VOLUME XVII, NUMBER 1 2
N.C. WESLEYAN COLLEGE. ROCKY MOUNT, N.C
MONDAY. NOVEMBER 20. 1978
GROW UP FIRST
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HOMECOMING
1978
by Gina Keating
by Angie Ruffin
Going off to college
sounds exciting. Many people
consider it a very vital part of
growing up; but in order to
survive at college, one must
have undergone much of the
growing process already. I
was just as excited about
college as anybody could be,
yet when I got there I found
that I had forgotten some very
important basics. I realized
that I had to come home and
start over again.
All my life I have lived in
Rocky Mount. I don’t have
any older brothers or sisters
in college, so N.C. Wesleyan
has been my idea of what a
college is. I could not com
prehend a campus so large
that one couldn’t see from one
end to the other.
I attended a very small
high school where it was easy
for everyone to take an active
part in school life. It was very
hard for me to imagine going
to the same school with
another person and not really
knowing them. At West
Edgecombe, everybody
knows everybody.
All through high school I
had taken college prep
courses, but it was during my
senior year that I began to
make definite plans about
college. I applied to the
University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill and was ac
cepted. I was very excited.
The months seemed to drag by
and I began to think
graduation day would never
come.
After graduation I began
to make the final
arrangements. The summer
seemed to be gone before it
even got started and soon it
was time to be at school.
Upon my arrival at
Carolina, I was nothing short
of speechless. My dorm
seemed almost like a hospital,
it was so big. There were ten
stories towering into the air,
and people seemed to be
running out the windows.
Trying to find my way around
the campus proved a bad
joke. I felt like someone had
taken me to a completely
different world.
After my parents left I
was still excited, but fear was
creeping in. It was hard for
me to believe that in a few
minutes I would be a part of
this world.
There were so many
meetings and everything was
so confusing. As long as I was
busy things went smoothly,
but when I took time to look
around I got more frightened.
It was while I was looking
around that I began to see
things as they really were. I
saw how in my past life I had
such a dependence on my
parents that now I couldn’t
survive alone. My mother had
always been there to wash my
clothes, cook my meals, and
mainly to listen when I needed
to talk. My father was always
there to help with my school
work. Now I was all alone and
I was being very childish.
Three days were all I
could stand, and I know that 1
didn’t really give it a chance.
Before I went to even the first
class, I called home. While
everyone else was going to
their first day of classes., I
was busy withdrawing from
school.
Then I applied to
Wesleyan and was accepted.
Here I have been able to take
more of the courses that I like
and things are really going
well.
I knew I had acted like a
big baby. I just hadn’t really
grown up enough to leave
home. It may seem that
coming home only made my
dependence on my parents
much greater, thus stunting
my growth process. This is not
true because by being at
Wesleyan I am still away from
home, but not too far.
HOMECOMING—WOW!
What a week. Starting the
week off was the bonfire and
pep rally, sponsored by the
cheerleaders. Thursday was
highlighted by a pie throw,
and some of the most sought
after participants included
Mr. McCarthy and Mr.
Garlow. Later that evening
there was a candlelight dinner
held in the cafeteria. Alpha
Delta Chi hosted a “pig-
pickin” Friday night which
really got the weekend into the
swing!!!
Saturday was the really
big day! The Homecoming
soccer game was played
against Averett College, and it
started at 2 p.m. Besides the
soccer game that afternoon,
Wesleyan’s first Open House
weekend got under way. Later
that night there was a cocktail
party given by the Sigma Phi
Delta sorority for invited
guests. The highlight of
Homecoming week was the
dance. This year’s theme
was “Tonight’s The Night.”
The dance was held from nine
o’clock until one o’clock that
morning, at the Rocky Mount
Shrine Club, and the band was
“Tiffany.”
The Homecoming
nominees and their escorts
were introduced during the
dance. These girls included
Cathy Brown, freshmen class;
Paige Brown, sophomore
class; Madeline Alston, junior
class; Linda Braswell, senior
class; Carol Houston, Black
Student Alliance; Anna
Alston, bicycle club; Kim
Edwards, North Dorm; and
Connie Sanborn, Nu Gamma
Phi. Connie was named the
W78-79 Homecoming Queen,
and Carrol Houston was the
runner-up. Jenny Schaden,
last year’s queen presented
Connie with the crown, and a
bouquet of roses. Each of the
other representatives
recieved a single stem rose.
Most students spent
Sunday recuperating, and
Open House continued from 1
p.m. to 5 p.m. that afternoon.
Overall, Homecoming was a
giant success, and seemed to
be enjoyed by all.
Are We Secure ?
by Robin Coller
Fire! That is exactly what
you are supposed to yell when
you are being beat up, at
tacked, mugged. It seems that
yelling “HELP” scares
people, away. Who hasn’t
heard the infamous words, “I
didn’t want to get involved?”
But even yelling “FIRE” on
this campus isn’t going to
bring help. There is not an
ablebodied security guard
within ten miles of this school,
and even if there was he would
never be able to locate
someone in trouble because of
the inadequate lighting.
Many people have
laughed at the idea of being
attacked on this campus. They
think, “Ah, it will never
happen to me.” Well, it can
happen and it has happened to
a number of people, mainly
girls, within the last two
years. And that is nothing to
laugh about.
A prowler was spotted on
campus a few weeks ago, and
the girls at North Hall and
Edgecombe Hall were in
structed to be on the lookout
for strangers. North Hall has
been broken into, and screens
have been cut from the win
dows. So that brings up the
next question... Just who are
we supposed to notify at 11:00
p.m. when we see a stranger
prowling around campus?
What is it going to take
before something is done to
prevent these incidents from
reoccuring? As students of
NCWC we can not leave this
campus, and go home at night.
We live here!!! And we are
entitled to an adequate
security system.
This college is sand
wiched between a major high
way, and many backroads,
and unless a 15 -foot barricade
with armed guards and search
lights is placed around the
campus, it is going to be
impossible to protect
everyone all the time. And
that is slightly unrealistic.
However, adequate lighting,
and capable security guards
are the very least that should
be expected. In any event,
action should be taken to
ensure the safety of the
students, and the time is
now!!!!!!!
UP IN S M 0 KE - I N SI DE
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