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page 4 March 5, 1982 IM^^—l^— *CaP annex on the way By Alvis Tinnin An annex to the W.G. Pearson Cafeteria is now being built in the An nie Day bowl. It is scheduled to be completed Oct. 15. The lower level will have a dining room which will accommodate 100 persons for receptions, special breakfasts, lunches and dinners. When the dining room is not being used by special groups, it will be us ed for a lunch and brunch buffet to be served to students, faculty and staff on a cash basis. “We feel we should have some place on campus for visitors and other V.I.P.s to have a sit-down breakfast or luncheon, as well as a facility open to students and their parents and guests,” said Food Service Direc tor Robert Smith. “Primarily, this facility is being built for small, special groups.” The upper level of the new facility will house an office complex for the Food Service. It will also contain an employee lounge, a conference room for students and the building’s public adress system. The facility is needed to supplement the old buiding, which the Food Service has outgrown, said Smith. English Club plans Fund-raising Activities By Paschelle Mitchell The English Club hopes to make some money this Spring with a carrot cake raffle and a hot dog sale during March. Dr. Phyllis Lotchin, an English instructor and advisor of the English Club, will be baking the cake. Tickets will be sold for $1. Members of the club will sell hot dogs in the dorms for 50 cents each. Vivian M. Taylor, a senior English major from Halifax and club presi dent, said, “The English Club is well under way this semester. So far we’ve had a valentines’ raffle and a hot dog sale that went exceptionally well. I’m hoping that we can get involved in a few community service projects.” Besides the fund-raising projects, members are planning to buy club T-shirts and there is talk of a trip to the Village Dinner Theater to see “Carousel” on March 14. New officers were elected at the beginning of the semester. Those officers include President Taylor, Vice President Sherraine Lockhart, Secretary Jackie Reid, Treasurer Constance McCrumman, and Parliamentarian Jeff Campbell. Fees for new members are $2. Joyner Building Home to NCCU males...so far By Daryl Goodman The Joyner Building, one of the newer boarding facilities for NCCU students, is located at 603 S. Alston St. across from Ray’s Convenient Mart. It’s now a residence for NCCU males, but Yvonne Payne, director of the building, has hopes of it becoming a co-ed dormitory if there is enough de mand. That may happen. Rent is $100 a month; the building features a spacious lounge that includes a pool table, a floor model color television set, and kit chen facilities; and there is a laundry room on the second floor. The building has a capacity of 32 students and rooms are available. Students are housed two to a room. Payne stated that some of the advantages of the building were its family setting and the respect and privacy given the residents. Bernard Hansley, an English major from Wilmington and a Joyner resi dent, said, “There is a tremendous amount of freedom here at the Joyner Building and the residents take pride in the building.” UNLESS YOU PRINT YOUR OWN... Sjfej ... it seems like a student never comes up with enough money to cover schooi expenses ond hove anything left over to just enjoy. If you're one of those people who has to spend too much study time earning schooi money, read on. Air Force ROTC offers o four, fhree or two-year schoiorship for those who con quoiify. The pion pays $100 o month for expenses, pius oii tuition, book costs and iob fees. While you're working on your degree, you're also working toward o commission in the Air Force, After graduation and commissioning, you'll enter ocfive duty, and discover a whole new world. You'll find challenge, responsibility, o demand for your talents, and a high regard for what you're contributing. There's more. As an officer in the Air Force you'll have an excellent solory with a full slate of benefits. Look info AFROTC scholarships. And while you're at it ask about the Air Force way of life. You'll discover more than just o way to make your finances come out while you're in college. You'll discover a whole new world of opportunity. ROTC ‘42nd Street’: just another disco? By Edwin Horsley The entrance to the 42nd Street disco and bar club is just one of several doors that serve as back entrances or exits for stores facing main street. In fact, I didn’t know that I was at the right place until I read the black letter ing on the glass: “ 42nd Street Entrance.” At the end of a dimly lit passageway a door led into the inner sanctuary. But first, 1 had to check in with the clerk who ascertained that I was not a member of the club, but an invited guest of one of the club’s dancers. The thump, thump, thump’ of the disco beat nearly knocked me right back through the door. Cautiously, I inched my way a bit further into the room. I didn’t see anyone I knew there, so 1 found the first empty table and chair combination and sat down. I found myself being drawn into the atmosphere of 42nd Street. Like many other disco bars, 42nd Street has a platform acrylic dance floor lit from the bottom. The dance floor sits in the middle of a much larger carpeted floor, and is overlooked by a balcony. From the balcony, the dance floor was an island of light in a vast black ocean. Above each corner of the dance floor, hung a glass plated revolving sphere producing beams of light when hit at the proper angles by spotlights mounted on the ceiling. The best part of the light show was the red laser beams that bounced from sphere to sphere.giving the illusion of a roof when the house lights and spotlights were turned off. On a platform above the floor dancers performed one-half hour to the delight of the gawking crowd. The dancers, men and women dressed not to impress, but to entice. Halter tops, body shirts and sweaters, see-through dresses, tight fitting jeans, skirts split to the thigh, Vee neck shirts, short pants with knee-high stockings, and multi-rainbow colored swimming trunks and bikinis The crowd dressed daringly. ANYTHING was right for the occa- sion.One black guy who was dancing wore a cowboy outfit, black Levi’s jeans with a black Levi’s buckskin vest, a black ten gallon hat and a pair of black Dingo’s boots with silver trimming around the toes and heels. A white chick wore the original ‘Sheena of the Jungle’ costume— a long thin strap of yellow cloth drapped over her left shoulder like a sort of sleeping python, turning into a larger piece of cloth sprinkled with large black spots and that just missed indecent exposure in its shortened sections. An inch shorter and shd" might have stolen the show. Finally spotting a lady I knew, I went over to talk. When I asked her to dance,she grabbed my hand and we plowed our way to dance floor joining many other couples who wanted to jam to Rick James’ “Give It to Me Baby”. It felt really good out there jamming among those bumping, grinding, spinning bodies, happy couples caressing as they danced. The music was ex tremely loud, but no-one seemed to notice. Some couples embraced passionately, paying no attention to the people around them. Others just held each other close, giving no thought to the music. I thought it all a bit much, but then again, to each his or her own right? My friend and 1 danced for about an hour before we stumbled off the dance floor and sat down to a few strawberry daquiris. On my way out, I stopped and took one last look at the inner sanctuary of 42nd Street. I shook my head laughing to myself at the people who make 42nd Street the unique place it is. I turned and left. As we walked to her car, my friend and I discussed what we had just ex perienced. We had enjoyed ourselves tremendously, as we would have at any other disco and bar club. But one important thing made this establishment different for the two of us and for Durham. 42nd Street is for the most part, frequented by gay i>eo- ple. Gay bars have an unsavory reputation in the straight world. To anyone who has never been to a gay bar, they may conjure up images of shadowy figures moving furtively in the dark. But 42nd Street has none of that effect. While I have no wish to join the gay rank and file, there was nothing unpleasant about the 42nd Street experience. I may not go back, but I am not ashamed to have taken for one night at least a short walk on the wild side. Seven renowned artists named to Hall of Fame From UPI Staff Reports HALL OF FAME: Seven big Broadway names will be added to the Theater Hall of Fame this year — including the playwright uncle of Princess Grace of Monaco. The nation’s drama critics and editors have elected actor Burgess Meredith, producer Hal Prince, choreographer Gower Champion, director Lee Strasberg, composer Stephen Sondheim, actress Angela Lansbury and playwright George Kelly, who wrote “Craig’s Wife.” Princess Grace will accept the award for her late uncle at ceremonies on March 29, while Carol Channing will accept for the late Gower Champion and Susan Strasberg for her late father. To be eligible for the Hall of Fame, a theatrical personality must have a career spanning 25 years on Broadway with more than five major credits. Elections Continued from page 1 Gamble said last year it took the election board 24 hours to deter mine last years winners. “It was an experience. We started counting ballots at 7 p.m. and finished at 7 a.m.” Other students elected to office included Sheila Smith, senior class president; Olada Sample, senior class vice president; George Jackson, junior class president; Ar tis Moore, junior class vice presi dent; Billy Barber, sophomore class president; Steven McClure, sophomore class vice president. Class queens and congress members were also elected. Wrist tv in the wings NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UPI) — Jerry Del Colliano, publisher of “Inside Radio” and the new “Radio Only,” says a prototype, wafer-thin black and white television currently is being tested in England. Other, more cumbersome versions of the mini TV are now available to the consumer. Miller times ^ life (C>1981 Beer Brewed by Miller Brewing Co., Milwaukee, Wis
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