APRIL, 1992 VOLUME 19, NUMBERS
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER
OF CHOWAN COLLEGE
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The Braves
are welcomed
home
Chowan College welcomes
the Braves back to the cam
pus as they return from a
long, grueling NJCAA
tournament, held in Hutch
inson, Kansas.
Senate poster exhibition placed in Marks Hall
A poster exhibition to com
memorate the 200th anniversary
of the senate is now on permanent
display at Chowan College in
Marks Hall.
The exhibit was presented to the
college by Senator Jesse Helms
last year for display on campus.
Chowan is one of five institutions
the senator selected to receive the
exhibit.
“I made the decision to present
Chowan College with this impor
tant exhibit because I have a per
sonal interest in, and admiration
for, the kind of institution that
Chowan College is in its service to
young people,” stated Helms.
Following the success of a major
exhibition celebrating the first
century of the Senate and its role
under the constitution, the com
mission on the bicentennial of the
United States Senate developed a
series of posters that reproduces
most of the content of the original
exhibit.
The exhibit which is tided “A
necessary fence. . .The Senate's
First Century” appeared last year
in the rotunda of fte Russell Sen-
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ate Office Building. The limited
edition poster set, which is being
distributed by members of the
United States Senate, consists of
fourteen posters devoted to the
United States Senate, and the
Constitution, and expands on those
passages of the document that es
tablished the Senate and defined
its powers and responsibilities.
The exhibition is divided into
five sections: Organization of the
senate. Administration, Treaties,
Nominations, and Impeachment.
Each division illustrates in rich
detail the objects, people, and
events which marked the Senate's
first one hundred years, including
reproductions of portraits, both
hand painted and sculpted of Tho
mas Jefferson, George Washing
ton and Henry Qay; admission
ticket to the impeachment trial of
President Andrew Johnson in 1868;
College Bookstore burglarized,
reward offered for information
By Dawn Ang
A new glass door replaced the
shattered, then boarded up door of
the college bookstore on March 26
due to a break-in which occurred
in the eariy morning hours of March
21, after the Video Dance in the
Braves Den.
An estimated three to four thou
sand dollars worth of goods were
stolen that night, and the college,
as well as the police, are looking
into the matter seriously to deter
mine the culprit.
John A. Nesbitt, the college’s
business manager, revealed that
there was an insurance coverage,
although there was a $1,000 de
ductible involved. It was believed
that the break-in occurred some
time after 12:30 a.m. because
Security had been over to check
those grounds at that time. As “fate”
would have it, there was a mal-
fimction of the alarm system on
that particular night, and it thus
facilitated the break-in. However,
all alarm systems on campus
grounds have since been thor
oughly checked and have been
found to be in perfect order.
This is the third break-in of the
college bookstore, but the first of
its kind in its new premises. In the
first break-in, the burglar was
caught and the college intends to
apprehend this culprit as well.
Investigations are underway, much
to the ignorance of the students,
and the college is working closely
with the Murfreesboro community
to determine if the culprit is a
Chowan student or someone from
the town community.
The college takes a serious view
of such incidents, including van
dalism and that is why a reward of
$250 has been offered to any indi
vidual who is able to supply an
information which would lead to
the arrest of the burglar. Vandal
ism, as seen by Nesbitt, is unnec-
Coed dorm decision reversed
Jenkins to remain
women's dormitory
By Jessica Kiser
Jenkins Hall will not be changed
into a coed residence hall for the
fall semester of 1992. On March
24, Vice President Bruce Moore,
Dean Winslow Carter, and the
Jenkins Resident Director Loueen
Leonard decided to keep Jenkins
Hall a female residence hall.
The decision came after the
residents of Jenkins Hall expressed
their dissatisfaction with the 2.4
GPA that would be required of all
residents in the proposed coed
dorm. The residents prepared and
signed a petition. It was presented
to Moore on March 20. A dorm
meeting was called for March 23
to allow Moore and Carter to talk
with the residents of Jenkins. Al
though most of the residents were
not against a coed dorm, they were
against the limitations it would
place on the “family atmosphere in
Jenkins.” Several residents pointed
out how their grades had improved
sirKe moving to Jenkins and the
sense of community that had al
ready been established in the dorm.
The college remains open to the
idea of a coed dorm, but does not
see the need for one at the moment,
according to Moore. As of March
23 only one male had signed up for
the dorm, Moore admitted. “In my
position I am continuously dealing
with people trying to fix things that
are not broken. I find myself in that
position now,” Moore stated.
rare nineteenth century lithographs
including an 1872 Currier and Ives
showing the first black member of
the U.S. senate; landmark docu
ments which include the Treaty of
Ghent, Columbia Treaty, and the
first treaty defeated by the senate;
and the various political cartoons
including several by Thomas Nast,
America’s most powerful and in
fluential cartoonist in the nine
teenth century.
I
essary and wasteful. The cost of
repair is a sheer waste and such
money can, and should, be chan
neled to more useful purposes. In
the case of this burglary, four thou
sand dollars is not a petty sum to be
lost and such a loss in^vertently
affects students because school
fees are used to cover such costs
when the money can actually be
used to better our lives on campus.
Suggestions were made by
Nesbitt to promote a neighborhood
watch program, where the whole
college community has the spirit
of togetherness and works hand in
hand for the safety of this college.
A brilliant plan, I might say, for it
not only enhances the safety of the
college, but also stirs this feeling
of belonging and responsibility of
the student to the college. If imple
mented, the benefits would be
unending, both to the college as
well as to the students.
Auto accident claims life
of Chowan student April 8
Chowan students, faculty and
staff mourned the loss of sopho
more Jermifer A. Jones, age 20,
from Newport News, Va., who died
in a car accident just north of Mur
freesboro on April 8. She was re
turning to Chowan and was trav
elling between Murfreesboro and
Como when the truck ahead of her
slowed to make a turn and Jen
nifer’s car rear-ended the UTick.
Campus Minister Kelly Brame
conducted the funeral service in
Virginia on Saturday, April 11,
which was attended by over 25
Chowan students, staff, and friends.
Brame read letters from her friends
recalling the good times they had.
Two of her favorite poems were
also read, one about friendships
and another one encouraging
people to live each day to the full
est.
“Jennifer was a pre-education
major who lived life to the fullest,”
recalls Dianna Freshour, resident
director for Belk Residence Hall.
“Her friends remembered her at
the funeral service as someone who
knew when it was time to be quiet,
but when it was time to be loud, she
could have a good time.”
Jennifer’s best friends, Alicia
Starkweather, Alecia Ramsey,
Patty Trudel and Joy Croskey were
often seen with her and together
they were known as “the gang of
five”.
A support group of Chowan
students met on Thursday evening
Jennifer Jones
following the accident to express
their thoughts and feelings and
provide mutual support on campus
for the loss.
Memorial donations may be
given in memory of Jennifer Jones
to the Book of Memory located in
Whitaker Library.
Did you know?
In a poll taken on March
18, 1992, 100 Chowan stu
dents were asked, “In the
recent SG A elections, did you
know anything about the
candidates other than their
names?”
90% said “No”. 20% said
“what election?”
Voting records indicate
that 68% of the student body
took part in the election by
voting.
Alcohol consumption on college campuses becoming major problem
Drinking is the number one
health problem on college and
university campuses. President
Bush included alcohol in the 1992
National Drug Control Strategy,
citing it as “the most abused sub
stance by students.” The 1991
survey of high school seniors and
college students by Michigan’s
Institute for Survey Research lends
proof to this statement by indicat
ing an iiKrease in the number of
“binge drinkers” (5 or more drinks
in a row) arxl daily drinkers in the
college age population.
College suidents spend approxi
mately $5 billion annually to pur
chase 430 gallons of alcoholic
beverages. This alcohol consump
tion can lead to dropouts, campus
violence, risky sexual encounters,
and even death. For example,
charges of rape against a Univer
sity of Richmond student were
dismissed last year, when the vic
tim testified theat she was too drunk
to know she was being sexually
assaulted aivl the defendant testi
fied that he was so drunk that he
The father of an intoxicated 20-year-old killed in a fall
from a window of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity at
Clemson University is suing the university, the fraternity,
and two downtown bars.
A student of the University of Montana in Missoula has
been con victed in the shooting deaths of two friends. After
travelling to a gravel pit to drink beer, the youth shot his
friends point blank and then torched the car they had rid
den in.
sities across the country had
“Spring Break become synony
mous with excessive and binge
drinking by our young people.”
As part of the “Put On The
Breaks” program, OSAP has cre
ated the college Resource Collec
tion to help colleges and commu
nities reduce alcohol-related prob
lems, especially during the “spring
break” months. This collection
includes key facts about alcohol,
graphics, questions and answers
and sample school policies that
can help decrease drinking by col
lege students. Alcohol Practices,
Policies, and Potentials of Ameri
can Colleges and Universities: A
OSAP'» National CleTlnghou— (or Alcohol »nd Drug lnfmn»tk>n
Alcohol vs. Books
did not realize at first that she was
not consenting. Last fall, a 22-year
old University of Idaho student
died at his home of alcohol poison
ing after consuming large quanti
ties of alcohol at a Halloween party
the previous night. It is estimated
that among those currendy in col
lege , between 240,000 and 360,000
will eventually lose their lives due
to drinking.
gram, initiated last year by the
Office for Substance Abuse Pre
vention, seeks to raise awareness
about alcohol problems on college
campuses and to call for action
among students, college presidents,
governing boards, faculty, and
administrators. Its goal is to sug
gest that, through concerted action
by all relevant parties, a positive
impact can occur.
The typical college student
spends more money for
alcohol than for books II!!
The “Put On The Brakes” pro- Recently, colleges and umver- osap. Alcohol Pnctthm, PoUdm, t PottnUaia of Am*tu»n Coihgm, imi
White Paper, the Faculty Mem
ber’s Handbook, and the Program
Administrator’s Handbook are also
available to give an in-depth look
at the problems of drinking on
college campuses and may be ob
tained through OSAP’s National
Clearinghouse for Alcohol and
Drug Information, which houses
the most comprehensive set of al
cohol and other drug information
in the worid. When writing stories
on “Spring Break”, or when work
ing on other alcohol-related stories
throughout the year, these materi
als provide valuable information
on drinking and the college popu
lation. A list is available through
the college guidance office and
most materials can be ordered firee-
of-charge.
Many incidents related to alco
hol arc under-reported on college
campuses. Parents, teachers, ad
ministrators and students must be
aware that this is a serious national
problem, and that some promising
approaches are available.