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PAGE 4 — THE DECREE — OCTOBER 2,1992 Xlie Decree OFFICIAL STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF NORTH CAROLINA WESLEYAN COLLEGE Editor — John *‘Indy” Pernell StafT Editors — Tiflany Page» Copy; Nicole Cox, News; Dellnda Lee, Sports; Cecilia Casey^ Arts and Features Advfeor — Dr. Margee Morrison The Decree is located in the SprutU Building, North Carolina Wesleyan College, Wesleyan CoDege Station, Rocky Mount, NC 27801. Policy is determined by the Editorial Board of The Be- eree. Re>publication of any matter herein xvithont the txptess consent of the Editorial Board is strictly forbidden. The Decree is composed and printed by Ripley Newspapers of Spring Hope. Opinions publisfaed do not necessarily reflect those of North Carolina Wesleyan College. Gym is showplace of discrimination At its conception. North Carolina Wesleyan Col lege was designed to be a segregated institution. The aspects of the college that were designed to be “separate but equal” have now been converted in order to unify the institu tion rather than to sepa rate. But in certain halls of Wesleyan the spirit of discrimination still hangs heavily in the air. The hall is Everett Gymnasium. For reasons which remain unknown, the prejudicial policies which were present in the planning of the college still ring true today. In side there hangs two im mense portraits of the men’s basketball team. Not two portraits of the current team, but one of the current team and one of the previous team. While the men’s team is overly represented, other . teams that compete in Everett Gymnasium are denied recognition within its confines. The women’s volley “Infinity and jelly doughnuts have little to do with each other.” — Magnum, PJ, ' ^ou Mnt > do "tliis— m Then ^11 ham ■to do ■fcKiS- / k , 'muALizel \/lsmuzel BuSH OUT 1 o w - - JC^J ^ Ordinary turns extraordinary ball and basketball teams are clearly not treated as equal. TTieir worth is over looked in the very build ing to which they call home. The men’s team should be on the wall, but not at the price of dis criminating against other deserving teams. It should be remembered that Ev erett Gymnasium is not the exclusive property of the men’s basketball pro gram but of the entire Wesleyan community. Opponents of this equal representation have ar gued that funding is not available. But surely there is a sponsor who would appreciate the advertising benefits that are currently only enjoyed by the spon sors of the existing por traits. Space could hardly be a factor, since Everett Gymnasium is quite large. So monetary and space reasons aside, the only limiting factors for equ^ representation appear to be a simple case of sex ism and prejudice. Dickens’ world was vivid By DR. STEVE FEREBEE I’ve been reading an 1,100- page biography of Charles Dickens. I read for an hour or so and then blink in puzzlement at the 20th century, lurking outside the pages. Dickens knew what he wrote about in Oliver Twist, David Coppetfield, and Hard Times. The loneliness and degradation of childhood fears and poverty; the heartbreak of love and the wrenching of death; the sentimen tality of dreams and the necessity of dreams. These were Dickens’ subjects in fiction and his obser vations on life. I have also been struck by how ordinary Dickens was. He cov ered the walls of his houses with mirrors so he could admire him self. He combed his hair obses- Dn Steve sively, even during dinner par ties. He precisely arranged the furniture before he could write. And at the very time Dickens was writing the famous “God bless us, every one!” he was be moaning his wife’s irritating post natal depression and the new baby’s expenses. The spokesper son for family life was not a par ticularly good husband or father. He was, no matter how much we study him and pretend other wise, an average human being liv ing his life the best way he knew how. I like to imagine him sitting at a desk trying to write a scene he thought the public would like. Dickens had the ability to disi^ pear into created worlds. When he returned, he had the books we read today. Despite leaving us Scrooge and Fagin and Little Nell, Dickens wanted to be a regular middle- class kind of guy. Despite his tal ents for plotting, characterization, and setting, his gift really was for noticing and then describing the ordinary and then elevating it to the sublime—beyond the merely ridiculous or sentimental. He was, in other words, a good story teller. In Peter Ackroyd’s Dickens (Harper Collins, 1990), we see again and again that talent isn’t enough. It was his Victorian work ethic which accounted for the many books which he wrote. He (Continued on Page 5) Library is not quiet enough Dear Editor: I have a number of complaints. Hopefully, my forthright attitude will not offend you, but it should offend a number of people at this college. My first complaint is that if the damned “student athletes” must attend mandatory study haU, their coaches should stress that a library is a quiet place for them to express the student part of their athleticism. I, too, was once a “student athlete.” Now I’m just a student ^d cannot find a quiet place to do homework. The library is not a social club. Tell the athletes to expend their energy on the field. This concept Letter to the Editor should also be stressed in the Col lege 101 course. The idea behind studying quietly seems to be lost on them, too. WeU, to be damned truthful, very few people seem to understand the concept Save it for the dorms. Please. I was a writer for this paper at one point and will probably con tinue to submit articles fi-om time to time. However, here I will speak with candid opinion. The information I am presenting about the Student Services Center in this letter is true and I urge students to use the facilities. Tutors Crossing is blossom ing. I personally found an excel lent internship that may produce a job after graduation. I was also able to begin a high paying part- time job through their services. Kathy Smith directed me to a graduate school forum that proved extremely beneficial. I have also gotten help with resumes and in terviews. Go there to check it out. I am not writing aI^ article about this subject, because I found myself faced with a threat (really (Continued on Page 5)
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