6 The Compass Tuesday, May 4. 1993
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Rocquina ‘Tudi” Vaughan, the new Miss ECSU. is a rising seniorwhose friends say personifies strength and dignity. Vaughan who credited herfamilv and friendswrth *
providing rrwral support during the campaign, says. “I am a very family oriented person.” dugnan. wno creanea ner lamiiy ana ,
Rocx|uina Tudi' Vaughan's motto is
'Be yourself and all else will follow'
By Ayanna Dorsey
When she first came to the
ECSU campus, Rocquina
('Tudi")Vaughan had no
Idea sl^ would ever end upas MissECSU.
"As a freshman I saw what seaned to
be a pattern or sterotpye that one must
possess in order to bcOTme Queen," says
Vau^an, who was voted Miss ECSU on
April 1. "The pattern seemed to be a fair
complexion, all smiles, very popular fe
male who more or less catered to the
administFation rather than the students."
Vaughanaddedthatafriend, Shemaria
Smith, made her believe that, "You don't
have to fit a certain steroK^, just be
yourself and all else will follow."
She believes she broke the stereotyped
pattern "due to my physical appearance.
"Beyond all of the physical stereotyp
ing" continued Vaughan, "I am serious
when the situation cSls for serioxisness;
however, I also smile when the situation
calls for gOTuine smiles, contrary to the
personalitiesofpastqueens. lamauthen-
But,nr>ostof Jlamcontentvyith ^Tthedi^V^Si^’J;^^
being myself and Ido not spend my time pridethatIhavemmyself,mySoS^^
tiying to make myself be what others
think 1 should be. I found within myself
a queen and I realized that I possess the
knowledge and ideas others can benefit
from."
Vaughan said sheislookingforward to
the new year and to wearing me crown as
Miss ECSU.
"I realize the responsibility has been
placed on me to help my fellow Vikines
m^ a change. It feels good to now to
holdthecrown,butIdorealizethisisajob
and there is worked to do, and I am the
person to get the job done."
Rocquina'scampaignslogan was, "As-
piringbeyond Mediocrity." Sheexplains
that best describes what her goafe ar«
aim is excellence, I seek heights
highCT toaverage,mygoal istoacMeve
tl^ highest that 1 can in all my endeavore
{^JJ^t^iTOrethanjustokay,Iwantto
• slogan and motto
** ^ Dignity; Personified"
TVhen you look at me you should see
most of all my culture."
Rocquina describes herself as: "R-re-
gal, O-original, C-calm, Q-queen, U-
™ue, I-inteUigent, N-noble, A-authen-
tic black woman of the 90's."
As a rising senior Rocquina plans to be
on top of her office as Miss ECSU as weU
as her academics. "Graduation and aca
demics are my prinwy goals; however, I
do plan to uphold and carry out mv
awS"
Fr«hman, Kim Walston said she is
proud to have Rocquina Vaughan to rep-
re^t her and her school as Miss ECSU.
Vaughan has the strength
moiw longevity of our
Sri R movement Rosa
Sit' disciplines her
ein the present to enhance her enjoy-
Sheisnotafraidto^^
^er what she wants but does so in an
appropnate way. She is not stoppS W
Her secunty does not come by control-
Sis-
^lonate ^ ,s committed to improv
ing the quality of the campus," continued
Walston. "She has influenced me ^
teaching me to preserve, plan FoW I
and pray because she knows who wi /
her future. Tudi personifies strengthaw
dignity." > I
Vaughan said she is less than pleasw ,
with certain aspects of ECSU's aanw
tration. ^ |
"I am disappointed with the atoW(» ,
of the administration. They tend to
themselves out of our reach, rather w \
making themselves reachable. We ^
one big family, whereas we the stud®^ i
are the children and the administra j
are suppose to be tite parents as w j
Vaughanisisthefirstinherinui^^*
family to attend ElizabethGtyStateU'”
versity. !
" I am a veiy family oriented
and I realize that I could not have
writhout the love, help, phjjsicalana
support from my family " .
VaughanisamemberoftheUru
Gospel Choir, the University
GuiW, and Delta Sigma Theta So
Inc.