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CHOWAN OLYMPICS — Jim Estelle (upper) and Jim Phillips careen down
"Mount Marks" in an Improvised luge event, (Photo by Bennie
Bridgewater)
Missing Candy Bars
Traced to Rat Hole
By MENFORD GRISEWOULD
East Hall is experiencing a problem
with rats walking on the ceilings and, in
some cases, in their rooms.
William Hammons, of the second
floor, was one of the first to see a rat in
his room, but practically everyone has
heard the scratches and scrapes caused
by the “resident rodents.”
Hammons explained that on coming
back on campus after Christmas, he
bought about 10 candy bars. After
leaving the room momentarily, he
found the candy bars gone. Assuming
that someone had stolen them, he did
nothing about it.
But on February 6, one of the candy
bars was found behind his door. “I
thought whoever took the candy was
rubbing it in,” Hammons stated.
He then noticed the rat and another
candy bar at the end of his bed. He
reacted by grabbing a broom and
crippling it.
Hammons then found an opening
near the end of his bed. He moved it
(the bed) and found the remaining of
his missing candy bars.
According to Hammons, some oc-
cupantii on the second floor later took
the approximate 14-inch rat to the Head
Resident. The students then took the rat
to Dean Clayton Lewis’ home.
George Kenworthy, Hammons’
roommate, said that the dean blames
the presence of rats on food being in the
room.
Another incident involving rats,
prompted some first floor residents to
purchase air deodorizers for their
rooms. A rat had apparently died
between the walls, and the smell was
“unbearing,” according to the oc
cupants, Rhett Coates and Howard
Williams. “We have five deodorizers,
which are all in use.”
Commenting on the dean’s ob
servation, Williams said that food
couldn’t have lured the rats in his room
because, it’s on “rare occasions” that
he or his roommate has food in the
UFO's Seen
By Student
Ronald E. Wood, who returned to the
Chowan campus this semester, has
lieen a student of aircraft and flying
objects for a number of years.
Following is his account of the sighting
of a mysterious group of objects in the
sky above Murfreesboro last month.
By RONALD E. WOOD
Three air borne disks were seen
Saturday the 12th of last month near
Murfreesboro N.C. along US 158. The
objects at first appeared to at a distance
to be airplanes, but as they got closer
the objects appeared to disk-shaped
craft and there was no sound during the
time of the sighting and no smoke trail.
Smoke trails, if these were aircraft,
would l)e visible. Further up was a
strange aircraft which looked like the
Beechcraft Skipper. But at the time of
the sighting, my attention was focussed
on the objects.
They were gray disk-shaped and
before they disappeared, two of the
objects went one on top of the other
while the third remained side by side
with the lower of the two. Military
aircraft would not be refuling over a
populated area, so this explanation can
be ruled out.
These objects stayed in sight for
more than ten minutes, then just
disappeared.
room. Williams added that the dorm
(East) should be “renovated and ex
terminated.”
Whether East Hall would get ex
terminated is up to coUege officials, but
according to Kenneth Smith (second
floor) “ ‘Ben’ and ‘Willard’ started off
something like this too, and most of us
know how much damage they caused!”
Arnold
To Head
Trustees
Chowan College trustees elected the
Rev. J. Felix Arnold of Enfield as their
chairman and emphasized the en
dowment program and other financial
matters during their semi-annual
meeting February 11.
The trustees also elected State Sen. J.
J. Harrington of Lewiston, vice
chairman and J. E. Ferebee of Cam
den, chairman of the Executive
Committee.
President Bruce E. Whitaker
reported the endowment fund has in
creased from under $7,000 in 1957 to
over $2 million. He asked the trustees to
assist the college in reaching a $5
million goal within two or three years
and a $50 million goal “within a
generation.”
Good Diet
Includes
Basic Food
By SARAH G. WRIGHT
Director of Health Services
Now that the big snows have come
and gone, are you beginning to
daydream about days at the beach?
How will you look in your bathing suit?
If there are a few bulges here and there,
now is the time to start taking the
pounds off. If you are too thin, you could
begin now to consume a few extra
calories.
We Americans are eating more
calories and exercising less. The
rewards for this are hypertension,
heart disease, other circulatory
diseases and diabetes.
If you are considering dieting, don’t
forget the four basic food groups and do
include them in your diet each day.
They are: bread and cereal group, fruit
and vegetable group, milk group, and
meat and protein groups.
Do exclude gravies, butter, rich
dressings, sour cream, rich pastries,
and other such desserts. Perhaps if you
omitted only these high calorie foods
you would be well on your way to losing
those few extra pounds.
Your scales will surely let you know if
you are eating too much. When more
calories are taken in than are burned
up, pounds are added. When you bum
up more than you take in pounds are
lost.
The scales in the infirmary are in a
convenient place for you to weigh.
Come in and use them. We will also give
you a calorie chart if you need one.
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procedures of SGA than Atkinson would
likely be.
“Sharee’s non-involvement in the
SGA could prove to be a deciding factor
in the election,” he explained.
The Dean’s List student is quick to
note that as the SGA executive, he could
maintain the close rapport he has with
the faculty and administration on
campus. Presently he is a member of
the Athletic Committee, En
tertainment, Intramural, Housing and
the Counseling Center Student
Leadership Group.
“I feel that for a freshman I have an
exceptional relationship with the
faculty and administration,” the
printing technology student asserted,
“and in order to successfully act for the
students, this is essential.
“My involvement in these com
mittees has broadened my knowledge
of Chowan to the extreme. I’ve learned
a lot about how Chowan works and
the people who are involved
with each section of development.
Present SGA
As an active member of the 1979-80
SGA legislature, Laney feels
everything is going along smoothly,
even though there’s a lot of “student”
criticism. He attributes this criticism to
the lack of understanding SGA policies.
Changes he said he would make in
clude accepting evaluations and acting
on all “suggestions” and “problems”
presented to him, because as a student,
“other’s problems are my problems
too.”
He went on to emphasize that it is
important to him to have good student
involvement next year, and that he
would stress it as far as he could. A
campus-wide plan to comprehend SGA
duties and functions will be enacted in
order for all students to understand
more clearly the functions of the
government.
Student-views
Laney noted that since he was ap
pointed to the SGA legislature, he has
developed a keen interest in student
views. He announced to students at
mid-term during fall semester of his
intentions of becoming a candidate, and
he wanted their ideas on actions they
wanted seen put in effect.
“I feel student views are not
evaluated as they should be,” he
continued. “Without this evaluation of
student government, then the
organization would have no meaning.
Mike Burke
Laney didn’t want to speak critically
of SGA president Mike Burke for his
inability to agree with his officers
earlier in the fall, his involvements in a
panty raid, or his involvements in
squirting shaving cream on bystanders
after an attempted toothbrush raid. He
did however, feel Burke could stand
“presonal improvement.”
“No offense to Mike, but his behavior
has decreased his popularity. The SGA
presidency is a prestigious position,
definately an honor.
“My behavior if elected will increase
my popularity,” Laney went on. “I feel,
however, that Mike has done an ex
cellent job in devoting time to SGA”
Thought planning
Laney has made plans to have just 14
credit hours each semester next year.
He notes that the agenda of an SGA
president is demanding, and by loading
H) this year, he will have “ample” time
to devote to student affairs.
He feels Atkinson’s time will be a
“limited” because she will be taking 18
hours per semester in the Pre-
Engineering curriculm.
Hopeful's background
Laney, 18, is a 1979 graduate of West
Charlotte High School where he
received the school’s “Mr. Senior”
award. He was presented, also, with his
high school administration’s award for
outstanding meritorious service.
At Chowan, Laney is one of the more
active students He presently presides
as president of West Hall’s dorm
council and is a member of Phi Theta
Kappa, Chowan’s honor fraternity.
This is only Laney’s second political
venture. The thought of political
career, he notes, has crept in his mind
before, but right now the thought of
being owner of his own commercial
graphics business takes precedence.
The two candidates will speak to the
student body at assembly on Monday,
March 3, and Wednesday, March 5,
before the balloting.
Downeast Chamber
Appears March 6
Chowan students are invited to attend
a Community Concert featuring the
Downeast Chamber Players on
Thursday, March 6 at 8:15 p.m. in
McDowell Columns auditorium.
The Downeast Chamber Players
combines the talents of four out
standing musicians on violin, clarinet,
cello and piano to present a wide and
varied repertoire frcaa the Baroque
through the contemporary.
Each member of the Downeast
Chamber Players brings a wealth of
chamber music experience, as per
formers and master teachers.
Students may use attendance at
concerts to reduce absences from
assembly.
VOTE
Pierce Burke
Social Co-Chairman for Men
Helms Gymnasium Will Contain
Ultimate in Sports Facilities
By GREG BASSETT
Completion of howan’s $2.5 million
Ormnasium is finally in sight as the
sports facility destined to add to the
xUege’s reputation as one of the best
two-year schools in the country could be
finished in April.
It will re^ace the aging present
gymnasium built in 1954 to ac
commodate a student population of 300.
Now that Chowan has swelled to over
1,000 students, a new gym is needed to
house the college’s expanding sports
department and replace the
delapidated hanger-like facility.
The new gymnasium will be named in
the honor of North Carolina senior U.S.
Senator and Baptist layman Jesse A.
Helms, who is expected to attend the
grand dedication ceremonies to be held
in the spring.
There are many aspects of the gym
that make it the ultimate sports
facility. In the main room there are
three side-by-side basketball courts.
The center court will be used for
collegiate games and will be marked
solely for basketball. Each end court
will be marked tor volleyball play while
one will also be marked for badminton.
The main room will have a wood floor
as opposed to the recently popular
synthetic floors which are being in
stalled in many new sports facilities.
Department of Buildings and Grounds
Superintendent, Jack Hassell, said the
college “agonized” over having a wood
or a plastic floor. Wood was chosen
because it could be easily repaired by
school personnel and is more
traditional. Both types of floors need
equal maintenance, according to
Hassell.
Three electronic time clocks will
assure accurate scores as they will be
arranged to work individually or in
unison. Since it will be possible to
curtain off the room into three court
sections, bleachers will be electric and
mobile. Hassell pointed out that the old
problem of reserving court time will be
solved since both the boy’s and girl’s
basketball teams as well as ih-
tramurals can practice and play at the
same time without interruption.
According to Hassell, the gym’s in
fra-red heating system will allow
certain portions of the main room to be
heated as needed. This should be
helpful in conserving energy as well as
adjusting temperatures. Hassell ex
plained that the court temperature
could be made lower than the stands
temperature and vice-versa.
Another important room will be the
mini-gym, which compares in size to
the current gymnasium. It will be used
for wrestling and some of the more
typical physical purposes. Next to the
mini-gym are four glass inclosed
handball courts, and a large weight
room that will feature two universal
machines and live weights.
Tiny Figure ot Workman Emphasizes Size of Pool (Photo by Greg Bassett)
There are ten dressing rooms, seven
of which are varsity rooms, complete
with showers and lockers. One room is
equipped with a steam room as well as
a $3,000 sauna bath. Hassell said the
sauna and steam room should be “nice
for everybody.”
One of the most impressive parts of
the complex is the Olympic-size
swimming pool in the rear of the
building. Five large windows light the
area and open onto a sundeck. The pool,
which will be named in the honor of the
late Ruth Camp Campbell, of Franklin,
Va, will feature swim lanes, a diving
board and a large observation deck.
The pool area’s heating system
allows the steam from the heated water
to be recycled. The humidity is
removed from the air arid, according to
Hassell, there will be “no steam room
feeling”, as often exists in enclosed pool
areas.
STUDENT OPPORTUNITIES
We are looking for girls
interested in being
counselors - activity
instructors in a private
girls camp located in
Hendersonville, N.C.
Instructors needed
especially in Swimming
(WSl)y Horseback riding,
'Tennis, Backpacking,
Archery, Canoeing,
Gymnastics, Crafts, Also
Basketball, Dancing,
Baton, Cheerleading,
Drama, Art, Office work,
Canp craft. Nature study.
Inquires - Morq^ Haynes,
P.O. Box 400c, Tryon,
N.C., 28782.
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