PAGE 4 — THE DECREE — OCTOBER 25,1991
Poet Roland Flint returns for reading
By CECILIA CASEY
On Oct. 7, Roland Flint re
turned to NCWC to read to those
who had never been to a poetry
reading before, for the benefit of
the new listeners and to read to a
few friends for the benefit of
himself.
Before he started his reading,
he tested the microphone to see if
it was on, and then he turned it
off and asked everyone to come
closer to him, because as he ex
plained, a poetry reading was
supposed to be warm, friendly,
and intimate.
He started the reading with
some limericks. The first one was
By JUDY BOYD
One of the basic principles of
the army is that everyone is to
look uniform — not just wearing
the same outfits, but uniform in
every aspect of military life.
Six weeks at Fort Knox, Ky.,
this sunmier taught me just how
seriously the Army takes this
principle. From the alignment of
my socks and tee-shirts in the
drawer to the alignment of the
ranks while marching, each per
son should be as one.
Maintaining this oneness is
relatively simple if all the soldiers
are male: cut off all their hair,
NEW Wind Ensemble
to present two concerts
The Nash-Edgecombe-Wes-
leyan (NEW) Wind Ensemble
will be performing their first two
concerts of the fall tonight in
Rocky Mount’s theatre, the Play
house, and on Tuesday in Wes-
leyan’s Student Activities Center.
Selections for the performance
include Mozart’s “Marriage of
Figaro Overture,” Bach’s “Pre
lude and Fugue,” Norman Dello
Jois’ “Scenes From the Louvre,”
Berloiz’s “Marche Hongroise,”
“William Schuman’s “Circus
Overture,” and Weinburger’s
“Polka and Ague” from
“Schwanda the Bagpiper.”
Guest soloist Mark Pace will
perform Percy Grainger’s ‘The
Children’s March.”
Tickets are $1 for students, $2
general admission on campus and
$2 for students, $4 general ad
mission at the Playhouse.
For more information, contact
Mike McAllister at 985-5212.
about a woman and her ass (don
key). Then his poems varied, with
one about a riddle being like a
pregnant woman, the next one
was about Siamese twins, and one
was about there being some good
in all wars (or was that whores?).
Then he moved into a serious
frame of mind by reading some
new poems. The subject of these
poems were pigeons, of whom he
said he had once heard someone
call “rats of the air.” He said that
he didn’t like pigeons, yet at the
same time, “I feel this odd iden
tification.”
The first pigeon poem was a
love poem that ended with the
girl pigeon saying “that there are
give them a manual on how to
live, and presto! Instant Army!
However, today's Army is not just
composed of all males but also
an increasing number of females.
Congress recently debated
about whether to allow females
to fight in combat Although fe
males are currently not allowed
to actually “get in the trenches,”
they are trained in the same basic
infantry skills as males at ROTC
Basic and Advanced camps.
While at Fort Knox, all of us
endured long days of hard training
in the basic principles of drill and
ceremony, firing an M-16,
launching grenades, rappelling,
and other infantry skills. The drill
sergeants went to great lengths to
incorporate the eight females with
the 34 males so we all looked
like 42 mform individuals.
From the beginning this was
difficult, since all the females re
fused to get crew cuts. At times it
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is taking place can they obtain a
search warrant and investigate
rooms.
However, students need to be
aware of the “in plain view” ex
ception. According to Major
Willie Williams, second in com
mand at the Rocky Mount Police
Department, “If an officer is in
the hallway and sees a violation
in plain view through an open
door he can handle the situation,
and what he sees is admissible as
evidence in court.”
Also, says Derrick, as Wes-
Review
still parts of the country to be
explored... and they go forth and
find it so.”
This was followed by a pigeon
poem that was written after the
death of four close fiiends of his
in the same year. The poem was
about going home and living with
the grief of loss and change. After
this was one about a “pigeon”
giving thanks for all that gets him
up at 5:55 a.m.
At this point, the mood was
somber and the air in the S.A.C.
was heavy with melancholy, so
also got a bit absurd, such as when
the females had to wear protective
cups for pugil training. When
asked why, the drill sergeants re
plied, “It is S.O.P. (standard op
erating procedures). The males
have to wear them, so the females
have to as weU.” So all of us wore
these protective diapers and
looked uniform.
And so camp continued on
smoothly, with all of us looking
and training as one. But we
weren’t quite one yet according
to the company commander. He
observed our platoon returning
fi'om an early morning two-mile
run and passed down Ae follow
ing order: “AU those who jiggle
when they walk, need to go to the
store today and buy a sports bra.”
So as we marched in front of
the drill sergeant, the jigglers were
separated from the non-jigglers,
the problem was correct, and we
finally were truly uniform.
leyan is now aimexed to the city
“students can be stopped by the
police for drunk driving on cam
pus. But,” she adds, the student
“would probably be turned over
to the school.”
As to police assisting with
campus security, says Derrick, “if
it was something very serious then
yes, we would call in police for
assistance, to protect other stu
dents.”
“Annexation is a very positive
thing for this campus,” Moore
said. “It wiU make the campus a
more secure place in which to
live and study.”
as Flint recited the next bit of
“poetry,” which was something
he had seen written on a rest room
wall over a condom dispenser,
reading, “Don’t buy this gum, it
tastes like rubber,” the laugh that
followed was wonderfully timed,
as Flint must have intended.
The poems then turned to ones
that were prayer-like. He was
visibly moved as he read a poem
about a newborn baby, which
gave those there some insight to
some of the passion he had for
his work and poetry in general.
This became clear a little later in
the reading when he said to the
newcomers to poetry readings,
“That’s what I wish I could get
you to understand. Poetry is full
of joy, and it’s supposed to be
fun.”
Then he read “Pamela, Feb. 8,
1982,” with the permission of his
daughter, Pamela. He said about
the poem, “I don’t often read it,”
and that it was sad. The poem
was about Pamela’s 16th birthday
and how it also marked ten years
that Pamela’s twin brother had
been dead.
After Flint had finished read
ing the poem, this reporter noticed
there were a few who were teaiy-
eyed. His daughter has traveled
with him to poetry readings only
twice, so students were honored
to have her with them.
Awards presented
on Founders Day
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Rexford F. Tucker. Dr. David A.
Jones received a 20-year award,
and 15-year awards went to Dr.
Paul J. deGategno and trustee
Mary B. Yarborough.
Five-year awards were given
to Angie D. Bennett, William B.
Chambers, Belinda G. Faulkner,
Dr. Jay R. Quinan, and trustee
William H. Kincheloe.
College joins city
Sports Updatels
As of Oct. 2] Sv
C-Rec Flag Football
W-L
Game
Team
Record
Percentage
Behind
Pi Kappa Phi
6-1
0.857
—
South Hall
5-2
0.714
1
Sigma Pi
5-2
0.714
1
Delta Sig
1-6
0.143
5
Screaming Sparrows
1-7
0.125
5.5
C-Rec Sand Volleyball
W-L
Game
Team
Record Percentage
Behind
Delta Sig
1-0 1.000
—
Sigma Pi
0-0 0.000
.5
TsTeam
0-1 0.000
1
Mens 3
On 3 Sand Volleyball
Open Division
W-L
Game
Team
Record Percentage
Behind
Sideouts
1-0 1.000
Spikers
0-0 0.000
.5
Force
0-0 0.000
.5
Gravediggers
0-1 0.000
1
Fraternity Division
Delta Sig
1-0 1.000
—
Sigma Pi 2
0-0 0.000
.5
Pi Kapps
0-0 0.000
.5
Sigma Pi 1
0-1 0.000
1
Military stresses uniformity