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VOLUME 56
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Coming Of Age, 4; Coming Of An Age, 6; What Ever
Happened To The Picturephone?, 8; Notes On Being
Potty Trained During The Sixties, 8.

Toeing The Line, 14; The High Cost Of College 24; "
Testing 1, 2, 3, 36; Playing The Field, 42; In The News
56; Pitt County, 94; Snowball, 100.

Black Shiny Shoes, 112; Authorized Personnel Only,
136: Not All White Coats And Stethoscopes, 146; Go
East Young Man, 156.

That Kind Of Football, 164; Off Probation, 182: Tre-
mendous?, 194; In The Winner's Circle, 212.

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Than Ever, 226; All Worked Up, 230; A Thorough face-
lift, 234; IN (a) Sta tic At All, 242; An Organized Effort,

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People come to East Carolina University for many reasons. For some,

the university is simply a four-year vacation between living at home
with parents and living alone. For others, it is an extremely serious
four years filled with determined study towards a fine education. But
for most, it is a combination of studying in a particular field or area and
learning to function socially, emotionally and professionally in a ma-
ture society. It provides the opportunity for students to achieve their
own personal growth at a university which is also busy coming of age.

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The onset of the 1980s brought many changes to the nation as well as
to ECU. Americans, instead of waiting for the long-predicted moving
sidewalks, turned to riding bicycles and using more conventional mass
transit as an alternative to driving. Rather than owning helicopters, as
was predicted with their invention in the 1950s, American families still
owned one or two cars, even though they were smaller, more expen-
sive and harder to find gas for than in the past. Predictions of complete
meals in tiny capsules gave way to a push for more healthful, yet
conventional foods, as the public shied away from chemical preserva-
tives, heavy sugar contents, and harmful food dyes. The end of the era
of cheap energy saw the development of nuclear, solar, wind, and
thermal power. These changes all seemed to indicate that the begin-
ning of the new decade indeed signalled the coming of an age.

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Americans began the new decade in
a state of confusion and great worry.
In addition to concerns over inflation,
energy shortages, and social conflicts
at home, Americans had to cope with
the hostage situation in Iran and the
Russian intervention in Afghanistan.
The 1980s presented this country
with a more ominous challenge than it
had had in years: to solve the prob-
lems which have no clearly visible so-
lutions and, at the same time, make
constructive lifestyle changes and
continue to progress. The one out-
standing thing of value that the 1980's
will do for America is force it to re-
view its situation and to begin a fresh
and positive process of amending its
habits, ideas and viewpoints.

Whatever direction the new decade

takes, it must glean even more of its
sustenance from working-aged
Americans. The number of those per-
sons who are working Americans
aged 25 to 50 will rise at least 5 percent
during the 1980s. There will be plenty
of room in the job market for those
who graduate in the 80s but competi-
tion for available jobs will heighten
among women, blacks and other
groups insisting on their fair place in
the working world. There will be
more openings for white-collar jobs
than for those in the factories, and
overall working time will be less.
There will be an increase of job shar-
ing, four-day work weeks, part-time
work, and just generally more days

off.

According to Mr. Furney James,

Placement Director at East Carolina,
the demand for extremely good busi-
ness people in all areas of the econo-
my will increase. He added that the
field of computer science would prob-
ably grow more fantastically than any
other field. James commented that no
matter how the economy turns out,
there will continue to be a demand for
people skilled in health care services.
Concerning the area of communica-
tions, James predicted that only the
most skilled people in that field will
be in great demand.

There will be no great business
boom in the 80s, but businesses will
remain strong and grow steadily.
Government regulations for business
will lessen, and there will be record
profits. Even in spite of taxes and in-

Notes On Being Potty

Resentful? is putting it mildly, enraged? is a tad bit
strong. Disgusted? probably best sums up my feelings
toward the sixties.

Kim Marlowe Shipley. Born April 15, 1959. In 1963 I was
four and not aware who John Kennedy was or where he got
off getting all that publicity for being shot. In 1968 I was
nine and my mother would not allow me to go to the
Democratic National Convention, and when | screamed
Up against the wall, you mother,? at the neighbors gar-
dener I was spanked and sent to my room.

The real bummer happened in August of that year when
everyone else was off to Max Yasgurs farm in Woodstock to
listen to the bands and I had to stay home because my
grandparents were coming to visit. A million and a half
people at Woodstock listening to The Who, and | was at
home watching The Ghost and Mrs. Muir.

I didnt blossom until the early seventies, when the wil-
dest thing the decade could offer was Alice Cooper. By the
time | first smoked dope in 73 Joan Didion had already left
Haight-Ashbury and was part of the establishment again.

Face it, I missed out. I got left out of the revolutionary:

sixties; | am a product of the mundane seventies.

When you were born in 1959 you kind of wonder what
you're expected to feel. They tell you that we've just come
out of a war and that there was a big one a few years ago. But
now everythings cool and we live in the best country in the
world. So you go ahead with teething and potty training as
if nothing is the matter, fully believing everything they told
you a few years ago about how stable we are. You cant read
the papers and TV news is over your head, so you rely
entirely upon them (the ones who bother to talk to you) for
all your info. The most upsetting thing that happens in the
house for about five or six years that you are aware of is
Elvis on Ed Sullivan one night and Lucky the cocker spaniel
getting worms. So things go along pretty smoothly, you
start kindergarten and they have a big Easter pageant that

isnt half bad for an elementary school production even if
Miss Reitter is about 20 pounds too heavy to play Peter
Rabbit. Then youre in the third or fourth grade " some of
us caught on earlier thanks to older brothers and sisters "
and suddenly it hits you. Wham! Jesus Christ, there's a
revolution going on out there! Free love and LSD! The only
drawback is that you're not old enough to get it up yet so the
free love part is out and you dont know any stores that carry
LSD.

Actually I should have caught on earlier. Along about 68
my older sister Jan, who never questioned our mother, flatly
refused to wear bobby socks any longer. I should have seen
it coming. And when my brothers room constantly shook
to the sounds of In A Gadda Da Vida | really should have
seen it coming. But children tend to believe what they are
told.

I remember being humiliated in front of my fourth grade
class in 1968. There was an election coming up and we all
had to be candidates for a day. Guess who I got to be? I
realize Richard Nixon didnt become a criminal until Water-
gate but my older brother Rick took me aside one day and
told me that Nixon was part of the capitalist establishment
and he was going to do everything possible to see the piggy
didnt get elected.

Anyway, Mrs. Brown had little sympathy when I politely
informed her that I didnt care to be part of her propagandis-
tic campaign to brainwash the children of Room 14. When I
said I was going to call my brothers friends Abbie Hoffman
and Jerry Reubin and have them hold a rally at Beechwood
Elementary | was told to take my seat. When I yelled Make
love not war,? I found myself in the principals office. He
was not overly helpful either and I had a rather flushed face
when I returned to class, and they still made me play Nixon.
But I must have been pretty damn influential over those
kids because I won the election three to one. And I knew it
was Kim they were voting for. I knew the takeover and

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flation, most Americans will have
more money to spend.

The boom will more likely be in the
area of science and medicine. Inexpen-
sive home computers will probably be
found in many households. Research,
of course, will increase, but the focus
will be on the human cell. Diabetics
will be able to buy less expensive in-
sulin, and cancer patients will have
surgery that is done with high-inten-
sity lasers.

The energy problem will be on its
way to being solved when Americas
first synthetic fuel plants appear. In
the area of space exploration and re-
search, the United States will use
space shuttles to put into orbit a wide
range of communication, research,

The low birth rates of the past
twenty years and a larger number of
elderly people in the society both sug-
gest that that nations population will
grow older on the average. The num-
ber of births during the 80s will in-
crease, but there will not necessarily
be an increase in the birth rate. Blacks
in America will increase in proportion
to whites, and the number of Asians

- in the population will double. The

states which are likely to increase
most in population are California,
Florida and Texas. The decline in the
number of teenagers will not only
mean less crime, but fewer military
volunteers and draft registrations.
Not only will the nations popula-
tion grow older on the average, but so
will the voters. These more mature

voters will be more independent and
more disillusioned about the state of
things. Even so, candidates will be
chosen more on the basis of their abil-
ity to appear charming on television
than on the basis of their experience
and policy platforms. Their cam-
paigns will be run by media experts
with the help of computers. The cost
of elections in a presidential year will
be somewhere in the neighborhood of
one billion dollars. The influence of
the separate parties will probably be
lost to temporary coalitions of voters.

Populations of the cities will be
made up of both rich and poor as
more and more single people begin to
prefer the city way of life. The old
buildings in neighborhoods will be
restored, and new homes will be built

and astronomical satellites.

Trained During The Sixties

subsequent turnover of the main office were only a matter of
time.

The real thrill happened in 69. A year after Jim Betts and
I had been apprehended in our plan to go to Chicago and
destroy the system at the convention, the record album to
Woodstock came out and we all learned the fish cheer. I can
still remember the exciting feeling, the tingling of my
nerves and adrenalin rushing through my veins, standing
on top of the monkey bars screaming, Give me an FI,? and
the whole playground stops and screams, F!? One time |
got all the way around the second fuck? before they yanked
me down off the bars. What were they gonna do? Make me
stay after school and write, I will not scream ~fuck from
atop the monkey bars any more?? I wasnt afraid of them.

And then there was the biggie. Vietnam. Get the hell out
of Nam!? Bomb Washington, not Hanoi!? Make love not
war.? None of it seemed to do much good. All I understood
about it was they were talking about sending my favorite
brother over there and a couple of his buddies were already
dead from it. Vietnam was not something I joked about or
fought against. Watching TV and having Walter Cronkite
tell me that 57 Americans and 328 Vietnamese had been
killed there today terrified me. I didnt understand it. There
was so much fighting going on here about it and nobody
agreed and everyone hated each other because of it. | simply
did not understand. It scared me to think that in a few years
I could go there too. It still does scare me.

And then the fighting hit closer to home. In 1969 they
started burning down Detroit and marching through the
suburbs where I lived. People were shot on the street by
National Guardsmen and snipers were all over the place.
Anyone on the streets past ten oclock was locked up, and if
he ran, orders were to shoot to kill. I remember driving
down the street with my mother and for miles seeing noth-
ing but black frames where there used to be buildings. |
remember sitting out in the back yard with my family,

watching the sky grow redder to the east of us. It was scary
then and it would be now. The only time I have ever seen
my mother scared is when she and my sister and | were in
Scotts Nursery and the lights went out and a voice came
over the loud-speaker. We have been informed,? it said,
that there is a mob of about 650 blacks marching this way
with torches and it is estimated they will be here in ten
minutes. We are closing immediately.? I didnt know why
they wanted to hurt us. All I could figure out was that it had
something to do with the black man who was shot in Mem-
phis whose last words were Sing it pretty for me.? But I
hadnt shot him and neither had my family.

Say what you like about the sixties. You can praise the
enlightenment and personal freedom or condemn it. But as a
child, I saw two cities and many personal lives affected to
the point of ruin by the era, and as far as Im concerned, you
can have those ten years. 1 now wear my hair short because
its easier to keep clean. I smoke dope because I like it. In the
last election I campaigned for Ford and I would do it again. I
am constantly amazed when I walk into a restaurant and

find refugees from Woodstock staring at me blankly. |

They're out here en masse wearing Lenin tee shirts, ma-
crame, and electricfied hair down to their beltloops. I feel
like screamng at them, Cass Elliot is dead!? or Rowan and
Martin are off the air! or Angela Davis sold out " she
wrote a book!? Its been almost nine years and these people
still havent recovered from the sixties. The seventies are not
boring. Its just that fifty percent of the population is still
too bummed out from Janis Joplins death in 1970 to enjoy
1979. For all those people " open your eyes, take a look
around. Catch what you can of the seventies before they are
gone. Dig it, man: you can come back out now. The Move-
ment is dead. There is no Revolution. The war is over.

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on land previously ignored for real
estate purposes. There will be an in-
crease in the number of stores built
close to residential sections, but office
buildings will continue to go up in
downtown areas. Most of the building
of new offices will be done by finan-
cial and service firms. With the excep-
tion of new industries, the growth
spurt in the suburbs will begin to
slow down.

The survival of the family in the
80s will be difficult. More people will
probably decide to live together with-
out marrying as a result of the stress
involved in husbands and wives ac-
quiring new roles. Even though peo-
ple will wait longer before marrying
or remarrying, the divorce rate will
still be high. On the average, mothers
will be spending even more time at
work than they do now. Because of
that, fathers will be expected to pay
more attention to children and
housework. Almost half of the chil-
dren in the United States will spend
their early years with only one parent.

Although there will not quite be a
revolution of lifestyles in the 80's,
there will be quite a few noticeable
changes in day-to-day living. Homes
will be equipped with personal com-
puters as well as television sets that
serve as complete information centers.
The houses will also be smaller be-
cause of high building, heating and
cooling costs. Most homes will be
built to take full advantage of solar
energy. Because of the high cost of
maintenance, the availability of apart-
ments will be outrageously low. A
growing number of apartments will
be transformed into condominiums.

Cars will either be electric or diesel,
and there will be more trim ones and
fewer of the boxy-shaped ones of the
seventies. Still, even with the high
cost of fuel, most Americans will stick
with their cars. Although air traffic
will increase markedly, the use of
mass transit systems will not show
extensive increase.

Even though energy shortages will
cut down on travel, there will be no
decrease in leisure time activities.

Right: When completed, this apartment com-
plex for the elderly on 3rd Street will provide
housing, recreational and social activities for
people aged 65 and over. Facilities such as this
are being constructed throughout the nation in
response to the elderlys increasing demand for
a decent for a decent lifestyle.

Families will simply learn to entertain
themselves at home or nearby.

There will be a shortage of teachers
by 1985, and tenure at many colleges
will be abolished. The enrollment in
colleges will be lower because of high-
er tuition costs and a small number of
college-aged people, and many will be
forced to close. Enrollment will also
be down in high schools. More adults
will be taking classes on a part-time
basis at universities. Innovations in
education will include the use of bio-
feedback and holography. On the
whole, higher test scores on the na-
tional competency exams are likely.

According to Ron Brown of the
ECU Office of Undergraduate Admis-
sions, East Carolina will not be hav-
ing the problems of declining enroll-
ment to the extent that other institu-
tions will. He commented that al-
though the number of high school
students who are entering college will
lower, ECU will in no way lower its
standards in order to attract more stu-
dents. He added that there will contin-
ue to be a demand for high quality
educations in the areas of Business,
Allied Health, Nursing, Medicine,
Art, and Music at ECU. Brown contin-
ued that there will always be a need
for educators, and that ECU will con-
tinue to accept many education ma-
jors. Brown stated that there may be
some changes in the types of pro-
grams that are offered to attract more
non-traditional students " house-
wives, mothers, and veterans.

Vice Chancellor for Institutional
Advancement and Planning Don Le-
mish, expects that ECU will aim to-
ward quality instead of numbers in
the 1980s. He does not anticipate any
decline in enrollment, but does be-
lieve that any plans for expansion of
programs at ECU must include atten-
tions toward high quality. Lemish
concluded that money will be a major
factor in any of ECUs future plans.
Costs are going out of sight, infla-
tion is eating us alive, and we are just
going to have to be more aggressive in
seeking outside funding and sup-
port.?

Inset: An estimated 50% of the nations children
will be living with single parents as a result of
high divorce rates and unmarried couples living
together. Those that live with both parents will
receive more attention from their fathers, as
their mothers spend more and more time at
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Toeing The
Line ....

For many, just sharing a room
with another person was a new ex-
perience and roommates moved
awkwardly through their first days.
Often,just the intimacy of strain-
ing together to get a refrigerator
across campus and into the room
was enough to break the shyness.
New and old roommates alike hag-
gled over the placement of posters
and plants and the rooms slowly
took on the shape they were to have
for fall semester. Some students
turned their rooms into homes
away from home, while others de-
cided early to use their rooms as a
place to crash and leave dirty laun-
dry.

The pay phones in Greenville
were busy those first nights as
homesick students placed collect
calls while waiting for their tele-
phones to be hooked up. And eager
beavers began to check their mail-
boxes as soon as the keys were is-
sued. Everyone went downtown
those first nights trying to meet
new people and find old friends.
Things always seemed a little
brighter after a few cold beers.

For the first and only time dur-
ing the semester, students looked
forward to classes. Class meant that
Drop-Add and Registration would
be over. Everyone from the most
jaded senior to the most frightened
freshman dreaded Drop-Add. The
heat and the crowds were stifling.
Still, students waited in the ever-
lengthening lines and tried to ei-
~ther change eight o'clock classes to
a more reasonable hour or pick up
classes that might or might not
help them graduate.

Once classes did start, the tedi-
um of the first days still had to be
suffered through. Professors hand-
ed out their syllabi and then read
them, slowly, aloud.

Right: Refrigerators were made available by
the SGA to dormitory students. They rented
for $40 a year with a $10 deposit refunded at
the end of the year. Many students found
this alternative better than buying a refrig-
erator.

The lines at the student store and
the UBE rivaled those of Drop-Add
and everyone spent ages pawing
through text books to fine the least
tattered of the used ones. Precious
dollars went toward spanking new
notebooks that would emerge rag-
ged and doodled at the end of the
semester. And those who thought
they would beat the system and
buy books ahead of time usually

waited miserably in the buy-back
lines with the wrong text. The cash
registers totalled amazing sums
and already students were calling
home for more money.

In the end, a routine was estab-
lished and everyone settled into the
cycle of daily classes with occasion-
aly weekends off for good behav-
ior. The school year had begun.

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the ever popular game, Find That Space. The
rules were simple: firs the student paid $25 for a
hunting license and then he tried to find
somewhere to use it. Below: The lines at Wright
Auditorium grew steadily longer as students
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Melvin Tahes Office

Spring elections for the Student
Government Association were held on
March 28, 1979. The first totals re-
ported showed Brett Melvin as winner
of the presidential race with 972 votes.
Candidate Libby Lefler came in sec-
ond with 902 votes and Mike Adkins
was third with 774 votes. Fountain-
head reported the next day that David
Cartwright, SGA vice-president at the
time, had stated the election results
were uncertain because vote totals
were unofficial. According to Cart-
wright, when ballots from some boxes
were counted a second time, a discre-
pancy in the two totals was discov-
ered.

On April 3, Fountainhead reported
that Melvin did win in the recount
that was held March 30. The story also
stated that charges of campaign viola-
tions had been filed against Brett Mel-
vin by Libby Lefler and Student
Union president-elect Charles Sune.
Charges were also brought against
Ricky Lowe, winner of the race for
treasurer, by his opponent Steve
OGeary. The complete nature of the
charges was not made public; howev-
er, new Vice-President Charlie Sher-
rod was made acting president. SGA
Attorney General Kieran Shanahan
referred the case to the Student Re-
view Board.

On April 10, two weeks of uncer-
tainty about the elections ended. Mel-
vin was charged with violating SGA
General Election Rules on _ three
counts: 1) that Melvin did not report
publication of the Alternative Press
on his expense list (violating Article
10, sect. 2); 2) that Melvins cost of
printing the newsletter plus his other
campaign expenses exceeded the $200
limit for all candidates (violating Arti-
cle 10, sect. 1); 3) that Melvin turned in
only a partial list of his campaign
workers by the deadline (violating Ar-
ticle 6, sect. 3).

The Alternative Press was a news-
letter distributed the day before elec-
tions. Although it did not support
anyone, the newsletter was aimed
against those candidates supported by
Fountainhead. Melvin denied having
any knowledge of or connection with
Alternative Press. National Printing
Company, which printed the Alterna-
tive Press, confirmed that the cost was
$375 and that former SGA President
Tim Sullivan was billed for payment.
Even so, it was contended that since
Melvin included Sigma Nu brothers

on his campaign workers list, and Sul-
livan was listed as a Sigma Nu by the
Dean of Men, that Melvin was re-
sponsible for Sullivans actions.

Melvin attempted to prove that Sul-
livan was inactive all year and that the
Sigma Nus as a group were not re-
sponsible for the Alternative Press.
Sigma Nu President Mark Sorenson
testified that Sullivan was not consid-
ered a member because he had not
paid dues or attended social functions
of the fraternity.

After only a forty-minute delibera-
tion, the Student Review Board ruled
in favor of Suné. Lefler had dropped
her charges because she was runner-
up in the election. Lowe was found
innocent of failing to report a Foun-
tainhead ad, but guilty of two charges
pertaining to the Alternative Press.
Both Melvin and Lowe were disquali-
fied, and runners-up Lefler and
OGeary were sworn in.

Yet the controversy students
thought had ended was just begin-
ning. Fountainhead reported on April
24, that the Review Boards decision
had been appealed to Chancellor
Thomas Brewer. After two weeks of
deliberation Lowe was sworn in as
treasurer. His appeal was upheld be-
cause of a technicality. The charges
against him were filed after the dead-
line for bringing such charges which
is 24 hours after announcement of
election winners. Brewer upheld the
Boards decision concerning Melvin.

Melvin then petitioned the Board of
Trustees to reverse and over-ride?
his disqualification and order his
reinstatement. Melvins appeal
blocked Leflers appointment as presi-
dent, and Vice-President Charlie
Sherrod once again became acting
president.

Melvin hired an attorney to speak
on his behalf and a Board of Trustees
hearing was held on May 1, 1979.
Board members Louis A. Singleton,
Ashley B. Futrell, and William L.
Powell listened to questioning of wit-
nesses for both parties by Melvins
attorney, Robert Morey, and SGA At-
torney General Kieran Shanahan.

During that questioning Sullivan,
publisher of the Alternative Press,
stated that Melvin had asked him for
support, but that he had refused be-
cause he did not feel that Melvin had
enough experience to become SGA
President. Sullivan also stated that
Melvin had known nothing about the

Alternative Press. He said that he
worked on the publication with
Alonzo Newby, and that he had paid
for it by selling his Marvel Comic
Book Collection.

On June 7, citing no evidence
whatsoever that the money for the AI-
ternative Press was spent with the
knowledge or consent of Brett Mel-
vin, the ECU Board of Trustees
passed a resolution declaring Mr.
Brett Melvin SGA President-elect as
the bona fide president of the SGA.?
Plaintiff Charles Suné stated that the
Board of Trustees handled the pro-
ceedings in a very professional way. I
simply made a mistake when I did not
hire an attorney to argue on my be-
half,? Sune added. When Brett listed
Sigma Nu brothers as campaign
workers, that included Tim Sullivan
because he was a Sigma Nu. The AP
was done on Bretts behalf and should
have been listed in his expenditures,?
continued Sune.

Sune stated that it was a shame stu-
dents could not solve their problems
on campus among themselves. . He
also added that there might be a need
to revise the campaign rules. He said
that if he had the chance to do it all
again, he would behave in the same
way. I will always believe that Brett
was involved in the APand was guilty
of wrong doing,? Suné concluded.

Melvin stated that he knew abso-
lutely nothing about the Alternative
Press and was not involved with it in
any way. He explained that the only
reason he simply listed Sigma Nus as
campaign workers instead of giving
specific names was that he could not
be sure which of his brothers would
be helping with the work he left at the
Sigma Nu house, and that he wanted
to be sure no one who worked on his
campaign would also work at the bal-
lot boxes. Melvin admitted that, he
had asked Sullivan for support, but
had been turned down because of his
lack of experience. He also stated that
he did not consider Sullivan an active
member of Sigma Nu fraternity. Mel-
vin said that he hired an attorney to
argue these beliefs for him in front of
the Board of Trustees because he felt
that his situation had been mishan-
dled up to that point. Id taken every-
thing they could throw and won in
spite of them. I wasnt about to give
up or quit,? Melvin concluded.

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Homecoming 1979

A Touch |

A Touch of Magic? was the theme of

Homecoming 79. The week began Tues- :
day, October 9, with America in concert 5
at Minges and ended Saturday night #
with the Homecoming Dance featuring | h
Bo Thorpe and the Generation II. It was

an enjoyable week for East Carolina stu-

dents, faculty and alumni. :

The Student Union brought America k
to ECU to begin the weeks festivities. ~i
The first concert of the year was not well d
attended by the student body, but the
small crowd that was there was enthusi- E
astic.

On Thursday, October 11, the Mens E
Residence Council sponsored a concert ~
on the hill. The Jubal Band played a :
nighttime show after students enjoyed a ~
pig pickin sponsored by Aycock Dorm.

Homecoming morning started with f
the Alumni Coffee Hour and registration :
in Mendenhall. Excited ECU fans gath- 1;
ered on Fifth Street at 10:00 a.m. for the ~
annual homecoming parade. A top hat- ~
and-wand float, entitled A Touch of
Magic,? constructed by Sigma Nu frater- is
nity, won first prize in the float competi- tH

tion. Second prize was awarded to the V
float sponsored by the MRC.

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clean during the homecoming parade was one of :
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and Carlton Barnes were inducted into the ECU

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Later in the day, the Pirates soundly
defeated The Citadel Bulldogs 49-7 in the
homecoming game. In the opening min-
utes of the game it became evident that

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) homecoming victory.

At halftime, approximately 28,750
people watched as SGA Vice President
Charlie Sherrod crowned Lisa Zack
Homecoming Queen. Zack represented
the MRC and was escorted by its presi-
dent, Grady Dickerson. Joni Wheeler
was first runner-up and Nan Potter was
second runner-up.

Following the ceremony, four former
ECU athletes were inducted into the Hall
of Fame. Dr. Ray Martinez, a former
swimming coach at East Carolina, was
inducted for his teams athletic accom-
plishments in swimming. Lex Riden-
hour, captain of the 1936 Pirate football
team, Ike Riddick, a former outstanding
basketball player, and Carlton Barnes, a
former baseball star, were also inducted
at that time.

The weeks activities were concluded
with the homecoming dance, which fea-
tured Bo Thorpe and the Generation II in
Wright Auditorium.

ments. Above right: Lisa Zack, who represented the
MRC, was crowned Homecoming Queen by SGA
Vice President Charlie Sherrod during halftime Podeszwa
ceremonies. Below right: America kicked off home- :
| coming week with a concert on Tuesday, October 9.

The crowd in Minges enjoyed a unique blend of old
favorites and new releases.

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Collisions And Revisions

SGA Transit Manager Chubby Ab-
shire called the 1979-80 school year
the best year in a while? for ECUs
transit system despite the occurrance
of several major problems. These in-
cluded at least four accidents, one of
which totaled a bus that was valued at
$17,000, the loss of one route due to
lack of funds, an engine that had to be
replaced in another bus, and the theft
of a bus.

The most serious of the accidents
occurred on October 16, when a driver
ran a bus into a tree near the chancel-

Left: No plans were made to repair or replace
this bus, which was severely damaged in an
accident on October 22. Below center: A drivers
training program was instituted after the rash
of accidents which occurred during the year. All
new drivers were required to log six hours of
driving practice before beginning their routes.
Below right: The transit system provided an
alternative to walking for many students, who
used the busses to get around campus as well as
to go to and from campus.

lors residence on Fifth Street, in-
juring several students and totaling
the vehicle. The driver was later repri-
manded for speeding by Transit Op-
erating Manager Leonard Fleming.
One week later another bus backed
into a car in Mendenhall parking lot,
doing approximately $100 in damages
to the car.

As a result of these accidents a dri-
ver's training program was set up
with one experienced driver instruct-
ing each new driver. All new drivers
were tested and required to log six
hours of driving practice before be-
ginning their routes.

A theft of a bus occurred when a
student secured himself a ride home
by stealing a bus from the Menden-
hall lot while the driver was inside on
business. The bus was found in the
freshman parking lot a short time
later, and the culprit was apprehended
and sentenced to clean the busses for

the rest of the semester.

During the year plans were put un-
derway for a reorganization of the
transit system, calling for a Transit
Board to consist of an operations
manager, an administrative manager,
the SGA president, an appointee from
the Student Life department, and a re-
presentative from the department of
Drivers Education. Increased busi-
ness expertise and easier funding are
part of the goals of these plans. The
acquisition of a new van and increased
aid to handicapped students are
among the improvements made by the
transit system this year.

Plans were also made to revise exist-
ing routes. The Brown route, out of
commission for some time, was to be
divided up. Some of this route was to
become part of the Purple route,
which was also to be changed. Plans
were also made to restructure the Gold
route.

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The High Cost Of College

The high cost of a college education
is a major concern for all students and
their families. For many, putting one
child through college at a time is a
challenge. The Clifton Moore family
of Dunn found this challenge tripled
as they experienced their first year
with three children in college.

Debra, 19, is a sophomore nursing
major. Twins Gary and Karen, 18 are
freshmen business majors. All are
graduates of Midway High School
near Spiveys Corner.

The family lives in a modest home
in the community of Plainview. Mr.
Moore is part owner of SMS Toms
Snacks, a distributorship which ser-
vices a four county area. Mrs. Moore
works at a discount store in Dunn.

The Moores have been helped
somewhat by the fact that all three
children chose to attend East Carolina.
Karen had originally planned to at-
tend UNC-Wilmington but decided to
come to ECU because she was more

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impressed with its School of Business.
She also thought it would save her
parents some money if she went to the
same school with her brother and sis-
ter so that they could all share the
same car.

There is no such thing as a
sacrifice for your children .. .?

East Carolina ranks above Appala-
chian State and Western Carolina but
below UNC and NC State in estimat-
ed total costs per year. Even so, Mr.
Moore states $2700 per year as the cost
for each of his children to attend ECU.
They all receive Basic Educational Op-
portunity Grants which cover about
one-fourth of their expenses. Karen,
Gary and Debra all worked summer
jobs in order to have money for per-
sonal expenses. They all chose to live
in the dorms as a way of further cut-
ting costs. Gary worked during fall

semester in the intramurals program
and Karen had a work-study job in
the library spring semester. Mrs.
Moore also increased her work week
from two days to four when her chil-
dren entered college.

The Moore family does not have a
formal budget but considers paying
bills and school fees as its first prior-
ity. In order to save money, the family
has a vegetable garden and Mrs.
Moore makes a lot of her daughters
clothes. Mr. and Mrs. Moore started
saving early for their childrens edu-
cations. They worked toward having
their home paid for and being rela-
tively debt-free by the time their chil-
dren entered college. The Moore chil-
dren were always told that their edu-
cations would not be complete until
they received a college degree. Even
now Mr. and Mrs. Moore are willing
to finance post-graduate study if any
of their children desire it.

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things for their house, a new car, and
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is no such thing as a sacrifice for your
children.?

Left: Gary, Karen and Debra and their parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Moore.

According to East Carolina undergraduate cata-
logs, the above graph indicates the estimated
cost for a year at ECU over the last ten years.

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Under the auspices of the Division
of Student Life, the Department of In-
tramural-Recreational Services at-
tained greater university wide visibil-
ity and served a more diverse student
population than ever before. In a pro-
gram which encouraged students to
participate rather than spectate,?
participation records were surpassed
in all areas. This year involvement in
the co-recreational intramural pro-
gram increased by 75 percent, sports
club participation was at an all-time
high, and all other program areas were
well-received by students, faculty and
staff.

The Department of Intramural-
Recreational Services is composed of
ten individual programs " womens,
mens and co-recreational intramural
activities, sport clubs, adaptive intra-
murals, recreational swimming, free-
play? activities, recreational equip-
ment check-out services and a com-
prehensive sports medicine program
for intramurals and club sports.

A unique aspect of the program was
the adaptive intramurals program,

which is designed for handicapped
students. The program provided re-
creational activities for wheelchair
students that included floor hockey,
horseshoes, beachball volleyball,
swimming and weight lifting.

A program for blind students pro-
vided volunteer aides to accompany
them jogging, riding a tandem bicycle
or using the weight room.

Various facilities on campus were
utilized for the intramural program.
Memorial Gym and Minges Coliseum
provided 30 hours a week of recrea-
tional swimming. Students could be
seen shooting baskets during recrea-
tional free play, working out in one of
the two exercise/weight rooms, or en-
gaging in a fast paced game of rac-
quetball in Minges. Those students
who ventured outdoors were seen spi-
raling footballs, catching softballs,
hurling frisbees and tossing horse-
shoes on the lighted recreational com-

Left: The seven-legged race was one of the
events of Almost Anything Goes. This popular
sport? consisted of several unusual activities
and was designed to appeal to students with no
particular area of outstanding athletic ability.

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plex adjacent to Tyler and Belk Dorms
and on the many intramural playing
fields located in the Ficklen Stadium,
College Hill and Allied Health areas.

Another first for the department
was the bi-monthly publication of
Tennis Shoe Tidbits. The newsletter
contained articles describing upcom-
ing events, interesting feature stories
and the outstanding and unusual per-
formances of individuals and teams
throughout the year.

Several students made outstanding
contributions to the department dur-
ing the year. Dexter Wingfield won
the 62? and Over One-on-One Bas-
ketball, was captain of the Joint Eight
preseason basketball champions and
the regular season Joint Eight all cam-
pus basketball champions. He also
captained the fifth place Easy Us? in
Almost Anything Goes and coached
the second place sorority team in the
competition, Delta Sigma Theta.

Patti Brown led Un Kappa Fifth of
the Newman Center to the semifinals
in nine co-rec sports. John Russ of
Scott Dorm was declared the Iron-
man of Intramurals.? He participated
in every intramural event except one-
on-one and two-on-two basketball.
Ginger Rothermell participated on the
Tyler all campus championship team
in team handball, preseason basket-
ball, regular season basketball and
flag football.

In team activities, the Scott Time
Outs continued their winning tradi-
tion for an unprecedented fifth year
by receiving the Chancellors Cup.
Tylers supremacy in the womens di-
vision was evidenced by champion-
ship teams in preseason basketball,
basketball, flag football, soccer, pre-
season softball, softball and team
handball. Among the Greeks, Kappa
Alpha reigned for the second consecu-
tive year by claiming victories in team

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golf, flag football, team tennis, bas-
ketball, volleyball and wrestling. Al-
pha Xi Delta and Sigma Sigma Sigma
raced for the finish in the sorority di-
vision. The Alpha Xis captured cham-
pionship titles in football, soccer,
team handball, bowling, volleyball
and softball but were edged out of
first place by the Tri Sigs. Although
no one was sure who Dolemite? was,
the group was strong enough to halt
Phi Epsilon Kappas four-year reign
in the Mens Club/Independent Divi-
sion.

In an effort to involve more resi-
dence hall students, activities were
conducted by the department in con-
junction with several dorms. These
activities included backgammon tour-
naments in Greene and Fletcher, a vol-
leyball tournament in Slay and Um-
stead, an exercise class in Garrett and
a recreational play day in Scott.

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hundreds of students. Approximately
35 percent of the intramural budget
went back to students in the form of
Salaries. Over two hundred students
were hired as scorekeepers, timers, li-

feguards, equipment attendants,
sports officials, artists, journalists and
Photographers.

A total of 4,574 people did it?
34,858 times during 1979-80. The wide
variety of programs offered by the de-
partment received the participation of
45 percent of the student body, and
Many members of the faculty and
staff.

Left: Rico Piva rounds second base during a
softball game in the Mens Divison. Center:
Twin Rinks provided the site for intramural
roller hockey, an event that gained increasing
Popularity over previous years. Right: Co-rec
volleyball was one of the most popular pro-
grams among students that the intramural de-
Partment offered.

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I remember when I first received
notice of my room number in Clem-
ent Dorm. Suddenly my mind began
to wander and I preconceived a new
feeling of independence. Wouldn't it
be great " no more parental curfews.
After all, eighteen year old college co-
eds should have ample social freedom.
My mother was concerned when she
discovered the less than strict codes
ECU had for visitation. Besides, a
young woman should never sit alone
in her bedroom and entertain a young
man. And, if its ever done, it should
be with the door open wide. I tried to
explain to her that if a guy wanted to
come and visit a girl on campus, he
had no choice but to sit in her bed-
room " for the bedroom was also the
living room, kitchen and dining room
all rolled into one and divided by two.
I tried to comfort her with the fact that
men weren't allowed into the girls
dorms until 12 noon and were strictly
thrown out at 1 a.m. Im not sure
those words were too comforting, but
I guess she accepted it " either that or
she just put it out of her mind com-
pletely.

With all the planning that went
into it, you'd have thought my room-
mate and I were moving into more
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had to be perfect " matching bed-
spreads, designer sheets, bamboo
shades that accented tweeds, batik
fans that covered pastel walls, beige
carpeting, a wooden table with match-
ing directors chairs, artists waterco-
lor prints surrounded by modern gold
frames, and hanging shelves that
completed the whole mood. I must say
the room was beautiful and I was
proud to show it off. All was great
until we had to pack the whole mess
up and take it home in the spring. We
must have had 20 elevators full of
matching color coordinated junk. We
tried to hide the fact that the entire
lobby was filled with our stuff. No,
of course its not all ours, were watch-
ing some of it for a friend.? I think
few believed us, for naturally every
one of the boxes matched.

There wasnt an inch to spare when
my fathers long-bed pickup pulled
from the parking lot. As we winced
while crossing over a speed bump, my
father cited that wed probably need
more air in the rear tires. And of
course, it rained, as always.

I guess that final episode of my
freshman year stuck deep in my
mind, for I arrived for my sophomore
year with just one suitcase, one stereo,
two speakers and a box full of the bare

With single-sex dorms, co-ed dorms and
off campus housing to choose from, the
advantages of one are more readily ap-
parent while living with the disadvan-
tages of another.

necessities of life. My mom and I ar-
rived comfortably in the Toyota and
even the dog had room in the back
seat. Amazing what maturity allows
one to sacrifice.

With freshmen and sophomores re-
quired to live on campus, its easy to
discover the pros and cons of single-
sex residence hall living. But the big-
gest asset was also the biggest prob-
lem " visitation. I cant imagine how
ridiculous half of the male population
felt screaming into the little grey in-
tercoms in the lobbies of the girls
dorms. It got to the point where I got
tired of hearing male voices echoing
through the hallways " of course
most of the calls werent for me. Be-
fore a girl even had a chance to recog-
nize her name, here it would come
again. And when she finally slid to
the intercom, the name was repeated a
minimum of two more times. Then
mass confusion usually occurred, for
the intercoms rarely worked.
bkidlalkd " go " dldjdjla " here??
What?? Never mind.? I'll be down
in a minute.? What, I cant hear
you.? Dont scream at me ...? You
get the general idea. I remember one
girl going to the intercom and scream-
ing to a thick-headed male on the oth-
er end, Isnt it obvious that after call-

ing her three times, she isnt here!?
But, as I said previously, what was a
pain was also a blessing for you never
got caught unprepared this way. Mat-
ter of fact, you didnt have to be there
if you didnt want to be. You simply
didnt answer " or, more convincing-
ly, you had a roommate state that you
had just been missed. I never resorted
to those tactics, however, for what few
visits I did manage to get from the
male population at ECU were joyous-
ly received. My only complaint about
the visitation policy is the fact that
you had to escort the poor boy every-
where, and with no restroom facilities
on the floors for men this meant back
down to the lobby as well. I used to
get tickled when the repair man used
to yell, man on the hall,? before leav-
ing the elevators. Imagine what excite-
ment that caused. As the authorities
stated, it was all for the safety of the
girls. I just wonder about whose safe-
ty was being protected " for I dont
know a girl on my floor who ever
objected to having an extra male on
the hall.

After unsuccessfully trying to get
out of our housing contracts for the
spring semester, 1980, my roommate
and I decided that co-ed living would
be the next best thing to having an
apartment of our own. We were sort
of fed up with all the rules and regula-

tions of high-rise living, besides no
one ever watched General Hospital on
the lobby TV.

Would you believe that there was
only one room available in the co-ed
dorms for the spring? We could hard-
ly believe it. The woman that I spoke
to at the housing office informed us
that all rooms would be available on a
first come, first served basis at 8:00
the next morning. We planned to
make that room our home no matter
what it took! After spending the even-
ing downtown, wed go back to the
dorm and sleep until five and then
arrive at 6:00 on the steps of the hous-
ing office. No, that wouldnt work, we
had to be there earlier. But, no matter
what our plans had been, we ended up
at Biscuit Towne at 2:00 a.m. and
stayed there until we sleepily arrived
on the steps of Wichard at 5:15 a.m.

What we thought had been a unique
strategy turned out to be a common
practice, for when we arrived, we dis-
covered about fifteen bundles waiting
before us. One brave twosome had
even camped out over night. Luckily
no one had claimed our room yet and
we were welcomed openly. The 35°
temperature kept most of us awake
and we spent the remainder of the
morning talking. We all joked at how
stupid it was to go through this when
we could be in a nice warm bed. " but
no one moved. And, when 8:00 arrived
we all moved in to secure the rooms
we'd fought so hard for. Some were
less fortunate, for on a first come, first

served basis there always had to be a
loser.

So, whats my opinion of co-ed life?
Basically, I think it provides a much
more relaxed atmosphere than single-
sex dorm life. I mean, for almost two
decades you've grown up around your
father and brothers and then, poof,
instant ivory towers with intercoms.
Its unnatural. With co-ed life you can
develop platonic relationships with
members of the opposite sex. Your re-
action isnt one of utter shock when
you see a member of the other sex.?
It took me about a week to get used to
having the guys watch TV in the same
lobby with me " before, any male
was always just waiting for his girl-
friend.

Another advantage is the relaxed
visitation hours in the co-ed dorms.
Though they are generally the same
rules as the other dorms, theyre just
not as strictly enforced in the co-ed
residences. So, if you just happen to
want to invite a guy to your room
after downtown, no one is standing at
the doorway ready tocrucify you. Oh
yeah, that brings another positive
point to mind. You dont have to
stand waiting for one of the campus
police to let you in. Of course the guys
dont have this kind of protection?
provided and Im sure its for the safe-
ty of all " but I remember having to

Below: Cindy Poole and Christy Gurganus, who
were roommates in Clement, found time to at-
tend one of the many socials provided for dorm
residents.

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wait fifteen minutes once in the dead
of winter to be let into the dorm. With
co-ed life, you come and go as you
please and, because both sexes live in
the same building, you dont have to
protect one from the other.

Oh, there are bad points to co-ed
dorm life. One is the fact that visitors
are allowed at any time without fore-
warning. I mean, its just a knock on
the door and theyre there " no inter-
coms, nothing. Face it, you just have
to get used to the fact that as you step
from the showers into your room a
being from the opposite sex will prob-
ably come for a visit. Thats co-ed life.
But its not bad after you learn to be
cautious about what you wear from
the shower.

There is one other small problem
some of the females in the co-ed
dorms may run across " what to
watch on TV. You might as well face
it, if there is football, basketball, base-
ball, soccer, tennis, rugby, volleyball,
golf, swimming, diving, field hockey,
ice hockey, weightlifting, lacrosse,
boxing, wrestling or even polo on TV,
you're just going to have to endure it.
And just tell me when theres a season
that at least one of those isnt gracing
the television screen. I mean if it isnt
Monday Night Football, its some
Tuesday night Special Event. Before |
get carried away, I'll go on to another
subject.

All in all I think co-ed dorm life is
great. I think it should be expanded
throughout the campus, with the
exception of a couple of single-
sex residence halls for those
who truly prefer not to live
with members of the oppo-
site sex.

With the coming of
summer, my roommate
and I decided that wed try
a change of pace " wed
move off campus. With Jarvis
Dorm being the only air-condi-
tioned residence on campus, liv-
ing in an uncooled dorm would be
unbearable. We didnt want to take
chances so we began hunting for
apartments to sublease. After all, we
thought it would be fun to have more
than just one room to live in for the
summer.

Well, dreams and reality are two
different things as most of us realize
by now. We spent one month search-
ing for a place to stay. Apartment
after apartment. Well, we'll let you
know. Were going to see a few more
people and then we will contact you,?

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etc., etc. We got tired of waiting and
decided to rent a trailer instead. After
all, apartments were too expensive,
and roommates wanting roommates
were too picky. The rents ranged from
$115 for your basic two-bedroom
slum to $200 for one a bit more elabo-
rate. One discouraging day after look-
ing at two inappropriate trailers, we
came across the perfect place: nice
yard, two bedroom, furnished, wash-
ing machine, lawn mowing and trash
pickup provided, air conditioned, and
$160 a month. We placed our $50 de-
posit down and started calling the
place home. Then came the hard part.
Rent was due on the first, hook-up of
utilities required not only a service
charge, but a deposit as well, gas stove
meant gas to buy, and though the
phone company doesnt require a de-
posit from university students, a
$27.00 installation fee is a must. Now,
at $3.10 an hour, my paycheck has
limited flexibility, but somehow we
managed. Rent was paid as soon as we
got paid. Luckily, the utility company
doesnt require their usual $50-$85 de-
posit if you have someone who has
had utilities in their name for two
years sign a statement of responsibil-
ity. Thank goodness for friends. The
phone bill of $27.00 left little for each
of us to live off of for the remaining
two weeks, but, through starving, we
now had a place to call home for the
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Above: Hours of hard work went into preparing
the main course for the annual Spring Fling.
Though co-ed residents had to buy tickets for
the first time in Fling history, money didnt
stop the tradition. Below: Beer, another ECU
tradition, was provided at most of the social
events on campus. The dedication of many
House Council members made these events a
success.

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We immediately started to make the
place look homey. Our plants, pic-
tures and familiar furniture truly
made it comfortable. We packed and
unpacked, switched and reswitched
practically every piece of furniture we
had at least twice. After one full day of
moving and rearranging, we had the
place like we wanted it. It was ours for
the whole summer " we thought.

Tuesday, exactly three days after we
moved in, we were evicted. Boy, doesnt
that throw a wrench in ones summer
plans. At six am. I woke to a harsh
pounding on my bedroom wall.

Get up, I want to talk to you.?

What? Cant you come back later,
its six a.m.? I laid my head back down
on my pillow, knowing whoever it was
would understand. I was wrong.

T want to talk to you now.?

It was the landlords father. He lived
right next door in the quaint little white
house. He seemed fairly nice when wed
met him before, but I was definitely
having second opinions about him at
this moment. He pounded a fourth time.

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The first words I heard when I opened
the door were, I want you two out
now.? He was definitely mad about
something and, at this point, I was sure
it couldnt be the little get together we
had had the night before with a few
friends. Again I was wrong.

Ya'll were running around here like
a bunch of maniacs last night. I know.
Your music was blasting and it kept
everyone awake all night long. I know,
cause I watched you all night.?

Sir,? I said trying to be as polite as I
possibly could at six a.m. after hearing
this news, I think you are being a bit
unfair. I know we had the stereo going
and everything but I hardly think it was
loud enough for an eviction.?

It wasnt just your radio. You all
were drinking. I know, I saw you. You,
young lady, were especially drunk
when you came back the first time.?
(We had all left at ten to go over to
River Bluff for a swim in the pool.)

You're wrong about that. I didnt
have anything to drink last night.?

Yes you did, I know a drunk when I
see one. You couldnt even get in the
door last night.?

I refrained from telling the old kook
that the reason I couldnt get in was
because the door always stuck and you
could never get in.

Well you are wrong this time. |
should know whether I was drunk or
not, I was there.?

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were doped up on some kind of drugs or
something. I know you college kids.?

Now you're going a bit too far. I was
not ~doped up last night and you have
no right to accuse me of being that
way.?

Well, whatever, I want you out now.
My baby daughter (age 50) will give you
the rent and your deposit back. I want
you out today or as soon as you can find
a place. And another thing, this porch
light was on all night long. I know. I
saw it.?

T paid for the bulb.?

And another thing, them boys
stayed here after twelve.?

Yes, I remember that. Tell me one
thing, just how little does one have to do
for you not to watch their every move??

He was definitely muffed at this and
at this point his son-in-law spoke his
first words.

Well, what do you expect him to do?
His bedroom window is right over there
and he can hear every word you say.?

At this point I knew the eviction was
the best thing that could have happened
to us.

On bidding them goodbye I told them
that we'd be out as soon as we found a
proper place to live. I did fail to thank
them for not giving us the proper thirty

Right: Wendell Humphries, who ran for vice-
president of the Central Campus Executive
Council in the Spring of 1980, is one of many
ECU students who involve themselves in stu-
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days written notice, however.

I went to wake my roommate with the
good news. I hadnt disturbed her before
because I knew shed have probably
jumped the old man and wrestled him to
the ground until he said uncle and let us
stay. We decided not to worry about it at
that moment and both went back to
sleep.

Again, the search began.

Hello, Im calling about the trailer
you advertised in the paper. Oh, that
sounds nice. Now, just where in respect
to the university is it located? Ayden,
well, thank you but I think thats a bit
too far for our needs.?

Hello, Im calling about the trailer

you advertised in the paper. My room-

mate and I nee " oh, you only rent to
married couples, well, thank you very
much.?

Hello, Im calling about the 2-bed-
room trailer you had advertised " oh,
its already rented. Thank you.?

Click.

Somehow I had remembered going
through all that once before. Moving
again meant more deposits, more bills
and more hook-up charges. There were
times we wondered whether we could
make it through those hard times. But
we had no choice, we had to make it.

I guess all works out for the best for
we finally found another place and on
June 1, we moved again. The only thing
I have to say about all my living exper-
iences, both off campus and on, is that
205 Slay is going to look mighty nice
come fall.

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With each concerts financial backing
based on the success of the previous one,

Major Attractions puts its life on the line
each time around. It was a chancy game of

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Because of the limited space avail-
able in Minges Coliseum, it was very
difficult for the Student Union to
book major performers. Since groups
go on tour usually to promote record
sales, they perform in the larger, more
influencial areas. There just isnt any
profit in performing to 4000 college
students in a mid-sized town. The
Student Union tried to book at least
one professional, big-name _perfor-
mance each semester. This year Amer-
ica, Mothers Finest, Nantucket and
Toto were the major concert attrac-
tions.

For the day tickets went on sale the
America concert showed signs of fi-
nancial trouble. Only about 600 tick-
ets had been sold on the day of the
concert and according to Charles
Suné, chairperson of the Major At-
traction Committee, 3500 tickets
needed to be sold to break even.
There is a real possibility that if this
concert fails, there will be no more
concerts this year,? said Suné. The
Student Union lost approximately
$12,000 on the America concert. An
estimated 2200 people attended, of
that number 1500 were ECU students.

After the financial disaster of the
America concert, the Major Attrac-
tions Committee decided to schedule
Mothers Finest in a return engage-
ment to ECU " this time with a local
favorite, Nantucket. Mothers Finest
and Nantucket performed to a capac-
ity crowd December 2 in Minges Coli-
seum. The Student Union made a net
profit of $5000 and according to Karen
McLawhorn, Student Union Presi-
dent, this was a very good profit for a
concert at ECU.?

The crowd of 5000-plus was ready
to be rocked into oblivion when
Mothers Finest opened the show and
they weren't disappointed. MF blew
everyone out with their high-energy
tunes and a dynamic stage presence
led by lead singer Joyce Kennedy.
Churning out such greats as Baby
Love? and Piece of the Rock? showed
the flawless musicianship of the MF

Left: A backdrop of the MF emblem highlighted
their performance as Mothers Finest played for
a capacity crowd at Minges on December 2.

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Mothers Finest, stunned the audience with her They entertained a small crowd with new re-
stage performance. Above center: With three leases off their latest album and nostalgic tunes
members of Nantucket from ECU, the band from the early 70's. Right: Jeff Porcaro, drum-
enjoyed a welcome reception from the students. mer for Toto, captured the spotlight and the
Led by Tommy Redd, Nantucket performed a audiences attention during several of the up-
combination of songs off their Nantucket and beat numbers.
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players. The crowd, with flickering
lighters, loud shouting, and clapping
brought Mothers Finest back for sev-
eral encores.

The crowd was ready to hear the
home boys? when Nantucket ap-
peared. With three of the groups
members from ECU, they had a very
strong local appeal. Performing songs
off their first album, Nantucket and
their latest, Your Face Or Mine,
showed their lack of stage experience.
Highlights of the performance includ-
ed Heartbreaker, ? You Blew a Good
Thing,? and Your Face Or Mine?.

No concerts were held the spring
semester until April 17, when Toto
performed at Minges Coliseum in
their only Carolinas concert engage-

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ment. Minges was only slightly over
half filled when Toto appeared on
stage but those who came were enter-
tained with eye-catching visuals and
most importantly, sounds.

After an uninspiring opening act
by Ron Goldert, formerly of White
Witch, and a 45 minute intermission,
the lights went down and a vision of a
hydra flashed on a backdrop. Clouds
of fog rolled slowly out into the audi-
ence. On the backdrop was an image
of green that looked somewhat like a
distorted headlight was focused at the
right, and a purple neon ladder was
set against a blue-green bricked wall.
It was the inside cover of Hydra.

From the beginning of the concert,
it was evident that Toto loved per-

forming to an audience. Hydra? led
into St. George and the Dragon?
without pause.

Images behind the band changed
throughout the concert, from differ-
ent styles of numerals during 99? to
the face of a beautiful woman during
Angela.? An animated creation of the
first Toto cover astonished the crowd.
A large circle appeared in the center of
the screen. From the top, a shining
sword pierced the circle. Then from
the image of the sword, a T? was
formed and an O? from the circle
until TOTO? stood above the em-
blem.

The music went far beyond the vi-
sual images. David Paich was espe-
cially notable for his beautiful piano

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work on songs like the instrumental
Childs Anthem?.

At no point did the group lack in
vocals, background or lead. Steve Lu-
kather, lead guitarist, sang lead on
Angela,? Georgy Porgy,? and 99.
His softer style was a nice offset to the
strong, more blues-style vocals of lead
singer Bobby Kimball.

The rhythm section was outstand-
ing. Jeff Porcaro on the drums, Steve
Porcaro and David Paich on key-
boards and David Hungate playing
bass, made up the backbone of the
band. The heart of almost every song
strongly depended on these musi-
cians. Near the end of the show, Da-
vid Paich and Steve Porcaro put on a
long, yet exciting duet.

A sellout crowd was expected for
the spring Toto concert yet this con-
cert caused financial trouble for the
Student Union as well. With Minges
only slightly over half filled, the Ma-
jor Attractions Committee lost $3500
on the Toto concert, which left them
with $10,000 remaining in the backup
fund that had totaled $25,000 at the
beginning of the year. Many students
said they would have attended if the
concert had not been scheduled so

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Left: Bobby Kimball, lead singer for Toto, was
joined by lead guitarist Steve Lukather in a duet
for their latest hit single 99. Center: ~The
Wizard,? bass guitarist for Mothers Finest, kept
the bass line in high gear with his unique

close to final exams. Other students
did not have the extra cash available
for tickets so close to the end of the
semester.

The committees three-part test of
the student body produced three en-
joyable concerts, with crowds ranging
from 5000 people at Mothers Finest to
2200 at America. At the last two con-
certs, they learned who was popular in
Greenville and when to schedule
them.

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thumb? style. Right: David Paich, on the key-
boards, treated the audience to a view of his and
Steve Porcaros new invention. The totaria is
like a handheld keyboard, with all the controls

built into its neck.

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With productions ranging from musicals to comedies to serious drama, HCUs
Playhouse staged something for everyone. Confined to the small Studio Theatre, the
shows ran for several nights to accommodate their large audiences. The demand for
seats was high as local residents and students crowded in to see the Drama

Departments best actors

DIAYING TRE FRED

Because of the renovation of
McGinnis Auditorium, the ECU Play-
house presented all of the plays of the
79-80 season in the Studio Theatre.
Lack of seating space caused the plays
to run a longer period of time in order
to accommodate the usually large au-
diences that ECU drama productions
draw. With six productions, the ECU
Playhouse achieved a variety of per-
formances ranging from very complex
and classic drama to more lightheart-
ed musical comedies.

The Streets of New York, a musical
comedy, was presented at the Studio
Theatre on October 17-20 and 22-27 in
the first production of the season.
Based on Dion Boucicaults play, it is
about an evil banker, and a very pure
and deprived heroine. To cover his
embezzlements, the banker steals the
ship captains fortune, leaving the
captains widow and daughter alone to
provide for themselves as best they
can. The equally destitute hero is
forced to become engaged to the bank-
ers villianous daughter. Through a
series of events, the fortunes of the
villianous banker and the destitute
hero and heroine are reversed and vir-
tue triumphs.

For Colored Girls Who Have Con-
sidered Suicide When The Rainbow Is
Enuf was presented October 31-No-
vember 3 and November 5-7. This
spell-binding choreopoem, directed
by Edgar R. Loessin with musical
staging and choreography by Alfred
Gallman, is a fluidly staged collection
of vivid narrative pieces, some in
prose and some in free verse. Per-
formed by seven young women, it is
almost exclusively concerned with the
cavalier and sometimes downright
brutal treatment accorded women by
their men. By capturing the inner feel-
ings of todays black women, the play

Left: For Colored Girls Who Have Considered
Suicide When The Rainbow Is Enuf, by Nto-
zake Shange, was artfully performed by Renee
DuLaney, forground, and Debra Zumbach, who
stirred audiences with their emotional mono-
logues. Right: Jaime Gould, Lund Sox, Joan Ma-
rie Johnson, Georgeanne Gosnell, Allisia Bau-
com, and Michael Summers performed the
opening dance sequence Haunted Shadows?
for the Dance Theater.

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proceeds further, achieving a kind of
universality.

The Childrens Hour, Lillian Hell-
mans dramatic story of two teachers
accused of lesbianism, opened No-
vember 28 and ran through December
i.

The compelling drama vividly de-

picts the shattering effect of a lie, told
by a frightened and vindictive girl, on
the lives of the people around her. As
the tradegy unfolds, the two women
are unable to overcome the whispers
and innuemdos which rapidly com-
pound on the tale and lead to their
ruin.

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When the girls maliciousness is fi-
nally uncovered, it is too late to sal-
vage their lives and careers.

Travis Lockhart, a newcomer to the
faculty of the Department of Drama
and Speech at ECU, directed the play
with a cast that included 12 students
and three faculty members at ECU.

Dr. Helen Steer of the Department of
Drama and Speech played the role of
Amelia Gilford. Anita Brehim of the
School of Education appeared as
Agatha and in the role of Lily Mortar,
one of the teachers at the boarding
school, was Hazel Stapleton of the
Psychology Department.

Directed by Edgar Loessin, Boy
Meets Girl was the first play present-
ed during the Spring Semester. With
performances on February 13-16 and
18-23, the timing of the show was ap-
propriate as it coincided with Valen-
tines Day. Played against a Holly-
wood background, it tells of a studio

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waitress named Susie, played by Sally
Clodfelter, who, coming into the of-
fice of a big-shot producer, C. Friday,
announces she is going to have a
baby. C. Friday, played by Bill Rober-
son, is very upset by the whole situa-
tion until two clever writers get the
idea of starring the infant in a movie
with Larry Toms, cowboy film hero,
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Above: Rosetti and Larry Toms discuss the fu-
ture of Susies baby, Happy, in Boy Meets Girl.
Right: The Childrens Hour revolved around
the lives of the girls and their teachers in a
boarding school.

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script writers, Robert Law and J. Car-
lyle Benson, played by Eric Van Baars
and Gary Carter respectively, who had
the idea in the first place, are cheated
out of a managing contract for Susies
baby and are bent on revenge. They
do their upmost to discredit the infant
by hiring someone to claim to be the
father. The man they hire, who hap-
pens to be the son of an English lord,

marries Susie. With the babys career
at a standstill, the writers, on the
point of ruin, put over a slick deal ina
scene of hilarious comedy by engi-
neering a questionable arrangement
between their studio and a big foreign
studio.

On March 19-23, ECUs dance
faulty presented Dance Theatre. The
program featured a variety of dance

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forms ranging from modern through
jazz and ballet. The production was
choreographed by members of the
ECU dance faculty.

The opening performance was
Funk,? a Gregg Allman selection.
The dance featured choreography of
Deborah L. Phipps. Set in a park on an
early spring day, The Light of Ea Ah
Oh? illuminated a modern dance se-

lection choreographed by Michele
Mennett. The third and final perfor-
mance of the first act, By George,?
with music by George Gershwin fea-
tured the dance talent of Elizabeth
Pope and Lund Sox, with Juan Anduze
choreographer.

Haunted Shadows,? written by
Remi Gassman, opened the second
act. With choreography by Patricia

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Georgann Gosnell and a trio number
by Jaime Gould, Joan Marce Johnson
and Jean Schultz. Gretchen Harding
choreographed the last two numbers
of Act Two, Black Bird? and Com-
media del Chairs.?

Opening the final act was Carolina
Cadets,? choreographed by Sara Wis-
dom Maresco, which was followed by



Left: In Boy Meets Girl Susies luck changes
when the son of an English lord asks,her to
marry him. Above: A young girls malicious lies
caused the tragic downfall of two boaridng
school teachers in The Childrens Hour.

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Impulse? by Gretchen Harding.
Feels So Good,? with music by
Chuck Mangione and choreography
by Deborah L. Phipps ended the show
with a variety of jazz arrangements.

Equus, the internationally ac-
claimed and award winning drama by
Peter Shaffer, was presented April 16-
19 and 21-26.

The action of the play revolves
around a brutal and inhumane crime.
Late one night, 17-year old Alan
Strang gouges out the eyes of five
horses with a metal spike in the stable
where he works. Why? He refuses to
say. When questioned, he responds
only by singing television commer-
cials.

The boy is referred to Child Psychi-
atrist Martin Dysart. To the owner of
the horses the horror is simple: he was
unlucky enough to employ a loony.?
To the boy's parents it is a hideous
mystery: Alan had always adored
horses, and although Dora Strang
may have been a slightly overindul-
gent mother and Frank Strang a
slightly tetchy father, they both loved

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their son. To Dysart it is a psychologi-
cal puzzle to be untangled and pain to
be alleviated.

The play traces Alans treatment
through parental interviews and ex-
hausting confrontations between doc-
tor and child. A gradual revelation
shows that Alans problem is far more
complex and disturbing than Dysart
first believed. In a very dramatic con-
frontation with Dysart, Alan relives
the night he stabbed the horses. In
this, Dysart comes to an unescapable
view of mans need to worship and the
distortions forced on that need by
civilized? society.

Played out on a platform at stage
center, the drama involves a fluid
treatment of time and space. The ac-
tors, seated on stage throughout, rise
to play their parts, then recede. Five
men portray the horses, wearing iron
hooves and ceremonially donning
wire horse masks.

The ECU production of Equus was
directed by Del Lewis of the ECU fac-
ulty. The cast was headed by Travis
Lockhart, also of the drama depart-

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ment, as the psychiatrist, Martin Dy-
sart, who is driven to solve the com-
plex and disturbing mystery of the
boys crime.

Denny Wright of Greenville por-
trayed the tortured young man, Alan
Strang. Hazel Stapleton and Bob
Myers, both veteran area performers,
filled the strong supporting roles of
Mr. and Mrs. Strang.

The Playhouse productions were
well received by ECU affliates as well
as the local citizens. While providing
entertainment, the shows also gave
Drama students valuable training in
acting, scenic and costume design,
and technical direction.

Below: Benson and Law, the writers in Boy
Meets Girl, engineer a questionable business
deal between their studio and a large foreign
filmmaker. Right: The opening act of Dance
Theatre, Funk,? was performed by Alecia Bau-
com, Renee Dulaney and Stacy Wilkes. Inset:
Michael Whetzel, Gregory Smith, Keith Guil-
lory, Deborah OBerry, Lynn Barnhardt, Cry-
stal Collins, Lauire Mahl, and Sangie Bazemore
dance to The Light Of Ea Ah Oh.?

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The time-honored tradition of celebrating | their parties got in gear.
Halloween in Greenville and at ECU was duly With downtown closed because of the prob-
carried out again this year. Students planned lems encountered there in the past few years,
and plotted for weeks ahead of time trying to students gravitated to private parties and fa-
come up with the perfect costume or the best ternity houses. Some preferred to visit scary
prank to play on their friends on Halloween graveyards at midnight, and others opted after
night. a horror movie at Hendrix Theatre.

Convenience stores had a profitable night as Costuming was left up to the individual,
many people made second trips to restock and those who did dress up wore costumes
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Right: Though the woods behind Joyner Li-
brary was an unlikely place to find parked
cars, campus security saw to it that any vehi-
cles left there would be towed.

God was sitting around the Croatan
one day rapping with his right-hand
man when several high ranking ad-
ministrators came over and asked,
Tell us, Almighty, how can we boost
the treasury coffers and give the stu-
dents a subtle screwing at the same
time?? God looked thoughtful for a
moment, then replied, Simple, my
son, jack up your parking sticker fee
to $25. The students have to pay it and
you'll rake in the dough. There are
over 12,000 students at East Carolina,
and there are considerably fewer
parking spaces. Any math major
could tell you that someone is going
to be out of a place to park. So now
you have people paying $25 for the
privilege of parking in a mudhole
next to the Tar River and hoping for a
space on campus tomorrow. Its a
great scam.?

It certainly was a shock to drive
onto the campus back in August and
discover that a blue sticker valid un-
til September 1, 1980 was going to
cost 25 bucks. But students paid it
anyway. Twenty-five dollars wasnt
too much to pay for a years parking

There are over 12,000 students at East Carolina, and there
are considerably fewer parking spaces. Any math major
could tell you that someone Is going to be out of a place to

park. So now you have people paying $25 for the privilege

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" however, it was ridiculous to
charge that much.

The reason for the 150% fee in-
crease, it seemed, was to pay for a
$30,000 survey on the ECU parking
problem. The idea was a good one,
even if the price was a little steep.
However, the results of the survey,
after careful? analysis, indicated that
little could be done about the parking
problems. Perhaps the hike in park-
ing fees was seen as a method of deter-
ring potential student parking " if
enough people decided that $25 was
too much to spend, there would be no
parking problem.

Another fascinating parking con-
troversy swirled around the large lot
adjacent to Mendenhall Student Cen-
ter and Joyner Library. The parking
lot remained unpaved long after its
scheduled completion date, and stu-
dents remained forbidden to park
their cars there. The company respon-
sible for paving the lot maintained

that continual foul weather prevented
them from finishing the project (it
takes 17 days of warm weather to pave
a parking area " lets hope they wer-
ent being paid by the hour). Finally
they succeeded and laid down a sticky
coat of asphalt during Spring Break.
They did not, however, move the cars
left in the lot. (Why not? A dozen
firms would have been happy to tow
them away.) They merely paved
around them.

Speaking of towing, hundreds of
students could attest to the efficiency
of the companies which donated the
service of their tow trucks, at a stag-
gering fee, to drag away vehicles re-
siding in illegal locations. Campus se-
curity, using an extremely discrimin-
ating system, would sneak around
campus parking lots tagging vehicles
and watching with glee as a tow truck
would silently reel in its victim, disap-
pearing into the night. Destination:
an obscure parking garage. Cost: more
than you had.

Day students were subjected to an
ignoble fate as well. East Carolinas
large day-sticker population would
cruise onto the campus daily, just in
time to see the last available campus
parking spot taken up by a dorm stu-
dent. Woe to the day student without
an eight oclock class " another day
of parking by the Attic and walking a
mile to class. The SGA transit system
was available to day students parking
light-years from the campus, but
thats a different story.

East Carolinas ludicrous parking
joke not only affected humans, fresh-
man had their fair share of hassles
too. They did have the advantage of
only paying $15 for their little yellow
sticker with a garish F? on it. And
things could have been worse, some
schools didnt allow freshmen to have
cars at all. (You knew there was a res-
son for choosing ECU, freshmen.)

However, that little freshman stick-
er was the passport to an inordinate
amount of trouble. Calling the areas
designated for freshmen parking
lots? was a gross overstatement.
These lots are mud-filled abysses
which suck cars into the mire, never
to be heard from again. A school
which tossed off thirty thousand dol-
lars for a parking survey was unwill-
ing to dress up a few acres of glorified
septic holes with a thin covering of
asphalt, or even gravel. During a dry
spell, the freshman lots were merely
abominable, a good rain or snow
storm turned them into bubbling,

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belching mud pits. You could kiss
your cars finish goodbye.

The fact that the ordinance banning
freshman cars from campus except on
weekends was a violation of Equal
Protection was not important. The
biggest complaint, aside from the
hopeless condition of the lots, was
their strategic? location. True, there
is an area off 14th Street to park per-
haps 100 cars, but the bulk of fresh-
man parking is on several acres of
swamp about halfway from Green-
ville to Ahoskie. Consequently, many
freshmen parked along the back

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streets adjacent to campus.

If its any indication of why 1980-81
parking fees are what they are, the
university conducted another survey
on parking and traffic during Spring
1980. After the preliminaries, the sur-
vey listed several parking alternatives.

It must have taken months to come
up with these:

1) Establish a new uniform trans-
portation fee for all faculty, staff
and students to fund the total trans-
portation system, including traffic,
busing and parking.?

Great idea, one exhorbitant fee "
but that $50 freshman parking is go-

ing to be a real hit.

2) ~Keep vehicle registration fee for
all vehicles plus provide close-in,
reserved parking for faculty and
staff at an additional fee.?

Sounds good, but to give faculty
and staff reserved spaces would re-
quire more space, and where do they
park if they dont pay the additional
fee?

3) Keep vehicular registration fee
for all vehicles plus provide close-
in, reserve parking for anyone pay-
ing an additional fee.?

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Left: Finding an open spot in the day student lot
at the bottom of College Hill was an easy task
only in the late afternoons and very early morn-
ings. Right: The new faculty parking lot next to
the Publications Center fortunately escaped the
long delay in its paving caused by inclement





into a distant lot and walking to
your room at 3 a.m. sounds like a
blast " just ask a freshman.

5) Maintain the status quo.?
Guess which one got the most votes.

East Carolinas parking problems are
not going to end anytime soon. But,

considering the improvement proposals,

the situation is not all that bad.

weather that the student lots on two sides of
Mendenhall suffered. The faculty lot was com-
pleted in October while portions of the student
lots were barely finished when the school year
ended in May.

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The school year was a tumultuous time in the
nation and the world, as political, military,
social, and economic upheavals made headlines

In The News

David, Frederick Bring September Havoc

The Caribbean islands and the
southeastern United States were hit
by two hurricanes in September. The
first, named David, was a Cape Verde
hurricane, the most lethal of late sum-
mer storms and one of the strongest
this century. In its 3,000 mile trek,
David wrecked havoc on the Caribbe-
an islands of Dominica, Guadeloupe,
Martinique, Hispaniola and Puerto
Rico.

It was Hispaniola, which comprises
the nations of Haiti and the Domini-
can Republic, that suffered the most
damage. Four hundred people were
killed in Haiti when floodwaters of
the Yaque River swept them away,
and at least 600 more died in the
Dominican Republic.

David was packing 90 mph winds
when it passed over the eastern tip of
Cuba and struck the Florida coast.
Three hundred thousand Floridians

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were evacuated to higher ground as
the storm approached. Four hours be-
fore David was to hit Floridas Gold
Coast, it changed course, sparing Mi-
ami and the Keys. David swung back
to hit land north of Palm Beach and
again in Georgia, and it swept
through the historic cities of Savan-
nah and Charleston. Davids accom-
panying rains flooded several Eastern
cities, interrupted rail traffic and
caused major power failures. In its
wake, David left property damages of
over $1 billion and a death toll of
1,100.

Two weeks later, hurricane Freder-
ick forced a half a million people to
flee a 100-mile stretch of the coast
from Gulfport, Mississippi, to Pensa-
cola, Florida.

Worst hit was Mobile, Alabama.
For four hours Frederick pummeled
the city with winds of 130 mph and

tides 12 feet above normal. The hurri-
cane swept a freighter onto a pier in
Mobile Bay, blew a DC-3 half a mile
from its hanger, and carried away
most of the eight-mile causeway from
the mainland to the resort of Dauphin
Island.

The death toll was low because of
the prompt evacuation: only nine peo-
ple died. Frederick caused over $1 bil-
lion in property damages in the Mo-
bile area alone. It also destroyed Ala-
bamas pecan crop and knocked out
electric power for a week in the south-
west part of the state.

As the sun came out the next morn-
ing, so did looters. Alabama Governor
Fob James ordered out the National
Guard and set a dusk-to-dawn curfew.

County commissioner Bay Haas
said of the hurricanes aftermath, We
just cant believe what we are seeing.
The whole thing is incredible.?

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Series Upset

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Leading three games to one with
two of the possible three remaining
games to be played at their home, the
Baltimore Orioles managed to lose
three in a row to a Pittsburgh Pirates
team that came dramatically back to
life after a bumbling start in the 1979
World Series.

For the first time in the Series his-
tory a game was postponed, as rain
and low temperatures forced the delay
of the opener in Baltimore. The game
saw the Orioles jump to a 5-0 lead in
the first inning, which was enough to
stave off the Pirates, 5-4.

A 2-2 stalemate in game 2 was
broken in the ninth inning ona single
by Pirate Manny Sanguillen that
scored Ed Ott. The series was tied at 1-
1 as the site switched to Pittsburgh.

The next two games produced de-
moralizing 8-4 and 9-6 losses for the
Pirates. Game 4 was capped by a home
run by Oriole pitcher Tim Stoddard,
who, because of the American
Leagues designated hitter, had never
before swung a bat in the major
leagues.

Down 3 games to 1 at the beginning
of game 5, the Pirates ended their 3-
game home series with a 7-1 victory
over Baltimore. Pittsburgh manager
Chuck Tanner guided his team to the
win despite the death that morning of
his mother, Anne.

Game 6, in Baltimore, saw yet an-
other victory for Pittsburgh, this time
a 4-0 win which tied the series at 3. A
two run homer by Pirate Willie Star-
gell in the sixth inning of game 7 end-
ed the series for all practical purposes.
Pittsburgh added 2 more runs in the
ninth to insure their 4-1 win and 4-3
series victory.

Pittsburghs Willie Stargell received
the Series Most Valuable Player
award after setting a series record for
extra-base hits. The Pirates batting
average of .323 was another series re-
cord, and it topped Baltimores by al-
most 100 percentage points. It was the
Pirates ability to hang loose when the
situation got desperate that enabled
them to become only the fourth team
to win the series after losing three of
the first four games.

Left: Workers pull debris from a supermarket
in Pensacola, Florida, that was hit by the high
winds of hurricane Fredrick on September 12,
1979. Right: Pirate Willie Stargell blasts a se-
ries-clinching home run in the sixth inning of
the final game of the World Series against the
Orioles.

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No Help For Auschwitz Of Asia

President Carters October pledge
to provide $69 million in relief assis-
tance to avert a tragedy of genocidal
proportion? in Cambodia was blandly
dismissed.when it reached the Viet-
namese-backed government of Heng
Samrin in Phnom Penh. The tragedy
that was taking place in what was
once one of Southeast Asias more
peaceful and prosperous nations was
highlighted by the sight of famished
Cambodian refugees trudging wearily
across the border to the precarious
safety of refugee camps in Thailand.
Battered by war, famine and disease,
the refugees faces reflected the plight
of a country that has become the
Auschwitz of Asia.

Three US Senators " James Sasser
of Tennessee, Max Baucus of Mon-
tana and John Danforth of Missouri
" visited the country in the last week
of October. They were the first US
officials to visit Cambodia since the
fall of the Lon Nol government in
1975. Cambodian officials reluctantly
admitted to the Senators that people
were going hungry.?

But that was a gross understate-
ment. We saw people in a makeshift
hospital, lying under plastic sheets
held up by poles,? said Sasser at a
news conference upon returning
home. The living, the dying and the
dead were all together. The only noise
to be heard was the cough of children
with tuberculosis. There were emaci-
ated people in the final stages of mal-
nutrition.?

The four-year regime of Pol Pot saw
perhaps half the countrys population
of 8 million people die as a result of
war, disease, and starvation. The
genocide continued after Vietnam in-
stalled Heng Samrin as the countrys
new leader in September, 1978.

Because rice fields had not been
planted and many crops were de-
stroyed during the war, Cambodias
food reserves had fallen grossly inad-
equate. An estimated 2.25 million peo-
ple were without any food and faced
immediate death from starvation.

The Cambodian government rigid-
ly refused to allow the importation of
emergency food and medical supplies,
Permitting only a daily airlift of sup-
plies into Phnom Penh and an occa-
sional shipload into the port of Kom-

Left: A young Cambodian mother holds her
baby in her arms as she waits in a line outside
one of the hospitals at this Cambodian refugee
camp. Her small child was pronounced dead by
the time she reached medical help.

pong Som. It refused to allow trucks
to arrive from Thailand because of
fears the vehicles would be hijacked
by Pol Pots remaining forces and
used against the government.

The three senators had gone to
Phnom Penh to convince the regime

to allow such shipments to avoid the
starvation of more people. The idea
was rejected by the Peoples Revolu-
tionary Council on grounds that those
who were starving could not actively
resist the new government.

Bizarre Plot Claims Park

In one of the most bizarre killings
of a chief of state in history, South
Korean president Park Chung Hee
was shot at a dinner party by the chief
of his own intelligence service in Oc-
tober.

According to the official account,
Park was attending a party given by
Korean CIA Chief Kim Jae Kyu, who
was known as a close, long-term
chum and advisor in whom Park had a
lot of confidence.? A fierce argument
erupted between Kim and Cha Chi
Chul, another of Parks advisors. Kim
then shot Cha and Park with a .38
revolver while several KCIA agents
gunned down Parks bodyguards.

Kim later drove to army headquar-
ters and surrendered. The reasons for
the assassination were not clear, but

speculation was that the growing
power struggle between Kim and Cha
coupled with a lessening of confi-
dence in Park as a ruler brought about
the movie.

The immediate worry after the as-
sassination was a possible attack by
North Korea. All US forces in South
Korea were put on alert and martial
law was declared. US diplomats urged
the Soviet Union and China to re-
strain North Korea from interfering.

The tense but orderly aftermath to
Parks death presented a solid front
against any North Korean attempt for
adventure. The main US worry was
over who would eventually succeed
Park and what the new president
would stand for.

Shootout In Greensboro

Greensboro, North Carolina, a city
with a history of racial conflict dating
back to sit-ins at lunch counters in the
early 1960's and a riot in 1969 at a local
college that left one student dead, was
again hit by racial violence on No-
vember 3. Nothing in Greensboros
past came close to the shootout be-
tween Ku Klux Klan members and
anti-Klan protesters in which four
people were killed and nine wounded.
The citys mayor, Jim Melvin, called it
one of the most hideous acts in
America.?

The tragedy came after months of
stepped-up activity in central North
Carolina by the Klan. The organiza-
tion had been previously challenged
by a dogmatic Maoist group, the
Workers Viewpoint Organization,
which has perhaps a dozen or so
members in the Greensboro area.

Viewpoint members passed out
handbills in October inviting people
to a Death to the Klan? protest
march on Saturday, November 3, in a
predominantly black section of the
city. The pamphlets described the
Klan as the most treacherous scum
element produced by the dying sys-

tem of capitalism.?

About 100 blacks and whites gath-
ered on the sunny morning for the
march. Suddenly, a mustard-colored
van and several cars pulled up. They
were filled with Klansmen and sup-
porters who shouted racial slurs and
then leaped out and started firing pis-
tols. According to a witness, One guy
laid across the back end of the car and
blew the side of a guys head off.? A
woman, her face caked with blood,
told how a woman had died in her
arms.

The shooting went on for about
four minutes before riot police with
shotguns cleared the streets. We
moved in as soon as we could,? said
police Chief William Swing in re-
sponse to mounting criticism.

All of the dead were anti-Klansmen
demonstrators. Two Klansmen and
eight demonstrators were wounded.
Police arrested 12 Klansmen and
charged them with murder.

The police and the citizens of
Greensboro then prepared for a week-
end of tension and soul searching in
the aftermath of the tragedy.

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In The News ...

Hostage Crisis Tests American Will

The November 4 seizure of the US
Embassy in Teheran by militant Iran-
ian students and the subsequent hold-
ing of it and 50 American hostages
touched off an international diplo-
matic crisis that was to plague the
United States beyond the end of the
school year in May.

The militant students seized the
embassy and two abandoned US con-
sular offices to demand that the Unit-
ed States return Irans exiled Shah to
face revolutionary justice.?

Americans reacted with a wave of
anger against a foreign country that
was almost without precedent. In
cities across the US there were fights
as Iranian students marched in sup-
port of Irans apparent leader, Ayatol-
lah Ruhollah Khomeini. American
workers refused to unload Iranian
ships or service Iranian airliners. Vio-
lent clashes occurred in Beverly Hills,
where vengeful Americans jeered
Deport, deport!,? and beat Iranians
staging anti-Shah demonstrations, In
Washington thousands of bystanders
taunted 900 Iranians marching near
the White House. In Greenville, a
group of about 200 ECU students
marched from downtown to College
Hill to protest the embassy seizure.

President Carter responded by con-
demning the takeover as an act of
terrorism totally outside the bounds
of international law and diplomatic
tradition. The Iranian government
and its leaders will be held account-
able,? he warned. Carter acted swiftly
to freeze $6.5 billion in Iranian finan-
cial assets deposited in US banks, and
he announced a ban on US imports of
Iranian oil. He further ordered a
crackdown on Iranian students in the
US who had overstayed their visas.

The Shah, who lay ill in a New
York hospital, offered to leave the
United States, a move that was reject-
ed both by his doctors and the State
Department.

World reaction was as expected. Di-
plomats throughout the world were
outraged by Irans gross violation of
the most fundamental protocol among
nations " the sanctity of diplomatic
missions. Its a deplorable situation
with disastrous implications for Iran's
future diplomatic relations,? said a
Western diplomat. The United Na-
tions reacted by passing an unani-
mous resolution condemning the
takeover and demanding the uncondi-

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tional release of the hostages.

But in one part of the world, reac-
tion was unexpectedly negative. The
takeover sparked attacks by Moslem
extremists on US installations
throughout the Arab world, as embas-
sies and consular offices were at-
tacked and destroyed in Turkey, Paki-
stan, India and Bangladesh. The at-
tack in Pakistan left one American
soldier dead and the heretofore-be-
lieved impenetrable US embassy com-
pound in Islamabad in ruins.

In Iran, the seizure prompted the
resignation of the government of
Prime Minister Medhi Bazargan, and
the transfer of all authority to the
Ayatollahs Revolutionary Council.
The takeover prompted pro-Kho-
meini demonstrations in front of the
embassy for weeks as millions of
Iranians marched in favor of the sei-
zure, shouting anti-American slogans.

Thanksgiving came, and with it the
first positive development in the cri-
sis. Thirteen of the hostages " five
women and eight black men " were
released after three weeks of captivity.
They were set free on orders from
Khomeini, who professed respect for
women and sympathy for blacks who
had been oppressed in America. The
release of these hostages was followed
by renewed threats to try the remain-
ing captives as spies.

In mid-December, the ailing Shah
left the United States for Panama, and
US officials speculated that his depar-
ture might have a positive effect on
the crisis situation. But Christmas
Day came, and the hostages were still
being held. Several American clergy-
men were invited to Teheran to con-
duct worship services for the hos-
tages. Christmas cards totalling
151,000 a day swamped the embassy.
The mail was eventually stopped by
the Iranians, who claimed there was
too much for them to handle.

After New Years, the hostages were
again visited by three American
clergymen. The Iranians had intended
the visit to allay fears of any possible
mistreatment of the hostages. But in-
stead, the trip produced serious ques-
tions as to the actual number of hos-
tages being held. The clergymen were
able to see only 41 captives, while the
US State Department insisted that the
Iranians were holding 50 people.

As the questions mounted, Iranian
responses became increasingly vague.

One student spokesman claimed that
we have never announced the num-
ber of hostages that we hold.? An-
other claimed there were 50 people be-
ing held while still another set the
number at 49. Secretary of State Cyrus
Vance referred to the situation as a
very cruel numbers game? as the State
Department maintained its count of
50 " 28 people documented with the
Iranian government as diplomats, 20
non-diplomatic staff members and
two private citizens.

As the clergymen left Iran, the Rev-
olutionary Council considered drop-
ping its plan to have an international
grand jury investigate alleged US
crimes in Iran during the reign of the
Shah.

The first week in February provided
the most dramatic development in the
situation up to that time. Six Ameri-
can diplomats who had been hiding in
the Canadian Embassy since Novem-
ber 8 were smuggled out of the coun-
try. The escape delighted the Ameri-
cans, prided the Canadians, and out-
raged the Iranians.

The plot involved ClIA-doctored
documents and bold rehearsals? in
Teheran on how to slip the Americans
past the Iranian customs officials.

For several weeks prior to the es-
cape, Canadian ambassador Ken Tay-
lor sent members of his embassy staff
out of Iran on unnecessary flights to
establish a travel pattern and to study
Iranian clearance procedures. The
Americans were issued Canadian
passports which were stamped with
ClA-fabricated Iranian visa stamps.
Once the embassy staff was reduced
to four, the six Americans and four
Canadians slipped through customs
and boarded regularly scheduled
flights to West Germany and the
Canadian embassy was closed.

In Teheran, the Iranian reaction
was expectedly ironic. This is illegal,
its illegal,? raged one of the militants
holding the US hostages. Foreign
Minister Sadegh Ghotbzadeh vowed
that sooner or later, somewhere in
the world, Canada will pay.?

Right: Kathy Gross was one of the 13 Ameri-
cans released by the Iranians after being held
for three weeks. Ms. Gross was a secretary at
the US embassy before its takeover.

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In spite of the elation at home, US
officials remained stymied in their ef-
forts to obtain the release of the re-
maining hostages, and the crisis
dragged on into its fourteenth week.

The election and installation a week
later of Abolhassan Bani-Sadr to
Irans presidency sparked hopes that
the end of the crisis was near. Bani-
Sadr, who was viewed as a moderate,
took charge of the Revolutionary
Council and denounced the militant
students holding the Americans as
lawless dictators.? His first act was
to call for a UN delegation of inquiry
to hear Irans grievances against the
Shah and the US.

The Americans supported the idea
of a commission on the assumption
that when its work was finished the
American hostages would be set free.

But after the commission " made up
of envoys from Venezuela, Algeria,
Syria, Sri Lanka and France " spent a
week interviewing victims of torture
under the Shah and hearing other
grievances, the Iranians announced
that its work was in no way tied to the
release of the hostages. The commis-
sion returned home after being re-
fused permission to see the hostages.
The students then offered to transfer
the hostages to control of the govern-
ment, but Ayatollah Khomeini de-
clared that the matter would not be
settled until after Irans new parlia-
ment took office in June. Members of
the commission refused to publish
their findings until after the hostages
were released.

President Carter reacted by calling
on US allies to impose economic sanc-

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tions on Iran and by breaking off dip-
lomatic relations with Teheran. The
break included the expulsion of 35
Iranian diplomats from the US, a ban
on all US non-food exports to Iran and
an end to issuing or renewing visas
for Iranian citizens to enter or remain
in the US.

As Easter arrived it brought a
stepped up effort by the US to coerce
its recalcitrant allies into imposing
their own sanctions. A team of Ameri-
can clergymen was allowed to visit the
hostages to conduct Easter services,
which was the most positive break-
through in a long time.

The call for worldwide sanctions
had come after another promise by
President Bani-Sadr to place the hos-
tages in government hands fell
through when the Revolutionary
Council again refused the plan.

The impasse made both Bani-Sadr
and President Carter look bad. It
raised fears that Bani-Sadr could not
deliver on anything he promised.
Carter had put so much faith in the
plan that he had agreed to postpone
further diplomatic and economic
sanctions if it were approved.

Meanwhile the Shah accepted an in-
vitation from Egyptian President An-
war Sadat to come to Egypt. The Shah
left the Panamanian resort where he
had stayed since December, and en-
tered an Egyptian military hospital to
have further surgery in an attempt to
eradicate his cancer. The Carter ad-
ministration was correct in assuming
that the Iranians would view the move
as another American ploy, and it
urged the Shah to remain in Panama.
But the Shah, fed up with Panama and
the Iranian attempts to extradite him,
was eager to move on to Egypt. Sadat
later offered the Shah permanent asy-
lum in Egypt, declaring that What
Khomeini preaches is not true Islam,
for our religion does not speak of ven-
geance or hatred.? Sadat reminded his
people of Egypts duty to aid a man
who had once come to their help, re-
calling how at the close of the October
1973 war it had been the Shah who
had answered Egypts emergency ap-
peal for oil and followed that up with
$1 billion in aid.

Left: This ECU student held a silent vigil in
front of the student store to protest the contin-
ued holding of the hostages. Right: Billboards,
such as this one located on Memorial Drive,
sprang up in several American cities during
February.

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Iranian foreign minister Ghotbza-
deh replied that although the Shahs
move was certainly a setback to nego-
tiations aimed at releasing the hos-
tages, it did not completely end the
process. He continued, I remain
firmly convinced that the continu-
ation of the crisis is not in the best
interests of Iran.?

US officials remained stymied in
their efforts to prompt allies to im-
pose sanctions on Iran. West Ger-
many delayed action so that it could
measure any possible effect that such
a move would have on its relations
with the Soviet Union. Japan was re-
luctant to do anything which would
lose its 620,000 daily barrels of Iranian
oil " a crucial 13 percent of its im-
ports. Italy declined because of endan-
gering its enormous construction pro-
jects in Iran while France provoked
the State Department's bitterest criti-
cism by spearheading a Common
Market move to delay sanctions and
by having an influential French rov-
ing ambassador refer to President
Carter as an imbecile.?

The US stepped up its own mea-
sures by banning all Iranian imports,
barring American travel to Iran, and
earmarking Irans frozen assets to pay
reparations to families of the hos-
tages. President Carter declared, If
this additional set of sanctions
and the actions of our allies are not
successful, then the only next step
available that I can see would be some
sort of military action.?

One positive development was a
visit to the hostages by representa-
tives of the International Red Cross. It

was the first time since the takeover
that trained neutral inspectors " in-
cluding a doctor " were allowed to
see the hostages.

As wives and mothers of some of
the hostages flew to Europe to press
US allies for help, the mother and
stepfather of one of the hostages, Bar-
bara and Kenneth Timm, violated the
new travel ban by flying to Teheran to
see her son.

By then it was early May and the
hostages had been held for six
months. It was then that long-secret
plans for a US rescue mission were
carried out. But the reality was that
the mission failed. An unlikely series
of technical problems caused the can-
cellation of the rescue attempt and left
eight Americans dead and four in-
jured in the process.

One by one, three of the eight care-
fully prepared helicopters which were
crucial to the mission dropped out of
the action " two caused by mechani-
cal failure and one by human error.
More than 40 Iranians who had stum-
bled onto the remote desert staging
area were detained but at least two
were able to escape with the news.
These events led President Carter to
order that the mission be aborted and
that is when the frustration turned to
tragedy.

One of the remaining six big Sea
Stallion helicopters, moving into po-
sition to refuel, collided with a huge
C-130 transport plane, slashing the
planes fuselage with its rotor blades.
As the helicopter and plane burst into
flames, the vessels crews never had a
chance. The five Air Force crewmen



aboard the plane and three of the heli-
copters Marine crew died in the infer-
no, while the remaining members of
the helicopters crew were all severely
burned.

The rest of the rescue team piled
into the other transport planes and
took off for Egypt, leaving the four
intact helicopters and the eight
charred bodies behind.

In the aftermath of the rescue mis-
sion, the US hostages were moved to
several cities throughout Iran to fore-
stall another rescue attempt, and Sec-
retary of State Cyrus Vance tendered
his resignation to President Carter.
the Iranians were outraged, but they
agreed to return the bodies of the
eight servicemen to the United States.

Vances resignation came about be-
cause of his protest over the rescue
mission itself. He disagreed with all
other senior advisors about the pro-
priety of the rescue mission. Vance
became only the second Secretary of
State in US history to resign over a
policy dispute with the President.
Carter's response was to name veteran
US Senator Edmund Muskie as
Vances replacement, which was laud-
ed by spurned US Senators and Euro-
pean allies alike.

The crisis entered its seventh
month as the school year ended on
May 14. Nothing the US had done had
been able to secure the release of the
hostages up to that point, and it ap-
peared that the situation was as unre-
solved then as it had been when the
hostages were taken captive on No-
vember 4.

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Rebels Battle Soviets In ~Moscows Vietnam

The Soviet-backed overthrow of Af-
ghan President Hafizullah Amin in
December triggered still another in-
ternational crisis for the world to cope
with. In a lightning-quick series of
events, Amin -was overthrown in a
violent coup, executed, and replaced
with Babrak Karmal, in a move remi-
niscent of the Red Armys 1968 inva-
sion of Czechoslovakia.

The Soviet action debuted Christ-
mas Day, 1979, as a massive airlift of
Soviet soldiers was begun to Kabul,
Afghanistans capital. The apparent
motive was to help the communist Af-
ghan regime put down a rebellion by
conservative Muslim tribesmen. But
the real motive behind the invasion
was soon apparent, as Radio Kabul
announced the installation of Karmal.
The move against Afghanistan was
the first time since World War II that
Moscow had used significant num-
bers of troops in a state outside the
Warsaw Pact. It seemed an extension
into Asia of the Brezhnev Doctrine,
which insists Moscow has the right to
assist any socialist state in trouble.

It seemed the Soviets had no choice
but to replace Amins crumbling com-
munist government with a puppet
head of state who could hopefully get
the rebellion under control.

President Carter reacted to the inva-
sion by announcing a ban on US sales
to the Soviets of two things that they
needed desperately " grain and tech-
nology. Carter also formally requested
the Senate to end its consideration of
the SALT II treaty and severely cur-
tailed Soviet fishing rights in Ameri-
can waters. In his State of the Union
message, he called for the resumption
of the military draft. Perhaps his
strongest move was to call for an in-
ternational boycott of the Summer
Olympic Games scheduled for Mos-
cow " a move that hit the Soviets in
their most sensitive area. Carter set a
February 22 deadline for the Soviets to
pull their troops out of Afghanistan
or face the boycott.

Internationally, the United Nations
overwhelmingly voted to condemn
the attack, in Moscows greatest defeat
ever at the UN. Singapores UN am-
bassador T.T.B. Koh said, The fight
over Afghanistan was led by small
countries from the Third World who
had the courage to get together and
take risks. We were able to convince

Student Life

our colleagues not to accept the Soviet
version of history.? Leaders of virtual-
ly all Western and Arab countries de-
nounced the invasion. Even in Iran,
the Ayatollah Khomeini warned the
Soviets that they would come to grief
if they remained in Afghanistan.?

Meanwhile, rebellious Afghan
Moslems continued their holy war
against the Soviets. The guerilla ac-
tion posed no real threat to the 92,000
Soviet troops in the cities, but was
exacting its toll. Rebels reportedly
held most of the rural areas of the
country.

By the end of February it was not
even sure who was running the coun-
try as Karmal had not been seen pub-
licly for two weeks. It appeared Kar-
mal was losing control of events as the
Soviets were preparing for a spring
offensive against the Rebels. It was
estimated that the Soviets would need
120,000 to 200,000 troops to fully
crush the rebellion. In one battle, So-
viet tanks and a MiG-23 fighter
fought a rebellious Afghan Army unit
near Kabul. Witnesses claimed that
the battle involved the use of deadly
napalm gas by the Soviets.

The rebels were supplied by China,
Egypt and Pakistan. The CIA was re-
portedly providing light infantry
weapons to the insurgents.

In March, Afghan citizens staged a
bloody six-day general strike and
mass demonstrations, to wipe out
Moscows claim that the Soviet pres-
ence had been invited. Rioting in Ka-
bul and six other cities left over 400
dead and paralyzed economic life for a

week.

At least 15 students were killed as
violence spread to Kabul University.
Hundreds of women and children
took to the streets and taunted the sol-
diers with cries of Kill us, kill us.?
Radio Kabul broadcast instructions
for parents with missing children to
go to the Government House to pick
up those who had been arrested; some
were as young as eight.

The rioting was more of a political
humiliation than a military setback
for Moscow. This first organized mass
resistance appeared to nearly topple
what was left of the government of
Karmal, and Soviet military leaders
assumed de facto control of the coun-
try.

Karmals cabinet was riddled with
dissention and political intrigue. His
vice-president supposedly died in
Moscow, where he was flown for
emergency treatment following a pal-
ace shootout by cabinet ministers.

For the first time, Moscow indicated
that all was not well in late March,
hinting that a negotiated compromise
could be reached and the troops with-
drawn. Moscow wanted a US guaran-
tee that external aggression would be
halted? before any pullout could be-
gin.

Said one Western diplomat, The
Soviets may have succeeded in subdu-
ing the population in this first round,
but that is not the end of the affair,
knowing these hotblooded Afghans.?
Another diplomat added, ~The quag-
mire Moscow has created for itself is
getting deeper and deeper.?



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Americans Claim Olympic Gold

Lake Placid, New York, was the site
of the thirteenth Winter Olympic
Games. With the Summer Games un-
der siege because of world politics, the
surroundings at Lake Placid produced
more than their share of criticism
from spectators and athletes alike.
The Olympic Village, destined to be-
come a federal prison, drew many
fewer complaints once it was occupied
by the athletes than it had by national
olympic committees beforehand. The
bus system intended to transport ath-
letes and spectators around the var-
ious sites suffered a series of break-
downs, and New York Governor
Hugh Carey declared a state of emer-
gency to deal with thousands of

stranded tourists whose lives were in
danger because of the cold.

The American Olympic Team had
an unexpected share in the competi-
tions glory as speed skater Eric Hei-
den captured five gold medals in indi-
vidual contests, and the US Hockey
Team did the impossible by winning
the gold medal in its competition.
Heiden swept the mens events by
winning the gold in the 500, 1,000,
1,500, 5,000 and 10,000-meter events.
Heiden set world records in the 500,
5,000 and 10,000-meter events, and set
an Olympic record with his five gold
medals.

The US Hockey Team was the mir-
acle club of the Olympiad. After

tieing, Sweden 2-2 in their opening
match, the Americans defeated Nor-
way and stunned Czechoslovakia 7-3.
The Czechs were two time world
champions in 1976 and 1978, and were
regarded as the second best team in
the world, behind only the amazing
Soviets.

The surprising win set up a show-
down with the world-renowned Soviet
team, which had defeated the Ameri-
cans 10-3 in a pre-Olympic match in
Madison Square Garden the week be-
fore. Amidst the screaming crowds
chants of UISIA!, UISIA!? the young
team pulled the upset of the decade by
capping a 4-3 win over the astounded
Soviets. Team member Mark John-
son, who had scored two of the US
goals, said, I couldnt believe it, I still
cant believe it. We beat the Rus-
sians!?

In the streets of Lake Placid there
was more of the same. A spontaneous
rally choked bus traffic in the town
for the umpteenth time. A sister of
one of the US players said she hadn't
seen so many flags since the 1960's.

The US team went on to win the
gold with their come-from-behind
win over Finland. President Carter in-
vited the team along with Eric Heiden
to lunch at the White House to con-
gratulate them on their remarkable
achievements.

For American figure skating pair
Randy Gardner and Tai Babalonia,
the reigning world champions, the
dream of winning the gold was ended
by a pulled muscle in Gardners leg
that sent him sprawling on the ice at
the beginning of their competition.

The excitement, joy and sorrow
over these events overshadowed an-
other Olympic theme: the fate of the
Summer Games scheduled for Mos-
cow. The International Olympic
Committee met at Lake Placid and re-
fused to consider President Carters
plea to move the games to another
site. The IOCs president, Lord Kil-
lanin, declared that the games must
be held in Moscow,? despite the
threatened boycott of 30 nations, in-
cluding the United States, Britain,
Canada, Japan, Australia, New Zea-
land, West Germany and China.

Left: Russian soldiers stop an armoured person-
nell carrier in the Soviet encampment on the
outskirts of Kabul. The Russians increased
their offensive against Moslem dissidents who
were waging a guerilla war from their mountain
strongholds. Right: The American Hockey
Team celebrates its remarkable 4-3 win over the
Soviet Union. The Americans went on to defeat
Finland and win the gold medal in the Olympic
Games.

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Mass Cuban Exodus Brings 80,000 To United States

Dangerously overloaded boats
filled with Cubans crowded the Carib-
bean between Cuba and Florida in late
April as some 80,000 refugees were
brought to America by friends and
relatives.

US officials mobilized an impres-
sive reception. In less than a week, a
city of 161 tents, each holding 30 peo-
ple, sprang up at Eglin Air Force Base.
Long rows of cots jammed two aircraft
hangers, which usually accommodat-
ed F-15 and F-4 fighters. A large pro-
cessing center was set up on the out-
skirts of Miami, where 1500 refugees a
day were cleared to join relatives who
had fled Cuba years ago.

All the while more kept landing at
Key West. Another huge reception
center was set up at Fort Chafee, Ar-
kansas, to handle up to 20,000 refu-
gees. More than 400 Marines were
flown to Key West from Camp Le-
jeune to help keep order.

President Carter declared, Ours is
a country of refugees. We will contin-
ue to provide an open heart and open
arms to refugees seeking freedom
from communist domination and

Student Life

from the economic deprivation
brought on by Fidel Castro and his
government.? Although they were de-
nounced by the Cuban government as
delinquents, bums, parasites and
drug addicts,? the exiles represented a
cross section of the Cuban society. In-
cluded with workers and farmers were
doctors, artists and journalists.

Castro included a number of crimi-
nals and political prisoners in with
the refugees. Immigration officials
were at a loss over what to do with
these people, who Cuba would obvi-
ously not take back.

Carter had originally set a quota of
16,000 refugees, but when the Peruvi-
an Embassy in Havana was occupied
on April 4 and 5 by nearly 11,000 peo-
ple seeking asylum he added another
3,500 to the quota. It was then that
Castro shut off the airlift to Costa
Rica and opened the port of Mariel to
the more dangerous and disorderly
sea route to the US. The State Depart-
ment tried to curtail American boat
owners from going to Mariel by issu-
ing citations, fining them to $1000 for
each person they carried.

The large majority of the refugees
were not criminals or social outcasts.
Most were fairly young, a majority
were men, most had blue collar rather
than professional backgrounds.
Three-fourths claimed to have rela-
tives in the US.

While they spoke of political op-
pression in Cuba, many left because
of the scarcity of jobs, food and cloth-
ing. Many complained of dreariness
and boredom of life under Castro, nei-
ther of which met legal requirements
for entry to the United States.

Where the Cubans will go and how
they will live remained the ultimate
question in Americas mind, a ques-
tion that was up to individual Ameri-
cans. A Marine who was helping to
keep order commented, This morn-
ing I really didnt think this was a job
for the military, but Ive changed my
mind.?

Below: This Cuban woman became over-
wrought with emotion when she saw her broth-
er emerge from one of the returning boats from
Cuba. Friends tried to quiet her but she had to
be taken for treatment at the Truman Annex
where the refugees were being taken.

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Vance, Vivian " Aug. 17, 1979 " Pacific, and The Sound of Music, in angered Washington for half a cen-
IS. Television actress famous for her role New York City. _ tury, of bronchial pneumonia, in
a- in the I Love Lucy series, of cancer, in Washington, DC.

Belvidere, Cal. Adamson, Joy " Jan. 3, 1980 " Natu-
D- ralist and author of Born Free, origin- | Rhine, Joseph Banks " Feb. 20, 1980
se Neto, Agostinho " Sep. 10, 1979 " ally thought to have been killed bya " Pioneer parapsychologist, who was
a- President of Angola, who led his lion, murder has been suspected, in one of the first to study ESP, after a
3S country to independence from Portu- Kenya. long illness, in Hillsborough, NC.
~- gal, of cancer, in Moscow. | |.
ts Meany, George " Jan. 10, 1980 " Silverheels, Jay " Mar. 5, 1980 " Ac-

Smith, Charlie " Oct. 5, 1979 " At Pioneer leader in the American labor tor who portrayed the Lone Rangers
w age 137, the oldest person in the Unit- movement and President of the AFL- | faithful Indian companion, Tonto, in
te ed States, of old age, in Bartow, Fla. CIO for 25 years, of heart failure, in | 225 episodes of the popular TV series,
3 Born in West Africa, as a child he was Washington, DC. "estse | after a long illness, in Los Angeles.
i- kidnapped by slavers and sold in : _ __
9) America. He claimed in his long life to Kostlanetz, Andre " Jan. 13,1980 " | Ton Duc Thang " Mar. 29, 1980 "
= have been in a Wild West show and Conductor of symphonic and popular President of Vietnam, who succeeded
b ridden with Jesse James. music who brought the works of clas- | the legendary Ho Chi Minh in 1969
y sical and modern composers to mass | and oversaw the reunification of

Park Chung Hee " Oct. 26, 1979 "
South Korean President, assassinated
along with six bodyguards, in Seoul,
South Korea. (see page 59.)

Capp, Al " Nov. 5, 1979 " Creator of
the comic strip, Lil Abner,? a satiri-
cal cartoon that ran in American
newspapers for 43 years, after a long

_ illness, in Cambridge, Mass.

Eisenhower, Mamie " Nov. 11, 1979
" Widow of President Dwight Eisen-
hower, who was long considered one
of the countrys most admired wom-
of heart failure, in Washington,

Marx, Zeppo " Nov. 30, 1979 " The
last of the Marx Brothers, who ap-
peared with them in their early mov-
ies and retired from the screen to
manage their careers, of lung cancer,
in Palm Springs, Cal.

Blondell, Joan " Dec. 26, 1979 "
Film and TV actress, known for her
roles as a brash, wise-cracking blond
in such films as The Public Enemy, of
leukemia, in Santa Monica, Cal.

Rodgers, Richard " Dec. 30, 1979 "

Composer and lyricist of broadway

musicals including Oklahoma, South

audiences, of a heart attack in Port-au-

Prince, Haiti. _

Douglas, William O. " Jan. 19, 1980 |

" Supreme Court Justice who served
on the court longer than any other

person, and was known for his |

staunch defense of civil liberties, of
pneumonia and kidney failure, in
Washington, DC.

Durante, Jimmy " Jan. 29, 1980 "_
Vaudeville, nightclub and film |
comedian whose bulbous nose, raspy "

voice and uproarious antics won him
millions of fans worldwide, of pneu-
monia, in Santa Monica, Cal.

Bailey, Jack " Feb. 1, 1980 " Actor
and radio and television announcer
who was best known as host of the

popular Queen for a Day show, of |

cancer, in Santa Monica, Cal. |

Janssen, David " Feb. 13, 1980 "
Movie and TV actor who appeared in
numerous movies and starred in the
TV series, The Fugitive and Harry O,
of a heart attack, in California.

Longworth, Alice Roosevelt " Feb.

20, 1980 " Eldest daughter of Presi-
dent Theodore Roosevelt, whose acer-

North and South Vietnam in 1976, of
_ heart failure, in Hanoi.

-Mantovanni, Paolo " Mar. 30, 1980
_" Master of easy listening music for

four decades, whose distinctive string
sound made him the first man to sell a
million stereo records in the United
States, after a long illness, in Tun-
bridge Wells, England.

Owens, Jesse " Mar. 31, 1980 " Black
runner who went to Adolf Hitlers
Berlin in the 1936 Olympics and dis-
proved the Nazi theory of racial su-
premacy by winning four gold med-
als, of lung cancer, in Tucson, Ari-
zona.

Hitchcock, Alfred " Apr. 29, 1980 "
The screens master of suspense
whose mystery thrillers such as Psy-
cho, The Birds, Notorious, and Ver-
tigo charmed and terrified audiences
for 50 years, of natural causes, in Los
Angeles.

Tito, Josip Broz " May 4, 1980 " The
father of modern Yugoslavia who

_ served as its president for 35 years and

was the founder of the non-aligned
Third World movement, of heart and

_ kidney failure after a long illness, in
Ljubljana, Yugoslavia.

bic wit and tort tongue charmed and _

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Carter, Reagan Win In North Carolina

As the May 6 North Carolina pri-
mary came, there was really not much
doubt over who would win his partys
nominations, not only in the presi-
dential race, but in the statewide races
as well.

Nationally, President Carter and
Ronald Reagan easily defeated their
opponents, Edward Kennedy and
George Bush. Carter tallied 70% of the
vote in the Democratic Primary, win-
ning an estimated 57 delegates while
Kennedy added 11. On the Republi-
can side, Ronald Reagan carried 66%
of the vote to capture 30 delegates,
leaving Bush with 10.

On the statewide level, Governor
Jim Hunt easily defeated former gov-
ernor Bob Scott in his primary bid to
become the first governor in North
Carolinas history to succeed himself:
In the Republican governors race,
state Senator I. Beverly Lake, a recent
switchover to the Republican side,
handily defeated little-known Charles
Carstens, winning the right to a No-
vember showdown with Hunt.

The only real contest was the
Democratic race for North Carolinas
Lieutenant Governor. Incumbent Jim-
my Green narrowly defeated his chal-
lenger, Speaker of the House Carl
Stewart, capturing 51% of the vote.

The Presidential race added enough
delegates to Carter and Reagans totals
to virtually assure their nominations.
Both candidates scored similar victo-
ries over their opponents in primaries
held in Tennessee and Indiana on the
same day. Kennedy and Bush each
won the race in the fourth primary of
the day, in the District of Columbia.

Although Kennedy and Bush

Left: Republican presidential contender Ronald
Reagan smiles after learning of his victories in
the Kansas and Wisconsin primaries, which
moved him one step closer to receiving his par-
tys nomination. Center: Independent presiden-
tial candidate John Anderson addresses the
crowd at a fund raising luncheon in Boston.
Right: President Jimmy Carter faces reporters
at a December news conference in the White
House press room. Carter commented on both
the Iran and Afghanistan situations during the
session.

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vowed to stay in their races regardless
of the days outcome, it appeared their
continuing was futile after the ballot
counting was over. As Carter and Rea-
gan prepared to square off against
each other in the November election,
it became apparent that the campaign
would be a three-way race, as former
Republican candidate John Anderson
announced he was forming an inde-
pendent bid for the Presidency.
Anderson promised a national
unity? administration, composed of
leaders of both parties, one that could
work with either a Democratic or Re-
publican Congress. With Anderson
running close to both Carter and Rea-
gan in the polls, both party's leaders
assessed the impact he could have on
the election. Democratic leaders
feared Anderson would divert enough
liberal and moderate votes from
Carter to assure victory for Reagan. At
the same time, Republicans believed
his candidacy could weaken prospects

for their candidates for Congression-
al, state and local offices. There was
also the potential that the race could
wind up with all three candidates vir-
tually tied, leaving no one with a ma-
jority and throwing the election into
the House of Representatives.

Anderson denied that he was run-
ning merely as a spoiler? candidate.
If I thought for one minute I would
be a divisive force,? he said, I would
not be on this platform today.?

One thing was sure. Andersons
candidacy would add a spark to what
many people believed would be a dull
Carter-Reagan race, and would cer-
tainly give the voters a range of candi-
dates to choose from when they went
to the polls.

On the state level, the contest be-
tween Hunt and Lake appeared to be
heating up and in the race for US Sen-
ate, incumbent Robert Morgan pre-
pared to face a tough Republican chal-
lenge from ECUs own political sci-
ence professor John East.

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We're counting on you,? was the
slogan used by the Census Bureau to
kick off its decennial head count of all
Americans. Reminders to answer the
census forms were placed on TV, ra-
dio, in newspapers and in with Social
Security checks.

The results of census were of criti-
cal importance to almost everyone. At
stake were congressional seats, which
some states will gain and some will
lose as a result of population shifts,
the redistricting of state legislatures
and more than $50 billion in federal
funds allocated to states and localities
on the basis of population. With so
much at stake, the 1980 census was
the most scrutinized " and critized "
of any since the original one in 1790.

This census was the biggest, cost-
liest and most ambitious statistical ex-
ercise in history. The head count used
120 million forms, 5,000 tons of paper,
85 tons of ink and 5,000 miles of mi-
crofilm to record the answers, which
remain confidential by federal law. A
total of 250,000 enumerators and
14,000 office personnel were recruited.
The total cost of the project was over
$1 billion, compared to $221.6 million
for the 1970 headcount.

Two different forms were used for

the nations 86 million households.
Some 83% received the short version,
which asked such personal questions
as name, sex, age, maritial status, and
race, and several questions concerning
the residence: the number of rooms,
and whether or not it has a private
entrance and full plumbing. The long
form, sent to 17% of the nations
homes, asked 46 additional questions,
including education and income lev-
els, and whether the respondent was
physically or mentally disabled. The
Census Bureau maintained that these
questions were necessary to meet the
requirements of legislation passed by
Congress.

A very controversial aspect of the
census is its accuracy. In 1970, accord-
ing to post-census sampling, an esti-
mated 2.5% of the population was
missed. The undercount for blacks
was 7.7%, while for whites it was only
1.9%. The black mayor of Atlanta,
Maynard Jackson, pointed out that
his city was cheated out of $11.7 mil-
lion in federal aid and 6,000 jobs? be-
cause of the undercount, mostly of the
citys minority population.

Another challenge was to accurately
count illegal aliens. Said Census Bu-
reau director Vincent Barabba, This

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is the real nut, probably the most dif-
ficult problem we face.? Because of
fears of discovery and deportation,
aliens were understandably reluctant
to be counted. Yet Spanish-speaking
leaders urged them to be counted to
get increased federal aid for their
areas.

Even transients and drifters were
tracked down. Census forms were dis-
tributed to hotels, rooming houses
and campgrounds. Enumerators vis-
ited missions, flophouses, all-night
movies and train and bus stations to
ask people whether they had been
counted.

Ironically, sampling techniques are
so sophisticated that the census is ex-
pected to turn up few surprises. The
count is expected to total 221.7 million
people, an increase of 18.5 million
since 1970. The balance of power in
Congress is expected to shift from the
Northeast and Midwest to the South
and West, which should gain at least
14 House seats. Alaska, Florida, Ne-
vada and Arizona were expected to
lead the states in population gains,
with increases of over 30% each. New
York, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Is-
land were expected to show declines
from their 1970 populations.

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Mendenhall Student Center and the Student Union presented a wide spectrum of
entertainment appealing to students and local residents. Booking bands,
scheduling plays, and presenting movies and dinner theatres was an enormous
task for the two organizations that consistently displayed

A CONCERTED EFFORT

The Student Union and Menden-
hall Student Center presented a wide
variety of entertainment throughout
the school term. From outdoor con-
certs to indoor dinner theatres to spe-
cial films and speakers, a wide assort-
ment of programs was presented that
had something for everybody.

The Special Attractions Committee
presented Mike Williams in an out-
door concert on the Mall on Sunday,
September 23. At six-foot-two with a
booming bass-baritone voice and a
big 12-string guitar, Mike filled the
stage all by himself. He entertained
the crowd with his songs and stories.

Mike performed songs off his ~The
Radio Show? and Free Man, Happy
Man? albums. The music had a coun-
try flavor to it, making the pace of the
show down home and relaxed.

Gene Cotton played to a nearly
empty Wright Auditorium on Sep-
tember 27. The audience, though
small, was enthusiastic.

All of Cottons newer songs were
well-accepted by the crowd, but his
older releases were by far the most
popular. For the concerts closing
number, You Got To Shine Your
Light,? Cotton asked for audience par-
ticipation in singing the songs cho-
rus. The audience responded to the
invitation by singing, standing, danc-
ing, clapping and calling for an en-
core.

For their third show of the year,
Special Attractions presented Bo
Thorpe and Generation II in an Octo-
ber 13 show in Wright Auditorium
that climaxed the Homecoming fes-
tivities. The group combined the best
of the traditional big band sound with
todays modern electronic sound.
Though attendance was very low, the
audience seemed to enjoy the orches-
trated disco sound?. Special Attrac-

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Left: I have a scheme of life. I only smoke one
cigar at a time. I dont smoke any cigars at all
when Im asleep,? were the immortalized words
of Mark Twain performed by John Chappel in a
January 21 appearance at Mendenhall. Right:
Victor Borge entertained the audience with his
comical and musical talents in his December 10
Performance in Wright Auditorium.

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tions presented the Jack Daniels Sil-
ver Cornet Band in Wright Audito-
rium on March 27. The stage that
night looked like a small-town, out-
door gazebo some time during the lat-
ter part of the 19th century.

The band, dressed casually in 19th
century style, took the audience back
to the Charleston and Dixieland Jazz
eras. They played a few old ragtime
tunes such as Dixie? and other later
songs like The Charleston.? They
covered almost everything from old
war songs to improvisational jazz to
small-town songs about whiskey
stills.

Dave Fulmer, recreator of the band,
researched the old original Jack Dan-
iels Silver Cornet Band and eventually

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recreated an almost exact replica. It
was close enough to leave the crowd in
Wright wanting more as the show
ended.

Mendenhall Student Centers Din-
ner Theatre sponsored two shows
during the year. The first presentation
was The Marriage-Go-Round, which
was shown in Mendenhall on October
5 and 6.

Written by Leslie Stevens, The
Marriage-Go-Round is the entertain-
ing story about intellectual George
Bernard Shaw and dancer Isadora
Duncan. The show, performed by the
Alpha-Omega Players, is a clever cha-
rade about Duncan, a determined
huntress who sets about to snare a
partner for an experiment in eugenics.

Bob Randalls delightful comedy, 6
Rms Riv Vu, was presented as the sec-
ond dinner theatre production. The
show, which played February 6-9, was
directed by Dr. Helen Steer of the De-
partment of Drama and Speech.

6 Rms Riv Vu is set in Manhattan

in an empty apartment on Riverside
Drive. Anne Miller and Paul Fried-
man, played by Rosalie Jacobi and
Mick Godwin, each come to look at
the apartment for their families.
When they are accidentally locked in,
an interesting relationship conducted
under the most unusual circum-
stances develops.

Mendenhalls popular Madrigal
Dinners were held in the multipur-
pose room on December 4-8.

The Elizabethan splendor of the
golden age of England was portrayed
as the celebration of Christmas in the
Great Hall of the Manor House came
to life.

The evening was begun by every-
one being announced, ushered in by
the Lord High Chamberlain.? Dinner
was of typical English fare with spe-
cial attention paid to authenticity.

Entertainment of various types was
performed among the dining tables.
Strolling minstrels, jugglers, acrobats
and magicians performed for the plea-

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sure of the diners. The Colegium Mu-
sicuum played authentic court music
on authentically designed instru-
ments.

After the dinner, the Madrigal
Singers began their performance of
Christmas carols in Madrigal arrange-
ments. In a final gesture of fellow-
ship, the Lord and Lady of the Manor
invited all guests to join in the sing-
ing of traditional Christmas songs.

Mendenhall also presented many
special films in addition to the Stu-
dent Unions Friday and Saturday
night presentations of popular mov-
ies.

Chris Borden presented his travel
film Faces of France on October 3 in
the first feature of the 1979-80 Travel-
Adventure Film Series.

Faces of France showed an indepth
study of its people rather than a picto-
tial review of one of the worlds favor-
ite countries. The film showed a typi-
cal day in the life of several of Frances
people, set against the unique and ro-

mantic background of the nation.
The lure of the South Seas, with its
blue waters and white sands, was re-
created by Thayer Soule in his film
Escape to the South Seas, which
played at Hendrix Theatre on Novem-

ber 15.

Soules film provided a means of
escape? for all who saw it. The film
led the audience to the islands of Fiji,
Nadi, Taveuni, and Bora Bora.

O Canada, an exploration of Can-

Left: The Collegium Musicuum played court
music on authentically designed instruments
during the Madrigal Dinners. Above right: The
New Birth Chorale Ensemble, directed by
George Hawkins, performed a gospel concert in

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Hendrix Theatre during the Black Arts Festival.
Below right: The sounds of a small town band
at the turn of the century were recreated when
the Jack Daniels Original Silver Cornet:Band
performed at Wright Auditorium.

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Right: An interesting relationship develops un-
der most unusual circumstances when two
strangers are accidentally locked in a vacant
apartment in 6 Rms Riv Vu. Below: Mike Wil-
liams songs and stories flowed out naturally
and easily, creating a relaxed atmosphere in his
concert on the Mall.

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ada, was personally presented by pro-
ducer Kenneth Richter on January 30
in Hendrix Theatre.

The production is a colorful, peo-
ple-oriented film based on differing
facets of Canadas identity. Unlike the
United States, Canada has not cut its
ties with the Old World, rejecting the
melting pot? theory of integration
and making a conscious effort to per-
serve the cultural roots of the various
people who make Canada their home.

Don Cooper appeared in Hendrix
Theatre on Thursday, March 20 to
present his travel-adventure film,
Northwestern Adventure.

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Coopers film is based on a steam-
boat trip through Oregon, Washing-
ton and Idaho. It opens with a brief
history of the Pacific Northwest. He
puts the audience aboard a shaky little
steamboat which he built himself to
take them on a trip through wilder-
ness filled with wild animals, fabu-
lous fishing, and white water. The
film, packed with information and
history, provided a rich experience for
the ECU audience.

The Student Union Minority Arts
Committee sponsored the annual
Black Arts Festival November 4-10.
The festival opened Sunday Novem-

ber 4 with a gospel concert in Hendrix
Theatre. The program included the
ECU Gospel Ensemble under the di-
rection of Johnice Johnson, the Foun-
tain of Life Gospel Choir directed by
Vernon Jones, and the New Birth
Chorale Ensemble directed by George
Hawkins. Harold Weisberg presented
a lecture on Who Killed Martin Lu-
ther King, Jr.? on November 5. He
also conducted a seminar at which
time he presented CIA documents
that had heretofore been secret.

A soul food dinner was held in the
Ledonia Wright Cultural Center on
November 6, and on Wednesday No-

vember 7, Two Centuries of Black
American Art? examined the develop-
ment of various black arts from slav-
ery to the present. Black Roots? told
the common history and culture of the
black man in America with five auto-
biographical sketches. :
JUBILEE! was presented in Hendrix
Theatre on November 8. Musical his-
tory was recreated in a varied program
of songs from Broadway, traditional
spirituals, and patriotic hits. The core
of JUBILEE! was the music of George
Gershwins Porgy and Bess. In addi-
tion to Porgy and Bess, other Broad-
way hits such as Ol Man River

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from Showboat and If You Believe?
from The Wiz were featured. The
show was presented by a cast of
young professionals who were both
singers and actors.

Throughout the week an art exhibi-
tion featuring works by Bobby Sim-
mons was on display in the Menden-
hall Upper Gallery. Simmons show
was titled ~Bound by the Promises.?

The Minority Arts Committee pre-

sented the Jewish Arts and Interna-
tional Festival during the week of Feb-
ruary 4-8.

Dr. Abram Kanof, Curator of the
Judaic Collection of the North Caroli-

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Left: Its the imagination of the audience that
makes things happen,? said Jay Tormey of The
Pocket Mime Theatre. The mime ensemble per-
formed at East Carolina October 16 ai 117. Be-

low: Gene Cotton performed for a small but
enthusiastic audience in Wright Auditorium.

na Museum of Art, was the guest lec-
turer Tuesday, February 5. Dr. Kanof
is the author of numerous articles and
Jewish Ceremonial Art and Religious
Observance. '

In addition to the lecture, several
other activities were scheduled for the
week. The film, Gentlemans Agree-
ment was shown in Hendrix on Mon-
day night. Before Dr. Kanof spoke
Tuesday, there was a bagel and lox
mixer. On Wednesday night, an Inter-
national Food Festival and a film, The
Unique Death of Julius and Ethel
Rosenberg, was shown Thursday
night.

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EFFORT ...

The Theatre Arts Committee pre-
sented several shows during the term.

John Chappel successfully recreat-
ed the role of American humorist
Mark Twain in a January 21 perfor-
mance in Hendrix Theatre. The fine
theatrical talents of Chappel invoked
both sides of Twains character " the
homespun humorist and the bitter
Critic,

The wit of Mark Twain and the mu-
sic of Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick
combined to provide a new perspec-
tive on the lives of the first man and
woman as the Theatre Arts Commit-
tee presented The Diary of Adam and
Eve April 16.

Twains wit was prevalent through-
out, as was his sensitivity. The humor
arises from Eves vanity and Adams
lack of intuitive insight.

The cast included Vicki Hughes as
Eve, John Payne as Adam and Kent
Johnson as the snake.

A special bicycle exhibition, Ride
On!, organized and circulated by the
Smithsonian Institution Traveling
Exhibition Service opened in the
Mendenhall Gallery on October 15
and remained until November 1.

Grouped into historical periods, the
exhibition provided everyone who
visited with a little bit of everything
in the world of bicycles. The show
explored the world of bikes from their
inception to their boom in popularity
of today. The exhibition was spon-
sored by the Art Exhibition Commit-
tee.

The Artist Series Committee pre-
sented a variety of shows during the
year.

Pocket Mime Theatre was present-
ed in Hendrix on October 16 and 17.
The award winning group brought a
fresh and vigorous approach to the
unlimited possibilities of. silence as
they delighted the packed house with
their varied repertoire.

Their keen eye for the ridiculous
and profound respect for the beautiful
were reflected in such scenes as
Waves? in which the five performers

Left: The Zurich Chamber Orchestra, an en-
semble of Swiss musicians, performed for the
university community on January 29. Right:
The Madrigal Singers, dressed in Elizabethan
costumes, sang Renaissance arrangements of
Christmas carols at the Madrigal Dinners.

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portray the ocean and ~The Health
Spa? where they become body build-
ing machines. Their performance
amazed the ECU crowd, which left the
theatre wanting more

Pianist Claude Frank performed
October 30 in Hendrix Theatre. Since
his debut with Leonard Bernstein in
1959, Frank has played extensively
both in the United States and abroad.
Frank is known internationally as one
of the worlds finest performers of
Beethoven and ECU students saw him
at his best.

Victor Borge came to East Carolina
on December 10 to play for a very
appreciative audience in Wright
Auditorium. He entertained everyone
with his comedic and musical talent.
Borges comedic reputation and amaz-
ing musical gift amazed the audience
as he combined the right witty
phrases with the right musical notes
to give the spectators an enjoyable
and entertaining evening.

Borge, ~The Great Dane,? made the
audience feel comfortable with his
music, which was free from the for-
mality that is usually part of a sym-
phony concert. He used his rare abili-
ty to laugh at the music he loves to
introduce many more people to the
classics. Every sound is music,? said
the comic of the keyboard. If you
drop a stone on someones foot and he
says ~ouch thats a sound. Do it three
times and you've got a waltz.?

One of the worlds most renowned
chamber orchestras, The Zurich
Chamber Orchestra, performed in
Hendrix Theatre on January 29.

Under the direction of founder-di-
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Chamber Orchestra has earned high
critical and popular praise. Their rep-
ertory included master works from
the classic, romantic, and contempo-
rary works.

The ensemble entertained the audi-
ence with performances of William
Boyces Symphony No. 3 in C Ma-
jor,? Bachs Brandenberg Concerts
No. 3 in E Major,? and other works by
such composers as Moret, Stravinsky
and Pergolesi.

Music for a While was presented
March 18 and took the audience to the
world of Geoffrey Chaucer, complete
with authentically styled fourteenth
century costumes.

Music for a While? performed La
Fontaine Amoureuse,? which featured
the verse and music of Guillaume de
Machaut. Machauts own life was re-
vealed through his own music and
verse. His amorous correspondence
with a certain Peronne, his awareness
of the capriciousness of fate, his fail-
ure in love, the horror of the plague of
1343 and finally, his turn to his other
Lady,? the Virgin Mary, are all un-
told in the music and verse.

The Student Union is the largest
student organization at ECU. It is the
principal programming organization,
responsible for providing a balanced
program of social, recreational and
cultural activities. The volunteer ef-
forts of over 80 students went into the
individual committee programming
during the year. In addition to the
Student Union, the performances
sponsored by Mendenhalls Program
Office also provided enjoyable forms
of entertainment for the university
community.

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ichard Burke, Wayne Dawson,
R Roy Pate and Terry Wall now live
in wheelchairs. Unless it happens to
us, we'll never know how it feels to
survive without the use of arms or
legs " or to live from one day to the
next at the hands of a dedicated aide.
Through the frankness of their dis-
cussion we can come a bit closer to
understanding their perspectives on
life, their feelings about their handi-
caps, their relationships with others
and the basic reasons for their posi-
tive outlook on living.

Buc: Do you feel handicapped?

Wayne: I look upon it as a challenge.
I wasnt very athletic before I had my
accident, so I am putting all of the
energies I feel I would have exerted in
athletics towards getting through each
day. I look at every day as a chal-
lenge.?

Roy: Some days I could do slam
without the challenge.?

Richard: 1 feel handicapped myself.?

Terry: You look handicapped.?

Roy: People have asked me if I ever

give them

" and after 21 years, I am still adjust-
ing. If I had the opportunity to walk
again I think Id say, ~No thanks,
because I now realize that whether
you can or cant use your legs does
little to determine who you are as a
person. Its you as that person that
really matters.?

Buc: What are some of the pros and
cons of being handicapped?

Roy: Oh, lets see, having dogs chase
your wheelchair ... having people
come up behing you and jump and
rob you ... having someone shoot at
Wolk ves

Terry: ~~Roys not your average crip-
ple, he takes weird chances.?

Roy: I dont take chances, it just hap-
pens. I was right out in front of the
dorm! Despite all that, I think the big-
gest downfall is when the wheelchair
breaks down or has a flat " thats like
having a sprained ankle or a broken
leg.?

As far as the good things go, I
think I enjoy doing alot of things that
others take for granted " like being
outside and appreciating what's in

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Four ECU students relate
the tragedies and triumphs,
hardships and handicaps that

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Of Steel

think, ~Why me? And I used to think
that a lot. But then I started doing
some real heavy thinking and all of a
sudden I thought, ~Why not me?
I mean, what makes any one of
us more special that we should be up
walking around and someone else
should be in this chair? If someone
offered me the opportunity to get up
and use my legs for the rest of my life
I would not know what to say because
that would take the same readjust-
ment that I had to make to this chair

front of me. I enjoy just getting to
know people. I like to ride around
campus, I do my best thinking then.
My handicap limits me in some ways
but in others it doesnt. One of the
things Terry and I did last year was
make a parachute jump. We're getting
ready to make another. That's a rush!?

One of the biggest pros is that be-
ing handicaqped makes you more
conscious and more creative in find-
ing ways to do things. It makes you
try a little harder. Id never have the

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insights and perspectives I have now
if it had not been for this chair. Even
though I walked around as a kid,
theres really only one life I know.?

Richard: I'd rather walk around and
not have to try so hard myself.?

Buc: Wayne, how did you get hurt?

Wayne: I broke my neck diving. The
bad thing about it was that I was
coaxed into going water skiing. I had
made plans to go but had decided
against it at the last minute. My
friends kept saying come on and fi-
nally I gave in and went down to the
marina with them. When they pulled
the boat up to the dock to take me out
to the skiis, I told them that I would
dive in and swim out. So, I dove in
and here I am.?

Buc: How old were you?
Wayne: Seventeen.?

Buc: How did you feel when you
found out that youd be handicapped
for the rest of your life?

Wayne: I was very, very depressed.?
Buc: And how do you feel now?

Wayne: Im not that depressed. I'll
go back to what I was saying earlier "
I view everything as a challenge. In-
stead of getting depressed and saying,
~I cant do this, I cant do that, I focus
more on the things I can do. But |
have my own personal thoughts on
the matter, some people never adjust.?

Roy: Sometimes the people around
won't let the person adjust.?

Wayne: That's true. A lot of people
fall into two different categories "
either they want to baby you or they
want to completely alienate you. Some
of your friends just cant take it. You
start associating in a totally different
group.?

Terry: All of my friends couldn't
take it. I lost some of my friends after
my accident. But thats no big deal
because I like the people I hang
around with now better.?

Roy: There is a tendency within the
parents " I saw it in mine " to be

Right: Roy Pate, who believes that being handi-
capped makes you more creative in finding
ways to do things, will make his second para-
chute jump soon.

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over-protective. They say you cant do
this or you cant do that because you
might get hurt. I was reflecting on
that at one time and I picked up on
some feelings of guilt. ~We've got a
child thats faulty, this type of thing.

~They wouldn't come right out and say

it but I could sense where they were

over it and tended to be over-protec-
tive.?

At some instances I felt shut out
from the rest of the family. I could feel
resentment from them to the fact that
they had to care for someone else "
someone who took up their valuable
time. I could pick up from my sister
what appeared to be a lot of resent-
ment. And there still is, too. I sort of
happened on the scene when she was
top dog and she lost some of her sen-
ority then. But when my disability
came along, things worsened between
us and there was a lot of sibling rival-
ry.

I was sort of in prison for about
thirteen years, from the time I became
disabled until I started going back to
school again. I felt as though I had
been alienated from the world. I didnt
have the social capabilities to know
what was going on or the perspectives
on life to deal with them. These things

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came along after I finally broke out
and got among people again. I can
remember watching spring change to
summer, summer change to fall, and
fall change to winter all in one time
span from one window. There was a
time when I didnt go out of my room
for about seven months. I just stayed
there and thought about all the kids
my age out there having fun and my
not being able to do anything. I didnt
know much about my disability. Hell,
I didnt even know what I had for a
long time. I was seven years old and
didnt understand what rheumatoid
arthritis was. The only thing I knew
was that one day something came
along and took things out from under
me.

When the initial onset of the dis-
ease came in 1959, I went to a place in
Durham that was a hospital for cere-
bral palsy victims. While there, I
asked one of the physicians the num-

coming from. They were depressed

Although there was initial
apprehension, Alan Pitt
found his special working
relationship to be

An Uplifting
Experience

What does it feel like to have another persons life in your
hands? Just ask any of the aides that serve ECUs handi-
capped students.

Though he initially took the job for financial reasons,
Alan Pitt found that there was more to it than money. He,
along with the four students featured in this article, dis-
cussed the duties involved with being an aide and the rela-
tionship that developed between two people who depended
on one another for survival.

Buc: Alan, how do you feel living with these guys?

Alan: Im comfortable with them now. It took me a little
while to get used to the idea of seeing people in wheelchairs.
Slay is the only dorm where you have to look both ways
before crossing the hallway.?

Buc: How do you feel about being an aide? How did you
first get involved?

Alan: Initially it was done for the money. One of the guys
needed an aide and I was out of money. He interviewed me
and gave me the job. Basically, thats why I am doing it right
now. I know it sounds bad, but its the truth. It worked out
well; having a job right here in the dorm that gave me the
money I needed to get through school. It was good for Scott,
too, because I was literally right around the corner and was
there whenever he needed me.?

Its a different kind of job. Theres a lot more to it than it
seems because you're developing close relationships with
the people you work for. I dont just roll in, do my job and
roll out. Theres more to it than that. After a while you
develop a special relationship with the person you're assist-
ing and soon its not just a job anymore.?

Terry: You have to have a relationship with the person
who's helping you or it just doesnt work.?

Roy: If you dont get along, then you've got a big problem
on your hands.?

Terry: Because basically they are a part of your body. They
are keeping your brain alive in a way you cant.?

Richard: It's a give-and-take situation. I think Alan was
being somewhat modest when he was talking. He may have
initially gotten into the job because he needed the money,
but hes much more of a humanitarian than he would have
us think. You have to have it in your heart to be a good
aide.?

Terry: Yeah, it doesnt pay that well for what you have to
do. Its a real crappy job in some aspects.?

Roy: Literally and figuratively.?

Terry: I mean you have to get up early every day and you're
on call twenty-four hours. Theres a lot you have to put up
with. After a while the guy in the wheelchair begins to
wonder who is working for whom. Its hard to tell some-
times because you both have to stretch your time for the
others convenience. When the aide gets his paycheck, you
realize that you've worked just as hard as he has. But you're
alive and thats worth it. The best way for a cripple to
survive is to stay out of their aides hair as much as possi-

ble.?

Roy: Well, its more than that because you have to be in his
shoes and try to understand what hes feeling. Hell, every-
one has moods and you have to learn to be perceptive of

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ber of arthritis cases they had had
since opening. He said two or three.
Well, theyd been open for ten years
then and really didnt know how to
cope with my disease or disability.
They just put me through the same
ordeal they put the others through.
After a while it wore my resistance
down and the disease came back and
hit me again. It did that successfuly
five or six times in a fourteen year
span. Each time it reoccurred, it made
things a little worse for me. I knew
after that initial experience I didnt
want to go back to any more hospi-
tals.?

The thing I resent the most, and I
dont think it was done intentionally,
was that the people in my family led
me to believe that I would someday
get back on my feet again. That had
some damaging effects. One night,
after talking to my father, I just hap-
pened to turn and see my reflection in

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window at the right time. All of a sud-
den something came up, stared me in
the face and said, ~Jack, you're going
to be like this for the rest of your life.
Until that moment I was still believ-
ing that I was going to walk again.
When that moment happened, things
just went flying out the window and it
tore me apart. I became very apathetic
and let out a lot of aggressive steam.?

Wayne: The one thing you said
about being sent to a crippled chil-
drens home " you know if profes-
sionals are going to group all handi-
capped people together, the average
person will. I guess they think we all
look alike. Ive been called Roy, Ive
been called Terry, Rick, Bill. All of
us have been called different names
because people see the wheelchair
first, then they see the person in it.
They seem to start from the ground

up.

Richard: 'T really cant tell you how I
feel about being handicapped. Basical-
ly, 1am the same person I was before I
was in this wheelchair. Im a little less
aggressive. Im a little smarter. I dont
swim as well. My attitudes have
changed as well as my perspectives on
life. I certainly dont want to be a
beach bum anymore, my wheelchair
sinks out of sight in the sand.?

Terry: You basically dont change
when you get in the chair. Your atti-
tudes dont change, they may be re-
fined a little. My tolerance level has
grown tremendously. Its not a bad
life. As long as you're alive youre just
trying to keep your head above water.
What it boils down to is that you have
a brain and thats what youre trying
to keep alive. But everyone is trying to
do that, we just have a wheelchair to
carry our brains around on. Wed do
just as well with a roller skate.?

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one another's moods because the relationship d
it. Communication is the number one problem in the whole
world and it can be a giant problem here, too. You have to

learn to say what's on your mind.?

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subjected to mine.?

Richard: Yeah, there are twenty warped people running
around this world now.?

Richard: A lot of guys can get out there and build a house
or plow a field, but not many have what it takes to be an
aide.?

Roy: Finding someone who is willing to take their bare
hands and literally stick them in another's waste is one in a
very rare thousand. You just dont find people like that
every day.?

Terry: Its a mind bending thing because society tells you
you're not supposed to do that kind of thing unless you
work in a hospital. Only orderlies to what aides do, lets put
it that way.?

Wavne: Richard and I have the same aide and we don't

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have this bond that these guys are talking about.?

Buc: What's it like coming from that point of view.

Wayne: Hell.

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learn to put up with it because aides arent that easy to find.
Ay last aide had a very hard time seeing this. One day

would tell me to find someone else and next hed say that he
would stay. as a mental wreck the whole semester. I
wasnt sure I would make it from one day to the next

Roy: | figured it up last week, in the five years I have been
here, I have had 20 aides. Believe me, I have been subjectec

to a lot of different personalities and, of course, they've beer

Wayne: Richard and I were taking bets last night on
whether or not our aide was going to show up " he hadn't
been over in two or three days.?

Buc: Isn't that dangerous?
Wayne: That's an understatement.?

Richard: Having a bad aide is like waking up and having
someone beat the hell out of you, then trying to be happy
and smiling for the rest of the day.?

Terry: Just dont use your arm or legs and try to get
yourself ready in the morning. Go to the bathroom, take a
shower " try it, its lot of fun.?

Buc: You have arms.

Terry: Yes, great instruments for looking at. You can look
at them all day, but theyre not worth a damn to use. They
are just for society. I dont think people would like to see my
brain rolling around on a roller skate. But the rest is just a
package, my brain is the only thing that really works. The
feet are no good at all, theyre just to wear shoes on. I even
pay more than these guys and I wouldn't be an aide. Not
even if I was given a place to stay. I wouldnt touch a cripple
to save my life.?

Richard: 1 couldn't do it.?

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Terry: Its just something people do or they dont do.?

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Wayne: A wheelchair is no more
than a device to get you from one
point to another. People tend to group
a lot of characteristics with wheel-
chairs.?

Roy: That's because its the most ob-
vious one. But its the only thing we
four really have in common. But thats
o.k., because I dont think its what a
person looks like that determines the
value of his character and personality.
That has to come from the inside. To
me, that seems a lot more important
than the things a person has to offer
on the outside. I have seen more
handicapped people walking around
on two legs than I have ever seen sit-
ting down in wheelchairs.?

T look upon it as a glass of water
that is either half full or half empty.
Now, I consider the time I was walk-
ing around as a kid to bea full glass of
water. When I became crippled, the
water evaporated bit by bit. But I real-
ly didnt lose that much. I feel that I
have gained much more space in that

_ glass to put things that mean so much

more than what was there originally.?

Buc: Do you feel as though you're a
better person inside now?

Roy: I dont really know because Im
just being the only person I know
how to be, and thats Roy. I used to
think of myself as a very worthless
person because I couldnt do some of
the things others could do. I just had
to make some resolutions inside my-
self and decide the worth of things. I
had to totally reassess my values and
perspectives on life. I had to take my
remaining abilities and grow with
them. I had to increase my potentials
so I could become the person I knew I
was capable of being.?

Buc: How have you relationships with
women changed since you became
handicapped?

Roy: There's still something in this
life to be appreciated and I find a very
warm place in my heart for women. It
seems like women have a deeper sense
of feeling for what others feel.?

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Terry: I enjoy listening to others
problems and women will talk for
hours. You can learn a lot about them
that way. I have heard about so many
abortions it isnt funny. They'll tell
you how depressed they are and how
much they hate the guy. Most of the
time the guy doesnt even know hes
gotten the girl pregnant.?

Roy: T dont understand a lot of the
cues and signals I pick up from wom-
en sometimes. I think its because I
was disabled when I was seven and
didnt start getting back out among
people until I was twenty. I totally
missed the adolescent scene of grow-
ing up, relating to females, and play-
ing all the mind games. In a way, Im
glad that I did, but I feel like I missed
a lot. Im beginning to pick up on
things, though. A lot of women seem
afraid of something thats taking
place between the two of you that they
dont want an part of. Perhaps its a
relationship with a handicapped per-
son. I dont know whether they fear
the stigma attached to handicapped
people people or what.?

Roy: Some of the things that may
freak women out is that were so per-
ceptive of their feelings. Sometimes I
think it shocks them that they have
finally found a guy they can relate to
but he aint in the package they'd like
to have.?

Terry: ~Yeah, they have found the
perfect guy, but hes in a damn wheel-
chair.?

Richard: I was dating this one girl
for a long time and one night she just
gave me a kiss and ran out the door. |
never saw her again.? After that inci-
dent I found it very hard to get into
another relationship because I didnt
want to be hurt like I was before. |
think some people in wheelchairs
wear their emotions on their sleeves.
By that I mean they become involved
very easily. A person in a wheelchair
has to be careful not to fall in love
with every person who enters into
their life. Its hard to differentiate
sometimes between a person who
cares for you emotionally and one

who just wants to be a good samari-
tan.

Wayne: Thats good in theory, but
my own worst fault is not being able
to take my own advice. You can tell
yourself that you're not going to fall
for anyone again, but you do it any-

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way.

Richard: ! think next week, then, I'll
go out and fall in love. But really, I
hope that when I am able to support a
wife and family that I will be able to
find someone who will take me for
what I am and we can build a solid
foundation for a relationship that will
keep us happy for the rest of our lives.
Of course, thats what everyone wants
and needs. But I feel if Im patient the
right girl will wander into my life.
That is as serious as Im going to get
in this interview.?

Roy: I think it goes back to what
Wayne was saying earlier. He puts all
of the intensity of the potential he had
then into what hes doing now. Its the
same way with the male-female rela-
tionship. You have to try a little
harder, but we aim to please.?

Buc: What's the one thing people do
that aggravates you the most?

Terry: Not a thing. People dont
bother me. You get used to people
looking at you and trying to help you
out " you just try to help them
through their period of insecurity. If a
mother is telling her kid not to stare
because its impolite I say let the kid
do what he wants to do " he might as
well look. Maybe I can give them a
few pointers on how not to get one of
these wheelchairs.?

Roy: Aint that the truth.?

Terry: Like, wear your seatbelts,
dont jump into shallow water, stuff
like that. People dont bother you.
They usually try to help when possi-
ble and theyre just curious. I look at
girls all the time, probably more than
they look at me. Theyre not handi-
capped " except maybe for some of
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thats their personal handicap.?

Richard: Im a big starer myself. |
stare at other people that have handi-
caps. I must look like a real idiot when
Im standing there thinking, ~Geez,
wonder why hes blind, wonder why
she limps, wonder why he went deaf.
People must say, ~What a jerk, wish
hed stop staring at me.?

Terry: You can stare at blind guys
because they dont look back, and deaf
guys never listen to what you're say-
ing about them.?

Richard: People are basically good.
Everybody wants to help you. Its
your approach to them that deter-
mines your handicap. If you say, ~Go
away and leave me alone, then you're
a real cripple. But, if you take people
for what they are, basically good peo-
ple, then they'll help you. I mean, you
do need help at certain times " you
ask and you know when to ask.?

Terry: Never be nasty. If someone
wants to help me and I dont need
help, I just say ~thanks, not right now
but I appreciate the thought. Maybe
next time. You have to stay on a

friendly basis because you never
know when you're going to be up a
creek. These mobile wheels can go out
any time and you might need a shove
for a mile or two. And if you just
cussed someone out the day before,
they might not be too apt to push
you.?

Roy: I love to have kids ask me ques-
tions about my wheelchair and about
what happened to me and all. Their
interest is so open and uninhibited.
They're so honest, I figure that if
this little person, with his vast range
of curiosity and spontaneity, has
enough of what it takes to come up
and ask me the questions that are on
his mind, then I'll give hime the best
possible answer I have. Terry was
talking about the parents that say its
impolite to stare. Well, to me, all that
shows are their fears and insecurities
about a disability that they may one
day have themselves. Parents are
prime number one jerks when it
comes to rubbing their own values off
on their kids. If I can say something
to a child that will allow his mind to
stay a little open, then maybe I have
contributed something toward my
purpose in being here.?

I believe there is a purpose in ev-
erything, because if there wasnt there
would be little need for anything in
existence today. Everything and ev-
eryone has a purpose somewhere. I
dont have a crystal ball to find out my
alternative purpose, but its there
somewhere. I may never find it, but
somehow I think I get a little closer to
it each and every day.?

Wayne: When I first got here I had a
real bad outlook on life. One day I was
looking around my room and "
you've heard of seeing the handwrit-
ing on the wall " well, there was a
small piece of paper stuck on my wall
and it said, ~Things work out best for
those who make the best of the way
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talk about their plans for an upcoming week-
end. Right: James Breeze, a resident of Slay
Dorm, has been playing the guitar for eight
years. His favorite music included bluegrass
and folk. He is also one of three university
students on the Greenville handicapped basket-
ball team, the Steelwheelers.

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think and I started trying to follow
that philosophy. You know, it
works.?

Terry: You see, there is the ozone, the
twilight zone and the cripple zone.
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than you, but when youre standing,
you're taller than me. We never look
eye to eye. We have perspectives that
no one else has because we can see
things you'll never see. Its like being
48? all the time. I see you as two peo-
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change. Im steady. My boat dont
rock. And if it were a super bad life,
we'd have all ended it a long time ago.
Thats not so hard, you can kill your-
self anytime. But you just keep on
cruising and have a good time. We try
to make the best of it all.?

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for thought. Bill Mizelle encounters a rare mo-
ment on campus when he is completely alone
with his thoughts.

An Amateur Wheelsman

Many of you probably saw me that day. As a matter of
fact, one of you was even gentleman enough to open the
bathroom door for me. Of course, you probably didnt rec-
ognize any difference between myself and the others, for all
three of us were in wheelchairs. The only difference was
ao two of us could get out and walk away. I was one of
them.

It was a spur-of-the-moment thing when I decided to take
a spin in one of the extra wheelchairs in Slay Dorm. I talked
Alan Pitt, an aide, into going also. I first thought it would be
a fun experience, but soon realized how much work was
involved in maneuvering a wheelchair around campus.

I first had trouble getting down the dorms ramp. It was
extremely steep, and going down too fast could leave me
sprawled at the bottom. I was scared. I held the rims of the
wheels so tightly that when the tires touched the sidewalk,
my hands were red and burning. But, I was still in the chair.

Steering proved to be more of a problem than I ever
thought it could be. Too much force with the right arm
meant the left edge of the grass. A powerful left meant the
brick wall. It took me a good ten minutes just to get to the
front of the dorm.

My first major problem was going down the access to the
parking lot. On my way down, | lost control, tipped my
wheelchair forward and ended up wedged into the Handi-
capped Only? sign with my back wheels off the ground.
When I began to get up and push the chair out, Roy remind-
ed me that I had no legs. Then, how do I get out?,?' I asked.
Roy was more help than I realized when he said, I dont
know, figure it out yourself.? It was one of the hardest five
Minutes of my life but somehow | did it ... and without the
use of my legs. I was on my way.

I had developed my own technique for pushing my chair
down the street. When Roy said that I wasn't taking full
advantage of the laws of gravity, I assured him that my arms
were fine and that I thought I was doing quite well. But, by
the time we reached the technology building, | was more
than eager for my first lesson in proper locomotion. My
muscles were on the verge of cramping and I was about to
give up and walk away. Thank God Roys technique was
?,?asier.

When we reached Rawl, I encountered my first Up?
ramp. It looked steep and one of the guard rails was off. Roy
Said that was extremely dangerous because someone could
lose control while on the ramp and serously injure himself

by toppling over the side. He warned me against going up if
I had any doubts about being able to reach the top. For, if
you ever stop going up, you can only come down " back-
wards. I managed to make it to the top and felt very proud of
my achievement.

After watching Alan trouble with the door, I entered with
little difficulty. The bathroom was awkward but manage-
able, since it was equipped with handicapped facilities. |
even washed my hands at the sink.

Then came the biggest wall? of all " the water fountain.
When I came from the bathroom, Roy told me to get a drink
of water. I asked how and, again, he said he didnt know. I
struggled for about five minutes before telling him that |
would go to the snack shop if I ever needed a drink. His
disappointment showed, so I tried again. He kept reminding
me that I had use of my arms. Finally, in a frustrated
attempt just to get a drink, I turned on the fountain, cupped
my hand and sloppily drew an ounce of water to my mouth,
and about five onto my chest. There, I did it,? I beamed.
You've gotten it all down the front of your shirt,? Roy
answered. That was a lousy way out.? I just cant do it,
Roy. I give up.? I growled, trying to hide my embarrass-
ment. When he finally realized Id given up, Roy explained
that my failure was probably due to my weak arm muscles.
That comforted me some, but I felt ashamed about giving up
so easily. I knew there were other ways of obtaining water,
so I hadnt tried as hard as I should have.

The trip back to the dorm was uneventful. By that time I
had learned the proper way to push myself and how to cross
over cracks in the sidewalk. My arms were killing me, so
Roy gave me a push on the last twenty yards. The .access
ramp to the dorm took my last energies and I was exhausted
by the time I reached Roys room. Alan had been there for a
while.

So, how did it feel? My hands were red and aching. The
insides of my arms were bruised from bumping against the
rails of the chair and my shoulders cramped with pain. I felt
great! I had overcome the biggest obstacle ever " ignorance.
I now understood a small bit of what it felt like to be in a
wheelchair. And even though I am now back to standing on
my own two feet, I will never forget my hour in that wheel-
chair and the lesson I learned by being there.

Zicherman

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What happens to the average American family

When Mommy Goes

They dont treat me like an
older person, they accept me as
the individual that I am, and
thats how I want to be treated

I chose to come back to
school. I knew it was all up to

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me.

Student Life

Many students constantly com-
plain about their schedules. It seems
that the only way they are satisfied
with their routines is if they have 12
hours or less, with no classes before
noon and nothing to do after 6:00 but
party. But there is a group of ECU
students who probably would laugh
at these busy? students " women
with families to care for in addition to
keeping up with their studies.

The typical school day for these
women is much longer and more hec-
tic than for most students. Joan Gior-
dano is a junior accounting major
whose husband Tony is an accountant
in Tarboro. They have two children,
David and JJ. My day begins at 5:30
and runs into the late evening,? said
Joan. My classes are from 8:00 to 1:00
on Monday " Wednesday " Fridays.
I have no classes on Tuesdays and
Thursdays so I get to sleep late "
until 6:30. I usually slow down about
3:00 in the afternoons.?

Gail Cottle is a junior Psychology
major. Her husband Howard is a sales
representative in New Bern. Gail, who
lives in Beulaville, gets up at 5:00 and
must be ready to leave the house ky
6:10 for the hour-and-fifteen minute
drive to Greenville. Howard gets our
son David ready for school so I can
leave early enough to be on campus by
7:45. My classes last until 3:00 but I
still make it home in time to cook
dinner. Sometimes on nights when I
have had classes all day dinner is very
simple, but the family doesnt seem to
mind soup and sandwiches occasion-
ally.?

Often it is not easy being a wife,
mother, student, housekeeper and an
individual at the same time. Accord-
ing to Joan being a wife is second
nature to me. Being a mother encom-
passes a lot of doing, you just have to

take it as it comes. When one of my
children gets sick its a disaster. You
just have to learn to roll with it, and
not let things get out of perspective.
Being a wife and a mother is my prin-
cipal job. Relaxation for me is time
alone either reading something other
than demand functions or sometimes
just have a good gab session with a
friend.?

Keeping up with housework can be
another major problem. According to
Gail, David helps by trying to keep
his room clean and Howard helps me
around the house on weekends. Some-
times if I have an exceptionally hectic
week, Howard will do the grocery
shopping.?

The time spent in classes is not as
disruptive to family life as the hours
spent studying at night. If it were
just the investment of 12 hours a week
that I spend here it would seem next
to nothing, but when you add 4 hours
of homework a night to that, it sort of
mushrooms. You just have to shut out
the rest of the world. Its becoming
more difficult as my children get
older, because theyre involved a lot
more in their school than they were
before. When I was going to college in
New Jersey, I took JJ with me because
she wasnt in school and they had a
nursery right on campus. That also
absolved the guilt I felt over starting
back to school with such a little child.
That made me feel a lot better and it
made her feel good too because she
was a part of what I was doing,? said
Joan.

Even though both women have very
demanding schedules, they still try to
enjoy some of the other things the
university has to offer. We usually
come to the football games, but be-
cause we live so far away and David is
in school it is not easy for us to attend

Sa