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14 The Compass Friday, November 3, 1995 by Tamikia Spruill and Sonya Holley ECSU students who live on campus paid $120 more in fees this year, ac cording to a new fee schedule approved by the ECSU Board of Trustees at their spring meeting. Most of the increase, $100, was re lated to an increase in the cost of cam pus housing. All students paid $10 more in athletic and book rental fees. The athletic fee was raised to $162, and the book rental fee $200. These fees were necessary to offset higher costs, according to William Davis, chairman of the trustees' prop erty and finance committee. The fees are expected to raise an additional $150,000 in revenue. The higher athletic fee is needed to pay for the rising cost of student-ath- lete scholarships and coaching salaries, and to bring the school into compli ance with federal guidelines, accord ing to Davis. The increased housing fee is needed to help pay for the cost of installing central heating and air conditioning systems, elevators, sprinkler systems and fiber optic cable in six dorms. ECSU students who need replace ment ID cards will pay $10 more also. Trustees also approved a $10 increase for post office box rental fees. ID cards have become more expen sive since each card now includes a magnetic strip, said Davis. The higher post office box fee will help pay for the $15,000 salary increase for contract sta tion personnel. ECSU ranks ninth of the 16 schools in the UNC system in required fees. Paul Vandergrift, Jr. who served as executive assistant to former ECSU chancellor Dr. Jimmy Jenkins from 1993 until July, 1995, died from a massive heart attack on Sept. 1 at his home in Raleigh. Vandergrift, a Raleigh native, was a retired Marine Corps Colonel and re cipient of the Purple Heart. He also won national acclaim in the field of higher education and telecommvmica- tions. He is survived by his wife, PauUne, two sons, and a daughter. Paul Vandergrift prided himself "as a conveyor of the bedrock values he inherited from his modest upbringing: honesty. Godliness, pride, hard work, patriotism, achievement, service and the common good," according to a writ ten statement released by his family. Several members of the ECSU com munity expressed their sadness at his death. "Dr. Vandergrift was a man you could count on," said Diane Patterson, Director of University Graphics. "If he said he was going to do something, he did it. He was a true professional who genuinely cared about our students." Before coming to ECSU Vandergrift served as Director of Public Affairs for WRDU TV and Director of Education Services, Center for Public Television. At the time of his death he was senior vice president and provost at St. Augustine's College in Raleigh. "St. Augustine's College has lost a family member," said St. Augustine President Bernard Franklin. "Paul Vandergrift was a man who lived his life with strength, courage, and vision." ECSU celebrated Homecoming '95 with a comedy show, block party, and concert in Vaughan Center. Comedians Figman and Alonzo "Hamburger" Jones performed from 8:00 p.m. until 11:00 p.m. in Moore Hall Auditorium Thursday, Oct. 12. After the show Alpha Phi Alpha Fra ternity sponsored a Block Party in front of the University Center from 10:00 p.m. until 1:00 a.m. Friday, Oct. 13th rappers AZ and The Lost Boys performed in the Homecom ing Concert. Following the concert some students said they were disap pointed that the group Xscape failed to show up. SGA President James Cherry said the booking agency cancelled Xscape's per formance on Wednesday because the lead singer was sick. The annual SGA Step Show was held Oct. 14 at 8:00 in the Vaughan Center. Organizations that performed were: Zeta Phi Beta, Phi Beta Sigma, Alpha Phi Alpha, Alpha Kappa Alpha, Delta Sigma Theta, Omega Psi Phi and Kappa Alpha Psi. Members of the ECSU chapter of the National Association of Black Jour nalists (NABJ) elected officers for the 1995-1996 school year. They are: Carlos McCormick, president; Dionne Sand ers, vice president; Lyn Marshall, re cording secretary; Angela Burrus, cor responding secretary; Tiffany Newell, treasurer; Sean Hall, Parliamentarian. Now in its second year at ECSU, the NABJ hopes to form a national chapter this year. For more information contact Angela Burrus at (919) 331-4184 or any other member of NABJ. Class officers , elected for the 1995- 1996 school year, are: Freshman Class: Vincent Lawson, president; Sheena Hemingway, vice president; Emilia Pledger, secretary; Eric Spriull, trea surer; Barry Monk, parliamentarian; Sophomore Class: Floyd "AJ" Fayton, president; Francis Sakala, vice presi dent; Delicia Wright, secretary; Teryll Moore, treasurer; James Bullock, parilamentarian; Junior Class: Michael Marshall, president; Trina Pa}me, vice president; Stacia McPhadden, secre tary; and Chelsea Raynor, treasurer. Dr. Evelyn Adelaide Johnson, direc tor of choral activities and the first Pro fessor Emeritus at ECSU, died July 19, 1995 in Albemarle Hospital. Dr. Johnson came to Elizabeth City State Normal School in 1933, where she worked as a music instructor. She later served as director of music, chair man of the fine arts department, and chairman of the music department. She served as director of choral activities ft'om 1933-1975. Dr. Johnson was the noted author of History of Elizabeth City State Univer sity: A Story of Survival. She was the developer of many pro grams which are now traditional ac tivities on the ECSU campus, includ ing the Lyceum Series, choir tours, choir banquets honoring graduating seniors, and Christmas caroling, among many others. Dr. Johnson received numerous hon ors and awards during her career. She earned her B.A. from Fisk University by James Peny Will ECSU's policy that allows stu dents to retake a course they have failed prepare them for the real world? This question wiU soon be debated in a committee of faculty and students formed to examine the current policy on repeating courses. ECSU students have unlimited op portunity to repeat a course they have failed, with the new grade replacing the failing grade in computing the student's grade point average; how ever, all F grades remain on the stu dents' transcript. University officials are re-examiiiing this policy at the urging of UNC-sys- tems President C. D. Spangler who has described policies allowing students to remove their failing grades from their averages as "not a good idea." At least two schools in the UNC- system, UNC Chapel Hill and UNC- Greensboro, coxmt all grades in stu dent grade point averages, even courses that have been repeated. N.C. State University and East Carolina Uni versity allow students to repeat three freshmen and sophomore level courses and have the failing grades dropped, according to a recent report on grad ing policies in The Virginian Pilot. Western Carolina and Appalachian in 1928 and an M.A. in Music Perfor mance and Music Education from Co lumbia University. She also studied at Syracuse Univer sity, American University and Bucknell University and received an honorary doctorate from ECSU. An original music composition by Meredith Capraro, a senior music ma jor, was performed recently at a North Carolina Music Teachers convention in Chapel Hill. "Meditation," Capraro's composition for piano and clarinet, was performed by Eugene Jones and Dr. Rachael Gragson at the convention. Carparo, who plays alto saxophone, won the Charles Peru'ose Outstanding Woodwind Player award in 1994. ECSU Campus Police officers Capt. Samuel L. Beamon, Ptl. John F. Simpson and Ptl. Anton M. Thomas have completed a three-day course of instruction in "Cycling Patirol" held at the Coastal Plain Law Enforcement Training Center in Wilson, NC. Police Bicycle Riding School was held at Wilson Technical Community See BRIEFS, continued on page 15 State allow any five courses to be re peated. All five of the UNC-system's histori cally black schools have policies that help students remove failing grades from their cumulative averages. Pointing out that students' tran scripts still reflects failed courses. Dr. Helen Caldwell, ECSU's Vice Chancel lor for Academic Affairs said the cur rent policy "shows the evolution of the maturity of the student by showing all the grades on the transcript." CaldweU said the committee formed to study the policy will consider placing a limit on the number of times a student can retake a course, however. Retaking a course is "sinular to the drop-add procedure," said Caldwell. "You fill out a form at the registrar's office and then get it signed by your advisor." "I think the grading policy standard should be the same for any University whether it's a black or white uruver- sity," said one ECSU junior. "The stan dards students are reaching for need to be the same as the real world. Schools need to integrate their policies so stu dents are ready to face the real world. They should be as close to the real world outside the educational system as possible." Officials to examine^ grade change policy ^
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