Final Quarter Keeps Guidance Department Busy
_ Spring has sprung!
By Chris Stanard.
The end of the year was a
busy time for the guidance
department. Activities included
the Focus '84 program.
Invitational College Day. and
getting out the last issue of
the Open Mind.
The guidance department and
the health services department
have heen iointly sponsoring
Focus '84 for about two months
now. Focus, now in its second
year, is a series of small group
discussions on about 12
different ’subjects. The topics
"deal with everything from
personal hygiene to controlling
emotions," explained Brenda
Rosen, guidance department
secretary.
Another big event was the
junior s College Day. It was
the second College Day of the
year sponsored by the guidance
department. It included visits
from about 90 different colleges
and universities from all across
the country, videotape
presentations of “In Search of
Excellence," (the public
relations film about NCSSM
narrated by Charles Kuralt), and
a financial aid presentation at
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Students Summer Plans Include Work, Travel, Study, R&R
By Kris Pusser
As the school year rapidly
draws to a close, many NCSSM
students are looking forward to
plans which they have made for
the summer. While a little R
and R is on nearly everyone's
agenda, some people seem to have
every minute of the summer
planned already.
Travel is at the top of the
list for many students this
summer. Niveen Iskander is
planning a trip to Egypt to
visit family while Margaret
Butler plans to go to' Los
Angeles for the Olympics. Joann
Dyson is going to spend a week
in Haiti on mission tour with
her church group.
UNC's Morehead Scholars,
Brian Bailey, Lisa Gillespie,
Barry Campbell, and Ingrid Brunk
will spend part of the summer in
Colorado or Washington at
leadership camps,
Meg Wolfe will be off to
Chile where she will spend most
of the summer while Laine
Doggett and Sharon Castellino
are going to spend part of their
vacation in India.
Some NCSSM students just
cannot seem to get away from the
books, not even dCiring the
summer. Pam Kelly and several
other students will spend the
summer at N.C. State University
doing chemistry research.
Vincent Knight will be attending
the Biomedical Science Program
at Meharry Medical College in
Nashville, Tennessee.
Gen Phifer will spend her
summer at Phillips Exeter
Academy studying math, while
Will Carr is going to work at
N.C. State as an apprer^.ice .
the vet school. .v
Rosa Huang, Toby Falk,
Laura Woodworth, and Monica
Bhattacharyya will be back in
Durham this summer, working as
teaching assistants at Duke's
TIP program.
Most students will spend at
least part of their summer
working everywhere from
McDonald's to IBM, but a few
students have really interesting
summer jobs planned. David
Theil says that he will spend
the summer "separatincr insects
from leaf litter for the
U.S.D.A. Bollweevil Elimination
Project." Dan Todd, on the other
hand, plans to "do a few thincrs
with tobacco - dip it, chew it.
smoke it, crop it, sucker it,
hang it, rack it, sheet it,
stomp it, and smell like it."
While everyone else is
working, studying, and
travelling, Adolphus Gwynn says
that he will be "ficrhtina with
my siblings, Artie and Alison,"
and Craig Steffee is going to be
"begging people (anybody!) to
write to me."
Whatever you have planned
for this summer, be it catching
up on sleeping and/or partying,
eating lots of Mom's good food,
working or vacat ioninor, the
Stentorian staff wishes you a
happy and safe summer!
Orientation Planning Gears up for Summer, Faii Work
By Joe Galarneau
I remember a moment on my
first day at NCSSM when I was
unpacking my belongings. There
was a knock at my door. I
opened it and there stood five
seniors clad in Duron paint
caps, the NCSSM welcome wagon.
During the next three days,
these people introduced the
juniors to the community and the
ways of life "up here". They
organized dances and other
social activities, told us what
we wanted to know about life at
the school and shared other
little pieces of information.
All In all, those seniors on the
orientation committee really
helped me and my fellow juniors.
And now it's our turn.
Organizing the orientation
effort this year are Kathleen
Benzaquin, Dean of Students, and
Resident Advisor Sybil Jackson.
'The purpose of orientation, as
explained by Dean Benzaquin, is
to introduce the ne^w students to
both the way of life at the
school and also to the school
itself. This is accomplished
through organized social events,
talks, and just plain
friendliness. The secondary
purpose is directed at seniors—
that is, to provide a way for
everyone to "catch up" on what
has been happening.
The orientation effort is
complex. First, the committees
have to be set up. These groups
have been selected and will
coordinate such tasks as summer
letter writing committees and
regional get-togethers. Next,
the people meet before the end
of the school year to decide
what will be done over the
summer. Considering that the
last few weeks of school are
usually the most hectic, this is
no small task. Over the summer,
as many of us remember, all the
chairpersons of the various
committees write a brief letter
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