I'age 2
The Stfentorian
LET'S CALL HIM BILL
by Uarren Hull
He received a
in early June
sophoMore year,
second paragraph
letter
of his
The
began
with *We
inform
selection
charged
shouting
made it!
Bill
are pleased to
you of your
as a finalist.
* Ecstatic, he
downstairs
*I made it
I'm in!*
drove over to
Sam's house. Sam was a
graduate of the school,
currently attending
Carolina. Sam possessed a
keen mind, tremendous
personal drive, and often
wrotw up imaginary
chemistry experiments for
fun. Bill knew Sam would
give him an accurate,
true-to-life description
of the school •
invited
Bill in
Sam
offering congratulations
and a bowl of cold Ramen
Pride chicken soup. He
answered Bill's questions
quickly and confidently -
all the while. Bill was
thinking 'Sam really has
it all together - I hope I
can be like him when I
gradi^ate from NCSSM. "
Sam told him of the
community spirit; about
the teachers who busted
their i-ears in class and
to be available to help
the students; about the
RAs who were
understanding, and
solve any personal
a person
kind,
able to
crises
could
moment
campus.
Bill came
to riurham
in the fall of 1986. The
school had expanded to 5S0
students - when Sam was
there,there were only 400.
Bill wondered if there
would be any difference
with more students.
Bill moved into the
huge, four-story dorm with
iOO
other
guys. He
thought it was a rather
impersonal arrangement -
sixty guys on each floor.
Bill's roommate was bigger
than him and his computer
had more memory than
Bill's - Bill felt
intimidated.
The cafeteria was so
crowded at supper, Bill
found himself standing in
line in front of the door
to Media. Of course, the
food tasted like Mother's
own homecooking.
Classes started.
Bill discovered teachers
hyperextending themselves
in packed classrooms of
thirty students. He
waited outside the
chemistry professor's door
>nd felt slightly insulted
when he was asked to take
a number. By the time his
turn came, the professor
had fallen asleep.
Bill walked slowly back to
his bland room and his
scary roommate, threw the
knowledge he did not
understand on his bed, and
wandered down to talk to
his RA, hoping to begin
his personal growth as
soon as possible.
His RA's room
contained twelve juniors
in varying stages of
personal struggle and
growth. Bill walked to
the back of the apartment
and discovered the RA
hiding in the bathroom.
Bill endured two
weeks before his
disillusionment became
complete. He returned
home to go back to his old
school - another great
mind prevented from
blossoming.
KEEP SULTRY SEDUCTIONS PRIVATE-
STOP PUBLIC DISPLAY OF AFFECTION
by Richard Uu
and Chandra Bastia
As he stroked her
fine, silky smooth hair,
their eyes were drawn like
magnets as he drew closer.
She had never been touched
in such a way. Slowly but
gently he moved forward
and swayed her back.
f i nd
SENIORS OFFER ADVICE
more
vapid
the NCSSM
dormitory
schoo1
With the school
drawing to an
students begin
concentrate less on
distant future,
juniors look forward
year
end,
to
the
As
to
level, Melissa Kirkland
presented a few guidelines
for rising seniors.
'First, try not to do
pm
on
manufacture; about the
students themselves - who
were dedicated to their
studies and amazingly
gifted; and about the
personal growth Bill would
experience. Bill had a
disturbing vision of
himself suddenly growing
five inches" and being
handed a briefcase the
becoming seniors, present
seniors reflect on the
last few years offering
some helpful advice.
'Take advantage of
the opportunities
available here. Never
think that you don't have
what it takes to join a
club or pursue an
activity,' Chandana
Ganguli advised. 'If
you're interested in
something, go for it - at
least you'll have a common
interest with the other
people involved.'
On a more specific
laundry after 1;
Saturday - everyone else
does. Second, don't
become so involved with a
girlfriend/boyfriend that
you lose touch with all
your other friends, and
third, enjoy your senior
year. lion't worry so much
about next year or next
summer !'
'I regret not meeting
a lot of faculty and staff
until my‘senior year. It
really helps a lot to know
those who work and live
ner e,
Cab i nuffi.
'Smile
then you
smile at
■
said Elaine
She added,
at everyone and
have others who
you ! '
Close were their lips, but
before they kissed, she
whispered into his ear...
Is this some lewd and
lurid scene we are forced
to endure while watching a
teenage oriented PG-13
film? No. Obviously, why
should we pay to watch
this kind of cheap sex
when one can
sultry and
seductions on
science wings,
causeways, and
1 awns.
Unfortunately, many
of us are not interested
in seeing couples in
action. The idea in
itself is disgusting.
Intelligent people should
have more sense than to
reveal their childhood
fantasies to all those
watching. We are
promising and precocious
students who aspire to be
successful professionals,
but li o intelligent adults
act like this? Think of
the last time you saw an
astronomer making-out in
the corridors at tiuke
University.
It seems that many of
our students cannot
distinguish real life from
the sleazy soap operas on
prime time TV. 'Meaningful
relationships are not
based upon mere public
displays of affection
(PDA). It is not
necessary to display
sexual relations to the
public. There are many
private places that people
can engage in their
romantic antics,^ such as,
underneath th^ back lab
stairway; behind the
multi-purpose center;
by
the
that
love
under the trailers
1908; and In
biological pond.
If people feel
displaying their
affairs before the public
is necessary, then they
can find other places
besides NCSSM. For
example: Duke Gardens,
the entrance way to Revco,
Dunkin Donuts, and the
intersection of Club
Boulevard and Broad
Street. We suggest the
last place as it would
decrease
students
PDA.
the
who
number of
engage in
P.S. It has been
difficult writing this
article as two students
are currently climbing all
over each other at the
computer terminal next to
us.
he 'stepped ' on
YOUNGBLOOD REVIEWS 1985-86 SCHOOL YEAR
by nik* Tilly
Th« intarVlaw bagan a
littla bafora S p.m. with
Dr. William Youngblood
filling his briafcasa with
his own "homawork.“ Than
ba sat down, pushad his
chair back, put his fast
up on tha dask and askad
what wa wara going to talk
about. I told him I was
going to ask him about his
axpactations at the
baginning of tha year and
how things have been since
than.
futura of tha school, in
tha sansa that I saa tha
potential to repeat
mistakes where others have
before," he remarked. He
drew an analogy to the
colonial times, where
early on things were
virtually unlimited^
land, trees, food , etc.
They abused what they had,
and now the effects of
that are obvious. The
passenger pigeon is
extinct, the buffalo is
close, and the land
suffered from being
overworked.
He prefaced the
conversation by saying,
"Whatever I see is
probably a worse view than
it really is, in most
cases, because usually I
deal more with the
negative." He went on to
explain that because of
this his view is a little
below the norm.
"I worry about the
"We’re not unlike
that, we have almost
unlimited opportunity, but
still a delicate ecosystem
here in which the students
determine the resources
that will be available for
the students who follow
them by what they do," he
stated.
THE STENTORIAN
North
Carolina School of Science and Mathematics
1912 West Club Boulevard
Durham, North Carolina 27705
Editor-in- Chief Uarren Hull
News Editor.. Kathy Anderson
Editorial Editor..Aldrich
feature Editor...........Dimock
Sports Editor Mike Tilly
Photographic Editor Kevin Pint
Typesetter.. Reginald Humphrey
Reporters Brel Barton, Amy Bingham, Simone
Bowers, Stephanie Bowes, Elisabeth Cates, Rodney
Freeman, Jeanine Kelly, Leigh Killian, Kim Owens,
Hyon Paek, Amy Roscoe, Chandra Smith, Kelley-Brooke
Snyder, Susan R. Wallace, Jana Watts, and Richard
Wu.
Advisor
Lyj^ine Donges
He described his own
personal impression by
bringing up how in the
earlier years there was a
"pioneering instinct" in
the students; they were
more inclined to try
something. They also
fully realized the
opportunity they had. Now
that the school has done
well, it attracts some
people because of its
credentials,and the piece
of paper we get after two
years becomes more
important than the
experience.
The
possibly
stepping
future"
students,
for the
school could
become "a
stone to the
for too many
Without care
school, without
commitment
students,
incredible
by
all
resources
the
the
the
school has and the
opportunities it presents
just fall off to the side.
Youngblood added that
in his speech at the
beginning of the year he
hoped the seniors would
realize what we can get
from the school and what
we could give to it.He
felt there needed to be a
level of awareness among
the students. Students who
come through and don’t act
responsibly create more
rules and regulations for
the next class, which in
turn stifles the
creativity and potential
of that class.
He agreed that a lot
of rules would not be
necessary if everyone
complied with the spirit
behind a rule, instead of
taking advantage of the
temptations that come
forth when there isn’t a
specific rule.
We agreed strongly
with nearly everything Dr.
Youngblood brought up.
Although students not
taking advantage of the
school’s resources may not
be a real problem now, it
could be in the future.
Sooner or later, the state
is going to ask for
measurable results of what
they’re putting so much
money into. If we, as
students, haven’t done our
part to contribute to the
school, it’s future will
be in jeopardy.
There was a grave
problem earlier in the
year concerning the abuse
of the computer
facilities, we’re sure
everyone knows enough
about that incident. The
students achieved an
understanding in that
situation and things
improved greatly. The same
thing needs to happen now
with this problem.
More students need to
understand tha philosophy
behind the school and the
responsibilities tied in
with it. In order for the
school to present tha same
opportunities to students
in the future, tha
students now in tha
present must not only have
more respect for the rules
(written and unwritten),
but we also need to help
the school by using it to
its full potential.
Seniors won’t be able
to have much effect on
this now. We’ve already
done what’s done,
including tha good and the
bad. But you juniors,
next year’s seniors, have
the ball in your court as
to whether or not changes
will come about.We're sure
everyone has heard this
kind of stuff before, and
unfortunately, some people
are going to read this and
just shrug it off as a
waste of time. But
hopefully a few people
will understand the
problem.
Maybe those few
people will undertake tha
task of solving the
problem before the damage
is too great and calls for
outside action. The
solution is as easy as the
problem is; students need
to become more aware of
the opportunities here,
and they need to be more
aware of the consequences
of their actions.
There’s no way that
anyone can make us take
notice. We have to do it
on our own. This will
include a little bit of
self-sacrifice, and some
unselfish behavior, but
giving that now would help
secure that NCSSM’ers in
the future have the same
chances that we have bean
given.
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