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Be on the look out for Tri Sigma car wash tickets! The carwash will be neld in March. Come get your car washed and get a chance TO win in a drawing! Look for the purple shirts for more information! Vd 40, Issue 8 Check out Silly Jokes on Page 6! Monday, February 25,2002 Methodist College, Fayetteville, NC By Amanda Garcia Sports Editor Fayetteville mayor, Marshall Pitts Jr., was the key speaker for the February 4,2001 Con vocation held in Reeves audi torium.His topic was “Contri butions of African Americans to our Country.” His speech was the begin ning for a month of African Mayor Pitts Speaks of History w Photo by Amanda Garcia American History Month for Methodist. Pitts is not only the mayor of Fayetteville. He is now a part of Fayetteville’s history by being the first African-Ameri can mayor of this city. The speech given by Pitts was fitting to his history mak ing. He remarked on several accomplished African-Ameri cans who are not a part of our traditional history books.. He touched on the first Af rican-American woman to become a millionaire. He talked about George Washington Carver. He also men tioned the African- Ainerican who invented the electric traffic light, Garrett Morgan. “I made a re mark to another staff member about the irony of Mayor Pitts citing remark able African-Americans in his tory from a book he had, when Photo bv Amanda Garcia he himself is history in the mak ing,” said Webmaster, Mike Molten. Pitts spoke to a crowd of approximately 150 students and staff Student Government Association (SGA) President, Lindsey Spitzer introduced Mayor Pitts to the audience. She highlighted that despite his limited experience in politics with only two years on the city council, Pitts was elected mayor. Pitts is also a lo cal attorney in the area. Dr. Peter Murray was responsible for much of the coordination that went into scheduling Pitts as the speaker. He was also the one who suggested that the school ask Mayor Pitts to speak to the students. “He [Pitts] is still a new face in the community due to his short time on city council,” said Murray. “I thought that it would be a good chance to allow the campus community to see and hear from him.” So, what did the students get out of the Convocation and the message? Established “1 think that the students were grateful and they now understand the importance of learning about other cultures Photo bv Amanda Garcia and other pasts,” said Murray. In addition to Mayor Pitts speaking, Murray also coor dinated with the music depart ment in an effort to have One Spirit open the Convocation with a song. “They sounded great,” said Katrina Fletcher, a junior. “The song they sang really helped set the mood.” Lowdermlik Award Do away with MLK day holiday? gM| Photo taken by Amanda Garcia Award winner, Leigh Stevens, stands with Reverend Lowdermilk. Finalists were Rachel Bealieu, Amanda Garcia, Jennifer Packard, and Justin Rimbey. Congrats to all! By Ashleigh Radford Edilor-in-Chief Dr. Hendricks heldadiscussion forum on Tuesday, February 19todiscuss the possibility oftaking back Martin Luther King, Jr. day as a school recognizedholi- day. For the first time ui Methodist College his tory students and staff were given MLK day off in order to commemorate the meaning it carries with it Dr. Hendricks called the forum in response to his feelings that a mistake was made by giving the day off He expressed concern that the day’s tme meaning was lost wWe students enjoyedadayofrec- reation instead of a dav of rememberance. “It bothers me when we flowri^tthnxi^ that day as it is nothing,” Dr. Hendricks said. Photo taken bv Amanda Garcia Approximately 75 concemed students and staff showed up to the discussioitomaketiieiragruements and hear what Dr Hendricks had to say. The concems that were ex pressed were mostly against the President’splaa“Ithinkweshould have this day off Dr. King is very important to our history and I feel that it would be racist if we did not have that day off,” junior Kleida Panisaid. Dr. Hendricks discused his idea of having that day as a special classroom time, and having a large convocation in memory ofMLK. However some did not agree with the presidentthatwecan remem ber MLK in just one day. “Dr. King told us how to live our lives, that is something you can not do in one day, but all the time,” Dr. Carl Dyke said. Theveiyaipjementalivediscus- sion was not resloved. However, many students and staff got a chance to give their point of view on the subject of keeping MLK day as a holiday or not. Opinions 4 Lifestyles 5 Sports 6 Classifieds 7
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