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EDITORIAL OPINION
Keep Torso,
Head Warm
Old Gym Proposal Good Jogging
The proposal to adapt the old gym for use as a student recrea
tion center is undoubtedly one of the best ideas to come around
in quite a while. In recent years, Chowan College has lacked
two key ingredients in the recipe for a well-equipped college —
a good physical activities center and a good student recreation
center.
With the completion of the new gymnasium, a facility that
will unquestionably make us one of the proudest two-year in
stitutions in America, the recipe can finally be fulfilled. Chowan
will have a showplace for sports and will also have a building
ideal for the ultimate student recreation center.
Students are currently in need of a place where they can go
on a regular basis and meet other students. The elements that
will be offered under the recreation center’s plans will assure
that students can get together in a comfortable, informal setting
and have a good time while learning about others.
Students will be able to enjoy a game of basketball, work out
in a weight room, play a variety of machine games, do their
laundry, pick up their mail, watch television, lounge on a patio
and check out a canoe for a paddle on the lake — all from one
facility.
The old gym would be the perfect place for the SGA dances as
well as other school affairs that would require a lot of space.
,7^)1^; l^iiilding is already wired with a 600 amp outlet, which pro
vides enough power for any musical band. The ceiling is
scheduled for reinsulation. With a little paint and some good
ideas, the ceiling could be decorated in almost any fashion the
students want.
Placement of the post office, in an improved and expanded
format in the student center will force the students to go there
daily. People will become accustomed to visiting the center,
thus increasing its effectiveness.
Cries of boredom from the student body should decrease with
the opening of the student recreation center and the new gym
nasium. Whatever costs are necessary to refurbish the old gym
should be disbursed without hesitation since its benefits will be
tremendous to the entire college. It will improve the college’s
image, be of aid in recruiting, demonstrate the ingenuity of the
administration and students and most importantly, it will help
to improve the attitude of Chowan’s students.
-GREG BASSETT
Faculty Letter
Editor, Smoke Signals;
Urie Bronfenbrenner in “Another
World of Children” says that children
in the Soviet Union are less likely to
engage in antisocial behavior (lying,
cheating and stealing) and more likely
to take the initiative in correcting social
problems than children in the United
States of America. The only country
where children are more anti-social in
their behavior than in the U.S.A. is in
England.
The reason Mr. Bronfenbrenner gives
for this difference is more moral
education in the schools and more
direct parental involvement in child
rearing in the U.S.S.R.
Dr. John W. Gosnell
Edited, printed and published
by students at Chowan College
for students, faculty and staff of
CHOWAN COLLEGE.
Harry Pickett — Editor
Belinda Elmore — Associate Editor
Dean Lowman — News Editor
Greg Bassett
Jane Bridgeforth
Kathy Fisher
Janet Herzing
J. P. Leong
NEWS STAFF
Menford Grisewould Penelope Jones
Nancy Keen Barbara Parker
Shelly Jankosky
PHOTO STAFF
Randy Murphy
Noncy Thierry
Bill Williamson
By SARAH G. WRIGHT
Director of Health Services
How to dress while jogging could also
apply when thermostats are turned
down.
If you are a jogger or your room is
cold, you may l>e interested in the
following information which is
distributed as a public service by the
North Carolina Medical Society, en
titled, Health Watch.
HEALTH WATCH
If one of your New Year's resolutions
was to start jogging, don’t be deterred
by tfie cold weather. While it may seem
unpleasant, cold weather is not too
much of a problem and can even be
enjoyable if you take the right
precautions.
The biggest problem to avoid is the
tendency to overdress. As the tem
perature falls you might feel the need to
throw on an extra sweatshirt, heavy
gloves, and just about anything else to
ward off the cold. All these extra
garments will do is weight you down
and make your running more difficult
and uncomfortable.
Actually, the key to winter running is
to wear just enough to keep you com
fortable. You might feel chilly at first,
but as you warm up you will be sur
prised at how much heat your body will
generate during exercise. As an
example, a study by Canada’s National
Research Council showed that the
amount of clothing needed to keep a
resting person comfortable at 70
degrees will keep a runner comfortable
at temperatures well below freezing.
Understanding the body’s heating
priorities will give you the best clue as
to how to dress for cold weather run
ning. Its first priorities are to keep the
head and torso warm. Should these
areas begin to cool, extra heat is
directed there by the body’s regulating
mechanisms. If the head and torso
continue to cool, shivering begins — the
body’s way of forcing the muscles to
work and create heat.
On the other hand, if the head and
torso are kept warm, excess heat is
available to send elsewhere, like to
fingers and toes. The important thing
then is to wear a warm hat and enough
clothes to protect your chest, stomach,
and back and you will be as com
fortable in winter as you are in the
spring.
It is also beneficial to take a little
extra time to do stretcfiing and warm
up exercises before running in cold
weather. Since these can be done in
doors you can get a head start on
stoking the internal furnace.
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College Press Service
Student Forum
Kaserman Letter
Draws Responses
Editor:
I am writning in response to Mr. Greg
Kaserman's letter to the editor in the
last issue of the Smoke Signals. First of
aU, let me congratulate Mr. Kaserman
on the fine job he is doing as SGA Social
Co-chairperson for men tfiis year. His
great skill is evident by the number of
people who choose to remain on campus
for all of the exciting weekend activities
and events^cheduled by Mr. Kaserman
and his crew. Chowan’s reputation as a
“suitcase college” has tripled under
Mr. Kaserman’s direction tfiis year.
I’ve spent some weekends here and I
understand why the students are so
happy to leave. I have vowed never to
spend another weekend here. What has
Mr. Kaserman been doing? Not a thing
as far as I, and many, many others are
concerned.
Secondly, Mr. Kaserman seems to
believe that the story involving our
beloved SGA President (?), Mike
Burke, was grossly inaccurate and fill
ed with nothing more than lies. Why are
you so protective of Burke, Mr. Kaser
man? Are all of these “rumors” true?
How could the paper get away with
printing mere rumors? As far as I
know, these “rumors” are indeed true.
I wouldn’t trust Burke or Kaserman
with anything.
I think the editor (Harry Pickett) is
doing his job and doing it very well. I
think we deserve to know just how
ctiildish our president is acting and how
ineffectively he is doing his job, along
with Mr. Kaserman. I can’t believe that
my SGA president can act in such a
way. I am pleased that I won’t have to
rely on Kaserman or Burke next year.
Instead of firing Harry Pickett, why not
get rid of someone who has completely
failed in doing his job, someone such as
Mr. Kaserman.
Kelly Reynolds
Editor:
I was disturbed and angered with
some of the Letters to the Editor in
the most recent edition of Smoke
Signals. One letter particularly stood
out in my mind, this letter being the
one written by Greg Kaserman con
cerning an article about Mike Burke
in a previous Smoke Signals.
I think Kaserman has done his share
of “flagrant namecalling” too. I don’t
think he did his share of research
before he went and opened his
distinguished mouth. Harry Pickett
Bite The Bullet
By KATHY FISHER
Spring, that beautiful, magical season
is almost here. As a matter of fact we
have already had a taste of it in the
recent warm weather. A taste that left
most of us wanting more and gave us a
restless feeling when we had to sit In
dass while other more lucky people
were out playing In Squirrel Park.
With the coming of spring there is a
definite change on the Chowan campus.
The students become more visible.
Everywhere one looks there are
students engaged in some sort of ac
tivity. These activities include sports
such as softball, cycling and playing
frisbee and less strenuous things like
lying in the sun, fishing or just spending
some quiet times with a loved one.This
last statement is especially true of
spring time because they say this
season does something to a “young
man’s fancy,” whatever that’s sup
posed to mean. What I am really trying
to point out is that the sight of a couple
holding hands, sitting together in
Sqirrel Park or whatever becomes very
common around here in the spring.
But spring not only means the
beginning of many love affairs, it also
marks the beginning of the end of the
school year. For the class of 1980 tfiis
spring marks the beginning of a period
of great joy and great sorrow. Great joy
because they will be completing their
stay here at Chowan and great sorrow
because they will have to say goodbye
to all the new friends they have met
here. Both of these extreme feelings
will be experienced by the members of
Chowan’s graduating class.
Two years of my life have been spent
here at Chowan and as far as
schoolwork goes I will be glad to leave
this place. This statement is probably
true for most students. Remember just
two years ago how glad you were to be
leaving high school for the college life,
and now it’s time to leave for another
university or to enter into the work
world. But the excitement of finally
graduating is almost overshadowed by
tfje thoi^ht of ending many of the
friendsfiips started here. Sure, not all of
these relationships will end, but there
are some people whom you have met
here that you will probably never see
again. I know this will be true for some
of the people I have met. I have met a
lot of great people at Chowan who will
always mean a great deal to me and
tiopefully I will never forget them.
For the few months I have left here, I
will be looking forward to the day I will
say good riddence to Chowan College,
but I do not look forward to leaving
behind all the wonderful people I have
come to know here.
did not print any lies about Mike
Burke. He printed the truth and that is
what the press is there to do.
I don’t care if Burke was in the pan-
ty raid, he is only human and the raid
wasn’t Pickett’s concern anyway.
Pickett’s concern was in the fact that
Burke lied to someone in the ad
ministration, In his supposed role as
“model student” Burke probably
shouldn’t have taken part in the panty
raid and then later denied his actions
in it.
Concerning Pickett’s being paid $600
a year as editor, he probably deserves
it. His name is throughout the paper
and I doubt it’s by his choice. A per
son with his obvious responsibility
deserves the money and if Kaserman
doesn’t think it takes a lot of work he’s
crazy.
Kaserman also forgot to mention he
gets paid quite a lot for being a resi
dent assistant. It seems that
everytime I’ve needed a R.A. this
year, neither an amateur like Kaser
man or any of his colleagues have
been around. Maybe the students
should decide if they would rather
pay Pickett to turn out a good paper
or spend money on an amateur R.A.
Besides, I’ve always had the
understandingil tfeat 'tte o newspaper
editor, as well as the yearbook editor,
gets paid a scholarship, while the
R.A.'s get paid cash.
Kaserman should clean up his own
house before he starts to criticize
Pickett’s house. I don’t always agree
with Harry Pickett but in matters con
cerning the SGA and its members, this
year Pickett’s reports have been ac
curate. From what I can gather
through conversations around campus,
the often childish SGA meetings have
happened just the way it says in the
newspaper.
As a freshman I can only hope that
the SGA officials elected for next year
can learn a lesson from what has hap
pened this year.
Drew Kilbourne
Editor:
I am writing in response to a letter I
read in the last issue of Smoke Signals.
I do not understand how Greg Kaser
man, the egocentric SGA Social co
chairperson can talk about the Smoke
Signal’s editor doing a slack job when
he is doing a slack job himself.
I am a former member of the SGA
and am very glad that I quit the
organization. I didn’t care for the way it
is run. Half of the legislative b^y
didn’t know or care anything about the
school.
If Harry Pickett thinks it’s the
school’s buisness to know about our
great SGA President and some of his
actions, there's nothing wrong , with
th?t.’,f.would think that would t>e;ji^j>act
of his job. The only reason Kaserman
can protest the article on Burke is
because Kaserman is one of his best
friends.
Let's not fire Harry Pickett for doing
a good job, but let's fire Greg Kaser
man and all the other SGA executive
members juat like him.
Sincerely,
John Bennett
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