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U. s. POSTAGI PAID Panwt No. 217 Rocky Mourt, N. C Norv-Profit Organiution NORTH CAROLINA WESLEYAN COLLEGE Rocky Mount, N. C. VOL. X NO.XXII FRIDAY, MARCH 21,1969 'Shadows of Night’ Claim First Place In Talent Contest ROBERTS WINS Reviewed by Ed Smith Winners of the Circle- K Talent Show present ed in Wesleyan’s Ever- ette Gymnasium March 14 were the “Shadows of Night,” Bruce Wright, Brian Flynn, Barry Lam bert (Most Original), and Nu Gamma Phi (Best Comedy). The “Shadows of Night,” Wesleyan’s own Motown-sound group with Ernestine Dancey, Les- sie Pitman, and Mary Johnson, backed up by Art Falcon, Richard Pet- away, Richard Saunders, and Malcom Shearin,sang “She Will Break Your Heart” and “Love Makes Me Do Foolish Things,” With powerful stage pre sence, a compelling sense of ‘soul,’ and ^ood musi cianship, the ‘ Shadows of Night” took the audience into their hearts and set tled the competition for first place before inter mission. Bruce Wright and Brian Flynn, both excellent solo performers, won second and third place awards respectively. We wonder ed, though, why Bruce Wright had broken cus tom by using music in stead of memory, and we wished that Brian Flynn’s microphones had been better adjusted. Barry Lambert’s read ing of “The Creation” was accompanied by a drum interpretation by Dave Canada.A novel oral interpretation of the se lection, along with an un usual accompaniment, seemed to mitigate the generall sloppy content of the selection and jus tify the choice of the per formance as “Most Ori ginal.” Nu Gamma Phi’s pre sentation of the song-and- dance number, “There Is Nothing Like A Dame,” from Rogers and Ham- (Continued on page 4) In heavy voting last Friday, John “Hodad” Roberts emerged the clear winner in a contest with current Vice Presi dent Glenn Cockrell for the Presidency of the Wesleyan SGA. Elected also were Bill Brantley for Vice President, Mary Lang for Secretary, Karie Naylor for Treasurer, James Gill as Attorney General, and James Dixon as Defense Counselor. Only two posts, those of President and Attorney General, were contested. According to Hank Par ish, Elections Commis sions Chairman, nearly 70% of Wesleyan students voted, making a record for participation in elec tions. He attributed the students’ participation to the forcefulness of the campaigns waged by the two presidential candi dates. The campaigns includ- ed dinner speeches by all of the candidates, pep ral lies, and speeches to class meetings and dorm members. The presiden tial candidates also ad dressed letters to all stu dents, competing for the students’ support. While feelings ran high during the campaigns, many stu dents felt that political acrimony is generally good for political health. John Roberts, inter viewed shortly after e- lections returns were announced, expressed his belief that, with a respon sible student government, student support could be mustered for the achieve ment of the students’ goals and needs. Bill Brantley, the new SGA Vice President, showed a strong belief in student activism and in student com potency to handle constructively the powers that he hopes that students will get during the coming year. Dean Rusk Speak April Building A To 3rd On Peace (3lntcrfrat 'Courtteg ®urns ^ Dean Rusk, former Secretary of State^ will speak at Wesleyan April third, in the Convocation series “Crisis in Amer ica.” According to Corbitt Rushing, Mr, Rusk was chosen to speak at Wes leyan because he is one of the most informed per sons concerning the Unit ed States and its rela tions with other govem- ments in the world. His topic will be “The Crisis in Building a Peace.” Dean Rusk has held many offices pertinvint to our foreign policy such as (Continued on page 2) Finance Committee Meets To Discuss Budget Requests Highlighted by the shooting skills of Dana Dickens and Roger Tay lor, and Doug Cook’s beautiful layup for Nu Gamma Phi, the third an nual interfraternity tour nament was held on March 11 in Everett Gymnasium. In the pledge game, the Alpha Delta Chi pledge class, led by Jimmy Dix on and Tommy Wagstaff overcame the well-balan ced Nu Gamma Phi at tack and went on to a 68-62 victory. Dixon scored 25; Wagstaff added 20. Also in double figures for the Chi pledges were Brian Twiddy and Phil McPhail. The well-bal anced Phi attack was led by Roger Taylor who scored 55 of their 62 points. Tom Snyder and Russ Shoop also partici pated with 4 and 2 points, respectively. At one point, the Alpha Delta Chi lead was as many as 21 (Continued on page 3) IHE STUDENT AS NIGGER’ The N. C. Wesleyan jGA Finance Commis- Sion, headed by SGA Treasurer Al Horne, met Tuesday, March 1.1, to discuss annual budget re quests from Wesleyan’s student organizations, aince the budget cut an nounced at the close of last year by college Comptroller Floyd Saw yer, dissent and unrest among student organiza- ^has been evident, pe Commission mem bers said. Commission members lelt that minimal opera tions, due to the college’s budget cuts, had become intolerable. All student organiza tions revealed an in crease in their mone tary requests, with the exception of the SGA’s Miscellaneous Fund, which was cut by $500.00. The cut was made, ac cording to SGA Presi dent Jess Blackman, in view of the anticipated income from the pool ta bles, income which will go into the Miscellaneous Fund. Two organizations were deleted complete ly from the books of the SGA for the 1969-’70 (Continued on page 3) by Gerald Farber EDITOR’S NOTE: This controversial essay, be cause of its length, will be re-printed in the DE CREE in two parts. This week a problem is expli cated; next week its sol ution is suggested. Cer tain paragraphs and phrases not necessary to the total development of the essay have been o- mitted because of lack of space, but we could not take it upon ourselves to amend oremendMr. Far- ber’s style. “Students are niggers. When you get that straight, our schools be gin to make sense. It’s more important, though, to understand why they re niggers. If we follow that question seriously e- nough, it will lead us past Reprinted from Daily Bruin Spectra; Tues., Apr. 4, 1967 the zone of academic bull shit, where dedicated teachers pass their know ledge on to a new gene ration, and into the nit ty-gritty of human needs and hang-ups. And from there, we can go on to consider whether it might be possible for students to come up from slavery. First,...let’s look at the role students play in what we like to call educa tion. At Cal State L.A., where I teach, the stu dents have separate and unequal dining facilities. If I take them into the faculty dining room, my colleagues get uncom fortable, as though there were a bad smell. If I eat in the student cafe teria, I become known as the educational equivalent of a nigger-lover. In at least one building, there are even rest rooms which students may not use. At Cal State, also, there is an un-written law barring student-fa- culty love-making. For tunately, this anti- miscegnation law, like its Southern counterpart, is not 100 per cent effec tive. Students at Cal State are politically disenfran chised. They are in an academic Lowndes Coun ty. Most of them can vote in national elections — their average age is a- bout 26 — but they have no voice in the decisions which affect their aca- (Continued on page 2)
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