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The Compass
October 9, 2003
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Reserve call-up
Lament Dozier
commanderdozier@yahoc.conn
Staff Writer
Call-up mobilization problems
couldn’t keep Dr. Karen Strother-
Jordan’s husband from being called
to Kosovo to serve a 90 day tour of
duty for the Army Reserves. Dr.
Strother -Jordan is a professor in the
Language, Literature and Communi
cation Department.
Nationwide, 300,000 members
of the Military Reserves and National
Guard have been called to fulfill their
obligations.
Dr. George L. Jordan III, a ra
diologist at Albemarle Hospital, re
ceived his first phone call from the
Army Reserve spring 2003. Dr. Jor
dan was initially assigned to go to
Iraq to serve as a radiologist for the
United States Army but another doc
tor took his place.
In June, Dr. Jordan was told to
report for duty and was sent to
Kosovo. Upon arriving in Kosovo, he
realized that although he was sta
tioned there his work was being sent
to him electronically from Germany.
His duties include reading films and
making diagnoses on his computer,
and not actually examining patients.
“Why go across the world to
perform a task that could have eas
ily been performed at home?” Dr.
Strother- Jordan asked. This and
many other issues about the reserv
ist call-up are concerning Americans
across the nation.
The GAO report, (GAO- OS-
921), to the Subcommittee on Per
sonnel, the Committee on Armed
Services and the U.S. Senate says
that the methods used to call-up re
serves were out-of-date. Instead of
an automated system, the mobiliza
tion process was based on paper,
phone calls, faxes, and e-mail mes
sages.
The report also revealed that
12 reserve units, due to poor track
ing systems, were kept on alert for
over a year and whenever one posi
tion could not be filled, the Army sent
out 567 requests to locate that one
person to assume the task. The
Army had incorrect addresses for
over 40,000 Individual Ready Re
serve Personnel.
The Army is not the only branch of
the military to have call-up problems
identified by the GAO report. The Air
Force Reserve and the Air National
Guard had no automated system in
place and some Naval Reserve offi
cials did not know which recruits
were called to their processing cen
ters or when they should report.
The report also criticized the
poor communication and the amount
of outdated information involved and
that the defense department “did not
meet the mobilization requirements
needed to deal with the terrorist at
tacks.”
The report concluded that the
call-up was “hampered by informa
tion gaps between data systems
maintained by active-duty and re
serve components.”
The GOA recommends that the
Department of Defense improve mo
bilization planning, increase visibility
over the readiness of small units, pro
vide for the seamless transfer of
reservist’s data, update mobilization
guidance, improve predictability for
the Army units, increase access to
the Individual Ready Reserve(IRR),
and update IRR policies.
The DOD generally agrees with
the GAO report and its recommen
dations.
Fighting the
^^Freshman 15’’
Jamica Ashley
jamicaOl 17@hotmail.com
Staff Writer
The freshman year of college
for most students is the most drastic
change in their life. This freedom
brings with it a lot of stresses that
most students have never had to deal
with prior to now. These stresses,
and new freedoms, lead many stu
dents to neglect their dietary habits.
The “Freshman 15” is a term that de
scribes the weight-gain that many
freshmen experience.
“All-you-can-eat dining halls,
weekend parties (with a bit too much
drinking and munching), skipping
meals due to bus schedules, late-
night pizza runs, and stress-eating
all contribute to excess pounds put
on by first-year students,” Sheri
Albert, MPH, Registered Dietitian at
the University of California at Los
Angeles said.
“Fast food and the over use of
the microwave for meals are culprits
(of weight gain), “ Beverly Shannon,
RN, BSN of the Elizabeth City State
University Student Health Services
said.
“Education on the long-term ef
fects of weight gain, such as hyper
tension, heart disease and diabetes,”
is one preventive measure that Sh
annon recommends.
Some students believe that the
“Freshman 15” is merely a myth.
“I lost weight. I lost about 10-
15 pounds my freshman year, but I
gained it back my sophomore year,”
Carla Chambers, a junior majoring
in Social Work, said.
“I think I lost weight. Cafeteria
food isn’t that good so most students
eat out everyday,” Renee Deans, a
senior majoring in Business with a
concentration in Management,
added.
“Students do gain weight their
first year, but the average is about
only six pounds for men and 4.5
pounds for women,” reported
Boston’s Channel 5 News on a study
performed at Tufts University’s
School of Nutrition Science and
Policy.
Drastic changes in weight can
have serious long-term effects that
many college students don’t con
sider. Regular exercise and a healthy
diet are two habits that all people
should adopt, sooner than later.
“ Freshman 15”,
Prevention Tips
□ Resist going back for seconds and thirds.
□ Eat slowly and savor y6ur food.
□ Choose low fat foods.
□ Keep in mind that fat-free doesn’t mean calorie-free.
□ Fill up on high fiber vegetables and fruits.
□ Drink more water, and keep other beverages in check.
□ Minimize late night snacking.
□ Eat at regular intervals throughout the day.
□ Be active on a daily basis.
Scrambled eggs;
• 2 eggs
• 2 Tablespoons of milk
• 2 Teaspoons of margarine
• Salt and pepper
Beat two eggs in a bowl and
add 2 tablespoons of milk, and salt and pepper.
Melt 2 teaspoons of margarine in a 1 -quart
Casserole dish in microwave (30 seconds).
Pour egg mixture into dish and cook uncovered
3 to 4 minutes. Remove and let stand covered
for 2 minutes.
Mini pizzas;
• 4 English muffins
• 1 Can tomato sauce
• Oregano, garlic powder, mozzarella cheese
• Optional; green pepper strips, pepperoni, mushroom,
slices, grated Parmesan cheese, and chopped onion
Toast 4 English muffins,
top with 1 can(8 oz.) tomato sauce,
teaspoon oregano, dash of garlic
powder and mozzarella cheese.
Cook uncovered 1 to 2 minutes.
Optional toppings; green pepper strips, pepperoni,
slices of mushroom, grated Parmesan cheese, and
chopped onion.
Dorm rooms: Hot and cramped
if there is going to be a factor, I feel
that upperclassmen have earned the
right to reside in air-condition over
underclassmen.”
The female freshmen dorm
this year is New Residence and the
male freshmen dorm is Wamack.
Wamack is non-air-conditioned while
New Residence is air-conditioned.
“I also feel that the univer
sity is being biased because under
classmen males have to live in non
air-conditioned dorms, and under
classmen females don’t. If the males
are subjected to such torture, the fe
males should be also,” states Harvey.
Fall weather is approaching,
so hopefully the rooms will cool down
for the students who stay in those
particular dorms, but the overcrowd
ing will have to be endured by all
those involved for now, or at least
until all the renovations are done.
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Sweat starts to trickle down
your forehead, your clothes start to
stick to your body, and it feels like
your room is blazing on fire. These
are just a few reasons why students
who live in non-air conditioned dor
mitories at Elizabeth City State Uni
versity such as Wamack Hall, Doles
Hall, Hugh Cale Hall, and Mitchell
Lewis Hall are complaining. There
may just be complaints until the reno
vations are finished on campus.
“I just moved out of Hugh
Cale Hall into Butler Hall because I
have bronchitis,” said Kacey Smith,
a senior.
Wamack, Doles, Hugh Cale,
and Mitchell Lewis are dormitories
that will soon be renovated but in the
meantime students still have to suf
fer from the heat.
“Hell yeah, it’s illegal! It is so
hot in here,” said James Stratford, a
freshman who resides in Hugh Cale.
I have six fans, and there is so much
wind that it sounds like I’m on the Ti
tanic. 1 think I saw the Devil sitting
down with an air-conditioner; we
need a ventilation fan to pump the
heat out.” He adds that Mitchell
Lewis has nothing on Hugh Cale
when it comes to the heat, because
the trees try to fan themselves out
side their window. Accordingly, he
may have some agreement on the
comparison between Hugh Cale Hall
and Mitchell Lewis Hall.
“It’s only hot in here [Mitchell
Lewis Hall] when the sun is out,”
said Tim Core, a senior who re
sides in Mitchell Lewis.
These particular dorms
are not the only problems that stu
dents are complaining about:
many of them are also over
crowded, and have been that way
since last year.
“When I first got here I
wanted to go back to New York be
cause of the room size, and as
small as this room is, I had a room
mate. But I’m okay now, because
I got the closet,” said Stratford.
There are many upper
classmen who share dorms with
underclassmen and this can
cause a problem with co-ed visi
tation. Freshmen are not allowed
to participate in co-ed visitation in
the dormitories; so therefore, upper
classmen have to choose a floor
where freshmen aren’t residing. This
may cause upperclassmen to have
to relocate, thus moving in with
someone else on a floor where fresh
men aren’t residing, and creating an
overcrowded room.
“As an upperclassman, hav
ing to reside in Bias Hall last year, I
would say that it was an experience
that I didn’t feel was fair,” said
Lashonda Harvey, a senior. I had to
be subjected to the rules of fresh
men. Not being able to have privi
leges such as co-ed visitation that I
had earned as an upperclassman.
I've also noticed that in addition to
this problem, that it is very unfair for
anyone, not just underclassmen to
live in non-air conditioned dorms, but