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Editorial Page
Got Lead in Your Pants?
Do all colleges have the same problems? Hopefully
not. Among the most prevalent problems of our
college is that of student participation in the various
activities sponsored for their benefit. It is evident that
WCC students are too lazy to care if any program is
•made a success.
What causes our students to be slack in attendance
is most puzzling. WCC students will travel to their
former high school games and dances, but fail to help
support their fellow classmates who play in WCC
sports.
WCC will be known as “Bypass University” only if
the students let it. We do not expect students from
East Carolina University or Atlantic Christian to
come to our sports activities, because they have their
own affairs to look after in Greenville and Wilson.
What the Sports Department here wants is to receive
your encouragement and participation.
So get the lead out of your pants and become an
active part in the sports program at WCC. It will do
you good and also hel{) make Wayne Community
College a better institution of higher learning.
WCC Inmate Is Helped y Q«P Qt WCC
By being a inmate in the
Department of Correction, I can
explain the outcome of
correctional life. I have been at
many different units or camps
and have found some to be
comfortable and some uneasy;
it’s not all bad, or all good in a
place of confinement; some
men come into these places with
the idea that they are carefree
or it makes no difference if they
live or die. Some realize that
they have committed a crime,
and that no matter whether it is
a felony or misdemeanor, they
must pay in time of confinement
from society, for a period of
time before they can return
with the thought of
rehabilitation.
The Department of
Correction has set up several
programs for this purpose such
as; work rlease, school release,
and youth centers. These
programs give a man a chance
to get into what we refer to as
the “free world” and find
himself before it’s too late for a
man to see himself going in the
wrong direction and turning
back. In most of the units there
are counselors one can go to and
talk with about any kind of
problems one may have. In
most, if not all of the youth
centers there is a school
program set-up to help inmates
that plan to re-enter school after
being released or those who
would like to just further their
education. So in closing this
article, on behalf of the youth
offenders attending Wayne
THE WAYNE COMMUNIQUE
THE VOICE OF WAYNE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
GOLDSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA
Editor William Daniels
Assistant Editor Joseph Neal
Reporters Neal Herring, Richard Lanier
Sports Editors Pam Johnson, Paulette Harman
Feature Editors Eandy AAitchell, Jean Edgerton
Business Manager Jim Quillen
Chief Typist Dianne Casey
Assistant Typist Joe Daniels
Layout and Proof Editor William Daniels
Sports Reporter Giles Turnage
Intramural Reporter Bobby Friede
Advisors Dean Waller, Mrs. Nancy Bell, Mrs. Reid,
Mrs. Anne Heath, Mrs. Gurley, Mr. Colquitt
The Communique is published monthly for the students of
WCC. The opinions expressed here do not necessarily represent
those of the Board of Directors, staff or faculty of WCC.
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NOVEMBER
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Nov. 2-3 Pre-registration
Nov. 3-7 This is your week College Transfer
Nov. 5 Last Day to Drop a Course
Nov. 12 Scrimmage—Chowan 7 p.m., Home
Nov. 13 SGA Cookout, 6:00 p.m.
Nov. 14 Basketball (BB) Scrimmage at Pem
broke, 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Nov. 17 BB Music and Sports, Home, 7:30 p.m.
Nov. 19 Classes End
Nov. 20-25 EXAMS
Nov. 21 BB Mt. Olive, Away, 8:00 p.m.
Nov. 26-30 Thanksgiving Holidays
How Have You Been
Parking?
In 1967 the Mechanical
Vocations Deapartment of
Wayne Community College
through the cooperation of the
North Carolina Correctional
Institution began a curriculum
program for electric linemen at
Selma Youth Offenders Camp
for youth offenders. This
program seemed to be worthy
of continuation, but we felt our
campus would be more
conducive to the proper training
than the youth offenders camp.
Therefore, in 1968 we moved the.
electrical linemen program for
youth offenders to our campus.
Since that time we have had a
continuous class of
approximately 16 to 20 students
which has been very successful.
Many of these students have
been placed with electrical
construction companies and
have become worthwhile
citizens.
In 1968 we started a new
program in the Machine shop
operation for youth offenders on
our campus which haa also been
successful. It is our opinion that
vocational training for these
youth offenders is one of the
most effective means of
rehabilitation and believe that
we have had a part in proving
this point.-H. Earl Hardison.
Community College, I take
great pride in saying thank you,
Wayne Community College
staff, for giving us this
opportunity to learn and to
better ourselves for the future. -
-BY ANTHONY JOHNSON.
First, we would like to extend our thanks to all the
students for the fine job they have been doing and for
co-operating with the parking problem. I am sure all
of you realize there are more cars than parking,
spaces, so if you have a friend you could ride with it
would help. The school is trying to get more funds to
improve the parking facilities.
Of course there has been some violations and they
have received parking tickets. If you are one of these
people now or m the future and feel that the ticket is
unfair you should see Dean Waller, Dean of Student^
who will be glad to discuss the problem with you.
There are many parking spaces behind B building
which are not being used. For those students who have
class in B and K building we urge you to iise these
spaces. Parking stickers must be displayed on ALL
vehicles so if you need another sticker please come by
the Dean of Students office and get one. They are
free! There is no need to get a ticket for not having a
bumper sticker.
Again, thanks for all the help and co-operation you
have given us in the past and hope you will continue.
Findings on Student Protests
Berkeley, Calif.-(I. P.)-The
type of higher educational
institution which is most likely
to encounter student protests is
the large, urban university
granting doctoral degrees,
writes Professor Harold
Hodgkinson of the University of
California at Berkeley in a
recent issue of the Teachers
College Record.
Dr. Hodgkinson is project
director of the “Institutes in
Transition” study, which is part
of the Carnegie Commission on
Higher Education under the
chairmanship of Clark Kerr.
The complete Institutes in
Transition study will be
released this fall, but a preview
was recently given by Dr.
Hodgkinson m an artif’l**
In his study, Dr. Hodgkinson
contacted the presidents of 1230
colleges and universities
throughout the country to
determine whether they had
experienced an increase in
student protests and
demonstrations during the past
ten years.
Among the findings were
these:
1. There is considerable
evidence from within the
student protest movement that
issues are often devised on the
spot for maximum
effectiveness.
2. Colleges and universities in
regions with high levels of
population seem to have
considerably more student
protests than institutions in
rural areas. The states with the
highest incidence of student
protest are New York (so
percent), Iowa (48 percent),
Michigan (43 percent),
Massachusetts (40 percent),
California (36 percent), and
Illinois (30 percent).
“With the exception of Iowa
the high protest states tend to be
urban while the low protest
states tend to be more rural,”
Professor Hodgkinson notes.
The data provides some support
fr the hypothesis that the crisis
on campus is a parallel to the
crisis of the city.”
This does not mean, he
observes, that protest occurs
only on campuses located in big
cities, but that in some
situations students may be so
close to a city that the culture
and conflict of the city become a
part of the way they see their
campus.
3. The universities which had
the greatest number of protests
reported a high level of
diversity in their student
bodies, with few local ties
among the students wich might
have served as a deterrent to
protest. Students at these
schools were usually very
active in community volunteer
programs and underground
student activities.
4. There seems to be a definite
relationship between the level
of degree awarded by the
institution and the tendency
toward student protests. The
higher the degree awarded by
an institution, the more likely it
is to have student protests, the
study found. Of the institutions
participating in this study
which granted less than a B. A.
What Happened
To the Beauties?
Recently it has been noted
that the Student (Jovernment
Association of Wayne
Community College
undoubtedly made a poor
decision in working for the
student body. It had been
brought to the attention of the
SGA that on campus there
appeared to be a lack of
involvement and student
participation. Thus an idea was
originated by the SGA in the
hopes of binding a class closer
together and perhaps to start a
tradition. Blue beanies with
“Bisons” inscribed in gold were
purchased for all freshmen
students. These were
distributed to the lower
classmen on Orientation Day
and the procedure of
“Freshmen Beanies” was
explained. However, it appears
that college freshmen are
ashamed of their status and
thereby will not and did not
wear their beanies. This seems
to be a direct refusal by all
freshmen students to identify
themselves with their class.
Therefore, since the t>eanies
were purchased by the SGA, it
can only be concluded that they
made an unfavorable decision
by trying to bind the students
into a closer group. The
freshmen beanies were
undesired and most of all
unappreciated as a welcome to
WCC.
Future beany days had been
planned but because of a lack of
interest by freshmen students
will probably be cancelled. It
certainly is a drawback to a
college campus when lower
classmen resent any efforts to
bind them together as a class.-
BY DIANNE CASEY.
Use Words to
Win Arguments
An old Chinese story relates
an argxunent between two men.
First, one Chinese presented his
points of view; then, the other.
.The argument continued for
over an hour. At times, the
sentences became loud and long
as tempers became shorter.
Finally, an Englishman, who
happen^ to be watching and
listening to the discussion,
turned to his Chinese
companion and boasted, “If
that blighter on the left over
there addressed me in that tone
of voice, I would strike him to
the ground with my fist.
His Cliinese companion made
this observation: “That would
prove that you had run out of
ideas. Consequently, you would
have lost the argument and you
would have lost face or your
dignity. Equally important, you
would not have changed the
mind of the opponent you had
knocked to the ground. Physical
force has but limited use in an
argument.”
Neither soldiers nor gifts
have changed the minds of the
enemies of America.
Perhaps it is time to use
words and ideas. Perhaps the
pen is still mightier than the
sword.
degree, 24.8 percent reported
increased student protests
while 67.1 percent of the Ph.D.
granting institutions did.
5. Size of the institution was
cited as an even more reliable
indicator of student protest.
“At all degree levels, the
increased protest institutions
are larger rtan the institutions
which report no change in
{X'otests. Increasing size of
student body dramatically
(Contlnu^ on page 3)