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The Compass
November 14, 2003
CAMPUS NEWS
Beamon is ECSU’s interim police chief
Susan Correll-Hankinson
sbcorrell-hankinson@mail.ecsu.edu
Editor
On November 1, Captain Sam
Beamon was officially appointed to
the position of interim police chief and
director of public safety for Elizabeth
City State University. He replaces
George Mountain who retired last
month.
“I am encouraging the ECSU
police officers to be more visible
around campus and to stop any per
son they don’t recognize or who looks
suspicious and question them,”
Beamon said. “It’s not about harass
ment, but making contact with people
on campus.”
He did not think it was appropri
ate to make police policies public
when asked if the murder of a Virginia
Beach man on Norfolk State
University’s campus had instigated
any changes to security policies on
ECSU’s campus.
However, he commented that an
increase of 5 more officers on cam
pus during the 4 p.m.-12 a.m. shift is
adding tighter security during this high
activity period.
A new security officer position
has been added to the ECSU police
department.
“The sole purpose of this posi
tion is to patrol the parking lots and
escort students to their dorms. The
shift for this position is 8p.m.-4a.m.,”
Beamon said.
There is a total of 26 employees
working in the ECSU police depart
ment: 10 police officers, 6 security
officers, 1 parking attendant, and 7
telecommunications personnel.
The telecommunications depart
ment has been trained and certified
to use the Police Information System
(PIN).
“This is the 911 system and can
be used by ECSU telecommunicators
to call in a tag and identify any ve
hicle.” Beamon said.
R.O.T.C. holds fall awards ceremony
Brian White
bwhit@cyclespeedway.com
Staff Writer
The R.O.T.C., or the Army
Reserve Officer’s Training Corps, re
cently hosted its annual fall awards
ceremony. The awards ceremony
brought the R.O.T.C. program to
gether to celebrate the accomplish
ments of its cadets.
Dr. Gerald McCants, Eliza
beth City State University’s Assistant
to the Chancellor for Enrollment Man
agement, Planning, Research, and
Outreach, was the guest speaker.
“Each semester cadets are
awarded for their involvement in the
previous semester,” Cadet Tabitha
Clemons said during a recent phone
interview.
The Army R.O.T.C. program
is an important asset to the campus
of Elizabeth City State University.
The program serves as course of study
that leads many young people to a
successful career in armecJ forces.
The program, as listed on its web site
is the study leading to a presidential
appointment as a second lieutenant
in the U.S. Army.
Many awards were given out
during the ceremony including Cadet
Honors Award, Cadet Scholars Award,
Color Guard Certificate of Merit
Awards, National Advanced Leader
ship Camp Awards, Cadet Troop
Leadership Training Awards, Honor
Platoon Awards, and the Parachute
Awards.
Cadets who earned the Na
tional Advanced Leadership Awards
were those who recently traveled to
Fort Lewis, Washington. The Para
trooper Award was given to the cadet
who jumped out of an airplane at Fort
Benning, in Georgia,” Cadet Clemons
said. This award was given to Cadet
Brian Overton.
Award winners include;
Cadet Honors Award: Marquita
Thompson, Military Science (MS) II
Cadet Scholar Award: Casey
Keyes, MS IV; Saidah Adkins, MS III;
Jermaine Goodman, MS II
National Advanced Leadership
Camp: Brian Overton, MS IV; Casey
Keyes, MS IV; Candida Bond, MS IV;
LaVone Riddick, MS IV; Jermaine
Purdie, MS IV
Cadet T roop Leadership T raining
Award: Casey Keyes, MS IV
Honor Platoon Award; LaVone
Riddick, MS IV; Candida Bond, MS
IV
Color Guard Certificate of Merit
Award: Brian Overton, MS IV;
Jermaine Purdie, MS IV; Casey
Keyes, MS IV; LaVone Riddick, MS
IV; Joseph Thornton, MS 111; Jermaine
Goodman, MS II; Kyle Rose, MS II;
Marquita Thompson, MS II
Parachute Award: Brian
Overton, MS IV
Grad school forum preps
students for reality
Jamica Ashley
jamicaOl 17@hotmail .com
Staff Writer
‘Grad School 101’a forum pre
sented by the Mass Media Club on
October 15 stressed the importance
of being prepared for graduate school.
Four faculty members from Elizabeth
City State University told the audience
of their graduate school experiences.
Dr. Miles Fisher, IV, Dr. Margaret A.
Young, Ms. Lolethia Underdue, and
Mr. Antonio Rook gave insight to the
misconceptions that intimidate a lot
of students from pursuing their gradu
ate studies.
“I remember when a group that I
was in had to create a program for a
final exam in grad school,” Rook said.
“The entire class was Asian except
for me and two other African-Ameri
can students. We presented our pro
gram to the class and the professor
was stunned that the three of us had
completed the assignment without
any help and had us present the pro
gram three more times.”
All of the speakers stressed the
importance of not letting insecurities
or circumstances halt graduate study
and the importance of not being in
timidated by professors, classes or
peers.
The graduates also addressed
the graduate school workload. Com
pared to the workload in undergradu
ate school, graduate studies are far
more focused and independent. They
said students work independently ap
proximately eighty percent of the time.
“It’s not whether or not you
know the concept, but how you apply
it,” Rook said.
The speakers also pointed
out that graduate school is not for ev
eryone and said one does not have to
attend graduate school immediately
after finishing undergraduate study.
“I taught for two years [prior to
attending graduate school] and it
helped me focus and find an area that
I really liked,” Young said. “ I was more
mature by then too.”
For some students experience
and a willingness to learn new tech
niques is sufficient.
“For those students not consid
ering graduate school it depends on
your major. I suggest it for self devel
opment, personal growth and a plan
to fall back on if things don’t turn out
the way that you plan,” Underdue said
The speakers advised that stu
dents considering graduate school
should begin by going online and re
searching the area of study and the
schools that offer a graduate degree
in that area. The speakers also sug
gested getting information from vari
ous sources such as professors, cur
rent graduate students, and visits to
graduate schools.
Students should also find out
what tests may be needed prior to
applying to graduate school.
Students network with graduate
school representatives
Jamica Ashley
jamica0117@hotmail.com
Staff Writer
Elizabeth City State University
students were regarded as being very
enthusiastic at the annual Profes
sional and Graduate School Day held
on Wednesday, October 29.
The purpose of Professional and
Graduate School Day is to “allow stu
dents the opportunity to talk to the
[represented] universities that they
may be interested in for graduate
school,” Dr. Brutus Jackson, the Di
rector of Career Services said.
Mr. Michael Johnson, the Uni
versity of North Carolina at Greens
boro representative, received “a great
response from students [who were]
enthusiastic about [attending] gradu
ate school.
The East Carolina University
School of Allied Health Services rep
resentative, Ms. Kit Roberson said,
“The students were prepared and the
asked the right questions. They knew
exactly what they wanted. I am very
pleased with the quality of the turn
out, and I want to come back again
next year.”
Don Morring, Jr. proved that the
purpose of Professional and Gradu
ate School Day had been fulfilled, “I
Freshman
officers
elected
Jennifer Pride
foxyg1n@aol.com
Staff Writer
Jabari Young, a History and
Secondary Education major from
Fayetteville, North Carolina, was
elected Freshman Class President on
Thursday, October 2. Elizabeth City
State University Student Government
Association hosted the elections and
set up booths on campus.
Jaime Jerman was elected Sec
retary and Whitney Izzard was elected
Treasurer. Ashley Harris and Candice
Steadman were elected as Freshman
Legislators and will represent their
class at the Student Government leg
islative meetings.
Improving the school’s commu
nication with students is one of
Young’s plans for the Freshman
Class. Young believes that people
would not have known about these
elections if it weren’t for his personal
campaign flyers encouraging people
to vote.
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learned about new programs that the
various schools offered that I didn’t
know about before. I networked with
the recruiters from the respected
schools and got the names of people
to contact in the future.”
Among the programs that re
ceived the most inquiries were the
Computer Science program, the full
time MBA, Physical Therapy, Physi
cian Assistant Studies, and Commu
nication Sciences and Disorders.
For more information about
graduate school or any other programs
offered by the Office of Career Ser
vices contact Dr. Brutus Jackson at
335-3318 or Ms. Sandra Gibson at
335-3519.
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ECSU
mourns the
loss of Dr.
Gordon
Charles
JustinShore
Staff Writer
Dr. Gordon Charles, who
taught sociology at Elizabeth City
State University for 16 years was re
membered at a memorial service at
tended by students, faculty, friends
and administrators on October 10, in
Moore Hall.
“I remember Dr. Charles as a
devoted, caring professor with great
intellect. He will live on in the minds
and souls of the many students he
touched,” said Dr. Wayman Parson,
Chairperson of the Department of So
cial Sciences.
Dr. Charles died at Albemarle
Hospital on Octobers, following a long
illness.
“There was no one who was
not saddened to hear of the death of
Dr. Charles,” said Dr. Anthony Brown,
Assistant Vice Chancellor of Student
Affairs. “Gordon was a kind man who
met students with enthusiasm,” he
added.
“He always carried on through
his adversity as he went through his
illness,” Lynn Bias a faculty member
at ECSU said. “He still wanted to be
a productive faculty member.”
A native of Port of Spain,
Trinidad, Dr. Charles was educated at
Catholic University and received his
Ph.D at Howard University. In 1984,
he worked as a visiting assistant pro
fessor at Miami University, in Oxford
Ohio. He also worked at the Univer
sity of Minnesota, before joining the
ECSU faculty in 1988.
“He was a very intelligent man
and he was dedicated to his work, even
on his bad days,” Tanisha Gilliam, a
Business Administration major said.
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Saturday
CIAA Volleyball
Championships Begin
3 p.m. Location TBA
Leadership Development
Institute
9 a,m. O.R. Little Library
University Players
Present - “Picnic”
8 p.m. Floyd L. Robinson
Auditorium
Monday
American Education Week
Begins Today
Last day to withdraw from
classes and receive “WP” oi
“WF”
Tuesday
Jazz
Special Rehearsal
Ensemble
9 p.m. Floyd L. Robinson
Auditorium
Sexual Assault Prevention
7 p,nj. New Residence Hall
Seminar room
Wednesday
ECSU Planetarium -
Thanksgiving Feature
5: l5 p.m.
Jenlcras Science Center Rm 146
Intramural* Swim Meet
Vaughn Center
ACUI Tournament
6 p.m. Bowling Center
“Dating Relationships”
6 p.m. Butler Hall Lobby
Thursday
American Education Week
Assembly
10 a.m. Floyd L. Robinson
Auditorium
Collegians Jazz Ensemble
Fall Concert
7:30 p.m. Floyd L. Robinson
Auditorium
ACUI Tournament
6 p.m. Bowling Center
Thirsty Thursday
8 p.m. Bedell Cafeteria
Great American
Smoke Out
No Smoking Workshop
-0 a.m.- 1 p.m. Bedell Cafeteria
Friday
ACUI Finals,
6 p.m. Bowling Center
Student Life Dance
JO p.m. Williams Hall Gym
Last day to withdraw and
receive a “WD”
Saturday
“I" Removal Tests
For Weekend/Evening Students
Monday
Fall Athletic Awards
Banquet
6;30 p.m. K.E. White Center
Tuesday
student Music Recital
2 p.m. Floyd L. Robinson
Auditorium
Residence Halls close for
Thanksgiving 6 p.m.
Sunday
Residence Halls reopen
12 noon
Monday
December is Drunk Driving
Prevention Month
Classes resume 8 a.m.
A.LD.S. Workshop
11 a.m.-l p.m. Bedell Cafeteria
Tuesday
Intramural Basketball
7 p.m. Williams Hall Gym
Wednesday
Stress Relief Presentation
7 p.m. Hugh Cale Lobby
Massage Therapy
10a.m. Commuter Lounge
Thursday
Holiday Cultural
Celebration
7 p.m. University Center
Friday
5-9: Final Exams for
Graduating Seniors
1st Friday
10 p.m. K.E. White Center
ECSU Planetarium
Christmas Feature
5 p.m. Jenkins Science Center
Rm 146
Customer Service Training
9 a.m. K.E, White Center
Saturday
Make-up Day for Sept. 20
Sunday
University Choir
Christmas Candlelight
Concert
7:30 p.m. Fioyd L. Robinson
Auditorium