VOL. 10, NO. 13
‘^The truth is out there,,,”
North Carolina Wesleyan College, Rocky Mount, N.C.
THURSDAY, APRIL 13,1995
Student first
to take part
in conference
By GREG PURCELL
A natural, intense, energetic,
and charisma — these are just a
few of the words that describe
Clay Jackson while he is on stage
and it took all of this plus more to
become the first student in North
Carolina Wesleyan College’s his
tory to attend the Southeastern
Theatre Conference.
SETC is the largest theater
conference in the nation. The
states include Virginia, West Vir
ginia, Kentucky, Tennessee,
Louisiana, Florida, Georgia,
South Carolina, and North Caro
lina. SETC is a large audition that
is described as “a madhouse of
stressed out people wondering if
they have a summer job.”
The audition is not only for a
summer job but also shows the
latest technology in the theater.
Workshops on state combat, and
play writing and set design also
go on.
“There were about 850 people
at SETC and I only talked to two
people who got more call backs
than me,” Jackson said.
Jackson got 12 callbacks and
from that he got a job in
Galveston, Tex., at a theater called
the Galveston Island Outdoor Mu
sicals. Jackson has been cast in
the musical Brigadoon and still
has the possibility of being cast
in The King and I, A Funny Thing
Happened On the Way to the Fo
rum, and Monkey Business.
To go to SETC, students must
attend the auditions of North
Carolina Theater Conference.
NCTC only takes 150 people on
a fust come, first serve basis and
of that only 10 males from the
state move on to the SETC.
While speaking of SETC Jack
son said, “it was the scariest place
that I have ever been in in my
life,” but it was also “the most
wonderful, hardest, and best thing
that I have ever done.”
Jackson said “that it was our
job to get the producers and di
rectors to listen to us. We not
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AWARD WINNERS — Curtis Johnson and Delinda Lee display
their miyor awards received at the 1995 Honors Convocation.
Jackson was awarded the Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award and
Lee received the President’s Cup.
Terrell Adgers elected
new SGA president
By KIM CURSEEN
Moses Terrell Adgers was
elected as the president of the
North Carolina Wesleyan Student
Government Association for the
1995-96 academic year.
Also elected in the election
were Marcy Stover for secretary,
Andre Qanton for treasurer, Ellen
Stanton for senior class president,
Kelly Cameron for sophomore
class president, and Alfred
Regnery and Amy Braxton as
senators at large. All candidates
ran unopposed according to cur
rent SGA vice president Traci
Dixon, who coordinated the elec
tion process.
The positions for vice presi
dent, junior class president, and
Convocation
recognizes
top students
the third senator at large were not
filled this year even after the pe
titions for offices were reopened
and extended a week due to lack
of participation.
One student said, “People just
don’t care; it is amazing, if gov
ernment fails it’s their own lazy
fault” These open positions will
be left to presidential q>point-
ment.
This year there was a push to
get more commuters to vote in
the elections. A voting booth was
outside of the administration
building on election day during
lunch. Success was marginal.
Only four commuters voted com
pared to 51 percent of resident
students who cast ballots.
Top students at North Caro
lina Wesleyan College were
awarded in the 1995 Honors Con
vocation held recently.
Melvin Oliver Jr., professor of
economics, was the keynote
speaker for the ceremonies.
Top award winners were
Curtis Jackson, recipient of the
Algernon Sydney Sullivan
Award, and Delinda Lee, recipi
ent of the President’s Cup.
To qualify for the Sullivan
Award, a student must be a se
nior who demonstrates compas
sion and love for one’s fellow
himians, adheres to Christian ide
als, has courteous and gentle be
havior, and is an active partici
pant in College or community af
fairs.
Hie President’s Cup is given
to a senior who achieves high aca
demic performance, leadership
and service, and participates in
the ideals and aims of the Col
lege.
Jackson, a mathematics major
and computer information sys
tems minor firom Rocky Mount,
is a land, gentle, courteous young
man in addition to being one who
is veiy conscientious, dependable,
and self-motivated, according to
his faculty advisor, Gail Stafford.
His leadership qualities are obvi
ous to all who have worked with
him. After his excellent Fall 1994
co-op with SpringATarolina Tele
phone in Tarboro, Jackson be
came a full-time employee of the
company.
A volunteer tutor/mentw in the
Cities in Schools program for
Nash-Rocky Mount Schools,
Jackson has also served the Col
lege as a math and CIS tutor and
worked with individuals prepar
ing for the NTE. He has been a
volunteer radio producer on
WESQ and helped plan the Black
History Month and Martin Luther
King Community Celebration on
campus. While involved in so
many activities, he was able to
maintain grades that qualify him
for the Dean’s Honor List.
Lee, a justice studies major and
psychology minor from Rocky
Mount, is perpetual motion, said
her advisor, I>. Jerry Joplin. Not
only is she a fiill-time student ex
celling in justice studies, she is
an honors student who is involved
in community and campus the
atre productions. While maintain
ing a course load of 14 hours,
Delinda has been involved in
three theatre productions in the
community theatre this school
year. She had a principle role in
Nunsense II, the stage manager
for Wait Until Dark, and has a
role in The Man Who Came to
Dinner.
No one sees her for very long,
Joplin said, unless you have the
good fortune to see her on the
stage. She has set a worthy ex
ample for not only her peers but
is an example of industry that all
can admire. She has received nu
merous honors, including Who’s
Who Among American Colleges
& Universities and membership
in ODK and PGM, national hon
ors fraternities.
Dr. Rexford F. Tucker, intmm
chairman of the humanities divi
sion, presented six awards.
Diane Defhiscio, of Zebulon,
and Michael Stewart, of
Manorville, N.Y., received the
Freshman Writing Aw.ird, based
on an essay review; departmen
tal, chairman, and outside faculty
member recommendations; and
overall academic record.
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