The New Voice of African-American Students
North Carolina Central University
January 30,1990
This is the dining room of the North Carolina College for Negros, now North Caro
lina Central University,™ 1926.
Award winning writer Gloree Rodgers speaks
By Evelyn Gatling
The award winning recipi
ent of the Carolina Wren-Ob-
sidean II Minority Book Con
test for North Carolina,author
and writer, Gloree Rogers of
Durham, gave tips to faculty and
students on writing techniques
and publication on January 25
during a program sponsored by
the English club.
“A serious writer will keep in
touch with everything that’s going
on,” she said. She advised stu
dents interested in writing to get
their articles in print “because if
your articles are printed, this will
let you know that society is giving
you positive feedback,’ ’ she said.
Rogers also sttessed that to be
come a good writer, one must
write. “A serious writer lives
the writing life and is efficient
with time,” she said.
Please see Rodgers page 12
Speaker Helen Edmonds urges students to keep King's dream alive
By Kimberly Thornton and
Laureece Woodson
Staff writers
“I shudder to think what Dr.
King would have thought about
us, now that we have come to a
decade where greed has over
come America” said Dr. Helen
Grey Edmonds, Chairman
Emeritus of History at NCCU,
and keynote speaker at the ob
servance of Dr. Martin Luther
King Jr.’s birthday celebration
held in the B.N. Duke audito
rium Monday, January 15,1990.
Senior Melvin Parker began the
processional with a powerful ren
dition of Dr. King’s famous speech
I Have A Dream. Following Mr.
Parker, Chancellor Tyronza
Richmond, as well as over 100
school officials, organizational,
and class representatives partici
pated in the candlelight proces
sional. The music was provided
by Miss Rosetta Breeze andthe
group L.I.F.E. Ron Brinson, a
senior and business manager of
SGA, read the proclamation from
Mayor Chester Jenkins, declaring
January 15 Martin Luther King
Day in the city of Durham.
Dr. Helen Grey Edmonds
speech was “Not By Choice But
By Destiny Are You Keeper’s
of King’s Dream.” Shefeltshe
was no stranger to the subject,
since she had met Dr. King on
three different occasionsf
“In the course of your stay
here at North Carolina Central
University,” said Dr. Edmonds,
‘ ‘You’ve got to be prepared edu
cationally, artistically, morally
and in a literary way (to be
keepers of King’s dream)”.
“To prepare you for keep
ing King’s Dream, if I were a
college President, I would es-
Piease see KING page 11
What a GAME!
Long time rivals NCCU Eagles and A&T Aggies battle it out
during fiery uproar at basketball game in Greensboro
Terri Rowland
Staff writer
With 8:04 remaining, the traditonal
basketball game between North
Carolina Central and North Car olina
A&T was suspended due to a 15
minute riot involving fans and play
ers. A&T was leading the 60 year
basketball series aganist the NCAA
Division II Champions 39-38 be
fore fights broke out in the stands
and as a gym packed with 7,500
fans witnesed the riot that began on
the floor.
The riot started when players
from both teams participated in a
shoving match after a foul was
committed. The riot was the worst
brawl in the two schools’ history
and hasn’t been as intense since
Feb. 4, 1967 at McDougald Gym
nasium.
Several people were injured due
to the riot, and many were taken to
the hospital. Security officers,
fans from both schools and a
member of A&T’s pep band were
taken to the hospital after the
brawl and released early Friday
momig. Many were injured
because of self-defense reactions;
Victor Talor, a freshman from
Charlotte, N.C. was “jumped”
by 8-12 A&T fans as he was
trying to help break up the riot.
“1 had on a NCCU sweatshirt
and they riped it off my body, 1
then had to defend myself.”
Talor’s hospital diagnosis was;
a ruptured spleen, pinched nerves
in his back, and a slight con-
cusion.
Head coach Michael Ber
nard conteneds that he likes
getting national publicity but not
in a negative way, “It was an
ugly sight and nothing to be proud
of. I think it was disgusting.”
Students receive bills for long -distance calls
By Laureece Woodson
Staff writer
Students in Baynes and Eagle-
son dormitories were surprised this
month to find long-distance phone
bills in their mail for calls made to
Chapel Hill and Raleigh in August
and September.
In December, dormitory residents
found they could no longer forward
calls or receive the call-waiting
signal.
All the cutbacks in the new in
room phone service are due to limi
tations in the university’s contract
with GTE, according to Shirley
Green, director of Residence Op
erations.
The contract between the uni
versity and the phone company
includes a block on long-dis
tance calls, including Raleigh
and Chapel Hill, Ms. Green said.
At first, dorm residents were
able to place calls to these cities;
however, GTE considers the calls
long-distance. Therefore, per
sons who made those calls are
now receiving a GTE bill. The
cities have been included in the
long-distance block-out since
September.
Call waiting and call forward-
Please see BILLS page 11