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Volume A,3, No, 2
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA
Novemberl994
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EDUCATION:
The Education depart
ment will be hosting partici
pating teachers from Vena
Wilburn School November 17
in an effort to assist students
in the classroom. Teachers
will be relating theory to
practice as they observe and
participate in classroom ac
tivities.
ENGLISH:
The Fourth Annual Af
rican American Arts Festival
will be held on December 6
and 8,1994, at the Seby Jones
Fine Arts Center. The Festi
val will feature a poetry pre
sentation by students and
professional writers. In addi
tion, Nubiance will perform,
showcasing Shelia
McDonald, soloist, and Bob
Jones, artist. The play "Zoo-
U-Comes Home", by play
wright Sam Irving, based on
the Murder of Michael
Jordan's father, will be per
formed on both days at 7:30
p.m. General admission:
$10.00, students free with
id's, senior citizens $5.00,
and children Sand under, free.
NATURAL
SCIENCES AND
MATH:
Saturday tutorials for
middle school students will
be offered for three
Saturdays, beginning No
vember 4 and running
through December 3. Assist
ing the staff will be members
of the National Society of
Black Engineers.
ART
The Art department
will be hosting a student Art
Exhibit, November 1-30,
Seby Jones Art Gallery. A
reception will be held No
vember 8, at 12:00, in the
foyer of the gallery.
Cadet BC
returns as
Battalion BC
Lieutenant Colonel Gil
bert Knowles is the new Profes
sor of Military Science at Saint
Augustine's College.
Knowles, a graduate of
the College, was commissioned
a 2nd Lieutenant in the U.S.
Army in 1976, and 20 years
later returns to St. Aug as head
of Military Science.
Knowles said that prior to
his being commissioned he had
already planned his goals, the
first of which was to become
LTC Knowles (top left) relaxes on the steps of Tuttle Hall with members
of his cadre.
Cadet Battalion Commander of
the Falcon Battalion (in addi
tion to holding the office of stu
dent body president), and ulti
mately to attain the rank of Lieu
tenant Colonel in the U.S. Anpy.
Asked if there was life af
ter attaining his goals, Knowles
replied, "New goals."
Married to former Miss
Saint Aug Caroyln Floyd,
Knowles has returned to St. Aug
with a purpose, which is to "com
mission the best officers in the
United States Army." Pursuant
to this goal, Knowles declares
that his mission is to commis
sion the highest number of of
ficers for HBCU's in the nation.
With close to one hundred
T\ittle
Center is a
landmark
In 1927, Dr. Aaron
Hunter founded the Tuttle Com
munity Center.
Started as an extension of
St. Augustine's College's ser
vice to the community by Dr.
Hunter, the Center’s first board
consisted of Miss Pearl
Snodgrass, Miss Mary L. Gates
and Mr. J. W. Holmes (all fac
ulty of St. Aug).
Since 1927, the center has
undergone several significant
changes. Tuttle has expanded
fi'om a comprehensive commu
nity facility to a first class day
Architect s Conception of Tuttle Center in 1967
care center.
Now operated by Mrs.
Margret Thurston, the center
serves 80 students with five
teachers and five teacher assis
tants.
The center opens its doors
at 6:30 a.m. and closes at 5:30
p.m.; it provides service begin
ning the first day of public
school and remains open
throughout the regular school
year, closing only on legal busir
ness holidays.
At $62.50 per week, the
center is one of most compre
hensive day-care programs
available at such a price. Stu
dents are fed breakfast, lunch
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Lynch resident
robbed in room
Sunday October 30,
Quinton Cornell Beale was
robbed at gun point by two men
in his Lynch Hall room.
According to police reports,
Beale said that he was robbed of
$50, and was tied by the gunmen
prior to their leaving.
Dean Gaddis Faulcon, Act
ing Vice President for Student Af
fairs, said that he "detest(ed) ac
tions like these."
Faulcon said his office has
recommended an increase in se
curity and stressed that Lynch
Hall residents must keep thek
suites' doors locked as a preven
tive measure. Additionally,
Faulcon revealed plans for a
crime prevention seminar to be
conducted in conjunction with
the campus' Public Safety De
partment. "Crime prevention is
the key," said Faulcon.
'We have increased our
foot patrols to include the hall
ways, balconies and lobbies of
the dorms and are working on
cadets in his program, Knowles
appears to be well on his way
to attaining yet another goal
in his life. Knowles does admit,
however, that the initial tally,
while important, is not the most
important factor in his plan,
"Retention is. What does it
matter if you have one hundred
MS I's if you lose them all be
fore commissioning?"
Knowles said that he is
very confident in his staff and
proud to have the best staff
available, and with a program
that stresses academics first,
Knowles has ahready won half
the battle.
increasing the hours the booth
is occupied," said Captain
Twitty of the Public Safety De
partment, when asked about
measures the P.S.D. intends to
execute.
Twitty also mentioned
proposed plans to implement a
campus watch program that
would include the cooperation
of the S.G.A., fraternities, so
rorities and all student organi
zations.
"Team effort is the only
way to help prevent this prob
lem firom recurring," Twitty said.
Faulcon is the
new Falcon in
charge of
Student
Affairs
by Adenike Matthews
As of September 26,
1994, Dr. Gaddis Faulcon has
been acting Vice President for
Student Affairs and Special
Projects. Dr. Wiley Davis is the
retiring substantive holder of
that position.
When Dr. Faulcon was
assistant to Dr. Davis, he didn’t
have as many responsibiUties as
he does now. He feels that the
volume of his duties has in
creased. One of his main goals
as acting vice president is to
prepare the student affairs of
fice for the year 2000.
Dr. Faulcon has declared
the 94-95 school year as the
year of the student by promot
ing programs to help students
here at St. Aug. One of the spe
cial projects he hopes to de
velop is a mentoring program
to help care for students who
are having problems in school.
This program will have a direc
tor, an assistant director and
five to six area directors, with
hopes of eventually having a
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Innately, people need to
believe what they see
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Another service charge
for students
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INDEX
Editorials
2
Comics
6
Perspectives
3
Grundy's Challenge
6
Campus News
4
Sports
7
News Perspectives
5
Dear Yvette
8
A&E Review
6
Poets Corner
8