12 The Compass Monday, December 14, 1998
Award-Winning actress Ester Rolle is dead
By Staff
Award-winning actress Ester Rolle
dies
Ester Rolle, the pioneer African-
American actress who gained national
recogrution during the late 1970s for
her role as Florida Evans on two televi
sion shows, "Maude" and "Good
Times" died in Los Angeles, California
Nov. 17.
She was 78 and a resident of Los
Angeles.
According to one of her publicists,
Pat Tobin, Ms. Rolle died after a long
illness. The New York Times reported
that the exact cause of death was not
known but that at the time of her death
Ms. Rolle had been suffering from dia
betes. Ms Rolle celebrated her 78th
birthday the week before she died.
Ms. Rolle became famous playing the
role of Florida Evans the hit television
show "Good Times" as well as for her
role in "Maude." She also pcrfofmcd
starred in a television movie, "Sum
mer of My German Soldier," for which
she won an Emmy in 1979. She also
appeared in the films "Driving Miss
Daisy" and "Rosewood." Her last work
was in "Down at the Delta," movie
directed by North Carolina-based poet
Maya Angelou.
"Wherever she was you knew she
was there," her long-time producer
Norman Lear said. "The woman had
strong conviction. We may not have
agreed on everything, but that is what
happens when you have two creative
minds at work."
Throughout the industry Ms. Rolle
was know for her passion in advanc
ing the equality and often of the
industry's portrayal of African-Ameri
cans. And she spoke openly and often
about her desire to fight black stereo
types on television. She even left the
cast of "Good Times" for a while, say
ing at the time that she resented the
image presented by the buffonish char
acter of her son, played by actor Jimmy
Walker, in the show. She stared in the
series as the female head of a strug
gling black family in Chicago.
Ms. Rolle was born in Pompano
Beach, Fla. the 10th of 18 children. Her
father was a farmer.
Early on in her life she showed a
love for the world of theater and act
ing and after high school followed her
sister, Rosarma Carter, who was also
an actress, to New York. She was one
of the early members of the Negro En
semble Company in the late 1950's, and
woman to receive the N.A.A.C.P.
Chairman's Civil Rights Leadership
Award for her work improving the im
age of blacks.
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ANSWER FROM PAGE 5:
Offensive Lineman, Eward Mclver
Mclver plays for the oilas Cowboys of the
National Football League
CORRECTION
In our last issue we incorrectly identified
Dr. Ronald Blackmon as Ronald Brown,
we apologize for this error.
News Briefs
Talk show “Movements”
debuts over WRVS
Dr. Jermifer Keene Dawes, a profes
sor in the Department of Language,
Literature and Communication, is the
host of a new program, "Movements,"
a 30-minute talk and information show
which airs Hve on WRVS-89.9 every
Wednesday at 12:30 p.m.
Among the topics Dr. Keene Dawes
examines are how ECSU acadenuc pro-
grarr\s like Talent Search and Upward
Boimd are affecting student growth and
development in the local schools. The
show also has an international flair with
its International Comer segment.
It also airs on Svmdays at 4:30 p.m.
Best Dorm contest winners
announced
The Elizabeth City State Urviversity
Office of Residence has announced the
winners of its "Best Dorm" contest. The
contest was held as part of Parents
Weekend '98.
The winners are: Abrian Carter, Hugh
Cale HaU; Tremaine Totten and Tyrone
Woodlard, Mitchell Lewis Hall;
Stephanie Parks, Andrea Moore,
Midielle Lewis and Brenda Powell,
Complex; Alesha Lane, Kimberly Early,
New Dorm; Terrance Thornton, Butler
Hall; Keisha Keys, Zelda King, Bias
Hall; Sheanna Bonner, Danielle Jones,
Doles Hall; Gregory Lassiter, Montez
Bishop, Wamack HaU.
Each winner was awarded a prize of
$25.
University’s Community
Development program receives
grant
Elizabeth City State University was
recently awarded a $365,000 grant from
the U.S. Department of Housing and
Urban Development. The grant,
awarded through HUD's Historically
Black Colleges and University's Pro
gram, will address commimity devel
opment needs within the greater Eliza
beth City /Pasquotank County
community.
The funding will be used for several
activities including home repair and
home ownership assistance; a coimty-
wide housing assessment; pre-employ
ment counseling and job training; drug
education programs; and to provide
technical assistance to community-
based organizations.
Vikings assisting new students
needs volunteers
Elizabeth City State University's
VANS Program, Vikings Assisting New
Students, is looking for students to par
ticipate in the Program.
If you or someone you know is a
team player, possesses good decision
making and managerial skills and can
serve as a mentor or friend to a fellow
Viking, you are urged to pick up an
application from the Counseling Cen
ter located in the H.L. Trigg Building,
Room 115, between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m.
Monday to Friday.
Applicants must have at least a 2.5
grade point average.
The application deadline is Friday,
Jan. 22,1999.
Registration to be held in K.E.
White Center
The Elizabeth City State University
Registrar's Office has annoimced that
students who missed the opportxmity
to register early must plan to register
on Jan. 5 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the
K.E. White Graduate & Continuing
Education Center because of renova
tions being done on the Vaughan Cen
ter.
The University will provide trans
portation for students who need it be
ginning at 8:45 a.m. from the BedeU
Cafeteria to the K.E. White Center in
half-hour intervals. All students are
governed by all other pertinent infor
mation published in the Spring 1999
Class Schedule.
The calendar is as follows: Jan. 5,
Official Registration, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.,
K.E. White Center; Jan. 6, Late Regis
tration ($25 late fee assessed) 9 a.m. to
3 p.m., K.E. White Center ; Jan. 7, 8:30
a.m. to 4:30 p.m.. Drop/Add Period
begins; Late Registration continues;
M.D. Thorpe Administration Building;
Jan. 9, 8 a.m. to noon. Weekend/
Evening Program Registration, Classes
Begin; Jan. 11, Late Registration Ends;
Last Day to change courses or sections.
For additional information contact
the ECSU Registrar's Office at (252)
335-3000.
ECSU Hosts “ Healthy People
2000” Videoconference
Elizabeth City State University was
one of the host sites of a "live"
videoconference, "Healthy People
2000," sponsored by the National As
sociation for Equal Opportunity in
Higher Education (NAFEO).
The videoconference was broadcast
live from the campus of Howard Uni
versity in Washington, D.C. and was
shown in ECSU's Videoconference
Center.
The University was one of 170 His
torically Black Colleges and Universi
ties, state and local health departments
and other organizations with health-
related concerns who participated.
Choirs present George
Frederic Handel’s Messiah
The combined choirs of The Com
mimity and The Evelyn A. Johnson
Community Singers will present
George Frederic Handel's Messiah con
ducted by Elizabeth City State Univer
sity professor Billy C. Hines as part of
their holiday celebration.
The performances will be on Sun
day, Dec. 13, 6 p.m. at Mt. Lebanon
A.M.E. Zion Church, 320 Culpepper
St. Elizabeth City; Rev. Melvin L. Tate
is the pastor.
Friday, Dec. 18 at 7:30 p.m. at the
C.S. Brown Cultural Arts Center in
Winton, NC; and Saturday, Dec. 19 at 6
p.m. at the Back Swamp Church of
Christ, 1414 Bear Grass Rd. in
Williamston, NC. Elder Derrick L.
Wilkins is the pastor.
The performances will feature ac
companists Wilson M. Bryant and E.
Vendetta Sutton and soloists Carlotta
Jordan, soprano; Ola H. Gathers, alto;
Lennard Bartlett, tenor and Billy C.
Hines, bass.
The project is supported in part by
the Pasquotank Arts CotmcU with ad
ditional funds from the Grassroots Pro
gram of the North Carolina Arts Coun
cil.