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VOLUME 39 -
The Campus Echo
CAROLINA CENTRA . ^.-.^RSITY, DURHAM. NORTH CAROLINA
NUMBER
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2 - i -lAL EDITION * * FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1979
Truth And Service
through
Information
GQ & Pockets
To Perform At Tonight’s
Homecoming Show
A standing-room-only
crowd is expected in Mc-
Dougald coliseum tonight
at 8p.m. when two big
name groups will perform in
concert. This will be the
first time that G.Q. and
Pockets have ever perform
ed at Central and a record
number of NCCU students,
alumni, and friends are ex
pected to attend. Students
from Shaw, A&T, Duke,
UNC and other nearby insti
tutions are expected to at
tend also, according to SGA
officials.
G.Q. will be the main at
traction singing their smash
hits “I Do Love You,”
‘Disco
Nights’
and
“Rock”’ This group of four
jds been exciting
^ t^'rs all over the
Welco-with their up-tem-
An adif'e'’-', attrac
tion will be PockU’^T whose
ti'fiwC'? ’St albums are: “In
The Pocket,”: “Take It On
Up,” and “So' Delicious.”
The latter was written and
produced by Verdine White,
bassist for Earth, Wind &
Fire. Pure quality is present
in all of Pocket’s music,
which is a perfect balance
of-rhythm and blues, pop,
and disco all on ARC/Co-
lumbia Records.
The powerful and thriving
“Catch Me,” a tune that
showcases Pocket’s style at
its bestj is responsible for
the latest dance craze
sweeping the country: the
“Catch.” Pockets wets the
musical desire with a drive
which offers full vocal
power arid instrumentation.
Dennis Sloan, president of
North Carolina Central Uni
versity’s student govern
ment association f believes
tonight’s homecoming show
will be one of the best Cen
tral has ever had.
“A lot of time and prepa
ration went into the plann
ing of this year’s home
coming show and I really
think the students will en
joy it,” Sloan commented.
“This is a great chance for '
students to relax from the
mid-terms and daily college
pressures and discover the
true meaning of this year’s
homecoming theme which
is: ‘Good Vibrations:
Making our Dreams A Real
ity.’ ”
Tickets will be on sale un
til showtime in room 125 of
the Alfonso Elder Student
Union on west campus and
at Bates Gulf Station. Stu
dent tickets are $5.00 and
all other tickets are $7.00.
S.G.A. officials are urging
students to come early in
order to get a good seat and
to wear school colors since
this is maroon and gray
week.
The Homecoming show
with G.Q. and Pockets will
be immediately followed by
an all-night disco which is
scheduled to last until 6:30
a.m.
NCCU’s annual home
coming parade will start
on Cornwallis Road
promptly at 8a.m. Saturday
morning. The parade will
proceed down Fayetteville
Street and disassemble on
Pettigrew Street. Over 100
units are expected to be in
the parade. Saturday’s pre
game show is scheduled to
begin at 12 noon and will
feature NCCU’s Air Force
ROTC drill team, comi-
manded by Ashley Elders.
At 1:30 the Eagles will
play host to the Delaware
State Hornets in O’Kelly
Stadium where Central’s dy
namic marching band will
take to the field for a
breathtaking half time
show.
This year’s post-game
show will be in Annie Day
Shepard Bowl immediately
following the game. The
week long homecoming fes
tivities will climax Saturday
night at 10p.m. with the
battle of the D.J.’s in Mc-
Dougald coliseum.
SO GLAD
I’M AN
EAGLE!
WHITING OITLINES SURVIVAL PLANS
McDougald Gymnasium
saw a near capacity crowd
Thursday, September 27, at
North Carolina Central Uni
versity’s first fall Convoca
tion during the Whiting ad
ministration.
An inspiring spiritual se
lection by NCCU’s concert
choir prepared the audien
ce for the Chancellor’s
State-of-the-University ad
dress which was an out
line for survival of the 69-
year-old institution.
The Chancellor first al
luded to some of the major
problems facing NCCU such
as the UNC-HEW dispute.
and last year’s drop in stu
dent enrollment.
“Regardless of the ulti
mate outcome and,without
reference to which side is
right or wrong, it is clear
to me that the minority in
stitutions have profited
from the HEW initative,”
Whiting commented. Be
cause the dispute is current
ly in litigation, the Chancel
lor was forbidden to discuss
the case in detail.
A major setback for the
University was the loss of
200 students last year. As a
result. Central’s budget,
which is based on the
Phyllis Greene, a 21-year-old senior biology major from
Trenton, N.C. is reigning as the new Miss Homecoming
for 1979. A member of Delta Sigma Theta, Inc., Ms.
Greene plans to attend graduate or professional school
after gr^uation. Miss Homecoming '79 enjoys sewing,
reading, biking, and getting to know people. The
Scorpio's philosophy on life is: "Be yourself but be your
best self. Dare to be different and follow your own
star."
school’s enrollment, was
drasticly cut and nine facul
ty positions were eliminated
The Chancellor attributed
the declining enrollment to
the shifting of black stu
dents out of the historic
Black institutions to the lar
ger, predominantly white
universities and colleges.
According to Whiting, it is
estimated that of all the Black
students in colleges ana uni
versities, only 20.7 % are in
historic^ly Black institu
tions. This is the exact re
verse of what it was 10
(cont’d on page 6)
POCKETS
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