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VOL. 7, N O 30
24 FEBRUARY 1976
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Jenkins wants offices to cease requests
Administrators return yearbooks
Some 22 old yearbooks were returned
from Chancellor Leo Jenkins's office
Friday morning following the publishing
of a story in Fountainhead last Thursday
dealing with the number of free
yearbooks given to various administration
offices this past year.
In a phone conversation with
Fountainhead Editor, Mike Taylor, Dr.
Jenkins explained that he did not ask for
the free yearbooks but that they were
first given to the administration several
years ago by the yearbook editor.
"Someone came over and asked us
several years ago to give out some books
so people outside the university could
see what the yearbook staff was doing
Jenkins contended.
Jenkins noted that, "We have been
giving them to Board members and
placing them in public offices as a form
of advertising. We think it is a good form
of advertising for the school, but if the
editor of the yearbook wants to stop it
then that is fine with me
Dr. Jenkins explained that he had also
instructed other administrative offices
not to request anymore yearbooks.
The story in last Thursday's paper
noted that this past year over 100
yearbooks were given, upon request, to
various administrative offices free of
charge.
Total cost of the books given away
was placed at over $1,000 by Ms. Monika
Sutherland, BUC editor.
Ms. Sutherland noted that the 22
returned books, included eight 1975
books and 14 books from 1974. Value of
the 22 books was placed at close
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Presidential
candidates
file for SGA


As of yesterday, five people have filed
applications for SGA President. In
addition to Tim Sullivan, who filed
Wednesday, the announced candidates
are Sammy T. Hicks, Samuel Eric Collier,
Teresa Whisenant, and Dalton Nicholson.
The deadline for filing for the offices of
President, Vice-president, Treasurer and
Secretary is today at 5 p.m.
Samuel T. Hicks: A senior
from Tarboro, N.C. majoring in correc-
tions. Hicks is a member of the Pi Kappa
Phi fraternity "I would like to see a
reduction in the number of traffic
citations issued on campus stated
Hicks. "There are more cars registered
than there are spaces available and I
don't think the students should be fined
for this lack of parking spaces
Samuel Eric Collier: A junior from
Goldsboro, N.C, and is working towards
a double major of Physics and Math.
"I would like to get a good sense of
cooperation between the SGA and the
student body. I would like to take a fresh
approach in dealing with student matters
on the basis of two roles; as an
individual and as a member of an
organization. I would really like to get
easy access and input into the SGA for
the students.
Teresa Whisenant: Junior, Secre-
tary-Treasurer of the ECU Law Society,
former WRC representative, Public
Relations Manager for Rho Epsilon-Na-
DR. LEO JENKINS
ECU Chancellor
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tional Real Estate Fraternity, Public
Relations Manager for Sigma Sigma
Sigma, and Business Manager for
Fountainhead. Whisenant is a Concentra-
tions Real Estate major of the Business ?
Administration Department and is from
Goldsboro. When asked what she wanted
to do if elected President, she stated that
she would like "to restore confidence in
the SGA through student participation.
Dalton Nicholson: Senior, Vice-
President of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity,
former Freshman Class President
Interviews with candidates running for
other SGA offices will be held at a later f
date. 4
Nicholson, who is SGA secretory of
Minority Affairs, is a Science Education
malor from Wlnterville, N.C.
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SGA committee hits
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By KENNETH CAMPBELL
Assistant News Editor
The Student Government Association
(SGA) Monday night voted to accept a
report from the Select Committee on
Dorm Contracts.
In its report, the committee suggested
that officials in charge of the Housing
Contract for East Carolina Dormitory
Students delete the phrase, "whether
such regulations be now in effect or later
enacted be deleted throughout the
contract.
"We feel the phrase puts a hammer
on the heads of students said Georgina
Langston, chairperson of the committee.
"It is like saying that students can sign
the dorm contracts now, but will not
have any input in future regulations.
"With that phrase, the students have
no power or input in the dorm contracts
The committee also recommended in
its report Monday that the $60 deposited
by the students in the Spring be credited
toward their Fall fee rather than the fee
of the following Spring.
Tne SGA Monday night, also passed a
bill which requires that "ballots for the
SGA Spring election of 1976 shall be
made available to all students one day
prior to the election
It was noted during debate of the bill
that a referendum which was voted on in
this manner received about a 60 percent
voter turnout.
When a voter goes to cast his vote his
must present his ID and activity card.
The activity card will be punched on a
certain number. The bill was sponsored
by Legislator Ray Hudson.
Another bill sponsored by Hudson
was sent back to committee. The bill
would have allowed freshmen to use
parking spaces on campus like the upper
classmen. (If the legislature had passed
the bill, it would have gone before the
board of trustees.)
A bill, "Safety for the Students
introduced by Legislator Reid Strickland,
was passed. It provides for a committee
appointed by the Speaker of the
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Jesse Helms speaks in Memorial Gym
Fountainhead will next appear
usual places on March 9.
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By BETTY HATCH
Special to Fountainhead
In an effort to drum up and encourage
local support for Ronald Reagan as a
presidential candidate, U.S. Senator
Jesse Helms addressed a large crowd
Saturday night in Memorial Gym at ECU.
Helms praised Reagan as "the one
man above all" who stood up for Barry
Goldwater and the Republican party in the
1964 presidential election.
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"Who can forget the countless
appearances that Ronald Reagan made
throughout this country that year?"
Helms asked. "That was the period in
which millions of Americans began
saying, 'Some day I hope to be able to
vote for that man for President of the
United States That 'some day' is here
The Senator expressed a desire for an
honest political race between Reagar and
President Ford and stressed the need for
a strong two-party system.
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Heims aiso commented on Reagan's
gubernatorial service in California.
"The citizens of California elected
Ronald Reagan in the first place because
he talked sense to them Helms stated.
"They re-elected him because they knew
his record after four years and because
they appreciated what he had accom-
plished as the chief executive of that
state.
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FOUNTAINHEADVOL. 7, NO. 3924 FEBRUARY 1976
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EdiloriabCommentary
New election policies
Most of the candidates have announced (Tuesday, Feb. 24th,
is the last day to file), so by the time the new quarter starts
next Thursday, the SGA political pot should be boiling hot.
And, to help generate as much interest in the elections this
year as possible, Fountainhead is making a few changes in
policy that will, we hope, stir interest in the Spring elections.
We feel that elections of SGA Executive officers is most
important and the paper has mapped plans to place the
candidates, all the candidates, into the public forum as much as
possible.
To begin with, the paper is dropping an old policy which
disallowed letters to the Forum supporting various candidates.
Letters to the Forum will be allowed supporting various
candidates for the four SGA posts, president, vice-president,
secretary and treasurer.
But, there will be certain guidelines that must be strictly
followed. To begin with, letters supporting a particular
c.didate cannot be longer than 200 words. As the same with
other letters in the Forum, letters must bear a signature,
address, and phone number. The address and phone number
will not be printed but will be on file in the editor's office. No
letter supporting any candidate will be printed without a
signature. The policy of printing some letters without a
signature is being dropped for letters supporting candidates.
At the same time the editorial staff reserves the final right to
print letters endorsing candidates. Only a limited number of
letters can be printed and final selection for printing lies with
the editorial staff.
Secondly, Fountainhead is lowering its standard advertising
rate in an effort to encourage students to use the paper for
political advertisements.
All candidates work with limited budgets we know, so a
lower rate from the paper should help them in an effort to
advertise their candidacy better.
Special advertising rates for this election only will sell for 50
cents an inch, over 300 percent lower than the usual advertising
rate. With such a low rate the paper will not be making any
profit off of the ads, but in this case, we feel that making a
profit is secondary to supporting campus elections. Full page
ads will sell for $20.00.
All ads must, however, be paid for in advance and turned
into the Fountainhead advertising department at least four days
prior to the day they will be published.
Fountainhead will also be doing special stories on all the
candidates for office during the election period and will devote
one special issue to the candidates and the elections.
And, to break with recent tradition even more, the paper, in a
signed editorial the day before the March 24th elections, will
endorse certain candidates for the various offices.
To cap the election coverage, the paper will carry complete
results with stories on the winners in the March 26th issue, the
day after the March 26th elections.
Elections in the past have failed to spark much interest and
student turnout has been poor in most cases. In the past only a
small percentage of the student body qualified to vote has
bothered to do so. We hope to be able to get more students
involved this time around. As far as we are concerned, it is the
paper's duty to do so.
to decide whether we should have a government without
without government, I should not hesitate a moment o
Thomas Jftfferson
"Were it left to
newspapers, or
prefer the latter
Editor-in-Chief -Mike Taylor
Managing Editor-Tom Tozer
Business Manager-Teresa Whisenent
Production Manager-Jimmy Williams
Advertising Manager-Mike Thompson
New Editor-Jim Elliott
Entertainment Editor-Brandon Tiee
Features Editor-Pat Coyle
Sports Editor-John Evans
Fountainhead is the student newspaper of East Carolina University sponsored by
the Student Government Association of ECU and appears each Tuesday and Thursday
during the school veer.
Mailing address: Box 2S16 ECU Station, Greenville, N.C.27834
Editorial Offices: 756-6396, 7564367, 7564309
Subscriptions u $10.00 annually for non students.
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Guidelines needed
The story and editorial in last Thursday's paper concerning
the free yearbooks given to various administration offices each
year has produced some quick results.
Apparently the story touched a nerve in Spillman with
Chancellor Jenkins returning some 22 old yearbooks his office
had in storage.
If the story and editorial did irk a few campus officials, the
Chancellor included, then so be it. We simply were trying to
point out that with apparently only the consent from the editor
of the yearbook over $1,000 worth of books were given away this
year.
We did not question who the books were given to. Nor do we
question the policy of using the books for public relations and
recruitment purposes whenever feasible.
What we questioned then and still question is just whose
place it is to give those books away, the BUG editor or the Pub
Board and legislature?
Apparently the editors of the BUC have had no guidelines to
follow and in the past have yielded to request from the
administration for books.
It is however the duty of the Pub Board or legislature to set
down some type of policy that will set limits on the number of
books to be given away, if indeed they decide to give any away
at all.
If the Pub Board would like to establish a free mailing list for
campus VIPs, fine. But, it is their place to establish such a list
and no one else's.
Few returns
Response to the request we made last Thursday for faculty
and staffers to voluntarily pay a $2.00 per year subscription fee
for the paper has yielded few returns.
We do not think it is an unreasonable request to ask for the
people who read the paper to help pay for it. The students are
currently picking up the entire tab for the paper.
It is not an unreasonable request but apparently most faculty
and staff members think it is.
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Campaign manager attacks newspaper
To Fountainhead:
This is not a letter about SGA politics
as much as it is a letter about
journalistic politics. Sometimes there is
not much difference. Only when politics -
and bias - creep into newspapers, few
know of it because a newspaper never
reports on itself. "Who will watch the
watchers? the saying goes
Let me state now that I am very
interested in the upcoming SGA
elections. I am not running for office, but
I am working to see that someone who is
running gets a fair chance at being
elected. I am a woman, a freshman, and
an Art major, but for the next several
weeks I am going to be Tim Sullivan's
campaign director in his race for SGA
President.
I hope, as he does, that many people
run for the job, but right now I am of the
discomforting opinion that no matter who
files, TIM SULLIVAN'S MAIN OPPONENT
FOR PRESIDENT IS THE FOUNTAIN-
HEAD.
Any student who has watched the
events of the past two years knows that
Sullivan has been in the thick of many
fights. Self-limiting hoursHalloween
student rights. Whether everyone agrees
with what he has fought for is not the
issue: Tim knows that he has not
pleased everyone, and that he has
offended many of the powers-t hat-be,
whether they were in the Administration,
Volunteer Greenville
on the City Council, or with the SGA
itself. The ones he seems not to have
offended are the students.
The people in the know, those who
have seen him work and who can judge
him best, have done so: when he
resigned his SGA position, the
Legislature, made up of as many diverse
personalities as you could find, gave him
a standing ovation, but Sullivan left too
quickly to see it. (That doesn't help the
argument found in Fountainhead stating
he "craves the limelight) Those who
have watched him at work find his major
faults "stubbornness" and that "he works
too hard Enough said.
Yet the school newspaper, and
particularly Mike Taylor (who seems
preoccupied with salaries and changing
Fountainheaifs name), have done their
best to ingore Tim. Facts:
1) During the Halloween controversy,
when Tim Sullivan was obviously the
leading student figure protesting the
police's actions, the Fountainhead ran
several editorials on the subject. While
the paper has always found the time to
mention various SGA figures in its
editorials (Jimmy Honeycutt, Craig
Hales) not once this year has Sullivan's
name been mentioned.
2) Even when Fountainhead, in an
editorial meant to create friction between
Sullivan and Honeycutt, stated that Tim
was "in charge" at SGA, it mentioned
every negative aspect it could about hirn
- withoc giving his name, of course
refusing to see the immense pressure
and burden Sullivan had to carry all year,
or his accomplishments Mike Taylor,
"Mr. Ulcer could only refer to Tim as
"that appointed official
3) When the now-famous letter from
Representative Sammy Hicks attacking
Tim was printed in the Fountainhead, it
received banner headlines. Yet when two
replies from students came in to defend
Sullivan, they were not deemed important
enough for such treatment. Mr. Taylor,
by the way, lays out the letter page. A
letter of the nature of Mr. Hicks' should
perk up interest in reporters in the role
Sullivan played at SGA, yet no news
article was forth-coming. If orr had
been, the students would have known not
only of Tim's record, but that of his
chronic attacker. In all the times Sammy
Hicks has been in the SGA Legislature
("representing the students as he
stated) he has spoken no more than three
times and has introduced only one bill,
an organizational constitution that drew
absolutely no debate. I know, because I
am a representative, too, only I try to
spend my time airing student problems
instead of writing letters and getting
publicity. (A news article would have also
brought out this intersting footnote in
the character of Mr. Hicks: when Sullivan
resigned, Hicks was right there with the
rest of the Legislature applauding him.
Fountainhead, however, chose to portray
Volunteer program seeks help
To Fountainhead:
The Federal government has required
all states to develop, through local
efforts, a program to reach the poor, the
near poor, and the working poor with
information about the availability and
benefits of the Food Stamps Program.
This effort is called Project Reach II.
Project Reach II is an attempt to find
those Pitt County residents that are
eligible but not enrolled in the Food
Stamps Program. This project seeks to
ensure that t lack of understanding or
Forum policy
AM letter to the Editor must be
acroMipaniea by an address along with
u writers name. However, only the
ruin ?? will be printed with letters
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?pr i? iter writers address will be kept
(ir hie in the Fountainhead office and
will be HVHiiaMe. upon request, to any
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FOUNTAINHEAD WILL. UPON PER-
SONAL REQUEST FROM A LETTER
WRITER. WITHHOLD A NAME FROM
PUBLICATION BUT. THE NAME OF THE
WRITER WILL BE ON RLE IN THE
EDITOR'S OFFICE AND AVAILABLE
UPON REQUEST TO ANY STUDENT. ALL
REQUESTS FOR WITHHOLDING A
NAME MUST BE MADE IN PERSON TO
THE EDITOR
Any letter received without this
inlornatton will be helu until the letter
writer coniplies with the new policy
information is not the reason for lack of
participation. To accomplish the goals of
Project Reach II, volunteers are needed.
Using the 1970 Census figures
provided by Mrs. Bet Rouse, Food
Stamps Coordinator with the Department
of Social Services, approximately 24,500
people in Pitt County were living below
ooverty level. Of that number it is
estimated 15,000 would be eligible for
food stamp assistance. Currently, there
are only about 10,000 enrolled in the Pitt
County Food Stamps Program. That
leaves at least 5,000 people who are
eligible, but not receiving food stamp
assistance.
The volunteer effort is locally
coordinated by Barbara Turner of the
VISTA Project, with the cooperation of
Mrs. Rouse of the Department of Social
Services. Please call the VISTA office
(758-2030) and offer a contribution of
your time.
It is appropriate to remind ourselves
that an inadequate diet for a pregnant
woman can cause irrevocable damage to
the unborn child. Young children will
never develop to their mental or physical
potential without an adequate diet.
Adults will not maintain their strength
and their productivity and interest in life
will falter. An adequate diet will shorten
the remaining years of the elderly.
Good reasons to volunteer a few
hours of our time.
Joan Stembridge
Edith Rand
Human Resources Committee
Greenville-Pitt County League
of Women Voters
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4) Fountainhead, in every article on
Sullivan in recent weeks, states that he
left "because of grades This is
misleading, and if the paper had quoted
him in context it would h. e known that
he stated he needed the next several
weeks to catch up on work he missed
during the past few hectic months. His
grades are currently healthy. During those
frantic Halloween months Sullivan not
only was "running SGA" (according to
Taylor), but holding down a third-shift
iob. He is still a student, with all the
common student problems, you know.
He didn't get rich at SGA.
5) With the editor of the campus paper so
sure that Sullivan held such great
influence in SGA this year, wouldn't his
resignation, therefore, have been hard
news? Unfortunately, anti-Sullivan letters
can get banner headlines, but his parting
was traced strangely on page nine, after
two Student Union articles, one on Black
History Week, and one on how
sixth-grade skills have been on the
decline in eastern North Carolina Still,
stranger than that, was the coverage
given Tim when he announced that he
would run for President page ten we're
slipping), after a review of "Dog Day
Afternoon Is Fountainheed trying to
bury Tim?
The reason for this obvious bias
against Tim Sullivan by Mr. Taylor is left
to speculation. He has changed his mind
since last year, when he praised the
former Freshman Class President who
fought for self-limiting hours bill (the
opening of his editorial then was, "Tim
Sullivan doesn't know when to give up)
Perhaps the fact that Tim Sllivan
belonged to the infamous SGA which cut
Fountainhead's salaries has something to
do with it. Mr. Taylor makes $175 a
month, Tim Sullivan made $75a montn,
except those between June and
September, when it was $50.
Well, when campaign time begins (it
has for Mr. Taylor already), we will see
how many people are deceived. Until
then, I must reiterate an earlier
statement: Tim Sllivan will have a fight
on his hands (not the first) not only from
the other candidates, which we welcome,
but from the head of Fountainhead itself.
I want to add this: I have, during the
year, been for the campus paper, in voice
and in vote. The news coverage of
Halloween and at other times provided a
true service to this campus. The staff of
Fountainhead from what I have seen,
have done a good job in a difficult year.
When personality oolitics enters a paper,
objectivity is thrown out the window. Tim
Sullivan has never ducked criticism, and
he never expected royal treatment, only
fair treatment.
But since Mike Taylor still feels the
way he dote (read the February 19
editorial, where he coyly refers to that
anonymous "former SGA official"), may I
suggest that you refrain from printing
anything about Tim Sullivan, ft may seem
stupid or like political suicide, but we
don't have the resources or the power to
fight a paper with an 8600 circulation
figure and a $65,000 budget.
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Drama dept has haunting time
By KIM JOHNSON
Staff Writer
Place: McGlnnis Auditorium. Time:
3:30 a.m. ECU drama major, Kurt
Fortmeyer, was alone, playing the piano.
He had noticed an orange folding chair,
center stage, when he entered the
auditorium. Suddenly, Fortmeyer started
up from the piano; the chair, which had
been sitting stationary and unfolded,
folded up and fell over and there was
no one else on the stage but Fortmeyer
himself.
Standing there, staring in disbelief at
the folded chair, Fortmeyer began
hearing noises, as if someone was
moving things around on stage. There
was nothing there to be moved. He
gathered his things and ran.
This is but one of the many
mysterious happenings that have gone on
in McGinnis Auditorium, the drama
building, and the dance studio, as
reported by various drama majors.
Strange as it may seem, rumor has it
that the ECU drama department is
HAUNTED.
Save the skepticism until the other
facts have been told. There are some
students who do not consider this
possibility a laughing matter. And
according to a few drama and speech
majors, this suspicion is not a new one;
unusual occurrences have been reported
for years surrounding the drama
department, occurrences that could be
labeled nothing less than "supernatural
About the "folding chair" incident,
Fortmeyer added, "I'm sure no one else
was in the theatre but myself. Besides
that, the chair was sitting perfectly still
and stable; the only way it could have
folded up and fallen over was if someone
actually did it. I'm not blind - there was
no one on that stage but me
Other students, such as Mick Godwin
and Barbara Richardson have said that,
when alone in McGinnis, they have had
strong feelings of some other presence
there with them. They say they can't
explain it but that they've often glanced
over their shoulders in natural reflex to
see who had walked in and, of course,
they would see no one.
Another strange story was reported by
Bill Devins. Devins said that one evening,
after he had been working in McGinnis
and was leaving, he had to go back into
the theatre to get a tool he'd left. There
were a couple of other people with him
who waited outside.
"I didn't turn on the house lights until
I was on stage Devins said. "When I did
turn the lights on, I heard distinct
footsteps, like someone was running up
the carpeted aisles. But I hadn't heard a
door open or close.
"So I walked to the center of the
stage to see who was there. I dkjn't see
anyone and I still hadn't heard a door
close.
"As I left, I looked down the rows of
seats to see if anyone might be hiding.
No one was. And when I went outside,
my friends said they hadn't seen anyone
enter or leave the theatre. But I'm
positive I heard the footsteps
Several students have reported
hearing noises coming from the grid, (the
planked area directly above the stage
floor), as if someone was walking around
or moving something, but when they've
gone up to check it out, no one would be
there.
Terry Pickard witnessed another
mysterious occurrence late one night
while he was typing in a room of the
drama and speech building.
At approximately 1:30 a.m Pickard
got up from the typewriter for a moment
to take a break. His books, he said, were
beside his chair so he would have seen
anything lying on the floor behind or
around the chair when he came in.
"I walked out in the hall for a second,
so I knew I was alone in the building.
But when I walked back in the room, I
saw a piece of candy lying behind my
chair on the floor. I know it wasn't there
before. She had left me a piece of
candy
"She"? Yes; the students have reason
to believe that the "ghost if there's only
one, is a woman, which brings us to the
most bizarre incident of all, an incident
which took place near the dance studio.
And it was this particular experience,
involving McCall Thompson, that
prompted this article.
Directly behind the dance studio is a
small hallway containing a piano. One
evening Thompson was there practicing an
audition piece. He had a cassette tape
recorder with him. This, is his story:
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"After I turned on the recorder and
started playing the piano, I noticed how
loudly the heating pipes were banging.
That's normal - they bang all the time.
But soon I not.ced that the banging
noises sounded more like tapping, like
someone was actually tapping on the
pipes. And, as ridiculous as It may
seem, it sounded to me like the tapping
was in rhythm with what I was playing!
"But I ignored it and continued. While
I was singing, the tapping stopped. So,
after I'd finished the song, I played the
recording back. As I wis listening, I
thought I heard something in the middle
of the song that sounded strange, but I
wasn't sure what it was, so I played it
again.
"Then I knew what I was hearing ana
just could not believe it: very faintly, but
definitely audible, a woman't voice had
joined me, singing in harmony!
"If the voice hadn't been in harmony, I
would have thought it was merely an
echo or something coming from the
piano. But it WAS in harmony! And the
weird part was that I hadn't heard it while
I was singing.
"As I sat there, almost frozen,
knowing that there was no one else in
the building besides myself, I suddenly
had a distinct feeling that I wasn't alone.
I didn't bother to look around; I just
not-too-calmly picked up my music and
fled
This reporter has heard the "mystery
tape" and a woman's voice is
undoubtedly singing in harmony with
Thompson, just as he said.
The same unbelievable occurrence
happened late one night to former
student, Alan Oatley, also. The difference
was that he heard the voice while he was
singing. (His girlfriend was with him but
she was walking around in the dance
studio and was not in the hallway where
he was playing.)
"I thought she (his girlfriend) was
singing with me at first said Oatley.
"But when I asked her about it, she said
that she hadn't. Besides, the voice really
didn't sound like hers. And she hadn't
even heard it!
"We looked around to see if we couia
find anyone. But we didn't, and I didn't
want to wait around after that in case
someone - in case 'she' - did appear
There has to be an explanation, right?
Or could it just be possible that our own
drama department is, in fact, haunted? If
so, who is this apparitional vocalist? Or
better yet, who was she?
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s the Pope Catholic?
Dumb question hater voices gripe
By PATTI JONES
I am writing this article for all of the
people who are, or have been, the
unfortunate victims of people who ask
DUMB QUESTIONS. I mean really DUMB
questions, when the answers are so
obvious that even Dr. David Reuben
would be "afraid to ask For instance,
how many times have you walked into a
room, soaked to the bone from the
pouring rain, and had someone ask you,
"Is it raining again?" Or, how many times
have you had your hair cut drastically,
let's say at least 5 inches, and had
friends say, "Did you get your hair cut?"
Get the pointDUMB.
In answer to the first question, you
might respond with the old standby, "No,
it's not raining always take a dip,
fully-clothed, in the fountain when I'm at
this end of the campus or "No, it's not
raining, I was beating my dirty laundry
on a rock down at the Tar River, when a
man with a box of detergent walked up to
me and offered me $50.00 for my pillow
case. When I refused, he oushed me in
the river and took my pillow case
anyway Next, a snappy retort to the
hair cut question is the old overused
reply, "No, I didn't get my hair cutit
shrunk or "No, I didn't get my hair
cutit's shedding season again
A third example that comes to mind,
equals, or excels, the first two DUMB
questions. (In other words, on a scale of
DUMBNESS, I'd give it a 9) Picture this
in a typical classroombefore class,
everyone out in the hall quizzing each
other and clarifying any uncertain facts
they might have; once inside the
classroom, students are desperately
cramming more facts into an already
fact-flooded brain; as the bell rings,
everyone puts away his notes and takes
out his ever-so-infamous "blue book (I
know they are yellow now but it's hard to
change the name of some thingsthink
about it) At about this tlrrx there's one
in every crowd that will walk in, look
around, and ask, "Are .e having a test
today?" It happens everytime Try to
wake him up with this answer, "No we're
not having a test todaywe're all
practicing for a new TV quiz show,
"Stump the Chump where the winning
student wins a round trip, weekend
vacation for two, at Lizzard Lick. As a
consolation prize, the second runner-up
wins a case of Red, White and Blue so
Can the Democratic Presidential candi-
dates form a baseball team? Two?
Can a kangaroo hop?
Can Jerry Ford trip?
Can Jo-Ann Little swing an ice pick?
Can Jacques Cousteau swim?
Can Richard Nixon delete expletives?
However, if after several of these wise
crack replies, your friend continues to
ask these DUMB questions, just give up
on him. Chances are, he was the turkey
who asked Mrs. Lincoln how the play
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Anvwav, variety being the "spice of
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more original answers to these and other
DUMB questions. I call this type of
question, the "obvious affirmative for
the simple reason that its answer is so
obviously affirmative. (Makes sense,
huh?) So the next time you are
approached by someone who is asking
what you feel is an "obvious affirmative
try out one of these replies:
"Is it raining?"
Is the Pope a Catholic?
Is an 8:00 class bad news?
Was the Ark crowded?
Is the White House bugged? (and I don't
mean termites, baby!)
Did Euell Gibbons ever eat a pine tree?
Was General Tecumsen Sherman a
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Did Paul Revere have saddle sores?
Is it cold at the North Pole?
"Can you play tennis?"
Can Jonathan Livingston Seagull fly?
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By BETTY GUNTER
Staff Writer
East Carolina students may request
for an absentee ballot begining Feb. 23
through March 17.
The final date for absentee ballots to
be returned is March 22 at 6 p.m said
Mrs. Register who is employed with the
Pitt County Board of Elections.
A person must be of voting age,
registered to vote, and a citizen to be
eligible for the absentee ballot, according
to Mrs. Register
"A student's parents or his nearest
relative can request the absentee ballot
for the student said Mrs. Register.
"Also students who have a chance to
go home may request a ballot, fill it out
and leave it in the sealed envelope
According to Mrs. Register, a person
registered as an independent or no party
cannot participate in the presidential
primary unless he first establishes his
party affiliation.
"A person who is registered no party
or independent must declare his party
affiliation in person before he will be
eligible to vote by absentee said
Register.
Mrs. Register commented that all
students should get home and register so
they can vote by absentee ballot.
Bond issue arises in NCASG
By CINDY BROOME
Staff Writer
According to Jimmy Honeycutt, SGA
President, the North Carolina Association
of Student Governments has recently
been concerned over a 43.2 million dolalr
state-wide school bond which will be
issued March 23.
The NCASG is composed of
representatives of sixteen state-supported
universities. The president of each
Student Government is the representative
for his school.
The NCASG is having a meeting
March 6 in Raleigh. Some of the
candidate? running for Governor and Lt.
Governor will speak on the bond issue.
If the bond is passed, the money will
be used for the construction of new
buildings on state-supported campuses.
East Carolina and N.C. Central will have
no new buildings constructed on their
campuses by this bond, however, due to
the Medical School at ECU and the Law
School at N.C. Central. The General
Assembly wants to let North Carolina
voters decide whether or not the bond
will be passed.
"Hopefully Honeycutt said, "the
NCASG will have a presidential candidate
to speak, also
Last year, the state of North Carolina
was considering raising tuition for the
universities represented by NCASG. The
NCASG held rallys on each campus and
publicized the issue by newspaper and
television in protest of this proposal. The
NCASG worked hard trying to prevent the
raise of tuition, and their efforts were
successful. Tuition for out-of-state
students was raised only a small amount.
HELMS
Continued from page 1.
The Senator noted that the building of
a strong bipartisan political system
should be "a top priority in North
Carolina and the nation" in order to give
the voters a cle; cut choice of
philosophies and princ.les.
Helms received applause at several
points in his speech, as when he
suggested that America give away
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger rather
than lose the Panama Canal.
Also speaking at the barbecue dinner
were Gaylord Perry of the Texas Rangers
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Film explains how to avoid a rape
By JOHN DAYBERRY
Staff Writer
How does one say no to a rapist and
survive? Frederick Storaska, Executive
Director of the National Organization for
the Prevention of Rape and Assault,
suggested several possible answers in a
movie shown at White dorm Tuesday,
Feb. 17.
"Rape is forced intercourse, and it's
as bad as anything you would ever not
want to happen to you said Storaska.
"But remember that forced intercourse is
all rarje is, until you struggle.
Then, it could turn into battery, or
murder he said.
A woman not trained in the martial
arts stands little chance against a rapist
in a physical confrontation unless she
fights viciously, according to Storaska.
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of attack for the woman who is untrained
in the martial arts, and those are gouging
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moment when the woman is unsuspect-
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able to hurt you, carry through said
Storaska.
If you have no idea what to do, then
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conscious, and able to try something
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or kill you said Storaska.
Screaming for help might attract other
people's attention, but it will likely cause
the rapist to beat or kill the victim,
according to Storaska.
"If there were 10 women who were
going to be raped, then seven of them
would be raped by a date, or in a dating
situation said Storaska.
"The woman does not tell her date
what her limit is, and often the man
expects a lot more than the woman is
willing to do.
"No matter how mercilessly a woman
teases a man, in our society a man has
no right to take what he wants. It's called
emotional disturbance, and it's called
rape said Storaska.
DORM CONTRACTS
Continued from page 1.
Legislature to obtain a list of trouble
areas, grievances and other information
which are thought to be inadequate
security and safety standards at ECU.
In obtaining information, the commit-
tee will utilize a campus-wide question-
naire, delivered to the dorm students and
provided to the day students.
The committee will also interview
responsible safety, maintenance and
other personnel to develop a plan to
alleviate gross safety and security
inadequacies, with special attention and
emphasis being directed to the unsafe,
inadequate and dangerous lighting
system at the Allied Health Building.
The bill also recommends that a
progress report be made to the
Legislature by March 15, 1976.
Citing the need for courses which the
B.A. student may consider more
profitable than foreign language, Legisla-
tor Tim McLeod introduced a resolution
asking that university trustees, adminis-
trators and faculty senate offer
alternative sequences rather than
requiring 20 hours of foreign language for
the B.A. The resolution was accepted by
the SGA legislature.
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Paul Winter Consort is excellent
By MARY GROVER and MIKE CARNEY
The Paul Winter Consort incorporated
a diversification of styles and cultural
elements ranging from Gregorian Chant
the Middle Ages, through contempor-
ary music In their concert here Thursday
night The Winter Consort played
sensitively and energetically for the most
part although at times and by the end the
group was totally exhausted The myth
that a musician's life is not subject to
the same pressures and problems as the
average person is often voiced at review
times Being on the road, although
seemingly exciting and prestigious, takes
a great toll on the spirit and health of the
musician Also Winter apparently had
some difficulty in setting up his sound
system in rehearsal which was evident
throughout the concert But Wright
Auditorium and its acoustical makeup is
the most suitable place for amplified
Hid Generally, though, the concert
le off well because of the Consort's
h musical standards and good rapport
with thi
Winter group's diversity through
musical form, texture, instrumentation
and ability on the part of the players gave
an interesting and exciting
cert. Paul Winter, leader of the group,
played amplified tenor and soprano
a phone Winter showed alot of
control over his playing which ranged
and lyrical to harsh and
strident in tone through the help of a
phase-shifter Acoustic cello, electric
& tri . eight-string cello
were played by David Darling His playing
was relaxed and he demonstrated his
ability to play in many different styles
ranging from Baroque to electronic.
luding blues and rock
One highlight of the evening was his
use of a tape loop. His improvisation
with the reiteration and decay of pitches
and rhythms from the loop showed off
his musical creativity. Darling is to be
?mended for his tasteful use of
electronics which are so often used as
gimmicks and not for musical purposes.
only downfall was his vocalizing
which was badly out of tune at times and
not up to the standard of his playing
The keyboard player was probably the
! diversified player in the group H;s
forte is percussion but he also plays
acoustic guitar and twelve-string guitar,
. veil ? a Fender-Rhodes Piano Bass.
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Rodgers Touring Organ, harpsicord,
1 armoniurri and a mmi-rnoog He has
only recently begun to play guitar and
accordingly it was in tkest
instrument Powerful and imaginative
playing was characteristic of the
timpanist of the group who was trained
by one of the world's top timpanists. Vic
Firth Above the set of timpani was
another set of graduated drums called
the Brazilian folk-timpani In addition to
this he also played an amplified bass
marimba of deep and mellow sound as
was demonstrated in the Ralph Towner
piece, "Icarus" and Jobim's "Canta,
Canta Mais" In Ballad in 78 -
Variations on a theme from Bela Bartol-
one could hear the melodic strain beau-
tifully drawn out through the variation
and improvisation The third percussion-
ist of the group, the drum set player,
also played hand percussion instruments
from all over the world His use of these
instruments seemed much stronger than
his set playing which was adequate but
lacked vitality His main purpose was to
keep time and ;nh various colors through
the timbres of the exotic instruments he
played
Everyone in the group was very adept
at playing African and Indian percussion
instruments The fourth piece they played
Joe Cocker here March 5
The ECU Major Attractions Committee
of the Student Union will present Joe
Cocker and English-recording group,
Styx, in Minges Coliseum on March 5
Tickets will be S3 00 for ECU students
and $5 00 for the general public
Joe Cocker is one of the finesl
interpretive singers in the rock music
industry He manages to unite and
simultaneously express the seemingly
polar altitude ' jentle romanticism and
raging intensity By the tune a song
emerges from the filter of Cocker's
iibilit. it's been stroked and
pummeled, caressed and shaken to its
roots Miraculously even as he
possesses and reshapes it the song
somehow ret i its identity as it was
written
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In the fall of 1973, rumors that Joe
was ready to start recording again
Dread He arrived in Los Angeles foi a
recording session, and from that session
the album I Can Stand A Little Rain
evolved On the album, Cocker displayed
his reflective side, and it revealed a man
less idealistic, more scarred and clearly
more knowing than ever before That
sense was particularly apparent in his
rendition of Billy Preston's "You Are So
Beautiful . which became one of the
biggesl hits he ever had Just as
remarkable was Ins rendition of Randy
Newman's "Guilty"
Cocker's new Jamaica Say You Will
album is distinguished by a more
expansive and up-tempo approach and
the material perhaps shows another side
Of the artist with "I Think It's Going to
Rain Today, and I ucinda"
was called Conversation a peri
duet Paul Winter explained this piece as
being the realization of the meaning of
nsort" The composition began
using metallic percussion which achieved
a variety of sounds and timbres The
beginning of this piece did not seem to
have any direction As it progressed to
the Indian drums and congas, to the
huge African xylophone in center stage.
the structure became more clear; the
piece moving from less improvisatior
more organization This brings up the
subject of the nature of improvisation in
a group like this. So much of the concert
did seem to be improvised but the
essense of improvisation in a situation
like this is not one of complete freedom
There is a certain structural outline or
direction that is followed The player;
know where this direction is leading and
for the most part know what they
going to do although there may be some
minor differences from performance
performance
The African folk song "Minuit"
showed the group's knowledge of African
style and their ability to play in that
e In this piece as well as in the
percussion duet the African drumming
was very authentic The players were very
attuned to each other and played with
sympathetic perception
This concert may be characterized by
its structure In pieces based on classical
music such as the Bartok variations, the
"Canta. Canta Mais a piece by Antonio
Carlos Jobim. a protege of Villa-Lob
and the encore, a piece based on Bach's
Fantasia in G for organ, the structure or
I the piece was followed although
of it was somewhat chan.
Even though the music was serious for
the most part there was some depar
from the serious to the lighter, more
humorous music such as their "blu
number The crowd was very receptive
throughout the entire concert but these
lighter moments seemed to make way for
a more relaxed atmosphere Through the
members of the group varied abilities.
erne knowledge of cultural and
stylistic elements and sensitivity to the
music, they were able to communii at I
some way to everyone in the audience
Paul Winter said, at the end of the
concert, that if he had reached everyone
in the audience even in a small way. then
the musical barrier m1 tx?n broken"
Greenville
movies
PARK Tamarind Seed through
Wednesday, then Murder on the Orient
Express.
PLAZA - Hustle and Sheriock Holmes
Smarter Brother
PITT - Legend of Bigfoot
WEDNESDAY INTL Polanski's Macbeth
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