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Page 2 — Smoke Signals, Mondoy, August 27, 1979
EDITORIAL OPINION I Dorm RA
Closest
For Help
Let Us Hear From You
The staff of Smoke Signals extends a cordial welcome to all new
students. We sincerely hope that you enjoy this special edition of
Smoke Signals, which is designed just for you, in hopes that you
may be more familiarized with the campus community, its ac
tivities, organizations and functions.
Smoke Signals is edited and published every three weeks by
students in the Graphic Communications Department. We feel
that Smoke Signals is a quality college publication. The staff en
courages all prospective students to get involved in the “Chowan
Experience” because only you can make the news.
Our objective is to serve you, the student, staff and administra
tion, as accurately and as informatively as possible. We hope that
you also find Smoke Signals, during the course of the year, to be a
means of entertainment on those dull, lonesome evenings.
We urge all readers to submit letters to the editor involving the
campus community. Should you see ways to improve certain
areas on campus, or ways that you see which could improve the
journalistic qualities of Smoke Signals, we suggest that you voice
your opinion. We advise, however, that all suggestions be of good
taste, and rid of all vulgarity; such crude expressions will not be
published.
As you’ve noticed on the front page, we have an “Interesting
People on Campus” feature, which we publish each issue. Should
you have any suggestions pertaining to a member of the student
body, faculty or staff whom you find interesting, get in touch with
a Smoke Signals staffer, so that we can all share an interesting
adventure or hobby.
We think you’ll enjoy Chowan if you become involved in ex
tracurricular activities, hit the books every evening, become
friends with all members of this small community — including
faculty and staff — and read every issue of Smoke Signals.
Have a good year, all!!! — HARRY PICKETT
It's a Year-Long Job
I would like to address all returning students who complained
about the yearbook last spring.
I don’t think any of you realize how much there is to putting such
a publication together.
I have worked on the Chowanoka staff for two years (76-77,
78-79). At the beginning of each year there were many interested
students. But when it comes down to doing the actual work only a
handful of these help.
I would like to give all or you an idea of the type of help that is
needed. We start with an editor and associate ecUtor. From there
we need section editors who need the help of several
photographers, copy writers and layout persons.
Last year I took on the responsibility of the departmental sec
tion witti the help of a co-editor. The majority of the photography I
did myself. The rest I obtained from the files in Graphic Arts,
many of which were taken during the summer or at the very
beginning of the year.
All copy was written by either my co-editor or me. All layouts
were done by us.
Now you say, that is only one section. I reply that the class
was put together by two people, one of whcMn was not even
a member of the staff. The organizational section, by the choice of
only one staff member, was put together in four weeks time. This
should have been done two months before this. These are
examples of only two sectons, but the others were done in much
the same way.
I have heard complaints about mistakes in printing. Due to the
lack of help the layouts were turned in late, leaving a very short
time for Graphic Arts to print it.
Having read this, I hope that you may have some understanding
of the work involved with providing you a yearbook.
I only have one other thing to ask. Do not promise your help to
editor Scott White when you know you will not fill this obligation.
-CINDY LEE
Resident Assistants Are Here
When You Need Them
Realizing to what extent one’s living
conditions can affect every other aspect
of one’s life, residence halls are staffed
by personal who are available to assist
you when you arrive on campus,
whether you are a returning student or
entering Chowan College for the first
time. Each residence hall is operated
by a Residence Director, who is
assisted by a team of Resident
Assistants, better known as R. A.s.
By necessity, residence hall personel
are caring persons, who attempt to deal
with as many different kinds of situa
tions as there are residents on their
halls. They care about you, as an in
dividual. Among the many roles they
try to fill are those of administrator,
friend, counselor, educator, and
regulator. They will be available to
share your happiness, sorrow, frustra
tions, problems, or whatever — if you
let them.
Edited, printed and published
by students at Chowan College
for students, faculty and staff
of Chowan College
1978-79 Staff
Susan Pote — Editor
Harry Pickett — Associate Editor
News Stoff
Daniel Bender Kathy Fisher Cindy Lee
Jane Bridgforth Charles Hitchcock Fron Morrison
Allen Davis William Hobson Sandro Perry
Tim Elliott Paul Kelly Donna Swicegood
By DONNA SWICEGOOD
The Resident Assistant on each dor
mitory floor may well be the person
new students will see the most. The
Resident Assistants, commonly refer
red to as RA’s, are students who are
there to help the individual student with
his minor problems.
The resident assistants are selected
for their maturity, leadership, ex
perience, scholarship, and desire to
help others realize their potential for
self-development. The people who
serve as resident assistants are trained
to assist residents with personal, social
and academic problems and to inter
pret college philosophy and residence
hall policies and procedures.
Resident Assistants are assigned to
each floor in each dormitory. There is
usually one RA per floor although some
dormitories may have two per floor.
Resident Assistants are encouraged
to fill the following roles, to the best of
their ability: to be a friend, a counselor,
an educator, an administrator, and a
regulator, according to Mrs. Alice
Vann, Director of Residence Hall Life.
Resident Assistants for the 1979-80
academic year are as follows:
Parker Hall
Basement; Charles Buie
1st Floor; Jimmy Estelle
2nd Floor; Greg Kaserman
3rd Floor: Steve Whittemore
4th Floor: Allen Poston
6th Floor: Scott White
7th Floor: Bernard Miller
8thFloor: Deitrich Ricks
WestHaU
1st Floor North: Mike Bosch
2nd Floor South: Dennis Loan
2nd Floor North: Kenneth Benjamin
2nd Floor South: Tony Byrd
3rd Floor North: Steve Harrison
E^st Hall
1st Floor: Randy Stogner
2nd Floor: Mark Strickland
3rd Floor: Chris Crestwell
Mixon Hall
1st Floor: Deno White
2nd Floor: unassigned
BelkHaU
1st Floor North: Denise Martin
1st Floor South: Renee Lambert
2nd Floor North: Pat Csigi
2nd Floor South: Hannah Harper
3rd Floor North: Nancy Loy
3rd Floor South: LeAnn Barlow
Jenkins Hall
1st Floor North: Andrea Tillet
1st Floor South: Kelly Keenad‘‘ ?!l3 lo
2nd Floor North: Janet Whitaker :oaf 'la
2nd Floor South; Jackie Bass
The 5th Floor of Parker Hall and the
south side of 3rd floor of West Hall are
reserved for the associate head
residents of those dorms.
A resident assistant is a student who
shares responsibility with other
residence haU staff members to create
and maintain an environment in
his/her hall or wing that contributes to
both the academic and personal growth
of students. Resident Assistants have
primary concern for general super
vision of small living groups of students
in a way that encourages individual
responsibility and decreases feelings of
loneliness and alienation.
LOWE
Your R. A. will be located on yoiu* hall.
We encourage him/her to get to know
you and every other resident on his/her
hall as soon as possible; to welcome you
and to make you and to make you feel
that you “belong” at Chowan Colege.
During your two years at Chowan, we
challenge you to work with the resident
hall staff to make your residence hall as
much a “home away from home” as
possible. We believe that a sense of
pride in the place where you live is
necessary for success in every phase of
your life while at Chowan, whether it be
social, intellectual, physical, or
spiritual.
On behalf of your residence Director
and Resident Assistant, we welcome
you to the Chowan College campus.
Alice D. Vann
Director of Residence Life
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and Schools. All faculty members keep
office hours. These are the students’
hours, times when faculty members
will see you on an individual basis. Fur
ther, each member of the full-time
faculty serves as an academic adviser
to a group of students. You are urged to
attend all acheduled meetings with
your adviser, and also to consult with
your adviser periodically on an in
dividual basis.
Whitaker Library is a modern, com
fortable facility in which to study and
do research. Early in your academic
career you will want to get acquainted
with it and what it has to offer you. The
library staff is well qualified and eager
to assist you with your needs. Current
ly, the book collection is approximately
M,000, exclusive of microfilm, govern
ment depository items, bound
periodicals, recordings, and the like.
With the exception of the gymnasium,
all academic facilities and supporting
equipment are of good quality and
designed to provide an environment
conducive to the educational process.
While the current gymnasium is admit
tedly less than desirable, a new gym
nasium/physical education center is
under construction, and hopefully will
be ready for use early in the spring
semester of this year.
While the college has made extensive
provisions for your academic welfare,
to include the expenditure for educa
tional purposes of a far greater portion
of the budget than required by our ac
crediting agency, all of this is beneficial
only to the extent that you, our
students, take advantage of it. Budget
your time wisely; allow adequate time
for your studies; and then find time for
your other activities.
We are pleased to have each of you at
Chowan College, and it is our sincere
wish that this will be a year of personal
flilfillment and happiness.
B. Franklin Lowe Jr.
Dean of the CoUppp
BIG SMILE, NOW This scene will be repeoted mony times this year as students sit for ID card photographs.
Mike Gosnell takes a break in the lengthy task lost fall while Mrs. Marianne Jackson mons the camera In the
Graphic Communications Department.
Rest, Food, Exercise $CA Head
Needed for Good Health Asks Ideas
By SARAH G. WRIGHT
Director of Health Services
So you have gone away to college? No
one will tell you when to go to bed, when
to get up, or what to eat. Great! How
good will you be as the “Keeper of your
body?”
Often times the student seen in the
infirmary is simply exhausted. You can
not expect to stay up until two or three
o’ clock and make it to an eight o’ clock
class feeling alert. As you become more
exhausted your body becomes more
susceptible to diseases. Also recovery
from an illness will take longer.
How about your choice of food when
you go through the cafeteria line? The
cafeteria does serve good food and well
balanced meals. If you hope to be fat by
the end of your first year in college eat
all the desserts, bread and drink lots of
coke. Don’t forget all those late night
snacks of candy bars, potato chips and
perhaps a hamburger before going to
bed. This couldn’t be the way you want
to see yourself the next spring when it’s
time to put on the old swim suit!
Walking is great exercise, so take
advantage of the campus and walk
fe'verwhei^. Dbh’f ride from the d6i!
tl)' ^'
fwl more” alert "after walking in the
fresh air. More calories will be burned
while walking. Exercise helps improve
circulation and you will have a
healthier, prettier body. Years can be
added to your life by eating wisely,
getting enough exercise and a proper
amount of sleep.
Penny Infirmary Information
(1) Nurses are on duty 24 hours daily
in Penny Infirmary. A registered nurse
is on duty from 7:30 A.M. to 4:00 P.M.
daily, Monday through Friday. A
licensed practical nurse is on duty at
night, Monday through Friday and on
call during weekends.
There are twenty-five beds in Penny
Infirmary. Students too ill to attend
classes or to go to the cafeteria for
meals should remain in the infirmary.
Consultation Hours in Infirmary
Weekdays
(Monday through Friday)
7:30 — 9:30a.m.
10:30-11:30 a.m.
1:30 —3p.m.
6 —7:30 p.m.
(2) After consultation hours at night
and on weekends: The nurse on duty
will not unlock the doors to the in
firmary unless the student, head
resident or resident assistant calls
before leaving he dormitory.
(3) DO NOT KNOCK OR BANG on
Men's Basketball
1979-80 Schedule
Nov. 16-17 Doubleheader Home 7:00
Newport News 9:00
Smithdeol Mossey
Craven
Nov. 19-20 TipOffTourr). Home 7:00
Mt. Olive 9:00
Loultburg
Southeastern
Nov. 26 Ferrum Home 7:30
Nov. 30 Smithdeol Massey Home 8:00
Dec. 3 N.C. Wesleyan Home 8:00
Dec. 4 DukeJ.V. Away 7:00
Dec. 8 Smithdeol Massey Awoy 7:30
Dec. 10 Newport News Away 7:30
Jon. 11-12 NewportNews Away 7:00
Tournoment 9:00
Jan. 16 Louisburg Away 7:30
Jan. 19 Southeostern Away 8:00
Jan. 22 Richard Bland Away 7:30
Jan. 24 N.C. Wesleyan Away 7:30
Jon. 26 Lenior Comm. Col. Home 8:00
Jon. 28 Mount Olive Home 8:00
Jan. 30 Frederick Home 8:00
Feb. 2 Newport News Home 8:00
Feb. 4 Ferrum Awoy 7:30
Feb. 9 Louisburg Home 8:00
Feb. 13 Richard Bland Home 8:00
Feb. 16 Lenior Comm. Col. Away 8;00
Feb. 18 Frederick Military Awoy 7:00
Feb. 21 Mount Olive Away 8:00
Feb. 23 Southeostern Home 8:00
the outside doors. This can be very
upsetting to ill people in bed in the in
firmary.
(4) Doctors in Murfreesboro:
Dr. A. A. McLean, 220 Wynn Street
Monday through Friday 9 a.m.-12
noon and 2 p.m.-5 p.m.
Saturday and Wednesday 9 a.m.-12
noon.
Dr. Roy D. Flood, Beechwood Blvd.
Dr. Melvin L. Clayton, Beechwood
Blvd.
Monday through Friday 9 a.m.-12
noon and 2 p.m.-5 p.m.
Thursday and Saturday 9 a.m.-12
noon
(5) Emergencies at night are treated
at Roanoke Chowan Hospital in
Ahoskie. The student is responsible for
all doctor bills unless accident related.
Prescriptions may be filled at the three
local drug stores at the student’s ex
pense.
.ifiXExcusedabsence&for illness:
s^ent to -ttej'
firmary before the beginning of class
from which he is seeking an excuse.
If he is at the doctor’s office and
misses a class, he may bring a note
from the doctor’s office and an excuse
will be written.
The infirmary will not write an ex
cuse for classes when a student sleeps
through the class.
(7) First Aid treatment, cold
medicines, etc. are furnished by the
infirmary.
The infirmary telephone:
DAY NURSE
8 a.m. to 4 p.m. 398-4101 Ext. 248
7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. 398-9655
NIGHT NURSE
4 p.m. to 7:30 a.m. 398-4357 or 398-9655
BURKE
The student Goverment Association
.jKOuld .Jike to welcome .all thi^. new
freshmSa ahd '>
“ sophtrtir(S«s. ' ■ • - ■
The SGA, along with Mrs. Alice Vann
(the SGA advisor) and Dean R. Clayton
Lewis (dean of students) has many
plans to make this school a more en
joyable place to live and learn.
The SGA officers who will serve you
this year are; Mike Burke, president;
Nancy Loy, vice president; Terri Ar
nold, secretary; Steve Whittemore,
treasurer, and Greg Kaserman and
Patricia Clsigi, social co-chairpersons
for men and women.
If anyone has any suggestions which
could help in this cause, please make
them to any of the SGA officers. The
SGA cannot promise that these sugges
tions will become valid, but they will be
debated.
If any person has an interest or skill
which the school or any department
could use, please contact me. I feel sure
we could use you.
Mike Burke
SGA President
Chowanoka
Get Involved!
Freshmen and Sophomores interested in working on
the yearbook staff can sign up in the office of the
Department of Graphic Communications immediate
ly. Positions available are;
Paid
Associate Editor
Non-paid
Photographers
Artists
Cartoonist
Organizations Editor
Office Manager
Class Section Editors
Features Editor
Writers
Copy Editors
Photo Editor
Graphics Editor
Sports Editor
Society Editor
Note. Applications for Associate Editor will be ac
cepted in the Department of Graphic Communica
tions office until 5:00 p.m. September 5. Organiza
tional Meeting will be held September 10, 7:00 p.m.
in Marks Hall Auditorium.
— Scott White —
Editor Chowanoka