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The Touchdown That Wasn't Rest Best Briton Opens Lyceum Series
Frank Gee is statistician for Cliowan football games. Seeing an apparant
touciidown against tlie East Carolina Jayvees called bacii was more than be could
stand. His account of tbe exciting (and then disappointing) play as he expresses it
in free verse follows.
By FRANK GEE
Deep in the woods
Of this North Carolina state,
Lies a small junior college
Where football is it’s trait.
The college is Chowan
And it is a small little place.
But the football played here
Is with elegance and grace.
Athletes with potential
Try to start their claim to fame,
A winning record they boast
As well as putting big school JVs to
shame.
A funny thing happened
In the first game of the season,
A long touchdown run
Was called back for no rhyme or
reason.
Losing 5 to 7
Is nothing to joke about.
A 78-yard run called back
Is a worse turnabout.
Fred Banks is known as “lightning”
And is in at quarterback.
The regular QB was hurting
He suffered a sack attack.
©rtiz, the second fastest,
Is now the starting flanker.
On a single play he can catch the ball,
kiss the cheerleader
And even have time to thank her.
Breaking tackles at the line of scrim
mage.
Banks is in the clear.
Out of nowhere comes Lenny
Bringing up the rear.
Streaking down the sideline
On that warm Thursday night,
Run the two fastest players
They seemed to to go out of sight.
Side by side they run
Towai^ that far away endzone.
Scoring the winning touciidown
Could cure this loss at home.
Chowan Students
Enjoy Camp Cale
By JENNIFER WICKER
A campfire, canoeing and group
discussion highlighted a trip to Camp
Cale for 16 Chowan students.
Members of Chowan’s BSU-CCF went
to Camp Cale in Hertford, N.C. Sep
tember 4 and 5, for a planning meeting-
retreat.
Friday evening, the students divided
into two groups for discussions, sang,
played ping pong and talked.
Saturday, after group reports and
lunch, the rest of the afternoon was free
for Bible study, swimming and canoe
ing.
Chaplain R. Hargus Taylor reported,
“Everyone had a good time, and except
for the mosquitoes, everything was
fine.”
Banlcs clutches the ball
While Lenny looks to block.
There comes the defender
As the seconds tick off the clock.
Stopping the defender
Is the only way Banks will score.
Running at full speed
It is’nt an easy chore.
Lenny knows he is running
With that traditional Chowan pride,
Making that final block
Could only come from inside.
The 50, the 40, the 30,
The 20, the 15, the 10.
Lenny throws the block
That is seen as heaven-sent.
Banles scores the touchdown
Among the fans’ loud chants
Lenny and Banks get together
And do their victory dance.
In the middle of their celebration
The stadium suddenly grows still.
Turning their heads around to see
What caused that eerie chill.
Way down field the officials gather
As the flag lies on the ground.
Could they take away the touchdown
And turn the game around?
The official holds his hands
And the call is offensive holding.
The touchdown that was considered
good
Is now sadly unfolding.
The Banks-Lenny touchdown.
The fans will always remember,
Was called back on a penalty
On a Thursday night in September.
Writing Assistance
Offered Students
By CAROLYN GREGORY
The Writing Center offers help to stu
dent’s with writing problems in English
or non-English classes.
The Center will be staffed by Ms.
Barbara Presneil or a qualified tutor.
All work will be on a one-to-one basis,
Ms. Presneil said.
Instructional material will be offered
to assist students in working on their
own.
Specialized assistance in spelling and
vocabulary will also be provided.
Instructors should refer students who
need special help to the center or
students can come by without recom
mendation for help.
The Writing Center will not proofread
any student’s writing assignment with
out the written permission of the in
structor or write anything for the stu
dent, Ms. Presneil emphasized.
The Writing Center is located in the
Special Services office in the basement
of Whitaker Library. Hours are 1 to 4
p.m., Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Edited, printed and published
by students at Chowan College
for students, faculty and staff of
CHOWAN COLLEGE
EDITORS
Lynette Farrell — Jennifer Wicker
Wanda Bishop
Linda Cherry
Emma Giles
Frank Gee
NEWS STAFF
Carolyn Gregory
Theresa Mantas
Joe McGarrlty
Tori Musselwhite
Krista Schleicher
Sandy Springfield
Mae Woodard
PHOTO STAFF
Todd Dudek Cameron Meeks
Brett Martin Doug Miller
Treatment
For Stress
By SARAH WRIGHT
Director of Health Services
Stress produces tension; tension
causes depression. The pressures
around us cause our inner tensions. We
must all experience a certain amount of
tension. No one has an “Ivory Tower
life.” In fact a certain amount of ten
sion can be helpful. This pressure is
what makes one try harder or be more
alert.
When stress starts affecting one’s
health or happiness then it has become
a problem. Some of the symptoms of
anxiety which are stress-produced are
sweaty palms, pounding heart, ner
vousness, loss of appetite, overeating,
and trembling. When this state of anxie
ty lasts for a long period of time one
may be headed for bigger problems
such as high blood pressure, ulcers, and
certainly a strain on the entire body.
There may be excessive weight loss or
excessive weight gain. Stress may
cause one to turn to alcohol. Many
alcoholics begin this way.
Change or sudden change is usually
the cause. Some sudden change could
be going away to college, loss of a
friend, death (rf a relative or loved one,
divorce or moving. Parents divorcing
affects children; also unwanted
pregnancies, illness, or failing on an ex
am. There are many reasons.
What can you do about it? Try to cor
rect the problem if possible, if not try to
accept it and live with it. Sometimes
talking the problem over with a friend,
minister, sclwol counselor, nurse, or
parents may help. Get plenty of exer
cise. Teach yourself how to relax. Time
your work and time to relieve some of
the pressure. Try not to do all the big
things in one year, like graduation, get
ting married, new job, and buying a
new house.
If your stress is more than you can
cope with see your family doctor or call
your state or local Mental Health
Association, which is listed in the
yellow pages of the telephone directory.
'60s Protests
‘Worthwhile'
(CPS) — A survey of students at 153
colleges and universities nationwide
suggests the American students body
still beheves campus protests of the six
ties were worthwiiile.
Of the 937 responses to the survey
sponsored by Enhart, Inc,, a “manufac
turing” firm based in Cormecticut, 60
percent agreed that a “tangible gain
was achieved by the campus protest in
the 1960s.” Over 84 percent believe that
student demonstrations “have a place
on college campuses today.”
In terms of their own futures, the
respondents generally looked forward
to the new decade. Only two percent ex
pected to be unhappy in the next few
years, while 83 percent said they ex
pected to be happy in the 1980s.
John Sudd, an Enhart spokesman,
said he was surprised to find that
students were not as conservative as
other reports have indicated. He noted
that 75 percent of the students feel that
large corporations have “too much in
fluence” in the United States, and that
over half think that large corporations
should be regulated more strictly by the
federal government.
Math Learning Lab
Four Times Weekly
Hours for the Mathematics Learning
Lab, in Camp 106, were announced by
Prof. Carl Simmons, head of the
Mathematics Department as follows:
Monday 2-4 Dr. Owens and student
worker
Tuesday 2-5 Mr. Harden and student
worker
Wednesday 2-4 Mr. Shrewsbury and
student worlier
Thursday 2-5 Mr. Wooten and student
worker
The Mathematics Learning Lab is for
any student who needs and wants help
with any math course, Simmons point
ed out.
British writer and scholar. Dr. Henry
Blamires, will open the Chowan College
Faculty Forum/Lyceum Series Sep
tember 25 at 8 p.m. in Marks Hall aud
itorium. His topic is “CJiristianity in
20th Century English Literature.”
Six programs will be presented dur
ing the 1981-82 year devoted to “serious
academis subjects”, Prof. Dorothy
Wallace announced.
Dr. Blamires specializes in theology,
literature, fiction and education, stated
Mrs. Wallace, a member of the faculty
committee responsible for planning the
lecture series. Other committee mem
bers are Dr. Ken Wolfskill, chairman;
Dr. Garth Faile; and Acheson Harden,
Jr.
Born in Bradford, Yorkshire,
Blamires studied English Language
and Literature at University College,
Oxford, where C.S. Lewis was his tutor.
The larger part of Blamires’ career
in education was spent at King Alfred’s
(Allege, Winchester, where he was ap
pointed head of the English Depart
ment in 1948 and later became (lean, of
arts. He retired from his work there in
1976 to concentrate on writing.
During the last 30 years he has pub
lished 17 books, beginning with “Repair
the Ruins” (1950) to his most i^ent
title, “Where Do we Stand?” 1980), an
exannination of the (Christian’s position
in the modem world.
An uprush of new interest in
Blamires’ theology has brought him
over to the United States to fulfill lec
turing engagements in 1977, 1978, and
1980.
His “Twentieth-Ontury English Lit
erature” will be published next year by
Macmillan as one of a series of 12 vol
umes in a new History of Literature.
Publication
Schedule
Publication dates ond copy deodlines
for the remoinder of the Fail semester
ore listed below as an aide to faculty
and staff members, officers of campus
organizations and others who wish to
submit items to Smoke Signals for
publication.
Publication Date
October 23
November 11
December 7
Copy Deodline
October 12
October 30
November 16
Please type double- spaced on one
side only of the page and include name
of originating person.
Copy should be brought to Mc-
Sweeney Hail or placed in Mr. Graham's
mailbox in McDowell Columns.
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