august 2009
features
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Student Life was added as
a curriculum requirement
in October of 1996. Other
reforms included the rule
that juniors receiving C- s
in all of their classes would
not be invited back.
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In November 1996, two
students sued the school
and its director for
violating due process and
for racial discrimination.
The students had been
expelled for drinking
alcohol on campus. The
two students had been
accused of bringing
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Also in November, senior
Tree Calloway lead
students through a Student
Government proposal and
committee in calling for
reinstatement of student
judges: the Judiciary
Board, which is now the
Honor Council.
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with friends. The two Students sue NCSSM
students were both AJrican
American, as were the
six students drinking with
them. Director Friedrick,
in a statement to the
Herald-Sun, wrote, “/ ,
am convinced that these
students deliberately
violated NCSSM s anti
alcohol policy and that they
ought to be expelled from
NCSSM. ”
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Dr. Barber says of the
smoking policy: "I feel like
an enabler by providing the
opportunity for students
to smoke on campus. ”
Smoking is forbidden
during the 1997-1998
school year, following a
discussion that started two
years earlier.
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The Stentorian ran a
history of the tetragranny
(the large tetragon with a
granny knot in the middle),
and quotes one person:
“[An] artist gave it to the
school and S&M couldn't
stand it so [the school] .
gave it away to Duke or
some other unsuspecting
institution. After the artist
died, it was given to his
wife who bequeathed it to
S&M again, saying that
it was the artist's original
intention. So we ’re stuck
with it and can’t get rid
of it without some serious
guilt. ”
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MFC used to stand for
Multi-Purpose Center, a
former campus building
that used to stand where the
PEC is currently located.
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Ninth Street Bakery, a
popular S&M hangout,
is closed and replaced
by Elmo's Diner in 1997.
George’s Garage opens
around the same time.
George’s Garage closed in the
summer of2009.
In October 1997, Ephraim
Katzir, former president of
Israel, spoke to NCSSM
students about his experiences
as a political and scientific
leader.
1997saw the school's
first “Hispanic Fest, ”
hosted not by a Hispanic
Cultures Club but the MFCs
(now Multicultural Peer
Counselors).
Until late 1997, the company
in charge of food services at
NCSSM had been Professional
Food Management (PFM).
In 1997, services changed to
a new company, Chartwell,
and a number of workers
quit. With no one to clean the
cafeteria, the situation quickly
degenerated. To the right is a
picture of the floor outside the
dishroom, covered with trays.
Kevin Cromwell took over
the SAB in 1997 and to say
he was well-received would
be an understatement. The
Stentorian praised him for
“raising NCSSM school spirit,
getting students involved,
and giving students plenty
of things to do over the
weekend. ” His success was '
attributed to the fact that he
had spent six years as an SLI
and understood students well.
“Much to the displeasure
of this staff Rich Ballot has
been signed as the official DJ
for all SAB sponsored dances
during the ’96- ’97 school
year, ” the Stentorian reported
in an article called “No Votes
for Ballot. ’’ “At every dance,
he insists on playing the same
songs in an only slightly
different way. This is even
made worse by the selection
he plays, replays, and plays
again. At every dance, we
listen to the same music we
heard at those seventh grade
dances we excitedly attended
so long ago. ’’
In 1999, a number of students
built a climbing wall in the
PEC for “Special Projects
Week, ’’ the precursor to
Miniterm. It used to be open
from 6:30 to 7:45 Monday
through Thursday.
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“From May 4-8,1998, five
NCSSM students and Dr. Myra
Halpin, their advisor, had
the opportunity to launch an
experiment on board a NASA
rocket. “Our experiment is
unique, ’’ said Dr. Halpin, a
Chemistry teacher who has
assisted the team of students
with their project throughout
the spring. ” It was the first
biological experiment ever
launched by NASA, designed
to see how cells would react at
different levels of gravity.
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