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The Camp us Echo
NCCU BIOLOGIST
RECEIVES GRANT
FROM FOREST SER.
A North Carolina Central
University biologist has be
gun a search for a biological
control for a disease which
has eliminated the Ameri
can Elm from much of the
Midwest and threatens elm
trees throughout the nation.
Dr. Elzie Laube, associate
professor of biology at
NCCU, will look for a mi
crobe which will attack the
European Elm Bark beetle
(Scolytus multistriatus)
which carries the Dutch
Elm disease. The research is
funded by a $10,000 grant
from the United States For
est Service.
Many of the relatively
rare American Elms in Dur
ham are infected by Dutch
Elm Disease. Chris Boyer,
City Arborist for the City
of Durham, will assist Dr.
Laube in finding the dis
eased trees in Durham.
The disease itself is caused
by a fungus, but the fungus
is spread by the adults of
the beetle. The beetle lays
its eggs beneath the bark of
the tree and the larvae
which hatch feed beneath
the bark, spreading the fun
gus as they go. Eventually,
the fungus, Ceratocystis
ulmi, spreads throughout
the tree.
If a single tree is infected
in a grove of elms, the dis
ease spreads quickly. Dr.
Laube said. He said the
spreading roots of the elms
will meet below the ground,
forming root grafts. “The
fungal spores move from
the roots of one tree into
the other tree,” Dr. Laube
said, thus spreading the dis
ease.
Dr. Laube will raise the
beetle larvae in “cultures,”
beds of bark.
Various microscopic orga
nisms will be added to the
bark beds. If any of several
organisms expected to at
tack the larvae actually do
cause the death of the lar
vae, further screening will
be conducted to insure that
the control agent won’t af
fect other life forms.
Present controls against
Dutch Elm Disease are
chemical. One involves dri
ving fungicidal chemicals
under the bark of the tree.
“That method now does al
most as much damage to
the tree as does the dis
ease,” Dr. Laube said.
The only other effective
PLANS UNDERWAY
FOR COED WEEK
By BERNICE JEFFREYS
Echo Staff Writer
Musical drama, candle
light dinner, guest speakers
and cookouts are only a few
of the many activities in the
planning stage for Coed
Week. Coed Week is an an
nual event held March 29th
through April 2nd.
Coed Week serves as a
time to bring students toge
ther through a variety of ac
tivities. It is a student activi
ty sponsored by the Stu
dent Steering Committee.
The Student Steering
Committee was separate for
men and women until 1976.
At this time it was com
bined and now serves as a
working unit to ensure a co
hesive flow of information
between the dormitories. It
is composed of House
Council members and pres
idents of each dormitory.
This year’s president of
the Student Steering Com
mittee is Jerry Farrior and
vice-president is Rowena
Newton. The Student
Steering Committee also
sponsors the senior break
fast, the Christmas sing,
and is overseer of open vi
sitation. In preparing for
Coed Week President Far
rior stated this year’s
theme is “Let’s Pull Toge
ther.” He emphasized that
he would like to see stu
dents take advantage of not
only the social and athletic
events of Coed Week but
also the educational por
tion.
chemical control known is
the spraying of pesticides,
usually DDT, to destroy the
beetles. Those pesticides
however can wipe out the
entire population of insects
in an area, as well as the
birds which feed on those
insects
“DDT will kill the good
bugs and the bad bugs, the
good birds and the bad
birds,” Dr. Laube said.
Sanitation, the removal of
diseased limbs and trees, has
been effective in limited
areas.
Dr. Laube will be assisted
in his research by Ms. Pame
la Webber, an NCCU gradu
ate student from Shelby,
N.C. He will work on the
project with Dr. H. Allen
Thomas of the Southeastern
Forest Research Station of
the U.S. Forest Service, and
with two scientists in the
Forest Service’s Northeast
ern division. Dr. Horace
Mazzone of Camden, Conn.,'
and Dr. John Peacock of
Delaware, Ohio.
Funding was arranged
through the Northeastern
division of the Forest Sta
tion in the Research Tri
angle Park, Dr. Laube said.
After giving the little Ag
gies at A&T State three
years to catch up with their
famous and traditional los
ing streak to the mighty Ea
gles at North Carolina Cen
tral, NCCU finally took the
driver’s seat again and slep-
ped A&T out of the MEAC
tournament in the first
round. See related story in
this issue’s sports section.
THE CAMPUS ECHO camera caught these happy
NCCU Eagles relaxing in the park near Baynes Hall. Be
sides playing backgammon, the students are also proba
bly thinking about spring break which officially begins
tomorrow afternoon. Classes will resume March 24, at 8
a.m.
CBS REPORTER TO
SPEAK ON AWARDS DAY
Lee Thornton, White
House reporter for CBS Tel
evision News, will be North
Carolina Central Univer
sity’s Awards Day speaker
Friday, April 4th.
Awards Day recognizes
student achievement in
both academic and extracur
ricular areas. Ms. Thornton
will speak at 11a.m., April
4th, in B.N. Duke Audi
torium.
Ms. Thornton is actually
Dr. Thornton. She holds a
Ph.D. degree in mass com
munications from North
western University, as well
as the master of arts degree
in speech from Michigan
State University and the
bachelor of science degree
in speech therapy from
Washington, D.C. Teachers
College.
Ms. Thornton has been
assigned to White House re
porting for CBS since Octo
ber, 1977. She had pre
viously been a general
assignment reporter at the
CBS News Washington Bu
reau. She joined CBS News
in 1974 as a reporter-assign
ment editor, based in New
York.
Prior to joining CBS News
Ms. Thornton was a report
er, producer, writer and an
chor person for WLWT Te
levision in Cincinnati, Ohio.
She has also taught at Ohio
State University and at the
University of Illinois at
Chicago and Chicago City
College. She was also a
teaching assistant at Michi
gan State University and a
speechtherapistin the Wash- .
ington, D.C., public school
system.
She is a native of Lees
burg, Va., and grew up in
Washington.