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Methodist College, Fayetteville, NC 28311
Methodist College Loses Colleague & Friend
School Photographer Passes On
by Dan Devlin, Jr.
Home basketball games at Methodist College are always an
important event, and Richard Small, Methodist College’s campus-wide
photographer, knew it. On Tuesday, February 6, 1996, at
approximately 7:30 P.M., Richard Small passed away, a victim of an
“apparent heart attack,” according to school physician Ron Foster.
Small was 54 years old.
Small had covered nearly every home sporting event, as well as
all of the ofiBcial functions for the Methodist College Public Relations
Department, where he worked as the the school photographer for the
last 18 months. Most of the pictures seen in the “MC Today” magazine
and Pride, were Small’s work.
On Tuesday night, the Methodist College Monarchs faced Averett
College on their homecourt in the March F. Riddle Physical Activities
Center, and Small was there, ready for the night’s events. Shortly
before the game began, he complained of a “tightness in the chest.”
Assistant football coach Eric Westerfield asked if he should call the
paramedics, but Small stated that it was probably just left over from a
chest cold he’d been sufifering from over the previous weekend.
Uneasy about the photographer’s condition, Westerfield notified
Stephen Atstupenas, Methodist’s assistant athletic trainer, that they
m^t have a serious situation on their hands.
Atstupenas, after questioning Small about his condition and noticing a “bluish tint to his lips,” moved him to the
main ofiSce in the PAC where he could relax on the couch and catch his breath. Small related that he hadn’t felt well over
the weekend, and had been taking medicine to battle his cold. “It’s probably nothing,” Small said. A quick telephone
call to Foster informed Atstupenas that Small had suffered a stroke two years prior and that medical attention should be
sought. Atstupenas immediately dialed 911 and requested emergency medical attention.
Paramedics fi’om Cumberland Count}' Emergency Medical Services arrived and rushed Small to Cape Fear Valley
Medical center. “ He sufiFered an ‘apparent heart attack’ on the way to the hospital,” Atstupenas later said, where Small
was pronounced dead upon arrival.
A memorial service was held for family and friends at Hensdale Chapel at Methodist College the following Friday
afternoon, February 9,1996. He is survived by his wife, Betsy, and sister, Ann, as well as friends and family.
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Richard Small
MC Security Involved In On-Campus Chase
by Dan Devlin, Jr.
The Methodist CoUege Police/Public Safety Department were involved in a joint “hot pursuit” with Fayetteville City
Police on Methodist College campus late Friday aftemoon, February' 9,1996, at approximately 4; 17 P.M.. Chief Wilford
Saunders defines “hot pursuit” as pursuit of a suspect fleemg a crime in a motor vehicle at a high rate of speed in an effort
to apprehend the suspect.
Methodist College Security received a radio transmission from Fayetteville City Police ofiBcer Randy Jackson, who
was following an African-American woman, approximately 50 to 55 years of age, in a late model stationw^on at a high
rate of speed, headed north on Ramsey Street in the direction of Methodist College campus.
The woman, in an attempt to elude Officer Jackson, proceeded through the Welcome Center and onto the campus,
at which time Methodist College Police Officer Sean Fay took chase, followed by Jackson. The suspect proceeded to lead
the officers north on Lowdermilk Drive, past the Homer Administration Building and toward the residence halls.
She continued through the dorm area and headed toward the March F. Riddle Center, where MC Security Officer
Anna McDuffie had set up a roadblock with the Security Truck. The suspect drove into the grass, avoiding McDuffie’s
roadblock, and proceeded to make her way towards the Trustees’ parking lot. She then took a right on Lowdermilk Drive,
where Chief Saunders joined the chase, followed by Fay and Jaclson.
The suspect exited campus through the North gate, tumed right and proceeded north on Ramsey Sfreet. Fayetteville
City Police took over the chase, which ended eight miles later in a wooded area off of Rachel Road, off US 401 North,
when she crashed into a ditch. Officer Fay and Chief Saunders placed the suspect under arrest after she failed several filed
sobriety tests. The suspect faces eight charges from the Fayetteville City Police, four cliarges from the Methodist College
Polic^Public Safety deparfrnent, and an unspecified number of charges from the Morth Carolina Highway Pafrol.
“We were very lucky no one was injured,” Saunders said. “Safety was utmost in our minds.” Saunders also stated
that he was very proud of his officers and their actions, stating th?t we are “fortunate to have them” on our campus.
Delta Mu Delta
Holds Inaugural
Induction
by Lillian Michelle Yarborough
The inaugural dinner and
induction ceremony for the Reeves
School of Business Eta Sigma
Chapter of Delta Mu Delta was held
on November 19, 1995, Dr. Grace
Black, the National President of Delta
Mu Delta, spoke about the origin of
the honor society in 1913, its growth
to the 186 chapters it includes today,
and performed the official induction
of the charter and honorary members
of the new chapter. Dr. Black added
that membership in Delta Mu Delta
was, “an honor that cannot be bought
or given as a gift but earned.”
Following the induction
ceremony. Professor Joesph Doll
introduced the Keynote Speaker, Mr.
David Jameson, President and CEO
of the Fayetteville Chamber of
Commerce. The theme of Jameson’s
speech was “Going from Academic
Success to Leadership in Managing
Creatively for Social and Economic
Good.” Mr. Jameson ended his
speech by saying to the students, “I
look forward to seeing you on the
scene of Fayetteville’s bright future.
Students who were inducted at
the ceremony include: Tiffany Black,
Margaretta Blackwell, Nichole
Brooks, Deborah Carlson, Karen
Dorman, James Fair, Jared Fryer,
June Harrison, Susan Hayes-
Johnson, Miscall Henninger, James
Henson, Patricia Hurley, Sidney
Larson, Ron Lavoie, Felice McNair,
Jennifer nee, Brian Rodgers, Christine
Summers, Colleen WafFer, Judith
Wright, and Lillian Michelle
Yarborough.
The honorary members who
were also inducted include: Dr.
Anthony DeLapa, Prof Joseph DoU,
Prof Linda Gravitt, Dr. Elton
Hendricks, Ms. Donna Clayton
Lloyd, and Mr. David Wilson.