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Symphony
To Perform
In Area
By WILLIAM HOBSON
Two concerts of the North Carolina
Symphony will be held on October 18 at
8 p.m. One will be held at the Jackson
School Auditorium in Jackson and the
other at the Enfield High School
Auditorium in Enfield.
The Jackson performance will
feature violinist Eric McCracken and
violist Paul Malcolm as special soloists
according to the North Carolina
Symphony Society.
The Enfield concert will present bass-
baritone Sigurd Bjorkman, double
bassist John Cubbage, violinist Michael
Ma, flutist Barbara Fecteau, and
harpsichordist Brenda Windham as
special soloists the North Carolina
Symphony Society, recently an
nounced.
This will be the only performance by
the North Carolina Symphony in
Jackson or Enfield this year according
to the North Carolina Symphony
Society.
Tickets are $3 for students, senior
citizens and Symphony Society
members. Adults may purchase single
admission tickets for $6 or season
memberships for $5.
For more information call, Mr. Oscar
Spaulding at 585-2081 or Mr. Larry
Armstrong at 455-5188.
Football
Glossary
For Tyros
Now that football season is in full
swing, many novices are being sub
jected to terms that may not make that
much sense to them.
For the announcers and avid football
fans, these terms are like second
nature. No one ever gives a second
thought to the possibility that some
terms can be understood only by those
who have a fair amount of knowledge of
the game.
So, to help those whose knowledge of
football is limited, here is a glossary of
terms and definitions that can be
referred to throughout the season:
Blitzed: What fans get from having
too much beer at football games.
Setback: What someone in the row
behind you hollers when you lean
forward and they can’t see the game.
Red dog: What runs out on the field
and does his business on the 50 yard
line, delaying the game.
Penalty: What you pay after the
game, when you discover you parked
your car in a no parking zone and it’s
been towed away.
Fourth down: What a drunken fan
might holler, just before he starts on his
fifth beer.
Pigskin: A term of endearment used
to identify the person in front of you,
who’s standing up and blocking your
view.
Uprights: After the game, these are
the fans who haven’t been drinking
beer.
Flooding the zone: What happens
when the groundskeepers forget to turn
off the sprinklers before the game.
Chain gang: A group of inmates from
a nearby prison who perform at half-
time.
Of course, there are more terms to
learn, but the novice can only take so
much. Besides, there’ll be more to
learn when basketball season rolls
around.
Editor's note: Kevin Braun, former
sports editor of The Ahoskie News
Herald, wrote this amusing story for
football lovers all over. Braun is now an
employee of The Parker Brothers Staff.
Davis Sees Better Year
For PTK After Parley
By HARRY PICKETT
Editor
CHARLOTTE — When Chowan’s Phi
Theta Kappa officers left here Sept. 22
after attending two days of the Carolina
Regional Leadership Conference, they
were filled with ideas that could give
Chowan’s Chapter, Iota Delta, the
potential to be one of the top notch clubs
in the area, according to PTK President
Freddie Davis.
Davis, along with treasurer Ross
Newcombe, reporter Harry Pickett and
sponsor Ed Wooten attended the con
ference sponsored by Phi Lambda of
Central Piedmont Community College,
where 13 junior and community
colleges representing North and Soudi
Carolina were on hand.
The theme for the annual conference
was “A Time for Truth; America’s
Need for Governmental Renaissance”.
Hoke Griffin, professor of Political
Science at CPCC, was the key note
speaker. He told PTK members that,
“We need to reexamine our con
stitution, and . . . should question
whether the constitution is adequate.”
He asked, “Are we asking too much
of the office of president.”
Because of this conference trip,
which was funded by Chowan’s Student
Government Association, “our
program will be by far better than it
was last year,” Davis observed. “We’re
about fourth in the state right now.”
The two top chapters in North
Carolina are Brevard’s Delta Pi and
Lees McRae’s Beta Tau. They’ve been
f
Chowan's 1979 Football Braves Fill a Big Section of Grandstand To Pose for Group Picture.
the most active clubs for sometime
now, and Davis says “if we could get
our members as close together” as
those two, Chowan could get a great
deal accomplished.
At the conference, PTK members
learned the regional song, written by
Brevard’s Delta Pi fraternity. They
discussed what their favorite service
project and favorite money making
project are and displayed chapter
scrapbooks.
On hand at the convention was Lees
McRae’s Kathi Barker, who is the
Southern Region and National PTK
Vice-President.
“The convention was super,” Davis
added. “Everybody was great. PTK
fever is great. Everybody is so frien
dly.”
The Regional Conference, according
to Davis, will begin the first week of
February in Asheville, and will l)e
sponsored by Brevard Junior College.
“We’ll take the Travel Award easily,”
quipped Davis.
The National PTK convention will be
held in Washington, D.C. the first of
March. Last April, Davis, Newcombe
and Wooten attended the National
convention in Kansas City, Mo. Davis
says he would like to have at least 40 go
this year.
“We’re going to take as many as we
can. We’ll probably elect some
sophomores this semester,” to have a
larger group.
“We’d like to express our thanks to
the SGA, because it was a worthwhile
experience.” Davis said.
Davis (left). Barker and Wooten (Photo by Harry Pickett)
Cale Offers
Open Talks
By Students
By BELINDA ELMORE
Oh tioy, it’s camp time! Camp Cale is
waiting for you. That’s right. Camp
Cale is November 10.
If you have a complaint about
something or just want to talk and meet
new people, Camp Cale is for you. It is
an informal setting where students and
faculty can talk about themselves, their
goals, college, or their future.
The faculty will not lead the
discussions, but will listen to the
students’ opinion. Each group will have
a student leader who will help with the
discussions. You can learn about dif
ferent cultures, the way others feel
about certain activities around cam
pus, and what others feel about each
other.
Some of the activities for the day will
be sailing, hiking, swimming, sun
bathing and good eating. The most
important part is to have fun and get to
know each other.
It only costs $1 and that’s dirt cheap
for fun and food. Come on out to Camp
Cale and get into the action.
If you would like to be a Student
Leader go by Stone Hall and see Mrs.
Wood or Mrs. Owens. They need
someone to help with the discussion
groups.
Let’s go to Camp Cale and have a
terrific time.
12 Nations
Represented
At Chowan
By MENFORD GRISEWOULD
Chowan College has 1,124 students on
campus representing 20 states, the
District of Columbia and 12 foreign
countries.
Of the 1,124, 81 are International
Students, reprensenting the countries of
Brazil, Colombia, Ghana, India, Iran,
Japan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Liberia,
Micronesia, Nigeria and Thailand.
According to Mr. Rowland Pruette,
advisor and personal counselor to these
students, 38 of the 81 students are retur
ning students, either from summer
school or the fall term.
“The International Students are en
couraged to participate in all the ac
tivities of the college,” Pruette stated.
He also mentioned that contacts are
made through the area church groups.
Because of the geographical locations
of the International students’ homes,
they will be visiting different cities dur
ing semester break under a program
called “Christmas International
House”.
Chowan College also has 629 students
from 20 other states, the District of Col
umbia, or from a U.S. Territory. They
are Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware,
Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana,
Kentucky, Maine, Maryland,
Massachusettes, New Hampshire, New
Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania,
South Carolina, Vermont, Virginia and
West Virginia. One student also comes
to Chowan from Puerto Rico.
White Marker
Might Still Work
HOUSTON, TX (CPS) — Rice
University has a problem. It just can’t
seem to make up its mind about
graffitti on t>athroom walls.
The bulletin written and produced by
the staff at Rice’s August Fondren
Library affectionately featured “a
selection of printable graffitti” from
the library walls (i.e., “A woman
without a man is like a fish without a
bicycle”).
The feature was followed, however,
by a notice that library walls were
lieing painted “in the hope it will
discourage graffitti.” If that doesn’t
work. Chief Librarian Sam Carrington
says he’ll paint the bathrooms black.
Financial Aid Banditry Rising
On Campuses Across Country
By STEVE PALMER
(CPS) — Most financial aid officers
don’t like to talk about it. Law enforce
ment officers talk about it, but don’t
know what to do to stop it. Those
reasons, as well as the widening
availability of financial aid, are foster
ing a new kind of student criminal: the
financial aid bandit.
Law enforcement officers find it dif
ficult to say just how widespread aid
fraud has become. As of June 30, 1979,
there were alwut $1.7 billion in federal
student loans in default. If fraud were
held to the minimum two percent level
some of the most optimistic financial
aid officers hope for, that would
translate into some $3.4 million in
stolen financial aid funds.
Clffistine McKenna, a United States
Attorney who successfully prosecuted
four Seattle students for fraud last spr
ing, says one reason it’s hard to deter
mine just how much aid money is stolen
— and hard to prosecute those who do
the stealing — is the lack of coopera
tion from college administrators.
Administrators are the ones who
must initially accuse a student of mak
ing a false statement on an aid applica
tion, and of doing so-with the intent of'
defrauding the U.S. government, the
source of most financial aid. But many
administrators liken prosecuting their
students to “a father suing his son,”
contends James Cissell, U.S. Attorney
tor Southern Ohio.
So some prosecutors see the few aid
fraud cases that they get as the tip of
the iceberg. The pace of prosecution is
nevertheless quickening.
In Seattle last spring, three “occa
sional students” — brothers Dennis and
Jerry Smith, and Patricia Ann Hunt —
were charged with 26 counts of con
spiracy to defraud the government. Ac
cording to the grand jury indictment,
the three filed financial aid applications
to a total of six schools—five communi
ty colleges and the University of
Washington — at the same time. The
three were convicted of trying to get the
funds for profit, not for allaying college
costs. A fourth person — financial aid
counselor Sapina Pele-Titialli — was
subsequently convicted of being in
league with them.
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George Benson, Boz Scaggs, Fleetwood
Mac, and Gato Barbeieri. “I enjoy sit
ting back listening to mellow music. It
really makes me feel good.”
Suzie’s resemblance to Loretta Swit
has caused many second glances. She
has been told by a number of people on
campus that she resembles the star of
M*A*S*H.
“I find it flattering that people think I
look like her. Mrs. Mixon told me last
year before religion class that I looked
like ‘Hot Lips’.” Suzie believes it would
l)e interesting to meet Ms. Swit.
Being the youngest in the family of
eight, Suzie has always been the most
picked on.
“Out of four stepchildren, one brother
and sister, and one cousin, I grew up in
a very busy house. I learned many
things from all of them, ranging from
how to sneak out of the house without
your parents catching you, to kicking a
football, to how to act when out on a
date,” she recalled.
In Suzie’s case, eight was enough.
In Maryland, Suzie was bom on Oc
tober 2,1958. Two years later she mov
ed to Virginia Beach, where she has
been living ever since.
Suzie’s father, William F. Whalen Jr.,
was killed while in the Navy in 1961.
Four years later, her mother, Teddie
Whalen remarried another Naval of
ficer, Victor B. Rink.
“The strange thing about this is they
had all been friends before my father
died,” Suzie said.
As can readily be seen, Suzie is an in
teresting person who has had an
exciting life.
And, as Suzie always says, “All’s
whale that ends whale”.
Another financial aid officer —
Robert Ellis — was convicted in
January, 1978 of one count of embezzle
ment. Ellis had been involved in a
scheme that made financial aid
available to eight University of Cincin
nati students in return for kickbacks.
The students were put on probation,
?anaad,ord«i:?(l ,fct.nwJi)e..W6titution- ^Ulis,„
was sentenced to a two-year prison
term, and assessed a $5,000 fine.
Illinois officials think they’re on to
the largest financial aid fraud scheme
on record. They’ve charged Abioudun
Bamgbose, a 33-year-old Nigerian na
tional, with trying to bilk the Northern
Illinois University financial aid office
out of $30,000. The trial began last week
with Bamgbose pleading not guilty.
State Attorney Bill Brady claims
Bamgbose had about $15,400 in checks
made out to different aliases waiting
for him at NIU’s aid office. He was ar
rested last August on his way to pick up
two of the checks totalling $1,400. A list
of twelve aliases and social security
numbers were allegedly found in the
suspect’s shoe.
John Phillips of the state Department
of Law Enforcement’s financial fraud
unit says he’s investigating the
possibility that Bamgbose used “well
over 50 combinations of names and
social security numbers.” He told the
Daily mini at the University of Illinois
that “If he got $25,000 out of NIU,
there’s no reason he couldn’t have got
ten $25,000 out of other schools.”
If found guilty of the charges surroun
ding his actions at Northern Illinois,
Bamgbose could spend five years in
prison and have to pay a $10,000 fine.
The Seattle financial aid bandits were
hit with jail sentences, fines, probation
and court orders to pay the money
back. Aid counselor Pele-Titialli is still
awaiting sentencing. She faces a max
imum five year term and a $10,000 fine.
But penalties have not been much of a
deterrent to others. Even after the
much-publicised sentences were hand
ed down to the Seattle students, Robert
Russell, aid director at North Seattle
Community College, notes “I’m still
^.seeing, some mighty crazy looking ap
plications.”
Russell who was a witness in the Seat
tle trial, laments that “students are fin
ding that they have everything to gain
and almost nothing to risk. If a student
is refused financial aid at this college, it
is a good bet he can get it somewhere
else.”
When University of Califomia-Davis
financial aid director Marvin Hensley
heard about a student who spent over
half his Guaranteed Student Loan buy
ing marijuana to deal, he said it was
students’ responsibility to report fraud.
“We have found in the past that there
is some fraud and abuse,” Hensley told
the California Aggie last spring. “We
expect students to exercise their
responsibilities and report any abuses
of the system.” Hensley said the
university’s two percent fraud level
was acceptable.
But, nationally, there may be more
fraud coming. North Seattle’s Russell
blames the apparently-spreading prac
tice of aid fraud on the increasing
availability of financial aid, especially
fw offspring of higher-income families.
He says the new Middle Income Stu
dent Assistance Act, which makes
students from families that make up to
$25,000 eligible for aid for the first time,
may make things worse. “What we are
seeing is a higher socio-economic group
that is brighter, more adept at
manipulating the system.”
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