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Many Things Have Happened Since He Died
by Elizabeth Sheehy
Many Things Have Happened
Since He Died is the title of Elizabeth
Dewberry Vaughn's novel. On Febru
ary 21, Vaughn visited Salem College
and gave a reading in the Rondthaler
Gramley House from her last novel
very religious atmosphere in the South.
Vaughn beleives that in writing this
novel she "deals withthings I saw dur
ing my childhood that I didn't deal with
at the time" Religion is an important
theme in the novel because for some
Many Things and her next novel which people "religion defines everything,
has not been released.
This novel was
Vaughn's first book.
She read the first two
chapters from Many
Things Have Happened
Since He Died and the
story she began weav
ing was fascinating.
The book is the story
of a young woman and
the events that have
affected her life before
and after her father's
suicide. One of the
main themes of the
story is her religious
upbringing in the
Elizabeth Dewberry Vaughn
South. Vaughn herself was raised in a
Everything is meaningful and utterly
significant."
Vaughn holds her
doctorate in Ameri
can literature from
Emory University
and a Bachelor of
Science degree in
English from Van
derbilt. She has been
acclaimed as one of
the best and bright
est Southern writers
of our time. How
ever, she doesn't
"define" herself a
Southern writer. The
Last Southern Gentleman is her other
novel.
A New Face in the Place
by Dawn M. Darby
The Salem College and Academy com
munity recently welcomed to their
Public Relations family Ms. Rachel E.
Sti ffler. Ms. Stiffler comes to us from the
Winston-Salem Journal where she was
the copy editor in 1988 and has been a
reporter since 1989. Her main objectives
she says are to place as many stories in
the public media about the accomplish
ments of Salem Faculty and students.
She also plans to set up a Speakers'
Bureau Booklet which will serve the the
area organizations, businesses and
schools with information about the
various fields of which Salem has quali
fied experts. Ms. Stiffler also plans to
send an Experts list to the media as
well."I want us to be more visible" says
Stiffler when discussing her motives to
expose the Winston-Salem community
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attended by a large portion of the Salem
community. The group was led by an
African dancer and drummer who both
perform with such great troops as the
Alvin Ailey Dance co. The dinner was
authentic and meticulously prepared
by the Refectory cooks affectionately
known as, "Spam and the erew"! Anriong
the experience was shared an African
welcome song and dance. ONUA wishes
to thank all those involved in the im
plementation of the class. Sonya Ben
nett, a sophomore, voice major admon
ished," the continuance of the studies of
one of many American cultures which
are very diverse and easily misunder
stood."
In addition, ONUA has sponsored
ro our community's talents, "They need
to hear about it" she enthusiastically
commented. The fact that Ms. Stiffler
has been active in journalism profes
sionally for the past 6 years will attrib
utes she feels, to the success of her carry
ing out her main objectives for her new
position. She started as a reporter for
The Daily Tarheel the UNC-Chapel Hill
campus newspaper from there she was
a reporting intern for The Charlotte
Observer, The Virginia-Pilot and the
Ledger-Star in Norfolk Va.. Ms. Stiffler
encourages those interested in pursu
ing careers in Public Relations to,
"write,write,write", she says any op-
protunity to free lance for newspapers,
magazines or intern will be very valu
able. Once again the Salem family would
like to welcome Ms. Rachel Stiffler and
wish her much success.
throughout the month of February a
series of lectures by outstanding Afro-
American women of the Winston-Sa
lem community. One lecture a week
was held in the Gramley library assem
bly room and was open to the public
and college. The lectures were published
in the Winston-Salem Journal courtesy
of LaTonya Gary, Rachel Miller who
are seniors at Salem College and Mrs.
Tonda Smith, from the Salem College
Public Relations department.
In celebration of Black History month,
on February 26,1992, the Admissions
office held a Black Alumnae and stu
dent dinner held in the Club Dinine
Hall at Salem College.
The Oracle
Partin-g Shots
by Dr. Bill Partin
^ Once again the Salem community and the nation at large are facing that
quadrennial rite of passage known as a presidential election campaign. Aren't
we so lucky? Whatjoy and bliss are ours! Month after month of candidates who
are non-persons talking about non-issues—that is what we can look forwafdlj
between now and November. Perhaps we should all consider joining hands
and walking off a cliff together. That might be a less painful way to go!
I suppose that I should apologize for my cynicism about this great exerciss
in American democracy, but it is difficult to feel otherwise. After all, consider
what recent campaigns have brought us in the way of Presidents. We got
Ronald Reagan, a man whose hero was Calvin Coolidge and who could not
seem to stay awake (even in an audience with the Pope). Of course, whenwt
got dear old Ronnie, we also got that cold fish known as his wife (who had the
smile of an undertaker and a taste for expensive fashions).
More recently we got George Bush and Dan Quayle as our leaders (the wimp
and the simp>—a President whose finest moment may have been throwingnp
in the lap of the Prime Minister of Japan and a Vice President whose greatestgift
is apparently a good golf swing. Of their accomplishments in office it mightbj
said that Churchill's words on Stanley Baldwin and Ramsey MacDonald ring
true: "They did nothing in particular, but they did that very well." GeorgeBush
may have waged a glorious war in the Persian Gulf, but it now appears that what
he won was a hollow victory. Certainly he has no domestic record to speakof,
although at least the Presidential dog was able to achieve something of note-
she had puppies!
Perhaps we get what we deserve, for American voters seem most attracted
these days to the candidate with a slick television image, etc. Do we really care
about issues? I wonder if we do! There are many important issues in this cam
paign, but both parties will do their best to avoid them. The poor DemoCTatsare
so busy sniping at one another that they may present us with no real candidate
at all. At this very moment we are being deluged with all kinds of informafa
(and misinformation) about the failings of Bill Clinton of Arkansas. Is he guilty
of adultery and does that disqualify him as a suitable candidate for the nation's
highest office? While that decision may rest on the "consciences" of the voters,
we might remember that other Presidents could have been disqualified on that
basis (Franklin Roosevelt, Dwight Eisenhower, and John Kennedy come t(
mind). Did Bill Clinton seek to avoid the draft and thereby (by implication
shirk the duty of fighting for his country? Why should we care if he did? Who
can blame him if he did? I certainly cannot fault him for doing that—in W
many of that generation (myself included) sought to avoid the draft.
At any rate, we have some long months ahead of us, so let us grit our teeth
and bear with it. On election day we could just close our eyes and choose
between candidates who will be like 'Tweeledee" and 'Tweedledum"—orwc
could look for the nearest cliff.
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