THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER
OF CHOWAN COLLEGE
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NOVEMBER 1990 VOLUME 19, NUMBER 2
Halloween uneventful on campus,
students call vandalism "uncool"
Debbie Dorrough was crowned Homecoming Queen (left) while Sara Jones captured the crown of Princess.
Homecoming highlighted by parade
Chowan Homecoming was cele
brated Saturday, October 5, with
the traditional football game, class
reunions, and activities for alumni.
For the first time in many years,
Chowan had a Homecoming Pa
rade and it was one to be remem
bered. Residence hall floats, cheer
leaders, last year’s homecoming
queen and a clown or two made
their way down the streets of
Murfreesboro and around Jones
Drive on campus.
The Grand Marshalls were Dr.
Allen Casey, class of ’62, presi
dent of the alumni association;
Louise Strickland, class of ’36, of
Woodland, and Suzanne Clifton,
class of ’64, of Cary. Strickland
and Clifton were named Outstand
ing Alumni of Chowan later that
day in the alumni meeting.
Students, alumni, faculty and
friends enjoyed a picnic on alumni
green prior to the football game.
Chowan defeated Geoigia Mili
tary 14-13 in the final seconds of
an exciting game.
Debbie Dorrough was crowned
Homecoming Queen and Sara
Jones was crowned Homecoming
Princess by President Jackson
during halftime. Debbie was es
corted by her brother, David Dor
rough; Sara was escorted by her
father. Dr. Donald Jones.
The day concluded with an all
campus dance in the Braves Den
featuring the Mike Latham Band.
By Jessica Kiser
Feature Editor
Halloween was celebrated at
Chowan with parties, costumes and
dance featuring the band Moment
of Silence. The costumes at the
Chowan Halloween Dance were
varied and creative. Chowan stu
dents were dressed as Disney char
acters, phantoms, and even babies.
The students with the best cos
tumes won monetary rewards up
to fifty dollars for their efforts.
First prize went to Amy Runger
of Cary, N. C. She dressed as a
scarecrow, and she said she got the
idea from a magazine. She plans to
spend a little of her prize and save
a little. “The dance is all right. The
music is great. I am having a lot of
fun. I think the threat of vandalism
on campus is stupid. You can have
fun without doing stupid stuff,"
Rungersaid, summing up heropin-
ion of Jhe evening.
Stephanie Boyce from Ahoskie,
N.C., won second prize with her
pumpkin outfit, an idea that her
mother came up with. Boyce’s
thoughts of the evening were,
"The lead singer and the lead gui
tarist (of Moment of Silence) are
great. HOT! I think it was stupid
for someone to break the band’s
jeep window. Why do they have to
vandalize to have fun? “
Ken McGinniss of Wilmington,
Delaware dressed as a court jester
to win third prize at the dance.
Mc(jinniss claimed, “I got the
Annual Art Ti-ip to New York
Students invade Manhattan during break
By Marty Grebing, Editor
Several students embarked on
an adventure that would take them
to the most famous city in America
during mid-term break.
For the past few years, the art
department has been going to New
York at mid-term break. All stu
dents, teachers, and some friends
were eligible to go. A minimal fee
was required of all that went, which
covered transportation and a three
night stay at the Hotel Wentworth.
Everyone had to bring their own
spending money for such things as
food and souvenirs.
The group arrived in New York
on October 19th, sometime late in
the morning. After checking in and
unloading luggage, just about ev
eryone proceeded to Canal Street.
On Saturday afternoons, there just
isn’t a better place to go shopping
than Canal Street.
It is a road that can take you
through Chinatown and Little It
aly. Each side of the street is filled
with vendors selling everything
imaginable.Cologne, cassette tapes,
and watches were extremely popu
lar. It was no problem to find at
least ten different places to buy
watches on each block. If an item
was desired that seemed too expen
sive, a short walk would discover
that same item at a cheaper price.
On Sunday morning, everyone
got up early and headed to the
Metropolitan Museum of Art.
There, students were exposed to art
works from ancient cultures and
peoples. The museum was huge;
far too big to tour it all in one day.
Even the students spent the entire
day looking around, they couldn’t
see everything it had to offer.
Afterthe Metropolitan museum,
everyone went their separate ways.
Some went to eat, some went to the
Statue of Liberty, some went to the
Empire State Building, and some
went back to the hotel to rest. Later
that night, students were exposed
to a real Saturday night. The lights
at night in New York are incred
ible. There are so many things to do
that it would take at least a lifetime
to do them all. There are more than
enough night clubs and restau
rants to keep anyone busy. Many
people tried to get into one of New
Yoric’s hottest night clubs. The
Limelight, but the line consisted
of about three hundred people at
any given time. Even when night
clubs were inaccessible, everyone
found something to do. There was
never a lack of action, as ambu
lances, suicidal taxis, and fire
trucks were constantly streaming
down the street.
Monday was a free day. Most
people continued to go sightsee
ing, but some went shopping in
the coimtless shopping centers that
adorn the streets. Others rested
and recuperated from the active
night before.
One highlight of the trip was a
visit to the Museum of Modem
Art. It was an interesting tour. The
subject matter included a wide
range of ideas and visual concepts.
Students often commented about
the amount of photography that
was on display. After leaving the
museum, the group set out on their
own once again to explore New
Yoik for one last evening.
Everyone had a good time and
brought back a variety of souve
nirs and jewelry. If you have any
questions about any part of the
New York trip, just ask one of the
following people, they will be glad
to tell you about it:
Yuko Harada, Chie Masuyama,
Keiko Mumamatsu, Michiko
Hatta, Ayumi Yoshida, Yoko
Katsura, Nanami Yoshimura,
Kanetoshi Yoshino, Jennifer
Scheffel, Amy Wojtkowski,
Leanne Wojtkowski, Glenna Ty
son,
Debra Seldon, Christina Perk-
inson, Jennie Bisese, Tracy Ripley,
Sabina Colombo, Ann Maria JaJ-
leio, Maria Puente, Susan Fecho,
Dr. Mary Barbe, David Gilliam,
Jons Wahlstrom, Shawn Th
ompson, Craig Dennis,
Mr. £>ouglas Eubank, Heath
Hewett, Joseph Wirt, Nathan
Ludke, Marty Grebing, Ellchi
Kimura, Nobuhisa Tetsu, and
Tyrone Whitley.
Second in a series
idea from the jester on playing
cards. I think the dance is great.
We should do it again next year. I
think the people doing the vandal
ism need the Lord in their life.”
Kevin Lawrence of Durham,
N.C., summed up everyone’s
thoughts about Halloween at
Chowan. When asked what he
thought about the dance, he said,
“Pretty cool.”
When asked about the vandal
ism, Lawrence said "Pretty im-
cool.”
The students' opinions of Hal
loween at Chowan were as varied
as the costumes at the costume
dance. Some students like Alison
Newlove of Falls Church, Va. were
more worried about the effects that
actions of vandalism would have
on the student privileges, “We need
more school spirit. The band is
awesome. I don’t agree with the
people who do the vandalism be
cause they are the ones getting
visitation taken away. They don’t
care about the other students,” she
said..
Other students were tough on
the people who do such things as
break windows on school prop
erty. Julie Atkins of Colerain,N.C.,
said, "I think it is ridiculous. If
they arc supposed to be grown ups,
they ought to act like it.”
Sharon Dial from Pittsburg,
Pennsylvania agreed with Atkins,
"It is an exciting evening, but I
think vandalism is stupid. People
should have enough dignity to care
about their school.”
Smdents from big cities had a
hard time accepting the Chowan
Halloween dance as a party.
Amador Padillo from Miami,
Florida said,” Parties in Miami are
not like this. We need more people
to come to the parties, and we need
more music variety.”
Yet some students were not
bothered by the threat of broken
windows or egged cars. Wanda
Lassiter of Gates County, N.C,
defended students who participated
in such things by claiming, "They
are just having fun.”
Most of the students and faculty
were pleased with the Halloween
dance but were very anxious about
the pranks and vandalism that was
expected that night One of the
m^e security guards was pleased
with how the night was going as of
eleven o’clock. "The biggest prob
lem we have had so far is students
running through Squirrel Park. I
hope that will be extent of it, but
you never can tell. A lot of stu
dents are off campus. When they
come back, well see.”
DEA — the student's side
Views of the New York trip are (top) a courtyard in the Metropolitan
Museum of Art and (bottom) a sculpture of the Greek God, Zeus.
By Jessica Carver, Editor
It seems that the DEA (Drug
Enforcement Agency) may be
doing their jobs, but at the cost of
the Chowan student body’s happi
ness.
“There is nothing we can do
without them breathing down our
necks,” one student commented.
In the last Smoke Signals ar
ticle , the officers ’ reasons for bei ng
on campus were explained. Their
side of die story was told. Now it is
time for the students to reveal their
feelings.
Many students remember the
Lake (in Gates County), although
a few have never seen it. It was
known as the place to go to party
and hang out without Security
breathing down your necks. Thanks
to those ever-present “boys in
blue”, it has been closed down. For
a period of approximately two
weeks, they lay in waiting for stu
dents, unsuspecting children, to
come barrelling in. Sure enough,
on one night, eight cases of beer
were confiscated and countless
possession tickets were written.
“What’s the problem? We were
all in one place, not bothering
anybody. We could have been out
terrorizing Murfreesboro. We were
even in a different county!” one
irate student said.
Since the foreclosure on the
Lake, the DEA have been watch
ing Chowan students like hawks.
Somehow, they sniff out every
possible, out-of-the-way place
students can find to have ftin. This
isn’t going over well with the stu
dent body. “We know what re
sponsibility means. We have heard
of a designated driver and we take
fiill advantage of it,” say some
students.
Maybe, with that tiny bit of
infonnation, the DEA can learn to
leave Chowan to itself and every
thing will be peaceful again.
Most students celebrated the
evening off campus orin their room
and moved their cars out of the
student parking lots in preparation
for the onslaught of eggs expected
later in the evening. Quay Johnson
from Staunton, VA said, "I am
scared to walk to the student cen
ter.” Hercompanion Shawn Moorc
from the Bronx had a different
approach to the evening’s happen
ings, saying, “Halloween is boring
because nothing is going on yet,
but wait until aftermidnight.” After
midnight, very littlewent on. Some
one did break the window of
Moment of Silence’s jeep, but that
seemed to be the extent of the
expected vandalism.
The lack of immediate destruc
tion just seemed to heighten ten
sions between students and the
security guards. A group of twenty
or more students gathered outside
of Jenkins dormitory around ten
o’clock. The students claimed,
"We arc just hanging out.”
The security guard did not ac
cept this reason and tried to break
up the group reportedly by using
mace on some of the students. One
female security guard warned sev
eral female students to stay in their
rooms because there was going to
be a racial fight in front of the
female dorms or in Squirrel Park.
Yet for all of the warning and
fear that was spread around cam
pus several students met at mid
night and played a game of Cap
ture the Flag. Halloween at
Chowan came and went without
any of the major incidents ex
pected.
Students fight
observatory
planned in Arizona
Students from Arizona, North
Carolina, Harvard and Yale have
all joined in a campaign to pre
serve a forest threatened by a tele
scope observatory proposed by the
University of Arizona. The stu
dents have worked since 1984 to
convince federal lawmakers to stop
the project.
Opponents of the plan to con
struct an observatory among 700
acres of old growth forest on Ari
zona’s Mt. Graham say the project
violates the National Environ
mental Protection Act (NEPCA).
Also threatening the rare red squir
rels that live in the area, the pro
posal violates the Endangered
Species Act (ESA), according to
environmentalists.
Arizona students have written
letters of protest to Sen. Dennis
DeConcini (D-AZ) and Sen. John
McCain (R-AZ). They have also
enlisted the support of students at
the University of North Carolina,
Harvard University, and Yale
University to write Rep. Walter
Jones (D-NQ and Rep. Gerry
Smdds (D-MA).
“This (observatory) could set a
dangerous precedent,” says David
Hodges, a senior interdisciplinary
studies major and member of Ari
zona’s SEAC chapter. Hodges says
that if the uni versi ty succeeds, then
it has shown that “it just has to
come up with the money to lobby
Congress and it’ll get around the
act.”
Steve Emerine, University of
Arizona Associate Director of
Public Information, defends the
plan, stating that several artificial
structures already exist on Mt.
Graham.
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