Volume 10 Number 10
Chowan College, Murfreesboro, NC
April 11, 1979
TAKING A DIP!!! — Brett "Snake Man" Cullen Is
helped ashore by roommate Jeff Batson after the two
Wllmingtonians took a dip in Lake Vann to celebrate
the coming of spring, clothes and all. Well, actually
"Snake Man" said he thought he saw an alligator pad
dling around in the lake and wanted to make it a part
of his collection of turtles, pythons, rats and old fish
heads. Photo by Harry Pickett
The Lost
Is Found
By CINDY LEE
Have you lost or found anything late
ly? If so you should check with Mrs.
Edith Parker at the switchboard in
McDowell Columns.
Some of the items whcih have been
turned in there include: a pair of men’s
shoes, size 8%, found on campus during
the Christmas Holidays; a silver Timex
watch with a broken band, a UNC
jacket, a blue sweat jacket, and a green
scarf.
Two sets of keys have also been
found, one of them containing two
General Motors keys and one house
key, the other has three house keys and
one gas cap key. Neither set contained
a room key, so they could not be iden
tified.
Mrs. Parker said that most items are
found either in the Snack Bar or Marks
Hall, with many others discovered just
lying somewhere on campus.
Upward Bound Aids
Potential Students
By DONNA SWICEGOOD
High school students from low- in
come families, who have college poten
tial, are given the opportunity to ex
plore this potential through the col
lege’s Upward Bound program, ac
cording to E. Franklin Stephenson,
director of the program.
The Upward Bound program is fund
ed by the Department of Health, Educa
tion and Welfare and is a pre- college
preparatory program designed to help
low-income students receive the
motivation necessary for college and
realize the financial help available to
them, Stephenson said.
The Chowan program provides a
chance for students from Hertford, Ber
tie and Northampton Counties to work
on study habits and lifestyle manage
ment and to take short cultural and
recreational trips. These trips are
usually day trips to attend plays or
A Major Work
short Story Sold
By Student Author
By ALLEN DAVIS
Disco Unlimited President Ronald
Major is more than an organizer of
dances. He’s the creative author of a
love story that was published in the
Look and Listen magazine of the Sun
day School Board Southern Baptist Con
vention in Nashville, Tenn.
Photo by Morv«y R>l«y
MAJOR
Major wrote this story in his Creative
Writing 151-1 class which is taught by
Professor Robert Mulder at 7 p.m. on
Mondays.
In the vivid and heart-warming story
of “Michelle’s Surprise,” Major
described the little things Michelle did
to show her love for her parents.
He also likes to write about religion,
experience with friends and spirits.
“Writing spiritually is like writing a
personal letter to God that other people
can probably relate to,” Major said.
Before attending Chowan, he
graduated from Red Springs Senior
High in 1977. He was a class officer,
vice president of Upsilon Sigma Phi, a
member of the Glee Oub, reporter for
family life, ran on the track team and
was nominated for outstanding ser\ior
while there.
When asked why he attended Chowan
Major replied, “I like the fact that it’s a
private school and one of the top Junior
Colleges in the United States. ”
A graphic arts student, Major is plan
ning to pursue a career in journalism at
the University of North Carolina
Greensboro after he graduates in May.
While at UNCG he hopes to reveal some
of his important writings.
“Disco Unlimited,” he explained is
an organization that provides entertain
ment for students on weekends.
(Major’s sto^y, “Michelle’s Sur
prise” is on page 2.)
SGA Tightens Policy
On Movie Admissions
cultural events on campus, according
to Mrs. Carla Chamblee, guidance
counselor for the program.
The students involved in the program
are given mathematics and reading
tests, as well as a test to determine
their interests, she said. The students
are visited in their high school every
other week by a project counselor.
Participants in the program are
given the opportunity to voice their opi
nions on the program through
anonymous evaluations. A majority of
these evaluations stated that the pro
gram helped them with the Schol^tic
Apptitude Test, financial aid forms,
and applications for colleges and
universities. The students also stated
the program has helped them develop
better study habits and with studying
for the SAT. They also said the program
helped them to prepare for college in
general.
The overall opinion of the program,
according to the evaluations, is that it is
excellent and as one student put it:
“They should keep up the good work.”
Free Boat
Inspection
April 14
By ALLEN DAVIS
Motorboat owners can get a free boat
safety examination on April 14, at
Chowan’s college stadium parking lot.
The examination will be directed by
Commander R. W. Stephenson of the
volunteer civilian Coast Guard Aux
iliary Flotilla No. 56 from Franklin, Va.
Vessels passing the safety examina
tion will receive the courtesy motorboat
examination decal which indicates that
“the boat is properly equipp^ for fun
and safety on the water,” maintenance
supervisor Steve Davenport said.
This decal is respected by the Coast
Guard’s boarding officers,
gamewardens and experienced
boatmen everywhere.
Owners that don’t meet the safety ex
amination requirements will receive a
checklist from the examiner of their
deficiencies so that they can be cor-
/ ted, Davenport added.
These deficiencies will not be
reported to any law enforement
authority, he said.
The courtesy motorboat examination
will cover all federal and state re
quirements plus additional standards
recommended by the auxiliary, he con-
tiued.
By HARRY PICKETT
The Student Government Association
of Chowan has adopted a new policy
governing entrance to its movies at Col
umns Auditorium. The organization
will not accept students in the
auditorium without school ID’s unless
they pay the fee of 50 cents, said SGA
social chairperson Pam Hall at the
March 26 meeting.
Hall told SGA members, who also act
as ushers at the movies, that students
who don’t have ID’s, regardless of
whom they may be, must pay before
they enter. “Eiflier they show their ID
or pay 50 cents, or their name goes to
Dean (Roy) Winslow,” Hall noted.
“We’re just following policy.”
Hall went on to say that many
students who come to the movies
without ID’s are very rude and in
tolerable. SGA members have tried to
be as considerate as possible during
these escapades, but “you can’t be sar
castic with these people,” she said.
“They’ll talk trash to you.”
The previous policy of the SGA re
quired that students either show their
ID card or pay 50 cents. Obviously the
old act failed and the committee agreed
to let Winslow take the matter into his
own hands.
Dr. B. Franklin Lowe, dean of the col
lege, has offered suggestions to the SGA
to remedy the problems. The dean feels
that disciplinary actions should be
taken against people who display
disorderly conduct at the movies.
“Dean Lowe said that students who are
disruptive and cause problems in the
movies will not be given privilege to
come to the movies,” according to Hall.
In other business, the SGA voted to
give Phi Theta Kappa members Ross
Newcomb and Freddie Davis, along
with sponsor Ed Wooten, $162 to cover
expenses for the trip to Kansas City,
Mo. to the national Phi Theta Kappa
convention April 7-10.
The SGA, which earlier gave over
$200 to PTK to cover expenses for the
regional convention trip to Greenwood,
S.C. earlier in the year, voted also to
give $100 to the Social lienee club of
the school. The SGA treasury is around
$2,600 according to treasurer Johnny
Hawthorne.
“Most of the rest of the expenses will
go toward five movies during the Spr
ing Festival week, one band at the Spr
ing Festival and a Band Saturday night,
May 12 after exams,” Hawthorne said.
Concerning the new juke box in the
Munchette Lounge, Hawthorne said
that there was some dispute with
managef Linda Thompson over who
should profit from the juke box — the
SGA or Thompson.
“We’re renting it,” Hawthorne of
fered. “We give them (a company in
Ahoskie) $25 a week to keep it going. We
went to the initiative of putting the juke
box there.
“On a trial basis from now to the end
of the year, if Mrs. Thompson wants the
profit, she can have it. Let her have the
profit if she wants it, “he conceded.
Hawthorne believes however, that
there would be little profit.
' Brave Becomes Bulldog
Bogues Signs Grant
At Atlantic Christian
By HARRY PICKETT
William Bogues made it official last
week. The 6-1 cage star at Chowan Col
lege signed a basketball grant-in-aid
with Altantic Christian College, ending
a major war between colleges for the
sophomore’s services.
Why did Bogues choose Atlantic Chri-
tian over the countless nuAiber of big
ger schools who sought after him?
“First of all it’s not far from home,
and I think I can contribute right
much.”
Bogues who visited the Wilson college
last weekend said that he was impress
ed with the school, and particularly
head coach Bill Robinette. “He seems
to be a pretty nice guy,” the business
major said. “He laid it straight on the
line. He talks fair. I think he’ll give me
a fair shake.”
Robinette was a frequent visiter to
the Chowan campus during the basket
ball season. He became impressed with
Bogues and just enjoyed watching the
flashy forward.
“William Bogues has an amazing
ability to score, especially on
highpercentage shots,” the coach said.
“He has a winning attitude and caught
our eye with his clutch play. He has pro-
Seamanship
Course Slated
A course in boating skills and
seamanship fias been scheduled for the
fall semester of 1979-80.
Classes for the course will be held in
Robert Marks Hall at 7:30 p.m. on
Tuesdays and Thursdays for 13 two-
hoiu* sessions, maintenance supervisor
Steve Davenport said.
The course will be taught by
volunteers of the United States Coast
Guard Auxiliary directed by Com
mander R. W. Stephenson.
Males and females enrolling in the
non-credit course must be at least 10
years old.
“The only cost will be about $7.95 for
the books,” Davenport said.
Interesting People on Campus
BOGUES
ven himself against tough competi-
tion.”
Bogues, who said he’ll regret splitting
up with the team at Chowan, went on to
say that junior coUege helped his game
a great deal. He said he also found out
how “tough” it was in school. “Without
the help of Coach Smith and Chaplain
Taylor, some of us wouldn’t have made
it.”
Since arriving at Chowan, Bogues has
been an All-Region 10 Junior College
player for the last two seasons. He
made the first team this year, and last
year he was a second team selection.
This past season Bogues averaged 18
points an outing, fiauled in 11 rebounds
and shot 57 percent from the floor to
lead the Braves in all three categories.
His 75 percent free throw average was
second best on the Braves’ squad this
season.
Bogues, a native of Camden, plays
the forward position even though he
stands a mere 6-foot-l. During his two
years at Chowan, his lack of size was
never a negative factor in his play. This
past season he was the only unanimous
selection from the strong Eastern
Tarheel Conference. Last season he
was a first team selection as a
freshman.
A year ago Bogues was the team’s
Most Valuable Player, an honor he is
likely to receive again this season.
Look Again, That Might Be Erie I
By ALLEN DAVIS
Braids four inches long dangle from
his head some days and on others the
unweaved strands of hair are combed
into an Afro.
“Styling the braids is suitable to my
campus life,” says Erie Stanley Robin
son, a Graphic A^ major.
Sometimes people loA at me as being
ungroomed b^ause I don’t wear my
hair the way tl»ey think I should. At
other times they act as if they aren’t us
ed to seeing braids.
“I’m not here to impress or to live up
to anyone’s expectations, but to get an
education,” he said.
Robinson’s ability to change his ap
pearance at will occasionally causes
identity problems for his teachers.
He recalls one time last year while he
was still a relatively new freshman that
a professor remarked after class, “I
had already marked you absent and
was about to ask how come we had a
new student entering class so late in the
year when I saw something familiar
beneath that bushy hair and realized it
was you.”
Chowan’s outstanding Gr9phic Arts
Wsa:i:
program is what lured Robinson to
Murfreesboro.
Robinson said he would “recommend
others to attend Chowan because study
ing is made easier by the environ-',
ment.” However, he feels that the addi
tion of minority professors would
enable Chowan’s students to broaden
their understanding of reality.
Before attending Qiowan, Robinson
graduated from Huguenot High School
in Richmond, Va., in 1977. While at
Huguenot he excelled in track (100
yards, 220, 880 relay, and high jump)
and JV basketball. He was also a
member of the club, AIMS (Alliance for
the Interest of Minority Students) and
was selected along with his sweetheart
as class couple.
In his spare time he plays the guitar
and sometimes thinks back about his
short professional drumming career
with the gospel group, the Pearly
Gates. Robinson left the Pearly Gates
in 1977 because he wanted to continue
his education.
At age 19, the Geminian enjoys pain
ting, backgammon, chess, bowling,
horseback riding and listening to jazz
and soul. Dating females is another ac
tivity he enjoys. A pretty ^mile and
good conversation is what attracts him
most to the female.
Chowan’s Phi Theta Kappa accepted
Robinson as a member after he made
the Dean’s List last semester. After
graduating from Chowan in May 1979
he hopes to seek a career in the graphic
arts field.
He’s the son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter S.
Robinson Sr. of 1710 Dakota Avenue in
Richmond, Va.
Robinson Cool
Robinson Casual