Newspapers / North Carolina Wesleyan University … / April 13, 1995, edition 1 / Page 2
Part of North Carolina Wesleyan University Student Newspaper / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
PAGE 2 — THE DECREE — APRIL 13,1995 Jackson first from NCWC at conference HEADED FOR SUCCESS — Clay Jackson, the first student from NCWC to attend SETC, is on his way to Galveston, Tex., for a summer of work. Lecture looks at reasons for losses by Democrats (Continued from Front Page) only had to show that we could act, sing or do both but we had to dance and that was hard. We learned a three minute dance com bination in four minutes.” He added “nobody told me that we would have to dance, so I was on stage learning how to dance in jeans and cowboy boots.*’ “It just happened,” says Jack son about getting involved in the theater. “I was always the class clown and the only place that I did not get into trouble was on stage.” Yet, he was not always fond of the stage. It took the help of his good friend, Brian Phillips, for him to see that being in the ater was all right. “He showed me that you don’t have to be artsy to be in the theater, that you can be on stage and do sports and that it was OK.” Jackson gets his motivation from North Carolina Wesleyan’s director of theater Vaughn Schutz. “He directs as a teacher, not a director. He gives us freedom to find our character and when we go too far he pulls us back.” Jackson also gets inspiration from Don Bams and Pam Watson because “they have always let me know that they believe in me.” Kevin Corbett, a freshman here at Wesleyan, said of Jack son that “it is fun being on stage with Clay. He has so much en ergy that he sparks other people on stage.” “I have looked up to him. He is blessed with natural talent,” said Christopher Alexander, a sophomore here at Wesleyan. Of the other actors that Jackson has worked with, he said that Kevin Corbett has helped him the most. “We are very comfortable on stage with each other. We work well together. We bring the best out of each other,” he said. Of all his roles, Jackson said that the hardest he has taken on was that of Audry II in Little Shop of Horrors. “I am not on stage where I rely on my body and facial ex pressions to get my character across. In Little Shop of Horrors, I needed to rely on my voice. I have three monitors that I have got to either watch or listen to and that takes a lot of concentra tion,” he said. Theater is not the only thing in which Jackson in involved. He is a member of Sigma Pi frater nity and is their alumni represen tative. He planned the formal dance for that organization this , year. Jackson also participates in intramurals at Wesleyan. Vaughn Schutz said that Jack son “has given everybody else in the program something to work towards. He is showing the stu dents of theater that the training that they are receiving is getting them ready for professional work.” Kevin Corbett said of all the things that he has learned from Jackson the most important is “be lieve in yourself, if you don’t have faith in the performance, then you’re not performing to the best of your ability.” Jackson, thinking towards the future, said, despite his success, “I don’t know if I want to do acting as a career. It is a very tough job. I am a college student who acts, not an actor in college. I’ll give it a shot.” Dale A. Berryhill, a writing instructor at UNC-Chapel Hill, presented his lecture, “TTie Real Reason the Democrats Lost in 1994,” in the Student Activities Center Monday on the campus of North Carolina Wesleyan Col lege. His lecture was made possible by Accuracy in Academia (ALA) and sponsored by the NCWC Col lege Republicans and the NCWC Campus Activities Board. Cop ies of his two books. The Liberal Contradiction and The Media Hates Conser\>atives were avail able for purchase after the lec ture. He also signed books for interested listeners and answered related questions. A native of Memphis, Tenn., Berryhill earned his bachelor’s degree in political science from Memphis State University and his master’s degree in English from UNC-CH. He is currently com pleting work on his doctorate at UNC-CH while he teaches writ ing. In the past year, Berryhill has been featured on more than 400 radio and T.V. talk shows. Wesleyan signs transfer deal with Beaufort Students who receive associ ate degrees from Beaufort Com munity College can now continue their education and earn a bachelor’s degree from North Carolina Wesleyan College. Wesleyan has made similar agreements with 14 other institu tions — Nash, Edgecombe, Lenoir, Vance-Granville. North ern Virginia, Wake Technical, Halifax, Johnston, Wilson Tech nical, Wayne, and Martin com munity colleges; and Pierce Jun ior, Louisburg, and Brevard col leges. Under this agreement, students who receive associate degrees from Beaufort will be considered juniors at Wesleyan if they choose to continue their education. The following associate degrees at Beaufort are eligible for this agreement: accounting, business administration, business computer programming, college transfer, law enforcement technology, and microcomputer systems technol ogy- Transfer students to Wesleyan are eligible for tuition grants con sistent with other Wesleyan stu dents. The 1993-94 tuition grants include the Wesleyan Award of $2,000 per year to any student who has earned a 2.50 cumula tive grade point average. Wes leyan agrees to provide this award to students who enroll as full-time day students on the Rocky Mount campus. This award is renewable each year students meet these re quirements. Leaders In The Making Series Date Location Topic and Presenter(s) Mon., April 17 SAC Assertiveness Training Workshop with Sigrid Bonner and Stephanie Harris Wed., April 19 Trustee Room Critical Thinking with Ben Hamrick Thurs., April 20 SAC Ethnic Notions with Tia Doxey All sessions start at 7 p.m. Each session lasts approximately one hour and 15 minutes. Please take advantage of these free workshops. If you have any questions. Call Sigrid Bonner at 985-5256. 411 Students Are >bia riJO( MAKE SMAin HOICES •Planning Job Choices: 1995 •Job Choices in Business •Job Choices in Science & Engineering •Job Choices in Healthcare Need help planning your caren or preparing for your first professional job? You’ll find help with tbe/od Choices series, your pereonal guides to career plan ning, the job search, graduate school and woik-re- lated education. PICX UP YOUR COPY AT; The Student Services Center Pearsall 190
North Carolina Wesleyan University Student Newspaper
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
April 13, 1995, edition 1
2
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75