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VOL. 10, NO. 8
^The truth is out there,,,”
North Carolina Wesleyan College, Rocky Mount, N.C.
FRTOAY, JANUARY 27,1995
Presidential finalists to visit campus
The three finahsts for presi
dent of N.C. Wesleyan College
have been invited to campus dur
ing February in separate visits,
announced Mack B. Pearsall,
chairman of the Presidential
Search Committee.
The presidential prospects, se
lected by the committee during
January after interviews off-cam
pus with eight semifinalists, are:
• Dr. Joel R. Stegall, vice presi
dent for academic affairs at
Shenandoah University in Win
chester, Va.
• Dr. Daniel A. DiBiasio, in
terim vice president for student
affairs at the University of New
Hampshire in Durham, N.H.
• Dr. John B. White, dean of
academic affairs at DePauw Uni
versity in Greencastle, Ind.
During their visits, each can
didate will meet with representa
tives of various constituencies of
the college as well as meet inter
ested members of the college
community in public receptions
in the Student Activities Center.
Stegall will visit campus Feb.
8-10, with his reception sched
uled for Feb. 9 at 4 p.m. DiBiasio
will visit Feb. 12-14, with his re-
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M/^OR DONATION — First Citizens Bank of Rocky Mount presents their second payment on
their contribution to the Capital Campaign to be used for the Dunn Center for the Performing Arts.
Pictured are (from left) Steven P. Wicker, FCB senior vice president, business banking manager;
Dr. Herman E. Collier Jr., president of NCWC; Frances R. Harrison, member of FCB board,
associate vice president for adult degree programs at NCWC; and Marshall W. Stowe, FCB
manager of retail banking.
Forum focuses on King legacy
By GREG PURCELL
and CECILA CASEY
North Carolina Wesleyan Col
lege held it’s sixth annual Martin
Luther King Jr. Day Forum cel
ebration Jan. 16 in the Leon
Russell Chapel.
The speakers for the forum
were Johnsie Gant, executive di
rector of the United Way in Rocky
Mount; Singrid Bonner, staff
member at North Carolina Wes
leyan College; Kimberly Curseen,
Junior Biology major at North
Carolina Wesleyan College; Holt
Clark, Junior Religion and Psy
chology majors at North Caro
lina Wesleyan College; and Dr.
Chris LaLonde, associate profes
sor of English at North Carolina
Wesleyan College. Dr. Rick
Watson, professor of History at
North Carolina Wesleyan Col
lege, was moderator.
The topic of the forum was
“The Dream: Where Do We Go
From Here?*’ In attempting to an
swer this complex, yet seemingly
easy to answer question, Gant said
to “reflect back on the dream,
which was equality, where the
color of ones skin would be irrel
evant.” This dream that so many
believed in and followed with ev
ery fiber in them seems to have
slipped away and as Gant said,
“The dream has been forgotten.”
In identifying some reasons for
this happening Gant said that
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ception on Feb. 13 at 4 p.m. White
will visit Feb. 14-16, with his re
ception scheduled for Feb. 15 at
4 p.m.
“The purpose of these visits
are twofold,” Pearsall said. “First,
it will provide a setting for us to
know the candidates better. Sec
ond, and perhaps of even greater
import, it will provide an envi
ronment for us to acquaint candi
dates with Wesleyan and the op
portunities that are ours.”
Pearsall said interested mem
bers of the college community are
invited to fill out response forms,
available either near the meeting
location or from the president’s
office, and return them to the
president’s office within 24 hours
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SGA meeting
stirs criticism
for inactivity
By GREG PURCELL
The North Carolina Wesleyan
College Student Government As
sociation held its first meeting of
the 1995 Spring semester Jan. 23.
The only event of the meeting
was the election of a new Senator
at Large and a new Secretary. All
this with a skeleton crew for SGA.
The new Senator at Large is
Preston Rouse and the new Sec
retary is Allen Beasley. The posi
tion of Senator at Large was open
due to a graduation in December
and the position of Secretary was
open due to the student transfer
ring.
When asked if excited about
the new position Rouse said, “It
makes me want to squirt!”
Beasley said, “I am as excited as
you can get for an SGA posi
tion.”
The meeting ended after the
other items pn the agenda fizzled
out. The budget was not brought
before the body of SGA, due to
an incomplete budget request by
the Dissenter.
After the meeting ended sev
eral members of SGA seemed to
be upset by the lack of action at
the meeting. One member, Alan
Felton, said, “I woke up at 4:30
a.m. in order to drive back to N.C.
from Washington, D.C. to attend
the meeting (thinking the budget
was going to be discussed). I think
we could be doing more. In order
to get more student interest, SGA
should reach out to the student
body. We have to be guided by
the Executive board in order to
do that.”
Tim Louk said, “SGA would
be a productive organization if it
had some goals. It seems to me
that SGA is there more for show
then to actually accomplish some
thing.”
An anonymous source said,
‘Two things presently plague the
SGA the most. First, is a lack of
focus and a firm sense of direc
tion.,Second, is a chronic lack of
support on the part of the stu
dents; that support is essential in
accomplishing anything meaning-
ftil.”
Patrick Brannan said, “Sure
SGA lacks student involved, but
what organization at Wesleyan
doesn’t? The question is what is
SGA going to do about it. The
leadership comes from the execu
tive board, especially the Presi
dent. SGA needs to reach out and
involve the students more.”
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