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ESLEYAN
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The Decree
Rocky Mount, N.C.
VOL. 16, NO. 3
Wesleyan's Student Voice Since 1984'^
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8,2000
Three faculty
win Garner
recognition
CROSSING BORDERS Members of the International Heritage Society are (from left)- Bernadette
Lesperance and Robert Mitton from Haiti; Chris Quander and John Quander from Barbados-
Matthew Dixon, Donna Lee, Andrei Cuffe, Andre Russell from Jamaica; Laila Ghafur and Joel
Street from Trinidad and Tobago; Kwabena Boakye from Ghana; Soyini Goodluck from St. Vincent;
Palomita Moreno from Mexico; Abraham Walker from Liberia; and Abdoulaye Foula from Senegal!
^After Thanksgiving^ dinner
feeds exchange of cultures
By LAILA GHAFUR
President, IHS
After a busy semester, the In-
teraational Heritage Society fi
nally be undertook its first activ
ity of the semester. President
Charles Glassick was kind enough
to extend a warm invitation to the
group to have its annual interna
tional dinner at his home.
This event took place on Nov.
28 as an After TTianksgiving Cui
sine. There was a variety of tradi
tional dishes served at the dinner.
Each member prepared a dish
from his or her native country.
There were dishes from Haiti,
Barbados, Jamaica, Trinidad,
Ghana, St. Vincent, Mexico,
Liberia, Senegal, and lots more.
Vice President Palomita
Moreno prepared a typical Mexi
can dish called “Quesadillas.”
President Laila Ghafur and Joel
Street prepared the traditional dish
from Trinidad called “Roti” which
is curried chicken, curried pota
toes, and chana all wrapped in a
flour pastry.
Abraham Walker and Demar
Payne prepared “Jellof Rice”
which is a traditional dish from
Liberia that is served every
Thanksgiving. Soyini Goodluck
prepared a dish from St. Vincent
called “Pelau” which is brown
rice mixed with peas and chicken.
This is just a taste of the many
dishes that were served at the din
ner.
Also, Vice President Palomita
Moreno is in the process of de
veloping a web page for the de
veloping group.
By MADELINE WALLS
North Carolina Wesleyan Col
lege announced three faculty re
cipients of the Leslie H. and
Evelyn G. Gamer Faculty Lead
ership Awards for 2000-2001.
The recipients are Drs.
Marshall Brooks, Erica Kosal,
and Carol Lawrence. They were
recommended by the faculty’s
professional development com
mittee and the vice president for
academic affairs.
The joint proposal by Dr.
Brooks, a professor of education
and now vice-president for aca
demic affairs and dean of the Col
lege, and Biology Professor Dr.
Kosal, was to begin a campus
“greening” initiative and to iden
tify and organize environmental
volunteer opportunities for our
students. They requested funds to
research and collect resources,
receive training, identify and or
ganize volunteer opportunities,
and to organize campus forums.
“Our aim is to generate long
term programs on campus such
as recychng, composting, and es
tablishing a nature preserve, in
which the students can help plan,
facilitate, and train others,” said
Dr. Brooks. “This will not only
provide valuable experience, but
it will strengthen our campus
unity and potentially bring in out
side community members. For
example, we are interested explor
ing how Wesleyan’s natural ar
eas can be used as an environ
mental education resource for the
community.
“We believe some of the cam
pus’ areas could be developed as
a ‘living laboratory.’ We envi
sion our students being involved
in the planning and maintenance
of such areas, and potentially lead
tours for school groups,” he said.
“These areas would then provide
the community and region a re
source for learning more about
sustainable environmental prac
tices.”
Dr. Carol Lawrence, profes
sor of mathematics, received her
Gamer Faculty Leadership Award
for her proposal to fund software
to incorporate technology into
existing mathematics classes. She
has purchased computer algebra
software.
“People who pursue math-
ematics-related careers are using
the computer in the process of
‘doing’ the quantitative analyses
needed in the workplace,” said
Lawrence. “For instance, students
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‘Nutcracker’ will turn Dunn Center into ice
Come see the Dunn Center
tage transformed tonight into a
professional ice rink made of real
ice when the “Nutcracker on Ice”
I? performed at 7:30 p.m. by the
!>'■ Petersburg State Ice Ballet.
This magnificent production of
Tchaikovskyis “Nutcracker"
jnade its world premiere in the
United States in 1996. The full-
^feth production is the largest
theatrical show of its kind. Tick
ets are $40 for adults and $38 for
seniors and students 17 and un
der. Tickets are available from
the Belk Box Office, or by call
ing 985-5197.
Before the performance of
“Nutcracker on Ice.” from 6-7
p.m. join in celebrating the holi
day spirit with the lighting of the
40-foot Christmas tree, sineine
carols, and a visit by Santa Claus.
A company of 35 champion
ice dancers in the tradition of the
world-renowned Kirov Ballet in
a unique combination of art and
entertainment will grace the stage
with more than 100 costumes and
full opera house sets in the grand
Russian tradition. The production
appeals to audiences of all ages
with its special magic that is cre
ated as the theatre is transformed
into a skating paradise. Since
1967 The St. Petersburg State Ice
Ballet has performed more than
5,000 performances of “Swan
Lake,” “Sleeping Beauty,” “Rom
eo and Juliet,” and “The Nut
cracker” worldwide.
“The production recalled the
grand traditions of Russian ballet
with lush production values, lav
ish costuming, and exquisite cho
reography. “The performance was
at once intimate and larger than
life,” said American Skating
World.
The f)erformance is produced
by Park Avenue Theatrical Group,
out of New York City. It is spon
sored in part by Oldies 107.9 FM
and Roanoke Valley Ice Company
in Roanoke Rapids.