INSIDE
•The
University
Choir piayed
to a packed
house during
its Christmas
Concert.
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CAMPUS
ECHO
ALSO INSIDE
•NCCU's Jazz Ensemble received
invitations to perform at the White
House's Christmas Gala.
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EXCELLENCE WITHOUT EXCUSE
• Trei Oliver, Ken Hili and Adrian
North Carolina Central University
Jones named to NCAA Division II
Durham, NC 27707
Issue No. 72
All-South Region footbaii team.
Friday, Dec 12,1997
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former members of the NCCU community. Our
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Students
Amber Corzine, Lashawnte HoHoman, Corey[ '
Manning, Christopher Sanders, and Joseph|
Wright were inducted into Alpha Psi Omega (a|
national dramatic honor society) for the Falll
semester....Reco Armstrong, Michelle Austin,
Tisha Coley, Tajuana Greene, Joy Harris, Tijr
Moore, Sedric Parker, Jamie Patterson, Kandy
Sutton and Tamika Willimas were inducted intol
NCCU's Iota Tau Chapter of Phi Beta Lambda!
(national business fraternity) for the Fallj
semester....first-year student Tinnika M,
Hankerson is one of four college students from!
Durham awarded $1,000 in scholarship assistance]
grants from UDI Community Development....
Alumni
Beverly Parra, '97, is a student at thejj
University of Arizona in Tucson, AZ where she isj
working toward a doctorate in American!
literature Colanda Barnes, '95, is a substitute!
teacher in Prince William County, Md Andrew!
Sherman, '94, teaches English at Jordan High!
School in Durham....Wallace Sellers, '94, teaches!
at Rogers Herr Middle School in|
Durham....Paulina Poe, '94, teaches English at|
Orange High School in Hillsborough.... Sahrinal
Hill, '94, teaches English at New Hanover Highj
School in Wilmington, N.C Ronnie Hopkins,!
'82, is the author of Educating Black Males:!
Critical Issues in Schooling, Community and!
Power, published in 1996 by the State University!
of New York Press. Hopkins teaches in the!
Department of English and Foreign Language at!
Norfolk State University. He also is president and!
chief executive officer of A World of Difference, a|
multicultural education consultation group located!
in Chesapeake, Va
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happy Holidays
from tho
staff of
Tho Campos Echo.
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Sports..... Page 5
Editorial Page 6
Safety violations discovered
The state Department of Labor
has ordered NCCU to correct 130
on-campus safety violations by
Dec. 19.
By Gaysha Kelley
Staff Writer
Chancellor Chambers invited the state
Department of Labor Department to the campus
of North Carolina Central University three
weeks ago; now NCCU has 130 safety hazards
to fix.
The Department of Labor has given Central
officials until December 19 to fix faulty
electrical wiring as well as repair or replace
hazardous equipment. Labor officials found
hazards in 20 of NCCU's 58 buildings after a
sixteen-day investigation.
The 130 violations will cost NCCU quite a bit
of money.
"The best estimate will be $250,000 to $1
million to fix these problems," said Chancellor
JuUus Chambers. "We're waiting on a list for a
better estimate.
"The money will come from state
appropriations," he continued. "I am certain we
will not only fix [repairs], but we will keep it
safe."
Reaching Out
Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity has made community .service its mission.
Antwon Fogle, a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity, helps decorate a Christmas tree at
Bievin's House, a residential home for people infected with HIV. Alpha Phi Alpha volunteers
twice a week at the home as part of their AIDS Community Outreach Program.
staff photo by Paul Phipps
by Shelvia Dancy
Editor-in-Chief
If you ever thought college fraternities were all
3 about beer and parties, think again.
Members of N.C. Central University's Gamma
Beta chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity devote
two days a week to volunteering at Bievin's House,
a residential home in Durham for people infected
with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.
"Some days we do a lot of housework," said
Daron Satterfield, a senior psychology major and
president of Alpha Phi Alpha. "We play cards, get
their minds off their troubles. We can't do as much
as far as money is concerned, so if there's any work
i that needs to be done, we do it."
The men have been volunteering at Bievin's
House since mid-semester.
"It's our fraternal mission to do service," said
^Antwon Fogle, a senior criminal justice and
psychology major who is also a member of Alpha
Phi Alpha. "We're not looking for any reward.
^We're doing it because it's the right thing to do.
"It's the creed of our university, and we try to
hve up to that creed," he added.
Aside from their AIDS Community Outreach
Program, Alpha Phi Alpha has spearheaded a
number of other service projects during the Fall
semester.
"We tutor at Shepard [Middle School], and
we've done numerous campus cleanups," said
Satterfield. "We had a clothes drive last month,
and we got about 15 large bags of clothes and
donated them to Durham's homeless shelter."
Satterfield said Alpha Phi Alpha's work in the
community is a "re-affirmation of purpose."
"This year we really took it upon ourselves to
really carry out the mission of our fraternity," he
said.
"We didn't really see any other Greek
organization doing anything, so we decided to be a
real presence on campus," said Fogle.
Forty-one-year-old Reginald, a resident of
Bievin's House, said he looks forward each week
to the fratemity"s visits.
"It's a good feeling knowing that the youth in
Durham are putting forth an effort to give people
living with the virus hope and love—mostly love,"
he said. "We love to see them every week."
Admissions director
Rowland dies in S*C*
by Danny Hooley
A&E Editor
North Carolina Central
University's Undergraduate
Admissions Director, Nancy
Yvonne Rowland, died Sunday in
Myrtle Beach, S.C. She was 58.
Rowland suffered from a
massive heart attack while on a
recruiting mission in Myrtle
Beach.
Monday afternoon, B.N. Duke
Auditorium was filled with
faculty, friends, staff and students
who had come to pay tribute to
Rowland during a memorial
service.
Among the speakers were
Chancellor Juhus Chambers, who
drew a chuckle from the audience
when, referring to Rowland's
energy and enthusiasm, he said, "I
recall the last orientation program,
and how she even had me singing-
-that's quite a task."
Rowland began working for
NCCU in 1979, and during the
years became a well-known figure
on campus for her hard work,
compassion and concern for the
students.
Rowland was born in Sims,
N.C. on March 28, 1939. She
attended St. Augustine's College
in Raleigh, and was elected the
college's first female student
government association president.
Rowland earned an
undergraduate degree by the time
she was 20, and went on to
receive a master's degree at
NCCU.
Co-workers say they will
remember Rowland for her warm
and personal approach to
recruiting students.
"Everybody who came through
[her] door got a hug," said NCCU
admissions counselor Terry
Teelucksingh.
Teelucksingh pointed out that
Rowland had a tough side to her
caring nature. Teelucksingh said
she gave students with low SAT
or ACT scores a chance, but
expected returns.
"When [students] came and
talked with her, she had them sort
of have a pact with her: 'I'm gonna
give you this opportunity, but I
want you to come here and
perform. Don't let me look in the
system and see that you're not
doing well 'cause I'll come and
find you," Teelucksingh said.
Lafayette Lipscomb, associate
vice chancellor for academic
affairs, said Rowland would often
pay the $30 application fee for
students who could not afford it.
"There are a number of
[students] who are sitting here
because she paid your apphcation
fees," Lipscomb said.
As a tribute to Rowland,
assistant director of undergraduate
admissions Luann Edmonds-
Harris suggested establishing a
fund in Rowland's name for
underprivileged students.
"She had a famous saying: 'If it
was meant to be, it is up to me,"'
said Edmonds-Harris.
Rowland is survived by her
husband, John Thomas Rowland;
a daughter, Terry Rowland; a
stepson, Tyrone; and her father
Juhus Rhice.
With December 19 around the corner.
Chancellor Chambers said that workers began
during the Thanksgiving break to fix the safety
violations.
Also, a temporary staff has been hired to
assist the university's workers.
This is not the first time NCCU has been
caught with safety violations. In November of
1996, a state building inspector found broken
fire alarms in nine buildings on campus,,
including B. N. Duke Auditorium and W. G.
Pearson Cafeteria.
If NCCU does not have the hazards and
violations corrected by the Dec. 19 deadline, the
university could face fins.
Vice
chancellor
Perry to
retire next
semester
from staff reports
N.C. Central University's highest-
ranking female official will retire at the
end of the academic year after 38 years
with NCCU.
Patsy Perry, interim provost and vice
chancellor for academic affairs,has held
the position for the past two years.
Perry was the successor to Mickey L.
Bumim, who now serves as chancellor
of Elizabeth City State University in
Elizabeth City, N.C.
Perry has also served as chairperson
of NCCU's department of Enghsh from
1979 until 1990. And she is a former
director of the university's Honors
Program.
"I would hope that any person in
university teaching would have enjoyed
the experience as much as I have," Perry
said in an interview with the Durham
Herald-sun. "I've had a full and
satisfying stay here."
Perry received a bachelor's degree
from NCCU in 1954, and later earned a
master's degree from Central. She
received a doctoral degree in American
literature from UNC-Chapel Hill.
Magazine
CEO to
speak at
winter
graduation
from staff reports
Earl Graves, founder of Black
Enterprise magazine, will deliver the
commencement address at North
Carolina Central University's winter
graduation ceremony on Dec. 17.
The ceremony will begin at 9 a.m. in
the McLendon-McDougald Gymnasium.
Graves is president of Earl G. Graves
Ltd., the parent corporation of the
company that publishes Black
Enterprise.
Graves established Black Enterprise
in 1970, after having served as
Administrative Assistant to then-U.S.
Senator Robert F. Kennedy from 156
until 1968.
Graves holds honorary degrees from
37 universities across the nation, and has
been a visiting lecturer at Yale
University.
He is also chairman and chief
executive officer of the largest minority-
controlled Pepsi-Cola franchise in the
United States (based in Washington,
D.C.).
During his service in the U.S. Army,
Graves rose to the rank of Captain as a
Green Beret. He also earned the U-S.
Army Commendation Medal, and served
from 1978 until 1980 as a civilian aide
to the Secretary of the Army.
In 1995 Graves was recognized as
New York City Entrepreneur of the
Year by Ernst & Young, one of the
world's largest accounting firms.