The Decree
VOL. 5, NO. 4
North Carolina Wesleyan College, Rocky Mount, N.C.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10,1989
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SGA board
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NEW SEASON OPENS — Student actresses Lafondras Jones, Kristi Larson, and Kathy Johnson
rehearse for Thursday night’s opening of the Wesleayan College Players' production of "The House of
Blue Leaves."
Victim warns about AIDS
By DHANA CHESSON
“I was diagnosed 16 months
ago with a full blown case of
AIDS... I’ve been near death two
times... Most AIDS patients live
only three year after diagnosis.”
This is how Garland Lancaster
introduced himself to Wesleyan
students on Oct. 30 in the Stu
dent Activities Center.
Wesleyan Players
open new season
with comic farce
The North Carolina Wesleyan
College Players will open their
1989-90 season this weekend
with “The House of Blue
Leaves,” an award-winning
comic farce by John Guare.
The show dates are Nov. 9-11
and 16-18. Performances begin
at 8 p.m. in Coltrane Theatre,
located on the second floor of
Braswell Administrative Build
ing. Tickets are available at the
door for $3.
Cast members include Alan
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Garland Lancaster describes
himself as “the boy next door or
the boy your sister marries.”
Until 16 months ago he never
thought AIDS had anything to do
with his life. He thought it was
just a “gay disease.”
He said he was on campus to
tell the students that AIDS will
affect their lives and, even if they
don’t contract it, someone they
know or love will die from
AIDS.
“AIDS is going to come and
get you. I’m here to tell you that
right now,” he said. Garland
warned his message to the stu
dents was to be responsible with
their lives.
He strongly emphasized be
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By D.A. LENTZ
The Student Government
Association (SGA) of North
Carolina Wesleyan College has
selected the members of the
1989-90 Campus Judicial Board
(CJB.)
The Judicial Board consists of
three students, one representa
tive from the Student Life Of
fice, and one representative from
the Faculty Council. The three
student members of CJB are
Christine Adams, D. Lentz, and
Aretha Richardson; the faculty
representative is Vaughn Schutz;
and the Student Life representa
tive is Pam Gourley.
Selections were determined
by the Executive Board of the
SGA, from six names that were
submitted to them from three
groups. The SGA Senate, Stu
dent Life Office, and Faculty
Council each chose two students
to be considered for CJB. The
Executive Board then chose one
person from the names submitted
to make the final decision.
As stated in the constitution
of the Student Government As
sociation of NCWC, “The func
tion of the CJB shall be to have
original jurisdiction over all sus-
pendable violations of campus
regulations as stated in the Stu
dent Handbook and to interpret
and decide the constitutionality
of all bills passed by the SGA
Senate.”
Students charged with sus-
pendable offenses will have the
option of being tried by CJB
rather than by Tim Millerick,
Director of Residence Life. If a
student is convicted by either the
Judicial Board or Millerick, then
he has the right to appeal. The
Judicial Board may also help
advise on justice policy. The of
fice of Student Life is consider
ing revisions to the current jus
tice system.
Before CJB becomes an ac
tive part of the justice system, the
members will undergo a training
session. The Justice Board may
begin to hear cases by the end of
November.
Author reads from works
REYNOLDS PRICE
Prize-winning author Rey
nolds Price read from his works
at North Carolina Wesleyan Col
lege during a free public reading
on Oct. 24 in the Student Activi
ties Center.
This was the second Eleanor
Hoyt Smith reading at the Col
lege. Since the publication of his
A Long and Happy Life in 1962,
Mr. Price has written consis
tently distinguished fiction,
mostly set in Eastern North
Carolina.
Price, 56, writes novels, es
says, poems and plays, translates
stories from the Bible and
teaches creative writing and Mil
ton at Duke University. In 1986,
he received a National Book
Critics Circle Award for his
highly acclaimed novel Kate
Vaiden.
Five years ago, a malignant
tumor was discovered in his spi
nal cord. After three operations
and radiation therapy. Price be
gan a new life. He told a reporter
from the New York Times re
cently that if anything, his output
has increased since his paraple
gia. He completed three novels, a
book of poems, a collection of
essays and four plays, while con
tinuing to teach his classes at
Duke during this time. A Price
trilogy — “August Snow,” “New
Music” and “Better Days” — is
to open this month at the Cleve
land Play House.
On the occasion of the read
ing at Wesleyan, NCWC Press
released a poem by Price and
Back Before Day, a previously
unpublished story. This story
was the press’s first title of the
1989-90 year. It was published in
an edition of 500 numbered cop
ies, as well as in a specially-
bound edition of 100, signed by
Price.