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ROTC teaches cadets leadership, discipline Franklin G. Scott, Jr. photo Demetrius Melton and Bobby Burrus look sharp in their ROTC uniforms. Melton is a Cadet Major and Burrus is Cadet Battalion Commander. by Angela Burrus On six o'clock Monday morning, most students are still enjoying those last, sweet hours of sleep before wak- ijig up for classes. But for students in the Reserved Of ficer Training Corp, their day has al ready begun. They are already up and marching while reciting lines like these: "They say that in the Army that the food is mighty fine. A chicken rolled off the table and it started marking time." ECSU is one of over 400 colleges and universities ^o offer an Army ROTC program, first implemented here in 1981. Since then 131 cadets have been com missioned as Army Officers at ECSU whom became members of the United States Army Reserve and National Guard. The program offers college students an opportunity to graduate as officers and serve in the US Army, the Army National Guard, or the US Army Re serves. ECSU Cadet Battalion Commander Bobby Burrus said the program has offered him skills of leadership and self discipline. It has given me a free education and a guarantee job making more money than the average college stu dent will make when they graduate," Burrus said. Burrus feel these skills will carry him through the Army and Corporate America. The program also enhances students' education by providing unique leader ship and management training along with providing them with practical ex perience, according to according to a brochure issued at the Fall ROTC Awards Ceremony. "The ROTC program has given me a lot of abilities in communication," said ECSU senior Dexter Holley, a former Cadet Battalion Commander. In high school, Holley wanted to serve in the military. Inspired by the recommendation of a former teacher, he joined the ROTC program in Janu ary 1994. He said the program thrives on an incentive of ambition. "It teaches me to do more for myself instead of depending on others to help me," Holley said. "This will help me when I go into the military." Demetrius Melton, a cadet major, ex plained that students on the ROTC pro gram set some of the best examples on campus. "Besides presenting ourselves in a very presentable manner, we have some of the highest GPAs at this uni versity," said Melton. Captain Matthew Peele, director of the ECSU program at ROTC for the past six years, feels the program teaches students discipline, responsibility, and leadership. "It's the smartest college course you can take," said Peele, who encourages students to join the program during their first two years of college. "These three or four years can offer you a life time career." The program has two components, the basic course taken during the first two years and the advanced course, taken during the junior and senior years. ECSU's ROTC students and officers were honored during the annual ROTC Fall Awards Ceremony held on Tuesday, Nov. 4 at 2 p.m. Five ROTC students received the Academic Achievement Award for ranking in the top ten percent of their classes: Anetria Coaxum, Bobby Burrus, Christopher Johnson, Joseph Kurtzweil, and Michael Lewis. WELCOME TO NPR A Synopsis Of National Public Radio Programs On WRVS 89.9 FM Elizabeth City State University Radio All Things Considered - From the Supreme Court to San Francisco, from Chapel Hill to Cape Town, NPR and contributing reporters stationed around the globe offer timely, incisive coverage of each day’s events. Robert Siegel, Noah Adams and Linda Wertheimer are the hosts. All Things Considered airs Monday through Friday, 5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. NPR Newscast Service - Because news stories break around the clock, NPR’s five minute newscast will be aired throughout the day at :01 after the hour Monday through Sunday. Jazz Set With Branford Marsalis - This program takes you on the road with one of the outstanding personalities in jazz as a tour guide. With humor and style, the Grammy winning leader of the “Tonight Show” band sets the scene and narrates recently record ed jazz performances. JAZZ Set With Branford Marsalis airs Sundays at 12:00 p.m. Jazz From Lincoln Center - The excitement continues with Jazz From Lincoln Center in its third scintillating season of swing and syncopation, as part of the international acclaimed Jazz At Lincoln Center series. Curated by artistic director Wynton Marsalis, hosted by CBS News correspondent Ed Bradley and pro duced at Murray Street Productions, this program presents a can non of jazz as never before. Jazz From Lincoln Center airs Sunday at 1:00 p.m. Jazz Profiles - singer Nancy Wilson hosts this important, new documentary series chronicling the people, places and events in jazz. By combining archival recordings, interviews and narration, each program in the series will tell an informative and engaging story that celebrates the music and those who make it. Jazz Profiles airs Sunday at 2:00 p.m. Car Talk - Imagine the Marx Brothers answering questions about automobiles. Picture Monty Python trying to imitate car noises. Then think of A. J. Foyt telling someone how to open the car hood. Mix that all up, throw in a little Camus and a little Smothers Brothers and you’ve got Car Talk, the Peabody Award winning show with nearly two million listeners each week. Join Tom and Ray Magliozzi every week for an hour’s worth of general vehicular madness, spread evenly over more than a modicum of intelligent information about car repair. Car Talk airs at 6:30 p.m. on Mondays. ^Building Success From the Sound Up”
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