Campus Echo
Thursday, October 28,1999
Campus
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IN BRIEF
Sheridan and thou
sands are alive
because of a blood
donation
S heryl and Jackie
Covington say
Sheridan, their “little
miracle,” brings a lot of love
into their home. Sheridan is
alive because someone took
the time to give their blood.
Sheridan needed a transfu
sion right after her birth.
Giving blood is safe. It
makes you feel good about
ypurself. Plus, you’ll receive
a- Hotification of your blood
type afterwards. Donors with
lype O blood are needed
especially.
The NCCU blood drive is
on, Wednesday Nov. 17 in the
SJsident Union from 9 a.m.-3
Pirn, and Thursday, Nov. 18 in
E^gleson Hall Lounge from
i^n-6 p.m.
—Campus Echo staff
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Tau Psi Chapter spon
sors speaking compe
tition
T he Tau Psi Chapter of
Omega Psi Phi
Fraternity will hold
li^ir first speaking competi
tion on Thursday, Nov. 18.
^*Only NCCU undergradu-
^s can participate in the
(^npetition. Those wishing
ti|*participate should fill out
C^ign-up sheet outside of the
^rrison-Newton
Communication Building or
^sidential Life.
^^ISpeeches must be original
a*id persuasive. The topics
h^e to address one of the
following questions related
tfii;^rican American history:
(1^ Will the “Color Line” be
tlje problem for the new mil-
Ifenium, and if not, why? (2)
y^at can African Americans
contribute in the new millen
nium to further enhance the
d^ditions of the people? (3)
V^at role will HBCU’s play
iiidhe 21st century?
^i^he speeches run from
minutes. After a screen
ing round, six finalists will
be selected.
This group will attend a
final preparation session
before the Omega Psi Phi
Fraternity Public Speaking
Competition.
Judges for the competition
will include representatives
of the University and the
community.
—Ebony East
Founder’s Day
Convocation
F ounder's Day
Convocation will be
held on Friday, Oct. 29,
at 10 a.m. in B.N. Duke
Auditorium.
The convocation is a tribute
to NCCU founder. Dr. James
E. Shepard.
Everyone is expected to
attend, including administra
tors, faculty, staff and stu
dents.
Faculty should announce
the event three days prior to
the convocation to remind
students.
Classes will be suspended
at 9:30 a.m. so that students
attend. The regular class
schedule will resume at 1:00
p.m.
—Ebony East
North Carolina Central University
Q&A
Walter Hart
Walter "Sencral" Hart was born May 21, 1923 in Pittsburgh, N.C., a small town In Chatham County. He
has one brother and two sisters. He has been married 50 years and has a daughter and a son. His son
attended barber school. His doughter is o groduate of NCCU. You can find Hart In the Student Union,
where he has cut hair for students and faculty for almost 50 years.
Are your brothers and sis
ters still alive?
I have one brother and two
sisters. They are currently
retired. My brother used to work
at American Tobacco Company.
My sisters taught school.
Q:
What were your ambitions
as a child?
A’
I wanted to be a tailor, bar
ber, brick mason and a mathe
matician.
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Did you attend college? If
so, where?
"A*
I attended barber school
here in Durham.
What made you decide to
go to barber school?
A •
”' It had always been my
desire since childhood.
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When did you begin work
ing at NCCU?
... A'.*
It varies from day to day. On the average,
though, about 10 or 12 in a day.
What kind of relationship do you have with
the students who come to the barbershop?
Very good, because of the laid-back and friendly
atmosphere.
Do students talk to you much when you're cut
ting their hair?
A:
It depends on where they're from. There used
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I started working here in
A:
1950.
Were you always employed
in the barbershop?
A'
” ■ Yes, I was. I also worked in
a factory and in the service.
That's about it.
What branch of the serv
ice were you in and what did
you do?
A*
I was in the Army where I
served as a cook. I also went into
the field with the 1696 Engineer Combat
Battalion.
Q;
you
A:
How many different hairstyles have . . '
had to learn over the years? do in a day.
Only about five, the fads repeat
Michael FEIMSTER/Campits Echo Staff
themselves. Kids today are wearing
haircuts that were popular in the
1940s.
What are the biggest changes
in the way men get their hair cut?
A*
Baldheads are more popular now.
Would you say men are pickier
now about their hair than 40 years
ago?.
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Much so, people used to just wear
basic styles. Now they are very picky.
About how many haircuts do you
to be a lot of out-of-state students twenty years ago,
because the tuition for out-of-state and in state used
to be the same.
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Were you here during the Civil Rights
Movement in the 1960s? Did N.C. Central partici
pate in protests, boycotts, etc?
A •
”* Yes I was here. The students did participate.
They would go on marches and go to sit-ins. Anytime
they were asked to protest, they took parf.
What are some of the changes that you have
seen within the campus and the community in the
past forty years?
Quite a bit. When I first started working here
there was only one student on campus with a car. Now
just about all of the students have cars and a way to
get around. I think people were more involved in the
community in the past.
On what terms would you like to see Central
and the surrounding communities in the new millen
nium?
4." It doesn't seem like they have as good of a rela
tionship as they used to have with the community.
Students have a tendency to not cooperate. Students
should be kinder and show more respect to the elders
and others. That's about it.
Thank you for sharir^ your time with the Campus
Echo.
Interview A transcription by
Shakiera Causey, Echo Stof-f
Students, Faculty, Staff, Alumni and Administrators on the move
Eagles in Flight
Students
C amesha Shonte'
McAllister, will be
crowned Miss N.C. Central
University 1999-2000, Sunday
Oct. 24 at 5 p.m. in the B.N.
Duke Auditorium. McAllister is
the daughter of Walter and
Sadie McAllister of Wilmington.
She attended John T. Hoggard
High School. McAllister is a sen
ior honor student majoring in
English Literature. She plans to
attend law school to pursue a
juris doctorate in international
law.
Katerina Glosova has won her
third straight cross-country run
leading the NCCU women to a
second place fihsh at the NCCU
Cross Country Invitational at
Forest Hills Park in Durham.
Glosova posted a winning time
of 19:43.71 on the three mile
course. Her team teammates
Kennisha Moten and Holly
Thompson placed sixth and sev
enth, respectively.
DeShelia Hall, English junior,
won third place in the Bovanti
Miss Midway Classic Pageant,
Friday, Oct. 15. The competition,
which was held in KR. William
Auditorium on the campus of
Winston-Salem State, included
women from N.C. Central
University and Winston-Salem
State University.
Students & Faculty
Working Together
Forty-two Central students
and faculty participated in an
HBCU Initiative for relief
efforts for Hurricane Floyd vic
tims. They went to Wayne and
Lenoir County dur
ing NCCU's fall
break. Buses and
drivers were pro
vided by the
Markham Chapel
Baptist Church and
Russell Memorial
C.M.E. Surgeon
General David
Satcher came to
assist the NCCU
volunteer group in
the L.T. Walker
Complex.
Lady Eagles
VolleyballCoach
Ingrid Wicker won
her 100th victory
for NCCU at the
sixth annual
Fayetteville State
University
Invitational.
Wicker, a native of
Durham, is now
101-80 in six sea
sons. Also, Davita
Watson, Lady Eagle
senior, was select
ed to the All-
Tournament Team.
Mary Hawkins, assistant pro
fessor of health education and
Michael Scott, a student, accom
panied Hillside High School
teacher Joe Davis and one of his
students to the October meeting
of the National Society of
Experiential Education
Conference in San Diego. They
spoke about N.C. Central
University’s work with the City
of Durham to reduce lead poi
soning among children.
Third-year law students Rob
Corbett, Latoya Fortner, Kia
Hardy-Vernon, and Antonio
Tolliver, will compete in the
1999 NITA Tournament of
Champions in Akron, OH. The
first round of the competition is
hosted by the University of
Akron School of Law and will
take place Oct. 27-30. The group
will be joined by Grady Jessup,
head coach, and Pamela Glean,
assistant coach. The coaches are
assisted by Assistant Public
Defenders Brian Wilkes and
Dawn Baxton, NCCU School of
Law Alumni and former compe
tition team members. The 16
best trial-training law schools in
the nation are invit
ed to participate in
this competition.
They are selected
on the basis of their
performance in the
National Trial
Competition and
the American Trial
Lawyers
Association’s
National Student
Trial Advocacy
Competition.
Faculty
Sundar W.
Fleming, marketing
professor, will pres
ent 'The
Improvement in
Potential
Graduation Rates of
Minority Business
Students With the
Implementation of
the CAT-DOG
Model" at the 1999
National Higher
Education
Conference on
Students of Color. The paper
will be presented in
Minneapolis Oct. 30.
Thomas N. Hammond, chair
of the modem foreign languages
department, attended an Oct.
3-10 workshop in the Dominican
Republic. The workshop was on
the development of a Study
Abroad Consortium at HBCUs.
Ted Parrish, professor health
education, and Lavern Reid,
assistant professor of health
education, spoke at the annual
meeting of the N-C- Society of
Public Health Educators. Reid
spoke on diabetes education
and control, and Parrish spoke
on the use of theory in helping
change blood donor behavior
patterns in organizations.
Alumni
Chris Richburg, former jour
nalism student in the
Department of English, is now
working with the Rock Hill
Herald as a features and com
munity news writer. He also
writes a column, “Community
News.” Richburg graduated in
1998. He was an Echo staff
writer.
Gwendolyn C. Chunn, a 1964
alumna, was honored by the
American Correctional
Association's 129th Congress of
Correction for her work as an
advocate for troubled youth.
Chunn was also a recipient of
the 1999 E.R. Cass Correctional
Achievement Award, the associa
tion's highest accolade. This
award honors those who have
dedicated their professional
lives to advancing the correc
tions and criminal justice fields.
ACA was founded in 1870 by
Rutherford B. Hayes and cur
rently has a membership base of
more than 20,000 worldwide.
Chunn has worked with troubled
youth for more than 20 years.
Nicholas J. King, 1992 NCCU
graduate, earned his doctorate
in Educational Leadership in
May from the University of
Virginia. King is an assistant
principal at a middle school in
Charlottesville, Virginia.