VOL. 9, NO. 10
North Carolina Wesleyan College, Rocky Mount, N.C.
FRTOAY, FEBRUARY 18,1994
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Dunn leaves
$1 million gift
for auditorium
VALENTINE’S DAY DANCE — Wesleyan students enjoy the Valentine’s Day Dance held Feb. 11
in the SAC, co-sponsored by CAB and Nu Gamma Phi. The dance was only one of a host of activities
planned this semester, which also included a performance this Wednesday by magician and escape
artist “Rondini.”
Petitions to begin next week
for March 16 SGA elections
By KIMBERLY CURSEEN
Petitions for offices will be
available in the Student Govern
ment Office, in the Student Ac
tivities Center, next Wednesday,
and some changes will be seen in
the Student Government elections
that will be held March 16.
The open SGA positions are
as follows: SGA President, Vice-
President, Treasurer, and Secre
tary, Senior, Junior, Sophomore
class Presidents, Health Services
representative, ADP representa
tive, Religious Life representa
tive, Commuter Board represen
tative, Food Service representa
tive, and three Senators at large
who represent the student body
in general.
All positions listed are not only
responsible for their specific posi
tions but also serve as members
of the SGA senate, the governing
body on campus.
In order to run for an office a
certain amount of student signa
tures must be obtained on an offi
cial election petition. Also a stu
dent must have a cumulative
grade point average of 2.0 or
greater and must not be under dis
ciplinary action. All petitions for
office must be turned in by March
2. Starting March 3 campaign
publicity can be posted.
Vice President of SGA, Chris
Brandt, will bring some changes
to the election process this year.
The changes are Brandt’s attempt
to make voting easier and more
assessable to all students. Brandt
hopes to increase voting on cam
pus this year.
One of the biggest changes will
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Charles Kelly Dunn, Jr., of
Lake Gaston, who died recenfly,
has left $1 million to North Caro
lina Wesleyan College to help
fund the construction of a new
auditorium.
The gift is the largest single
gift in Wesleyan’s history. Dunn
left an additional $75,000 to the
college, which has been used pri
marily to fund the start-up of the
radio station WESQ.
“I’ve helped a lot of people
and a lot of people have helped
me,” Dunn was once quoted as
saying. “We can’t do anything
without each other. I have a good
life and a lot to be thankful for.”
The Wesleyan Board of Trust
ees, meeting on campus Feb. 11,
voted to name the new audito
rium after Dunn and his wife,
Ineze. The 1,200 seat auditorium
is expandable to 1,500 seats, and
will be part of a $6.6 million com
plex housing the college’s music,
drama, and art programs as well
as studios for WESQ.
College President Dr. Leslie
H. Gamer, Jr. said the generosity
of the Dunns will accelerate plans
to build the Performing Arts Com
plex, which will be built as a part
of Wesleyan’s $9 million cam-
CHARLES K. DUNN, JR.
paign. Over $7.7 million has been
pledged to date.
“This is an exciting day in the
history of this institution,” Gar
ner noted. “Northeastern North
Carolina does not currently have
a permanent auditorium capable
of bringing major ballet, musical,
and drama troupes to this region
of the state.
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Contemporary Arts Festival begins Tuesday
Next week will be full of art,
music, drama, and literature at
North Carolina Wesleyan Col
lege.
This year’s Contemporary Arts
Festival and Symposium, “Art:
The Intangible Commodity,” will
be held on campus Tuesday
through Friday. All events are
free, except the theatre produc
tion, and the public is invited to
attend.
Opening the festival at 9:40
a.m. Tuesday, WESQ 90.9 FM
will air a radio production, “Put
ting It All Together.” At 1 p.m.,
an exhibit of the fantastic and sur
realistic aspects of the Lynch Col
lection of Outsider Art will open
with Everett Adelman’s curator’s
talk in the Carlton Noell Reading
Room of Pearsall Library.
At 2:40 p.m., Roger Manley’s
photography exhibit will open
with an artist’s talk in the Student
Activities Center. This show will
feature photos of eastern North
Carolina from Shelby
Stephenson’s PlankHouse, pub
lished by NCWC Press. A recep
tion in Manley’s honor will be
held at 4 p.m. in the Trustees
Room of Braswell Administration
Building. A concert by the
N.E.W. Wind Ensemble will fill
the evening at 8 p.m. in the SAC.
A Composer’s Panel with Ben
Johnston and John Hilliard wiU
begin Wednesday’s music events
at 10:20 am. in the SAC. This
sax quartet earned first prize in
New Yoik’s Concert Artists Guild
competition. At 8 p.m., the
Composer’s Night Concert will
feature the music of John Hilliard
in the SAC, and a reception will
follow.
Dr. Leverett T. Smith’s lec
ture on Black Mountain writer
Paul Metcalf will kick off
Thursday’s activities at 9:40 a.m.
in the Carlton Noell Reading
Room of Pearsall Library.
From 1-4 p.m. in the SAC,
“Horror Maestro” Tom Savini
will take his audience behind the
scenes in the world of special ef
fects. A reception in his honor
will follow. Savini directed
“Night of the Living Dead” and
created special make-up effects
for “Creepshow,” “Dawn of the
Dead,” “Friday the 13th,” and
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