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North Brunswick High School (Continued) LaTanya Chens' Rlchburg Monica Latrwc* Rlgglns Tosha Ntekelta Robblna Mellnda Dawn Sholar Cryatal Amber Simmons Trad Lynn Sisk Jlmmle L Small Jr. Alls? Michelle Smith Kristy Danielle Smith Thomas Lee Smith Aaron C. Spicer Versatile North High Graduate Chooses Smaller College BY TKRRY POPE Michal Burton has a wide smile on her face, relieved thai a tough decision is behind her with graduation ap proaching. The 1992 North Brunswick High School senior will leave in Sept ember for Northfield, Minn., home of Carleton College. It's a small, liberal arts school with approxi mately 1 ,8(X) students. In choosing Carleton, Michal turned down a prestigious Kath erine Smith Reynolds Scholarship and N.C. Teaching Fellowship to attend the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She also said no thanks to a Pogue Scholar ship to attend the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The decision agonized her par ents, Lillian and Lexie Burton of Leland, almost as much as it did their youngest of seven children. Before Michal left on a weekend trip to visit Carleton, they advised her to think things through careful ly "This will be a nice little vaca tion," they told her. "I hope you en joy it there, but please, please, go to Chapel Hill." "Later, they really understood and supported me in my decision," she said alter she picked Carleton. which is 4<) miles from Minne apolis. "They have a culturally-di verse pwl of students from across the nation." A friend she met at the N.C. STAFF PHOTO BY TERRY POPE NORTH BRUNSWICK SENIOR Michal Burton plans to explore the world. At Carleton College , she hopes to spend her junior year studying abroad in A frica. School of Mathematics and Scicncc during her junioi year had also cho sen Carleton. Michal was impres sed with her weekend stay, with the school's social clubs and multi-cul tural groups. "It seemed like a place where I'd like to be," said Michal. "It's kind of hard to make a decision when you're a junior and all of that mail starts pouring in. But after visiting Carleton, 1 knew 1 really wanted to go there." Michal was one of 45 students to rcccivc competitive four-year Rey nolds Scholarships to attend UNC G, worth about S3,5(X) per year. Iastead, she will accept a National Achievement Negro College Scho larship and financial aid grants to attend the midwestem school that lets its juniors study aboard for a year with full college credit. "I would like to go to Africa," she adds. "Thai's why I want to be fluent in French, because many of the smaller African natioas are French-speaking countries." In addition to language, she plans to study journalism and psycholo gy. This summer she wants to serve as a volunteer for the Cape Fear Literacy Council and continue her job as receptionist at the Belville Town Hall. At North Bruaswick, she serves as news editor of the school news paper, a peer counselor, member of the Students Against Drunk Driv ing chapter and was on the Quiz Bowl team. She also attended N.C. Governor's School, studying Eng lish and poetry during the summer of 1990. The school newspaper, The Scor pion Sting, featured her editorial column tilled, "Words in Search of the Time," borrowed from the last line of a poem she memorized while in Governor's School. In an April issue, she commented on stu dent clothing that emulates late black leaders Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr., but said the men would "roll over in their graves" if they could see the dis play. "I see drug dealers, those who have sold out their own people to an addiction fostered by a need to escape the harsh realities of being poor or discriminated against," she wrote, "proudly brandishing their Malcolm X hats and pins stating, 'By any means necessary!' I won der, do they really know what that statement means?" Fostering ideas was an everyday exercise for students at the N.C. School of Mathematics and Science. For Michal, the Durham school was a long, long way from Leland. "Students there were just very active," she said. "We were very in dependent and tried to give the school a voice. They even circulat ed petitions about the cafeteria food. If you had an idea there, it just didn't drift away. Now, I don't feel daunted at all atx)ut sharing my opinions." 1 SAVINGS BA N K SHALLOTTE ? LELAND ? WHITEVILLE Congratulations Class of '92 ? First = Investors Here's To A Terrific Investment! Congratulations Class of 1992. We wish you success in everything you do. I W w Security SAVINGS & LOAN ASSOCIATION V Shallotta, 754-4371 Calabash, 579-3595 Southporl, 457-5246 Long Baach, 278-3942 Laland, 371 -6546
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