fall break and homecoming
together. That really gave us a late
start on activities. We also needed
more freshman females to participate
in the field activities. But for me,
homecoming turned out real good.”
The activities began on Wednes
day, with field events such as flag
football, volleyball and basketball.
These games pitted the seniors against
the sophmores and the juniors against
the freshman. The evening ended with
an eating contest and a toga/pajama
party in Williams HaU. On Thursday,
championship games took place be
tween the winners of the basketball,
volleyball and flag football games.
The talent show hel(i in Moore Hall
Auditorium was the highlight of the
evening. Contestants in the show in
cluded Tony Williams, who sang
“Why U Gettin’ Funky on Me” and “I
Would Never Do Anything To Hurt
You.”
A group calling themselves “Ob
session” sang “I’ll Always Love You.”
The singers were Alex Daniels, Mike
Johnson, Kevin Alston, Kenny Porter
and Leroy Douglass. Terri Lewis,
Joynita Robinson, Joy Homanday,
Myra Conner, Miriam Corie and Scott
Gibson sang ie hit “I Just Can’t Stay
Away From You.” Benjamin Webb
and Wesley Dudley performed “It
Feels Good,” Do Me Baby,” “Sensi
tivity,” and “Poison.” Other perform
ers in the talent show included Jason
Kennedy, Carmen Lane, Chris Wydell,
and Keith White. The group “Essence”
won the talent show with their per
formance of “Gentle.” The singers are
Kevin Alston, Alvera Gunn, Phyliss
Price, Miguel Purvis, Garlinda Banks,
Scott Gibson, and Gregory Proctor
III.
Friday ’ s events included a pep rally,
bonfire and stepshow with perform
ances by Alpha Kappa Alpha, Delta
Sigma Theta andZetaPhi Beta sorori
ties and AlphaPhi Alpha, Kappa Alpha
Psi, Omega Psi Phi fraternities and a
special appearance by the Omega Psi
Phi Q-Pups. The night ended with a
pre-dawn dance with music by D.J.
Ren 10 and the 10-10 Posse. The high
light of the weekend was the victori
ous game against Hampton. Return
ing alumnae, visiting parents, smdents,
faculty and staff hiembers watched as
the Vikings beat the Pirates, 14-7.
The concert that night featured the
winners of the talent show, the group
“Essence”, who sang “Gentle.” Per
former Shirley Murdock mesmerized
the crowd with her hits “As We Lay,”
“I’m Not Going” and “Husband.” Poor
Righteous Teachers got the crowd
pumped with their hit, “Rock This
Funky Joint.” And Kwame kept the
ECSU students David Scott Gibson, Andre Green, and Melissa Wilson pose with R & B artist Shirley Murdock
(third from left). Murdock performed her hit "As We Lay," along with many other tunes during her performance
at the Homecoming Concert.
energy going with his songs “The
Rhythm,” “Ownlee Eue,” “Sweet
Thang” and “Hey Heart.” “Today”
ended the evening with their hits “Why
U Gettin’Funky On Me,” “Take Your "
Time,” “You Stood Me Up” and “Your
Love Is Not True.” The night ended
with a dance by D.J. Ren 10 and the
lO-lOPosse. Sunday’sevents included
a block party for lunch and dinner on
the basketball courts by Mitchell-
Lewis. ECSU students described the
week as a “success,” however several
students said that homecoming week
was not as successful as last year.
“I think homecoming was very
successful,” said McGrue Booker II,
“but it could have been better.”
Both Booker and another student,
Myahid Sims, objected to the rule of
having to pay to get back in once you
leave the concert
“That was crazy ,” said Sims.
Booker also added that “there needs
to be more activities on campus lead
ing up to Homecoming.”
Sophmore Mike Johnson said, “I
think this was a successful homecom
ing, but the activities during the week
were not hyped-up enough. There
where a lot of people here, but it was
not as fun as I thought it would be.”
Q’s-n-kids
By Mark Morris
The Lambda Gambda chapter of
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc. treated
a group of youngsters to a fun-filled
Halloween on October 31. The chil
dren, preschool students at ECSU’s
daycare facility, were escorted over to
the Bedell Hall Cafeteria for a Hal
loween luncheon highlighted by their
favorite delicacy, “hotdogs.”
After lunch, members of the frater
nity told the children Halloween sto
ries while the attentive audience
munched on the bags of candy and
fruit prepared for them.
“We have been doing this for tiiree
years as a good community service
project for our fraternity,” said Randy
Futrell, chapter President. “We real
ize that these children want to see
faces besides the ones they see every
day, and coming over here (Bedell
nil) gives them the oppurtunity to do
so.”
The event will be ongoing tradition
for The children and Omega Psi Phi,
according to Futrell, “as long as it
continues it will be benificial to both.”
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sang Nov. 29 in the talent show, which was part of the Homecoming J
'*'eek celebration. They are part of the group "Essence," which won the
show.
By Veronica Wills
WEEK
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^fidgebeth. Chairperson of the Divi
sion of Education; Sharon Chappell, a
Enghsh teaching major; Mae
J; ilkins, Recruitment Officer; and Dr.
Jimmy Jenkins, Chancellor of ECSU.
. Dr. Jenifer is head of the nation ’ s
™ost comprehensive, predominately
Nack University,” said Jenkins, in
“Producing the President. “At the 1989
Pi^ess conference announcing his ap
pointment to the Howard presidency.
Dr. Jenifer vowed to be about the
business of putting Howard on the
front burner of educational players in
the United States.”
American Education Week was
initated after World War I, when draft
boards discovered that 20 per cent of
the draftees were illiterate. The Ameri
can Legion, National Education Asso
ciation, and US Office of Education,
launched an educational campaign to
solicit public support to remove the
deficiencies.
Despite a 7:00 a.m. departure, cold
weather and a meager lunch, the first
two-day SACS (Southern Association
of Colleges and Schools) retreat the
Romada inn in Kill Devil Hills en
abled faculty and departmental mem
bers to brainstorm new ideas for im
proving the school, and learn more
about the entire accreditation process.
During the retreat, the departmens
where given copies of its self-study
rep)0rtas well as reviews of each. They
were charged with making any changes
requested by the reviewer, clearly
addressing all the “must” statements,
and correcting any structurial or gram
matical errors.
Alexis Joyner, faculty member of
the Art Department, stated in his re
port that the retreat had been both in
formative and productive.
“The environment was excellent
for creating an atmosphere conducive
to brainstorming,” he said.
In addition to critiquing its report,
each department got Ae opportunity
to examine its programs, faculty, stu
dents and institutional effectiveness.
The retreat also proved to be a
learning tool for the participants.
“It was a good instructional exer
cise because it allowed us to learn
about the accreditation process,” said
Stephen March, a faculty member of
the Department of Language, Litera
ture and Communication.
“The departmental report provided
a comprehensive graph of our depart
ment itself, which allowed us to learn
more about our department and our
colleagues,” March said.
The SACS Retreat was the brain
child of self-study leaders Dr. Anne
Henderson and Mr. Leonard Ballou.
After the two presented the idea to
Chancellor Jimmy R. Jenkins, the
retreat was mandated, enabling the
ECSU faculty to board buses and vans
to head for Kill Devil Hills.
The retreat involved 121 ECSU
people. All academic department/di
visions attended and the resource team', ■
which consisted of representatives of
Business and Finance, the G.R. Little ‘
Library, the Self-S tudy principals and
the Vice Chancellor for Academic
Affairs.
Lois Sawyer of Business and Fi
nance, reiterated what appeared to be
the general consensus, that the retreat
was a great idea and that the partici
pants got a lot accomplished.