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PAGE 2 Editorial In Memoriam Steve Birchette Steve Birchette was a wonderful person, a real team player. In high school, he was an outstanding student, a member of Who’s Who Among Students in American High Schools two years in a row. Last year he started 16 out of 23 games. He was a prosperous student, a man with a future. As the Rev. Roland Cunningham so elo quently stated “It matters not how long you are on this earth, what matters is the quality of the time that you spend.” This young man had a quality life, and his prescence will always be with us. Steve Birchette’s death should make us all aware that life is too short to focus on petty things. Evaluate your goals and direction in life. Realize your purpose ^d work hard towards it, but never forget to take time out tor the people you iove. Call your family and tell them how much you love them, and thank them for giving you the opportunity to attend college and the support and love they given to you. Take your best friends aside and tell them what a positive influence they have on your life. Don’t assume that they know how you feel about them, because many times we don’t know, or we’d just like to hear it said. Don’t wait for anniversaries and birthdays to express your feelings. Take the opportunity to express your feelings to friends, or acquaintances. Try to meet someone new everyday, don’t limit your friends to people you know now. Make peace with someone you don’t get along with. Life is so very precious, so take time today. For tomorrow might be too late. Shut *EmDown? Ifs Your Choice On Monday, October 5 the Student Government Asso ciation sponsored a Boycott as a result of insufficient response to it’s proposed changes by the University admin istration. The result on the student level was a conflict of interest and unnecessary name calling. On the way to class, some students, including a staff member of The Campus Echo, were called a sellout for attending classes. First of all, we each pay our own tuitions, or our parents do, or we have loans. We are not sellouts we are indepen dent thinkers Therefore, we make our own decisions whether or not to attend classes. It is nobody’s business if you attend class or not, for whatever reason. If you choose, you can attend class, then go outside and yell Shut ‘Em Down and still feel it in your heart just the same. If that is what you choose to do, but make sure you are willing to act on your conviction. It is an individual decision to be made by you. Don’t participate just because your friend does, and make sure you know all the issues. Be informed abdut the entirety of the situation. Don’t believe every thing that is told to you. People, including the SGA are going to make themselves look good regard less, so you have to make your own choice about right and wrong. Be mindful of the consequences of your actions as well as the positive aspects of what you chose to do. You have to be self-fulfilled and know that what you are doing you are doing for yourself, your school, and your future. If you are going to “wear the Malcolm X hat, and shirt,” stand outside and yell “Shut ‘em down,” and call every Tom, Dick and Harry that walks by a sellout, make sure YOU know why you are standing outside, and don’t worry about others and their choices. Weigh the pros and cons. Make your decision. Stand up for what you believe in. NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OCTOBER 15,1992 THE UFL T/M£S OP: Guest Forum Get Ready For Flu To Pay Its Yearly Todd, RN-C, Call By Susan M.H ANP, MS Adult Nurse Practitioner NCCU Student Health Service The flu. It is one of life’s regular miser ies. It arrives so punctuaUj at this time of the year that speak routinely of“thefluseasoir.”asif it were a sporting event or part of the weather. But what is it really? Its official name is respiratory influerza, and it is a viral disease of the respira tory tract that produces fever often 102 degrees or higher-chiUi!, head ache, muscle and joint itching, ruimy nose, sore throat and a prolonged cough. It lasts from 2 to 7 days, occasionallyin sever cases even 2 to 3 weeks. The type A strains can produce nausea, vomiting and diarrhea in about 25 percent of young people af fected. Three influenza viruses are recogniz^: A, B, and C. The A virus is associated with wide spread epidemics and B with more localized epidemics; C is fairly rare. In large,communi ties usually 15-25 percent of the population will be affected, but in closed populations such as military units or college dormitories, greater than 40 percent may catch it. Winter months are prime flu months in North Carolina. Last year the Durham County Health De partment noted cases as early as September, before immuni zation programs had even begun. At Student Health Service we have already had one case this year. Each year estimates are calcu lated by the Center for Disease Control as to which strains will be most prevalent for the season. This year, according to Pam Weaver, head of the Duiham County Health Department immunizatfon clinic, A-Texas, A-Beijing and B-Panama are expected. Thus, this year’s immunization will cover these strains. The immunization will not be given at Student Health Service but will be offered at the Health Department for $5. These “flu shots" will be administered on Monday’s, Wednesday’s and Friday’s from 8:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. and from 1 p.m. to4 p.m. beginnihg in October. Anyone with a chronic disease, particularly of the respira tory tract (such as asthma), or with heart, kidney or metabolic disease (such as diabetes) should be im munized annually. The eldeily are also particulaily susceptible. Im munization should be t^en before the outbreak. The virus is transmitted by di rect conta^|i^^\jgh mucus and saliva dibits and through the air among peo^e in crowded spaces. It can even be transmitted for several hours in dried mucus on handkerchiefs or hands. Symp toms will occur 24 to 72 hours after exposure.* A person is contagious the first three days after getting the symp toms. If a new strain arrives, ev- See Flu, page 3 School Children On Campus Source Of Annoyance rhe Campus Echo The Student Newspaper of North Carolina Central University Editor-in-Chief-Jason Williams Associate Editor--Dezmona Mizelle Business Manager-Yolanda Alexander Fdtteuainment Editor-Reginald Jones I.ayout Editor-Sereion Humphrey Sports Editor-Lyndon Phillips Staff Writers Maurice Crocker, Nadine Jenkins, Erika Knight Dear Editor Whymustlsitintheanpiscafete- lia next to a 14-year-old dtikll before my9:25cIasS? Iceitainlydon’t^tpre- date eating my break&st beside scxne 8th grader u4x) is oobviously (xitdng a d^. ft’senough thatNCXXJ students have to put ip with bad food, but do ttieyalso des^ebad Me boys who havethdrowncafetaia in tldrown puUicsdhod? What are my parents payiiig taxes foi? N(XU has many ixoblans now, butifthestaffoxitinues to adroit nnv studentsintoNCCUfadlities,thereare gdngtobemcxe. Ididn’tocHneheretoeatwilhan8th grader and havemyocxnputerinthe UtHaiy taken n) for 31/2 hours l^^a HQls^txDuthamHigh student My puipose ftxgdng to college, was to get awayftomminois. HowdoIdoso,if I ambeingjumpedbylhree8thgrad^ who should beinschodscxneuhaein Duiham County? Angie CMibatson AlumusApplauds KhamdX Speech D^ Editor, In response to the negative com- moits writtenby you about Minister KhaUid X and brother Tun Smith, here is my rebuttal. Regardless to whatever remarks that these MEN have made, negative or positive, we must give them the credit for being able to say how they felt in the presence of some of their oppres sors. It takes guts to do that, and anyone that can’t do as they did but chooses to talk behind closed doors without whites present is a “House Nigger.” They know that in spite of their speedi. The Man will doashe wants in spite of their aiproach. TheproblMthatmostUack folks and leaders today have is that we have compromised our freedom for mental slavery. Why should we speak softly atout anyone that has given us separate but severely un equal all of our lives? Let’s call a spadeaspade. The blade students at UNC- Cht^l Hill pay the same tuition as the white students, butthey don’thave equal access to resources. You are editor of a bi-weekly to monthly Campus Echo, but UNC has their Daily Taiheel. They waste more money in a month than you have on budget for the year. They and you are from the same UNC school system. Talk any way you wish, ^y will continue to have more than you. These men didn’t say anything wrong. fodoang,IapplaudMiisstBrKhalid X and Ixofoer Smith for ^leaking to the needs of the qiixessed. It’shig^ timethatweallasUackpec^ should stait to address foe causes, not foe Symplons of our c^ifxessiai, radsm. I jpjdaud NCCU’S SGA ixeadent for her stand against our own establish ment that has stian^ ftom us foe same rights as all students in foe UNC SchoolSystems. Ifwecanchastiseour own, why can’t we speak with foe sameoutay to those with foepowerto make changes in our ccnxlitions? Dori’twearthe“X’ifyoudon’thave foesamecourageandheaitasMaloolm, Maitin, Farrakhin and Elijah. Sk^ cxxnpromising our [xogress for sub missive leadersh^ and knee-bending, but-kissing vdees foat will only result in ciumbs compared to steak. Samud A.R. Sli^ Jr. 1986 Graduate NCCU Our Policy On Letters The Campus Echo welcomes letters from students, faculty, administrators and anyone else interested in the North Carolina Central University community. Letters must be no more than 300 words in length. The editors of The Campus Echo reserve the right to edit all letters for correctness and length. Address your letters to The Campus Echo, Department of English, North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC 27707. How To Publicize Your Club Or Organization In The Echo The Campus Echo publishes news of campus meetings and events, achievements, honors and activities of students, faculty and staff. If you want your activity or event to be written up in the Echo, just send a news release or fact sheet to The Campus Echo, c/o The Department of English, NCCU. We encourage you to send photographs when they are available. Let us hear from you.
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