Campus Question: What Use Do You Recommend For the Old Gymnasium?
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By BARBARA PARKER
As the completion of the new $2.5 million Jesse A. Helms Gymnasium and Physical Education Center draws nearer, the
question of what to do with the old gym has arisen.
Now that the sports activities including basketball, swinuning, volleyball, wrestling and others will be transferred to the
new gym, the old gym will be available for other uses.
Smoke Signals asked people on campus for their opinion as to what purpose the old gym might serve.
TERRI GRIZZARD, Capron, Va. — “I think it should be used for recreation.”
STEVE JARMAN, New Bern, N.C. — “I think it should be turned into a campus game room and laundromat so that the
students will not have to compete with the people who live in town to wash their clothes. ”
TIM ELUOTT, Raleigh, N.C. - “Intramurals.”
BEVERLY PRICE, Hampton, Va. — “It sounds good as a student center.”
HOPE BOYCE, Tyner, N.C. — “I think they should use it for dances and intramurals.”
TIM FORTUNE, Thomasville, N.C. — “Turn it into a recreation center. What else could you do?”
CLIFTON S. COLLINS, Murfreesboro — “A recreation building for the students.”
DENISE COOK, Enfield, N.C. — “For dances and recreation”.
YUSUFU ABDULMUMINI, Nigeria - “A recreational center for students to come together.”
CECILIA YAU, U.R. Taupong, Ghana — “A student center, it’s a shame that we have an insufficient student center.”
KAREN WHEELHOUSE, Virginia Beach, Va. — “A student center where you can hold dances and stuff,”
T.RK FREEMAN, Darlin^on, S.C. — “I think it should be used as a student center and also for intramurals.”
TAMMIE RAWL5, Reisterstown, Md. — “If possible, a bowling alley.”
— Photo by Barbara Parker
Volume 11 Number 9
Chowan College, Murfreesboro, NC
March 12, 1980
Campus
Face Lift
Planned
By GREG BASSETT
Campus grounds will soon undergo
some major changes as the college
has employed a land architectural
agency which has suggested many key
improvements for the school’s 235
acres.
The main purpose of the im
provements wUl be to tie various
segments of the campus together, ac
cording to buildings and grounds
superintendent. Jack Hassell.
“Our idea is to tie the whole campus
together,” said Hassell. “We hope to
be able to stabilize one area at a time
through proper planning.”
Hassell said the land architects
hired by the college, Edward G. Car
son and Associates of Norfolk, have
suggested many ideas that will be
beneficial to all of the students.
One major improvement will involve
the footpath east of the football field
used as a shortcut by Parker Hall
residents. Plans call for the path’s
stabilizing through paving and the in
stallation of lights. A bridge linking
the path to the new gymnasium is also
planned.
Hassell explained that students from
the north portion of campus could ust
the bridge, which will cross an artery
flowing from Lake Vann, instead of
walking along Union Street to the
gym.
Steps will be placed from the path
down to the small river, where the
bridge will cross and steps will pro
ceed up the hill. Hassell said the path
to the gym would be winding and
graceful, and should suit the area.
Some trees will also be removed
from the wooded area, Hassell ex
plained, so that Helms Gymnasium
and Parker Hall could be easily view
ed from the rest of the campus and
appear less isolated.
Plans also call for the landscaping
of the area between East, West and
Mixon Halls. A full basketball court
will be built in the area in order to tie
the three buildings together.
The patio areas in front of both Belk
and Jenkins Halls are also set to be
extended and enlarged. Bushes, trees
and additional benches will be placed
around the patios.
Lighting fixtures will be replaced
along Pine Walk. The lights and their
lamp posts will be increased and
resemble the lights along the walk
through the middle of Squirrel Park.
Another possibility is the creation of
a small park on the east side of the
tennis courts behind Parker Hall.
Hassell said a few picnic tables could
be placed under some trees in the
area.
Hassell said that the completion of
Helms Gymnasium will also mean the
completion of the college’s ten year
building program. He noted that with
t*uction completed, the college
how have the opportunity to con
centrate both physically and financial
ly on upgrading the campus grounds.
Blame the Snow!
The heavy snow which cancelled
classes one day and marooned some
students at home until midweek is
responsible for the lateness of this issue
of Smoke Signals as well as the
omission of some news and features.
SNOW REMOVAL — The business of clearing the cam
pus enough to resume classes goes forward under the
watchful eye of college Business Manager Ben Sutton
(in white sweater). Sutton also doubled as a cook,
helping Ron and Linda Thompson teed campus-locked
students when regular cafeteria workers were unable
to get through. (Photo by Nancy Thierry)
Saunders Takes NationalTitle;
Milfsakakis On All-American
By HARRY PICKETT
WORTHINGTON, Minn. - Doug
Saunders went undefeated through five
rounds here to win the 134-pound class
in the Naitonal Junior College Wrestl
ing Tournament, and lead his team,
Chowan College, to a seventh-place
finish.
Teammate Steve Miltsakakis finish
ed 5-1, posting a third-place finish in the
national tournament under the 190-
pound classification. He was named to
the second team All-America team, and
Saunders to the first.
Chowan coach Steve Nelson said he
expected his two sophomores to place in
the tournament, but he didn’t expect
such a high showing. Both participated
last season as freshmen and he feels, if
anything, the experience of being there
before paid off.
Finishing out their celebrated
careers with Chowan, Saunders ended
it all with a 25-4 mark and Miltsakakis
21-2.
Last season Saunders fell in the
quarter-finals, and Milsakakis was
stopped short after winning in the first
round. He sustained a leg injury and
was ineffective for the remainder of the
tournament.
An elated Nelson, whose team was
chosen the number one junior college
east of Ohio, said: “It was a tremen
dous effort, 'hiey deserve all the credit.
They experienced pressure before.”
During the regular season, Chowan
posted a 12-0 dual record, and racked up
the Newport News Invitational and
Southeastern Region championship.
They were ranked as high as 12th by the
NJAA and Associated Press.
Over more than 100 junior colleges
participated. The winner was Lakeland
Community College of Menton, Ohio.
To win the coveted 10-state regional
tournament at Cocoa, Fla. Chowan nos
ed out Chattahoochee by one-fourth of a
point 71 % to 71 %. Host team Broward
Conununity College placed third with a
score of 61.
Chowan, in capturing the title was
paced by sophomores Doug Saunders
and Steve Miltasakakis, both let-
termen.
Saunders of Woodlawn, Va., took the
134-pound weight class and Miltsakakis
of Sleigh was a winner in the 190-
pound range.
Others who contributed for the 15th
ranked junior college wrestling team in
the country were second place finishers
Earl Sheppard (118), Keiuiy Barber
(150), Donald White (158), and David
Lennan (heavyweight).
Russell Moore (126) was third and
Doug Smith (167) fourth as the Braves
(Continued on Page 3)
Atkinson Elected
President of SGA
By HARRY PICKETT
Sharee C. Atkinson was elected Stu
dent Government Association president
Wednesday, March 5, during the elec
tion to choose officers to head the
1980-81 legislative body.
Atkinson of Dinwid^e, Va., defeated
Steve Laney of Charlotte. At presdtime
the final Ubulations of the election
results were not available. However, all
indications show the Virginian won by a
substantial margin.
Atkinson pledged in her campaign
speech before the election that if
elected she would serve the student
body “without any conflict of interest.”
She admitted she lacks the legislative
experience of her opponent, but noted
she would represent and inform the
students of the SGA’s functions.
According to SGA president Mike
Burke, Atkinson was heartily supported
by her female schoolmates. Laney
received a large percentage of the
black vote in a losing effort.
Laney, who had been campaigning
since mid-term of the fall semester, in
his address to the students, cited his
legislative experience as an SGA
representative and his activeness on
campus, as logical reasons to elect him.
Burke feels the students would have
had a good leader no matter who the
winner was, because both are respected
leaders on campus.
“I have a lot of confidence in
Sharee,” Burke said of the president
elect. “I think she will make a good
president.”
Atkinson has been placed on the
Dean’s List, selected as a member of
Phi Theta Kappa, and chosen to take
the honors course in Religion. She
graduated in the top ten percent of her
high school class and was named to the
National Honor Society.
Aside from electing the first female
president since 1973-74, all told there
were six women chosen for the eight of
fices, and two blacks. Burke said the
election was dominated by minorities,
probably due to large turnout of women
and blacks.
“I think this was the biggest turnout
ever,” the incumbent boasted. “There
were around 500 voters. Last year there
was about 300.
“The increase in the black turnout
was a big factor in the results of the
election,” he continued. “The majority
of the blacks came (to vote) at the din
ner hour.”
Darlene J. Keene of Ahoskie was one
of two blacks elected. Keene defeated
Jefferey D. Prillaman of Greensboro in
the vice-presidential race, after
delivering an inspiring and sincere
speech to fellow Chowanians. Keene
noted that she was new to the political
scene, but offered that all great politi
cians had to “start” somewhere.
Louis Mangas of Zebulon filed for
vice-president, but pulled out of the
race just days before the election. He
did, however, become a write-in can
didate for the office of auditor. The win
ner, a write-in candidate also, was
Amos Twitty. He had to give up the
position because he is not eiu-olled in
ATKINSON
the business curriculum, which is a re
quirement.
Ann W. Kellam of Onley, Va., and
Diane LaBreux of Virginia Beach ran
unopposed. Kellam will hold the office
of secretary and LaBreau, treasurer.
John Hipp defeated Pierce Burke of
Anderson, S.C. for social co
chairperson for men, and Beverly F*rice
of Hampton, Va., the other black win
ner, won over Michelle Newbem of Con
way, and Elaine Chapman of Missouri
in the social co-chairperson for women
race.
Kathy L. DeHart of Stoneville, unop
posed, is the historian.
The officers elected will assume their
duties in the fall of this year.
FYesent SGA officers include: Burke,
president; Nancy Loy, vice-president;
Steve Whittemore, treasurer; Terri Ar
nold, secretary; Greg Kaserman,
social co-chairperson for men; Pat
Csigi, social co-chairperson for women;
Bemie Miller, historian; and Cindy
Gray, auditor.
Computer Science
Grads in Demand
(CF^S)—The demand for graduates
with degrees in computor science is ap
parently growing. Fox-Morris Person
nel Consultants of Philadelphia have
reported that June 1979 computor
science grads got average starting
salaries of $15,400, an increase of nearly
30 precent over the starting salaries
commanded by 1978 computor science
grads.
Fox-Morris says the dramatic in
crease can be traced to the develop
ment of the CMnputor industry. Lower-
cost technologies have hel{^ more
businesses buy computors, and widen
ed business’ needs for people to operate
them.
Snow Stalls N.Y. Trip 10 Miles Short
MILTSAKAKIS
SAUNDERS
By KATHY FISHER
Ten miles out side of Murfreesboro,
the bus carrying the students of the
English Department’s New York Trip
got stuck in the snow and remained
there for about two hours before being
able to return to Chowan.
The bus arrived at Chowan at 2
o’clock Monday morning after two long
delays. The first occured before leaving
New York. The scheduled departure
was 8:30 am, but because of a problem
with the bus, the group did not leave
until 1:00 pm. The heavy snow fall
caused the second delay. The bus was
traveling on snowy, icy roads and just
on the other side of Conway, when it got
stuck in the snow.
There was a pay phone up the road so
attempts were made to call for help.
Some of the students at Chowan with 4-
wheel drive vehicles made an attempt
to come, but the bus was pulled out by
some people in Conway before they
could arrive.
While in in the Big Apple the students
took in a lot of the tourist attractions
such as the Empire State Building, the
Stature of Liberty, The U. N., The
World Trade Center and &e Museum
cf Natural Histoi^r.
The students also enjoyed seeing
plays on Broadway and eating at well-
known restaurants. The play that
received the most patronage from the
students was The Best Little
Whorehouse In Texas, a country-
western musical. Sweeney Todd and
Aimie w&re next in line. Boss, O’Neal’s
Baloon and Mama Leone’s were a
few of the restaurants visited by the
students.
This year there were no mishaps such
as muggings and every one of the
students and chaperones had an ex
perience of a lifetime on account of the
weather situation.