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Number 5
Friday Nov. 2, 1984
Pictured above is the statue of Dr. James E. Shepard,
Founder of North Carolina College at Durham
Foushee plans appeal
to Board of Trustees
By Lisa O. Smallwood
Kenneth Foushee, former director of Student
Life Men, said Tuesday he is planning an ap
peal to the NCCU Board of Trustees, following
the reversal by Chancellor LeRoy T. Walker of
an appe2ds committee decision that the non
renewal of his contract was invalid.
Dr. Roland L. Buchanan could not confirm
Foushee’s statement, but he said he was respon
sible for recommending the non-renewal of
Foushee’s contract and that any other questions
should be addressed to Chancellor Walker.
Walker was unavailable for comment, and
The Echo was unable to reach anyone on the
appeals committee.
According to Foushee, the committee ruled
that since he was appointed by the chancellor,
only the chancellor could discontinue his ap
pointment, not Buchanan, whom Walker ap
pointed to evaluate Foushee’s performance.
Buchanan said that making recommenda
tions on contract renewal for EPA employees
(those exempt from the requirements of the
State Personnel Act) was one of his regular
duties as vice-chancellor.
According to Foushee, the committee also
ruled that even if Buchannan went through pro
per procedures to discontinue Foushee’s
employment, Foushee had not been given pro
per notice that his position would be ter
minated.
Foushee said that the committee concluded
his contract should be extended to 90 days (the
notice period required to terminate any
employee serving at the will of the chancellor
and who has been with the university at least
four years).
Asked about his reaction to the chancellor’s
action, Foushee said, “I am both hurt and sad
dened by Dr. Walker’s decision to overrule the
unanimous decision of his own handpicked
committee.”
In the Sept 17 issue of the Campus Echo an
article was printed concerning the initial deci
sion of Dr. Roland Buchannan not to renew the
contract of Kenneth Foushee as Director of
Student Life-Men.
Reason was not stated for the nonrenewal,
and Foushee took the decision before the
NCCU appeals committee.
75 years
of tradition in pictures
See pages 6, 7, 12 and 13
Frat Tradition
Continues
t aken from the Durham !»un
November is always a good month for Majorie Shepard.
The leaves in her yard need to be raked and carted away, and
tradition takes care of it.
November is when NCCU celebrates Founder’s Day.
It’s also when members of the Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity
honors the school’s founder. Dr. James E. Shepard, by raking
the leaves at the home of his daughter, who still lives directly
across from the Fayetteville St. campus.
It has become a fraternity tradition that sometimes includes
presenting Marjorie Shepard with a bouquet of roses.
“My father was a Kappa so they always try to help me out,”
Mrs. Shepard said. “There are plenty of leaves out there so if
they didn’t do this, I’d have to go out and hire somebody.”
Fraternity president, Darryl Williams, said his organization
began raking her leaves in 1931 to honor the school’s founder.
But they do it now to help out his daughter, who is nearly 80
years old.
“We always try to do something for her,” Williams said.
“She’s a very adorable lady and her father started our fraternity
chapter at NCCU.”
Mrs.Shepard is seen by other members of the fraternity as a
university Symbol
You can see the institution when you look at her,” said Joey
Petway, a fraternity member. “You can see the dream of her
father perpetuated in her.”
Her father’s dream began in 1910, when he founded the
predominantly black university.
This Founder’s Day marks the school’s Diamond Anniversiy.
Dr.Tyrone Baines, vice-chancellor for university relations,
has spent much of last year planning for this year’s Diamond
Anniversary.
He called Shepard a “visionary” who still motivates the
school’s current administration.
“He had many struggles to keep this institution alive,” Baines
said. “And he had a great deal of creativity to keep him going
through some very hard times.”
Founder’s Day activities will begin at 11 a.m. with a ceremony
honoring Shepard and then a speech by Julius L. Chambers of
Charlotte, a graduate of NCCU, head of one of the South’s first
racially intergrated law firms,and Director of the NAACP Legal
Defense and Education Fund.
Group discusses
Who’s Who picks
By Helen Eagleson
A group of N.C. Central
University administrators and
students met Thursday, Nov.
1, to discuss the selection pro
cess for this year’s Who’s Who
Among Students in American
Colleges and Universities.
Who’s Who Among
Students in American Colleges
and Universities pays recogni
tion to students who are
among the University’s most
outstanding campus leaders.
The criteria is also compos
ed of academic achievement,
service to the community,
leadership in extracurriular ac
tivities, and potential.
In the past, the selection
process was based soley on ser
vice and community work but,
this year academics will carry a
substanial amount of weight
according to Dr. George Reid,
See WHO’S WHO, p. 11
W^elcome eagle alumni