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VOL. 4, NO. 5
NORTH CAROLINA WESLEYAN COLLEfJE, ROCKY MOUNT, N.C.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1988
PBL offers
opportunity
for students
By SHARON EVANS
and DELL LEWIS
Are you one of those students who
wants to become involved in a stu
dent organization, but feel that you
just do not have the time for another
commitment? Well, why not join a
club that will work for you and with
you instead of against you? If you are
a business major or minor there is just
such a club here at North Carolina
Wesleyan.
Phi Beta Lambda (PBL) is the
largest organization for college busi
ness students worldwide. Perhaps
you are familiar with its high school
counterpart—Future Business Lead
ers of America. Combined, FBLA-
PBL counts over 210,000 active
members in over 10,000 chapters.
The major purpose of PBL is to
build an understanding of the Ameri
can Free Enterprise system through
programs and projects that deal with
the daily challenges of the business
world. Membership in Phi Beta
Lambda will do much more than pro
vide filler for your resume. PBL pro
vides an opportunity for the individ
ual student to develop and display
leadership through participation in
local, state, regional, and national ac
tivities.
The 1989 State Leadership Con-
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South Africa
expert urges
peaceful talks
PBL MEMBERS WORK WITH LOCAL YOUTH IN PROJECT
By DON RHODES
Richard Elphick, one of the
world’s leading South African au
thorities, presented two lectures in
the chapel Monday. The recurrent
theme in both lectures was that the
leaders of South Africa turned to seg
regation and later to apartheid as a
response to problems at the time.
In the morning lecture Elphick
tried to establish that Calvinism did
not play a role in white South Africa
until after the Neo-Calvinist move
ment in the 1920’s. In the afternoon,
he changed gears and demonstrated
the challenges that the West has pre
sented South Africa from the 1820’s
forward were part of the explanation
for present day South Africa.
He also placed part of the blame
for segregation and apartheid on in
dustrialization accompanied by ur
banization. South Africa was in a
state of chaos in the early 1900’s due
to industrialization. The white clergy
of the Dutch Reformed Church took
it upon themselves to uplift their own
congregations from the social up
heaval.
In the afternoon lecture, Elphick
noted that the West has intervened in
South African affairs several times
and failed. These interventions only
served to scare the white South Afri
cans, who were determined to retain
political control.
At the conclusion of the second
lecture, Elphick reconunended that
people need to do two things. First,
they need to realize that there is no
quick-fix solution to apartheid. Also,
we need to devise well-conceived
policies and be willing to stick to
them for the duration.
Following the last lecture, Elph
ick stated that he sees two possible
courses for South Africa. The first is
that South Africa could find itself in a
civil war in which millions could die
and all of the means of economic
prosperity could be destroyed. The
other alternative is a negotiated set
tlement, which could be a long time
in the future. He added that he sees no
way for South Africa to survive with
out a peaceful settlement, because the
only people who know how to run the
government and the means of pro
duction at the present time are the
whites.
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New deans enthusiastic
about being at Wesleyan
NEW DEANS DOUGLAS CLARK (LEFT) AND JOSEPH MARRON
North Carolina Wesleyan College
recently welcomed two new mem
bers to its faculty. Dougks E. Clark is
the new Dean of Admissions and
Finacial Aid, and Joseph M. Marron
is now the Dean of Student Life.
Dean Clark comes to Wesleyan
from Roanoke College in Salem, Vir
ginia where he was dean of admis
sions. Previously, he was an accredi
tation coordinator with the Associa
tion of Independent Colleges and
Schools. Clark received a B.A. in
Political Science from Roanoke Col
lege and aM.A. in Legislative Affairs
from George Washington University.
He continued graduate studies in
International Relations and Foreign
Affairs at the University of Virginia.
“North Carolina Wesleyan is an
institution on the move and I am very
excited to be a part of it,” said Dean
Clark. As Dean of Admissions and
Financial Aid, Clark will oversee the
enrollment of new students andthe
disbursement of financial aid money.
Dean Marron was the director of
campus affairs at Saint Anselm Col
lege in Manchester, New Hampshire
before coming to Wesleyan. Prior to
this position, Marron worked at Dela
ware Valley College in Doylestown,
Peimsylvania, where he served as
area coordinator, assistant football
coach and head track coach.
Commenting on the upcoming
year at Wesleyan, Dean Marron said,
“I’m looking forward to working
with a first rate team.” This team in
cludes President Leslie H. Gamer,
Dean of the College Marshall
Brooks, Vice President Ray Kirkland
and Dean Douglas Clark. Marron,
who will reside in Rocky Mount with
his wife Kathleen, said of his new
home, “Rocky Mount has welcomed
me with open arms. It’s a very vibrant
city!”
As Dean of Student Life, Marron
will oversee housing, food services,
counseling, student activities, in-
trmurals, student government, health
services and facilities management.