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he buildings stood strangely empty, the grounds serene and
' silent. But the silence turned to frenzy as a record 13,314

students returned to East Carolina on August 20. They

appeared at the campus doorstep with their lofts, stereos, refrig-

erators and bulging suitcases. The pace was at times frantic as

everyone settled in. Crowds and long lines were everywhere as

many found themselves buried under a pile of forms, fees and

frustration. Parents, brothers and sisters helped carry all the

Caiiyr comforts of home to dorm rooms, apartments and fraternity
houses. Everyone moved in for 245 days of close quarters, close

calls and close-knit friendships. It was a year of adjustments.

of Adliustments

No one could escape it. Everyone had to adjust in some way.
For some, the adjustments were minor, for others, they were
CONTENTS major, and for a few, the adjustments seemed almost impossible.
A housing shortage forced many freshmen to live three to a

Opening......... 2 room, and a delay in the distribution of financial aid left some
Student Life...... 10 | students with little choice but to apply for emergency loans in
Academics....... 92 | order to cover expenses. Parking places were the prized posses-
Satis oo 156 | sion of only the students with early morning classes, and even
Organizations... . . 230 the simple luxury of finding an empty washer or having hot

water in a residence hall shower, required getting up at the crack
Classes & Index .. 286 of dawn as well as a bit of luck.
Cen. So 376

The weather cooled and Greenvilles monsoon season began in
earnest. All of the boxes and suitcases were unpacked and after a
coat of paint and a few decorative touches the old dorm room

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AFTER RINGING UP THE TOTAL price for another
students books and supplies an ECU Student Store cash-
ier collects payment. As a result of the very high cost of
textbooks students sought after used books in order to
cut down on expenses.

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A Part of the Crowd

eople seemed to be everywhere. Crowds waited in long
lines to pay tuition, buy books, drop courses and deal
with the frustration of being closed out of class needed
for graduation. As the Indian Summer lingered, the
campus was filled with sunbathers, girl watchers and volley-
ball players. There was constant activity. Whether it was see-
ing a free movie at Mendenhall or packing into Ficklen Stadi-
um to watch a football game with a group of friends, students
were rarely at a loss for something to do. Hundreds of people
gathered at the bottom of the hill for the Intramural Depart-
ments Almost Anything Goes and others chose to devour a
truck load of watermelons at a feast held on the mall. As the
cool weather returned the activity moved indoors as people
went to plays, artist series concerts, and crowded the down-
town clubs. :
The year of adjustments left no person or aspect of the
university untouched. The academic-minded felt the pressure
as they constantly strived to raise their GPAs. There was

2 Opening

LONG LINES were the norm at Drop-Add. Students waited for as
much as two hours to get into Memorial Gym. At times the line stretched
all the way back to the music building. Several students fainted from the
heat.

AFTER BEING STOPPED by two campus policemen, this coed re-
ceives a ticket for riding her bicycle on the sidewalk. The rule was
enforced very strictly during fall semester, to the chagrin of many
cyclists.

THE LARGE GRASSY AREA in front of the central campus dorms
provides the perfect spot for this couple to get some sun and relax
during a warm day in September.

Opening 3

ABLAZE WITH THE COLORS OF FALL the trees
next to the Career Planning Office provide the perfect
background for a bike ride on a cool October afternoon.

HUNDREDS OF PURPLE AND GOLD BAL-
LOONS fill the air after being released before the kick-
off of the homecoming game against Illinois State on
October 23rd. Homecoming weekend was the culmina-
tion of the 75th Anniversary Celebration of the Universi-
tys founding in 1907.

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PLAYING FOR THE HOMECOMING CROWD,
band members pulled out all the stops to entertain re-
turning alumni. The Marching Pirates were rewarded for
their efforts with a standing ovation.

4 Opening

SENIOR DEFENSIVE END Kenny Phillips is first in
line as the football players wait to exit the tunnel and run
on to the playing field at Florida State. Despite a much
improved squad from the previous year, the Pirates
could only manage to score two touchdowns in a 56-17
loss to the highly ranked Seminoles.

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rarely an unoccupied carrel or an undisturbed corner of Joyner
Library, as students spent hours in the seclusion of the book
stacks.

Seniors worried about getting jobs as they finished up stu-
dent teaching and internships. Freshmen had to deal with their

_ newly-found independence, parents over-sized expectations
and life on the university meal plan. Students resorted to coed
living to reduce expenses, dieted to lose those unwanted
pounds and sold back books to replenish depleted wallets. It
was all a part of college life.

Students werent the only ones who adjusted. The Adminis-
tration did as well. With the resignation of Chancellor Thomas
Brewer in the Spring of 1982 the Board of Trustees formed a
selection committee to find a replacement. After weeks of
application screening and discussion John M. Howell was cho-
sen as Brewers successor, a decision that surprised few and
pleased almost everyone. Howell was installed as the universi-
tys Chancellor in a formal ceremony in Wright Auditorium in
the fall, even though he was officially in the position when

Brewers resignation took affect. The name on the Chancel-

SS

Opening 5

AN EARLY MORNING FOG diffuses the lights on the
front lawn of the central campus residence halls.

TAKING TIME TO RELAX, this Jarvis Hall resi-
dent reads the latest issue of the campus newspaper
The East Carolinian. The student run paper came out
on Tuesday and Thursday of each week. During the
year the papers offices were renovated to improve
security and usage of space.

PLAYING HIS GUITAR, this student takes a break
from his studying. Whether it was taking a road trip,
going out on the town, or simply reading a good book,
everyone found a way to temporarily escape the
world of academics.

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er

lors office door was changed along with a few policies, then it
was business as usual, as if nothing much had ever happened
at all.

It was a year in which coach Ed Emory and the Pirates
made the right adjustments. A refurbished coaching staff, new
prize recruits and a new offensive strategy added up to a 7-4
record, a pleasant surprize for fans and disgruntled Pirate club
members. It was a good year not only for football, but for most
of the other athletic teams as well. First year coach Charlie
Harrision and fourth year coach Cathy Andruzzi put both
basketball teams over the .500 mark as East Carolina celebrat-
ed its fiftieth year of intercollegiate competition. And at sea-
sons end the softball team was ranked fourth in the nation.

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SITTING ON THE PORCH OF HER RESIDENCE HALL, this coed
takes times out from her studies to enjoy a cold drink and a magazine.
Students spent as much time as possible outdoors before Greenvilles
weather turned cool.

TWO MALE STUDENTS STRIKE UPA CONVERSATION with some
friends on the patio outside of Joyner Library. The spot was a popular
gathering place during the warm months of the year when taking a break
from library research.

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Canging on
Through it All

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DURING A SPRING SNOW students take refuge under a newly built bus
shelter. The structure was one of three such shelters that were built during
the year to protect bus riders from bad weather.

8 Opening

Through the cold wet months students hung on. In spite of the
crowded living space, lack of money, academic pressure and all of
the rainy weather, everyone stuck together. They pledged fraterni-
ties and sororities, joined organizations, made close friends and
with those friends made it through the exams, the all-nighters and
the flu. They also shared meals, rent, and good times that would be
remembered for years to come. As the weeks went by students,
staff and administrators worked, studied and with each others
help made it through a year of adjustments.

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WHEN STUDENTS WEREN'T IN CLASS, studying
or asleep, they could usually be found eating. Students
crowded into restaurants to socialize with friends and
even study a bit.

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Student ILite

erhaps the biggest thing students adjusted to and

learned about wasnt academics " it was life.

Away from the watchful eye of Mom and Dad col-
lege gave most an opportunity to function on their own.
The decisions were theirs and so was the responsibility.
That reality made getting an education while still having
fun a problem for many.

When students werent reading class material or typing
term papers they spent their free time playing, partying
and procrastinating. At times no excuse seemed too fee-
ble for taking a road trip to the beach, seeing a midnight
movie or ordering a pizza from Dominos.

The most important thing about college life, though,
was not the planned or scheduled activities, but the spon-
taneous, spur-of-the moment things that made the differ-
ence.

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THE CLOSED STREET in front
of the Student Supply Store gives
people a chance to relax, grab a
snack and talk with friends be-
tween classes. The street is also
used by greek organizations who
paint their letters on the pave-
ment.

ON THEIR WAY BACK from
class this couple walks past the
Cherry Blossom trees that line the
grounds in front of Austin and
Rawl. The trees, which flower in
late March signal the return of
warm weather to campus.

THE STREAKING LIGHTS
from car headlamps illuminate a
nightime view of the hill above
Tenth Street. The hill is the loca-
tion for five campus residence
halls and famed Tyler Beach?
where students acquire tans in the

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TEEING OFF in his dorm room, Junior Zelton Steed
entertains friends with his putting abilities. Steed, as well
as other dorm residents, learned how to take advantage
of all available space.

DURING THE RAINY season the ~basketball courts
beside Belk Hall were often flooded. Many residents took
advantage of the opportunity to take an early spring
swim.

12 Student Life

AN ARRAY of activity goes on in residence halls
throughout the year. Many students, such as those in
Jarvis, found the dorms to be a fun place for ~hanging

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Life in the high rise leads to quick maturity as residents

learn about

ormacracy

by Philip Horne, Lisa Coleman

Greenville, laying siege to strategic
points on the campus. Eager legs, flail-
ing arms maneuver with, through, and
around boxes, cartons, and suitcases, climb-
ing hills and stairs toward resolute structures
standing on the borders of the university.
The troops, East Carolina students, both
upperclassmen and new arrivals, become ac-
customed to their seasonal migration, for ona
smaller scale, the migration occurs virtually
every day of their academic lives. To and
from class. To and from places of entertain-

Fee: August, perspiring armies invade

ment. To and from work. To and from play.

They always (well, almost always) return
to these fortresses of university life"the
home away from home as it were, each king
or queen to his respective cubicle . . . er, cas-
tle. The dormitory.

Dormitory life, to say the least, is often
lively. Underlying the monotony and tension,
inherent in sharing close living quarters is a
genuine sense of camaraderie. And almost
invariably there is a sense of wonder. How
did we survive an entire winter of cold morn-
ing showers? How did I get all of those boxes
in here? How did we have so much fun?
Where did all of the time go?

Certainly one of the advantages of dorm

Residence Hall Living 13

Dormacracy cont.

life other than its economy is a ready-made
social life. New surroundings equals new
faces, new friends.

All the variables are present for develop-
ing good social skills, for learning to commu-
nicate, for learning to work with others, for
learning the art of compromise. Summit
meeting are not the only training grounds for
diplomacy. The dormitory has always beena
center of activity, thus, growth.

Dormitory (or residence hall as it is often
called) flexibility has also grown, changing
with the times and keeping pace with society.
Fifty years ago at East Carolina, there was no
coed life as we know it. As a matter of fact,
there were no coeds? as we know them.

At East Carolina Teachers College in
1933, the heart of the Great Depression,

14 Student Life

boys were considered coeds.? There were
approximately one hundred men and 1000
women enrolled. The universitys enrollment
is now over 13,000, and almost 60 percent
are women.

Remarkably, the university is able to house
almost all who apply for housing in a time
when other state universities such as IJNC-
Chapel and N.C. State are unable to handle
the overflow housing requests.

A love/hate relationship exists between
students and dormitory life; it remains a mat-
ter of personal preference, of style. Undeni-
ably, ones dormitory experience is a unique,
personal one, yet shared.

Too often, perhaps, dorm life is placed in
comparison with Greek life. This comparison
usually finds life in the high rise falling short
of the family unity found with Greeks. There
is a brotherhood for dormies,? however, if

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only a silent one, increasing its volume with
every gathering.

Cramped in close quarters and sharing a
bathroom with 40 others does lead to fam-
ily? unity. Maybe not the type found with
Greeks, but unity nonetheless. Nor was it the
unity found at home. But it had to suffice,
because the dorm was home, at least, until,
May when perspiring armies once again in-
vade Greenville. Mf

WITH THE COST of eating out rising daily, many
residents increased the amount of food they cooked in
the room. By sharing a meal with several others prices
and work was cut.

THE FIRST JOB for many new students was the deco-
ration of their dorm room. Students bought everything
from posters to fishnets in order to liven up their new
homes.

ORIGINALITY counted for a lot when planning meals
in the dorm. Residents tired of eating food cooked in a
toaster oven or ona hot plate could ~cook out ona grill or
hibachi.

WHEN SPACE becomes a real problem many residents
take to the halls to find the necessary room. Students not
wishing to sit in the halls could use the lobby areas for
work or entertainment purposes.

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Providing everything from a social life to room and board, the various
campus ministries were to many students

Family Ties

by Patrick ONeéill

he Rev. Stuart LaNeave brings a group

of Presbyterian students to a local

Greenville restaurant to share in a
weekly meal; The Rev. Bill Hadden loads up
his family camper with Episcopal students
and heads off to Williamsburg, Va. for a
weekend trip; Sister Helen Happy? Shon-
dell invites Catholic students to a burger and
beer bash in her backyard. These are just a
few examples of what life is like for students
participating in some of the many denomina-
tions of campus ministry groups at ECU. The
campus ministry groups also include the
Methodist group, which is led by Rev. Dan
Earnhardt, Hillel, the Jewish student group,
led by ECU Professor Bramy Resnick, the
Lutheran student group, led by Rev. Graham
NaHouse, who is pastor of Greenvilles Our
Redeemer Church, and the Baptist Student

group, led by Rev. Bob Clyde.

Each campus ministry program has its own
history for each was founded at different
times. But all of them have provided the
same special kind of religious continuity for
the college student who is away from his or
her own hometown for the first time.

The groups usually meet on a weekly basis
for a worship service, a program or meeting,
and a shared meal. Campus ministries also
make themselves available for counseling or
other advisory needs of the students. Sister
Shondell offers a special military counseling
for draft-age men, who, for reasons of con-
science, may have doubts about being part of
the military.

Resnick views campus ministry as a way
for students to continue their homelife on
campus. It gives students feelings that their
roots havent been uprooted,? Resnick said.
It gives them an opportunity to maintain reli-
gious traditions away from home.

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THE CATHOLIC NEWMAN CENTER used several
methods to deliver its message. Drama, which captured
the audiences attention, was also a way of involving the
students.

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HOMESICK STUDENTS could get a taste of home
cooking and a family atmosphere at the Tuesday night
supper at the Baptist Student Center. The meals were
nutritious and more importantly, cheap.

Campus Ministry 17

ALTHOUGH THERE WERE many extra benefits de-
rived from the ministries, the main one was the opportu-
nity for informal worship. Services were held throughout
the week in all the houses.

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CHRISTMAS CELEBRATIONS at the Baptist Stu-
dent Union were highlighted by the decorating of the
tree. Robin Overton, Lynn Porter, Wanda Capps, Wade
Cox, and Cindy Orr begin the group activity.

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Family cont.

Father Hadden said its important for stu-
dents to be able to have a chaplain at hand
when the student has a problem. He adds
that campus ministry gives students the op-
portunity to feel the presence of a church ina
campus environment. Hadden has also used
his experience as a Greenville City Council
member to get more students involved in the
affairs of local government.

The Catholic Newman Center, The Meth-
odist Student Center, and The Baptist Stu-
dent Union are places where all students,
regardless of their religious preference, are
welcome.

All of the centers serve as meeting places
for activities and provide for other needs such
as a quiet place to study, listen to music, or
watch a soap opera.

Campus ministries are a continuation of
church life in accordance with higher educa-
tion,? Earnhardt said. Students have to

JOINING IN THE SINGING of Christmas carols was
one of the many activities enjoyed by students at the
Catholic Newman Center.

NUTRITIOUS MEALS were the focus of Tuesday
nights at the Baptist Student Union. Carla Travis, senior
nursing major, helped prepare the food for hungry stu-
dents.

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have their own understanding of faith, not
what their parents want them to have.?

There is a journey inward and outward,?
said Clyde, with the outward being caring
ministry in the community.?

College age is a very important time in
peoples lives for looking at values, faith, and
relationships,? Shondell claims. I feel that
campus ministry provides a place and people
for exploration of these important areas.
Campus ministry also challenges young peo-
ple to grow beyond their own concerns to the
bigger concerns of the world, the poor, and
others less fortunate than themselves,? con-
tinued Shondell.

All of the campus ministries work from a
faith into action? perspective. Many of the
groups work together on service projects to
aid the poor and provide comfort for the less
fortunate.

Several of the ministries sponsored group
trips to Washington, D.C. and New York City
where students were given the opportunity to
experience the work of people who provide
help for the poor in those areas. Shondells
group has worked each year helping organize
events designed to educate ECU students
about the problem of world hunger. Students
from all the ministry groups have participat-
ed each spring in Greenvilles Walk for Hu-
manity, a 20 kilometer walk to raise money to
combat the local and international hunger
problem.

There is a need to maintain a tradition
away from home,? Resnick said. It is more
than a religion. We take pride in maintaining
a tradition more than 5000 years old.?

When doubts come up in students lives,
they should have other people to share their
doubts with,? said Shondell. Students
should have their own sense of religion and
moral values.?

LaNeave said one of his ministrys primary
goals was to encourage students to think
about the world in which they live and the
way in which they could make a difference.? |
want to encourage students to contemplate
not only the educational experience theyre
involved in, but how that educational experi-
ence relates to the world in which theyre
going to be thrust into two, three, or four
years from now,? LaNeave said.

LaNeave said he hoped the campus minis-
try experience would provide one opportu-
nity where students were challenged to really
think for themselves. . . given the opportuni-
ty to interest and to rap with other people ina
mind expanding situation where it was free to
say what you feel and think.?

Campus Ministry 19

SENIOR CELIA HANCOCK re-
ceives her trophy from Chancellor
John M. Howell after being crowned
the 1982 Homecoming Pirate. Han-
cock, an Education major from Siler
City represented the Alpha Delta Pi
sorority.

PRIOR TO THE GAME banners
and posters were displayed by var-
ious groups. Competition, based on
the design and school spirit of each,
was held during Homecoming week.

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SEVERAL MEMBERS of the Foun-
tain of Life Christian Fellowship par-
ticipated in the parade by designing
their own float. The members de-
signed a float that incorporated not
only a religious theme but also the
homecoming theme.

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After a year of celebrating its diamond anniversary, East
Carolina University concluded the festivities with

A Purple and

Gold Celebration

by Lisa Watson, Danny White
and Lisa Coleman

ast Carolinas 75th
F Homecoming was

crowned with the theme
ECU-A Past to Build Upon
and a Promise to Fulfill.? The
Diamond Jubilee began on
Monday, October 18 and con-
cluded on Sunday, October
24. It was a long and eventful
week blessed with chilly but
beautiful weather.

Sunday, October 17
brought .38 Special to Minges
Coliseum. The concert plus
several other events including

an Art Exhibition, a Cross-
Campus Run, and Alumni
Awards Luncheon, and sever-
al dances filled the homecom-
ing weeks festivity list.

Early on Saturday morning,
people began gathering in
Greenville for the Homecom-
ing Day. At 10 am Fifth Street
was lined with excited people
waiting for the beginning of
the Homecoming Parade. The
parade began at 10:30 am
with approximately 75 units,
which included fire trucks
from area communities, the

Marching Pirates, along with

other high school bands, and
floats. The floats in the pa-

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rade included those built by
fraternities, sororities, and
other campus organizations, a
float bearing the homecoming
court, and a float for the 1981
Homecoming Pirate, Kim
Cloud. The floats carrying
Cloud and the homecoming
court were professionally
done and therefore were not
entered into the float competi-
tion.

Susan Roberts from
WNCT-TV, Dr. Rosenfield,
chairman of the Home Eco-
nomics Department, and Dr.
Michael Voors of the Art
School were judges. The
floats were judged on design,

EARLY SATURDAY MORNING
ECU students, along with other
Greenville residents turned out for
the annual Homecoming Parade. Par-
ticipants in the parade included sev-
eral area bands and floats from var-
ious campus organization.

color, originality, and quality.
The Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity
won the first place award. Chi
Omega and Phi Kappa Tau
with their combined efforts
won second place, with
Kappa Delta capturing the
third award.

The football game was pre-
ceded by entertainment spon-
sored by Pepsi Cola Company
of Greenville. Pepsi provided
a fifteen minute parachutists
show which was followed by
the release of hundreds of yel-
low and purple balloons.
Gamma Sigma Sigma and Al-
pha Phi Omega spent several
hours prior to the game blow-

COMBINING THEIR EFFORTS
in the float competition, Chi Omega
and Phi Kappa Tau were able to cap-
ture the second place award. Pi
Kappa Phi took first place honors
which had been won the two previous
years by the Sigma Nu fraternity.

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THE HOMECOMING COURT was
transported along the parade route
by one of two floats rented for the
occasion. Another float was rented
for Kim Cloud, the 1982 Homecom-
ing Pirate.

PERFORMING during halftime
ceremonies was only part of the
Marching Pirates job. The band also
played at events such as the Cary
Band Day, freshman convocation,
and pep rallies. Band members spent
many hours preparing the shows.

GRASSY HILLSIDES served as
seats for the many Greenville resi-
dents who came to view the Home-
coming Parade. Spectators arrived
early in order to get good seats to
watch as floats, bands, and other par-
ticipants traveled the parade route.

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PARADE TRADITION was ob-
served as all students were invited to
join in as clowns. Several dozen stu-
dents took advantage of the invitation
and donned their multi-colored outfits
to the delight of area children.

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Celebration cont.

ing up the balloons.

The game began with the
Pirates opposing the Redbirds
of Illinois State University. By
halftime the Pirates were
leading 14-0.

During halftime Pirate fans
were entertained by the
Marching Pirates. After the
bands performance, Jarvis
Hall was announced as the
winner of the dorm decora-
tions contest. Next, Celia
Hancock representing Alpha
Delta Pi was crowned Home-
coming Pirate of 1982. Cindy
Herring and Delores Worth-

CAMPUS GROUPS, such as Phi.

Upsilon Omicron, participated in var-
ious ways in the homecoming parade.
Several groups built floats while oth-
ers decorated cars in which members
could ride. ;

ington received second and
third place respectively in the
competition.

The homecoming court
committee spent weeks in
preparation for the crowning
of the 1982 Pirate. Letters
were sent to all organizations,
including dorms, allowing
them to enter their contes-
tant. After all of the names
and photographs were re-
ceived, a voting booth was
manned in the Student Sup-
ply Store. Voting for the
Queen Pirate and her court
was held on October 12 and
13. Although only 850 stu-
dents participated in the elec-
tion of the queen, that amount
more than doubled the pre-
vious years total of 300.

Other halftime activities in-

. cluded the announcement

that the Pirate fans numbered
26,771 " the fourth largest
crowd ever at Ficklin Stadi-
um.
After the halftime festivi-
ties, the Pirates attacked the
Redbirds and won the game
with a 21-0 victory. Even
though the game was over,
the festivities were not. Beaux
Arts Ball and the first annual
East Carolina Band Day con-
cluded the festivities.

Beaux Arts Ball, an annual
Masquerade party sponsored
by the School of Art, lasted
well into Sunday. morning.
The Band Day events con-
cluded at 1:00 am. Home-
coming officially drew to an
end with the Sunday Morning
Service of Worship held in
Jenkins Art Center Audi-
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cent of the Village Green dwellings are rented
to ECU students.
| The relief and rescue efforts following the
blast began almost instantly as several
groups of shocked residents awakened by the
explosion came quickly to the aid of those
injured or disoriented. The smell of gas per-
meated the air, recalled several eye wit-
nesses. The fear of additional explosions was
always there.

T thought I was having a che of
heard a huge, huge explosion (and) the bed
fell about ten feet to the floor below us,? said
ECU Industrial Technology student Jim Gas-

~ kell.

I thought it was either a bomb or a torna-
do,? said Rick Murray, an ECU Geology stu-
dent, who, along with his roommate Stuart "
Sloan, was among the first people on the
scene providing help to the injured. Both
helped lift Martin and Seabolt from the pool.
T knew he (Martin) was dead,? recalled Mur-
ray.

For coven hours ~cllowine the blast Mur-

~ ray, Sloan and other Village Green residents
could be seen patiently telling and re-telling
their accounts of the disaster to dozens of
reporters who came from across the state to
cover the story.

Many Village Green feacents could be
seen, working among the more than 100 res-
cue workers, assisting them as they searched
through debris for possible trapped victims.
Fortunately the last victim, ECU student Wil-
liam Buzz? Chadwick, who lived on the first -

- floor, was freed from the debris by 7:30 am.
Shaken, but not seriously injured, Chadwick
asked rescue workers for a pair of pants and

chose to walk to a waiting ambulance unas-
sisted. He was released shortly after being
treated in the hospitals emergency room.

Several of those injured remained hospital- _
ized for several days after the explosion. Sea-
bolt was eventually transfered to another
hospital in Chapel Hill where he remained for
over four months. Martin, Seabolt and sever-
al others among those injured were all affili-
ated with the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity. Hank

RESCUE WORKERS, in their cee for trapped vic-
tims, use chain saws to carefully cut through the debris.
The last victim, Buzz Chadwick, was freed before c ou
a.m. and clean up efforts continued.

26 Student Life

IT thought I was having a
nightmare. . . I heard a
huge explosion and the bed
fell about ten feet to the

floor below us.?
"dim Gaskill

AS FIREMEN AND other rescue workers clear
through the rubble left after the explosion, the walls of
the former apartments shift threateningly behind them.
Rescue efforts were hampered by the possibility of col-

lapsing walls.

WHILE SURVEYING THE DAMAGE left by the ex-
plosion, Leslie Harroll and Jim Gaskill talk with a report-
er about the incident. Gaskill, caught in the immediate
area of the blast, was left homeless by the explosion.

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MANY ECU STUDENTS attended the memorial ser-
vice held for David Martin at Mendenhall Student Cen-
ter. The service was organized by the ministries on cam-
pus.

THE TERRACE OF a destroyed apartment hangs pre-
cariously over the scattered remains on a walkway be-
low. The blast, which could be heard for several miles,
shattered windows all around the apartment complex.

STANDING BY THE remains of their sliding glass
doors, two Village Green residents explain to East Caro-
linian reporter, Greg Ridout, the events following the
explosion.

Williams

28 Student Life

SHATTERED cont.

Redecker, president of Pi Kappa Phi, spent
several days in the hospital recovering from
his injuries.

He was a real friendly guy, everyone that
met him liked him,? Pi Kappa Phi member
Matt Perry said about his friend David Mar-
tin.

It has often been said that even the direst
tragedy brings people closer together,? said
East Carolinian managing editor Mike
Hughes in the lead editorial of the papers
March 3 edition.

Hughes praised the efforts of all those who
had assisted victims of the explosion. Com-
mendations were well deserved, not only for
those who worked at the disaster site, but for
everyone, from parents who left their jobs in
other cities to be with their children, to ECU
campus ministers who comforted victims and
their friends and families at the hospital.

ECU administrators were hard at work too
arranging alternative housing for the more
than 50 displaced students; while others sent
dozens of flowers, baskets of food and made
phone calls offering support to the Pi Kappa
Phi fraternity house. I hope you can make it
sound as geniune as I mean it,? said fraternity
member Chris Lambert on the night of the
explosion. I really want to thank all of the
people who helped us...?

On March 21 ECU campus ministers held
a memorial service for Martin. Several dozen
students and faculty members participated.

Rescue efforts, supervised by Greenville
Fire Rescue Department Chief Jenness Allen
continued throughout the afternoon. All day
long groups of students could be seen staring
blankly at the rubble which was littered with
peoples personal effects. Others could be
seen loading their belongings into the cars of
shaken parents, who were moving their chil-
dren to safer places.

James B. Mallory, associated dean of judi-
ciary said the explosion was the worst stu-
dent tragedy in the 30 years he has been at
ECU. It took several days or sometimes
weeks for many people to fully comprehend
the magnitude of this tragedy. Many who ex-
perienced it will never be the same; for others
the suffering is eternal.

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30 Student Life

East Carolina saw top name performers in almost every area of
entertainment as the stars took the stage

Front and Center

by Darryl Brown, Millie White,
Lisa Coleman

ae . ge _ wide variety of musical
AN events came to the

campus during the

year from live performances.

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Evelyn King and The Dazz "
Band, to such renowned clas- _

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a host of musical perfor-
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students.

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cert by one of the hottest

bands in contemporary rock,
.38 Special. The concert in
Minges Coliseum was filled
with a large crowd awaiting
he band from Jacksonville,

~group had a platinum

album in 1981, Wild-Eyed
Southern Boys, which was one
of the top 25 albums of the
year on the Billboard music
survey. With release of their
newest album, Special Forces,
the bands fifth recording,
they set out on a national tour
that lasted nearly a year and
was seen by almost a million
fans. East Carolina was one of
the first stops of that tour. The
band received a warm and en-
thusiastic reception from fans,
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group .38 Special in Minges Colise-
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one of the most successful for
the Student Unions Major At-
tractions Committee.

Only a few days after came
a more unusual type of musi-
cal event. The campus be-
came one of only 15 schools in
the country to get an experi-
mental Campus Entertain-
ment Network facility, which
brings live musical concerts to
campus auditoriums via satel-
lite. The premiere concert/
broadcast on Halloween Eve,
October 30, featured a per-
formance by the group Devo,
with special guest Wall of Voo-
doo. The concert was more
unusual since it was the first
live broadcast ever in 3-D.
(The evening was billed, inevi-

SWEATING HEAVILY UNDER
the hot stage lighting, Evelyn King
sings her hit single. The poor showing
at the concert and the cancellation of
the Kenny Loggins engagement frus-
trated both the Major Attractions
Committee and Students as well.

THE CONCERT FEATURING .38
Special was the only real successful
rock performance of the year. A large
crowd came to hear the group whose
new album was rising to the top of the
rock charts.

PERFORMING IN WRIGHT
AUDITORIUM, the Symphonic
Wind Ensemble plays its final number
in the Fall concert. The group from
the School of Music is one of three
bands that perform during the year,
the other two being the Symphonic
and the Concert band.

THE GREGG SMITH SINGERS
were one of the Artist Series concerts
and featured two East Carolina alum-
ni, Doug Newall and Max Galloway,
both singing in the tenor section. Dur-
ing the groups stay in Greenville
Gregg Smith did a rehearsal Work-
shop with the East Carolina Concert

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tably, as 3-Devo.)

A second CEN presenta-
tion followed in Wright Audi-
torium on November 5, with
the live broadcast of the
Broadway musical, Sophisto-
cated Ladies. While college
campuses sometimes get the
opportunity to host rock con-
certs, rarely can they bring a
Broadway musical to town.
However, even though the
Wright Auditorium stage was
filled with spectacular singing
and dancing on a 40 by 60
foot screen, the local audience
was a little hesitant in clap-
ping for the performers.

A less successful concert
was sponsored in late April by
the Major Attractions Com-
mittee. The committee, after
a last-minute cancellation of a
special concert by Kenny Log-
gins, had to find another per-
former for the Spring semes-
ter on short notice. By good
fortune they were able to
book Evelyn King and The
Dazz Band. Both had singles
and albums on the Billboard
top 20 soul music chart at the
time. The short amount of
time for planning and adver-
tising proved to be too much
of a hurdle for ticket sales to

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overcome, and only about
1,500 people attended the
concert.

There was a myriad of oth-
er musical performances and
concerts on campus, howev-
er, if ones taste did not lean
toward rock or contemporary
music. The Artist Series
brought a collection of inter-
nationally recognized classical
music artists to Greenville.
The Tokyo String Quartet,
who have been seen around
the world in the past twelve
years performed an evening
of chamber music in Hendrix
Theatre, using four rare and
priceless amati instruments,
created between 1656 and
1677 by the great Italian lu-
tier, Nicolo Amiti.

In yet another event honor-
ing the 75th anniversary, the
musical husand and wife duo,
Joan Morris and William Bol-
com, performed an evening of
songs from bygone days.?
Their repertoire of early 20th
century popular songs, which
included Gershwin and Cole
Porter show tunes, Charles
Ives songs, and Lieber and
Stroolers cabaret numbers,
was performed in a simple pi-
ano bar style, with Bolcom at

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Front cont.

the keyboard and both singing
in delightful combination. The
performance was heightened
by the couples witty humor;
they seemed to be almost as
much comedians as musi-
cians, though their sensitive
and tender renditions of some
numbers widened the gamut
of the emotional range of the
evening. The performing duo,
who are also currently teach-
ing at the University of Michi-
gan, have toured Europe and
the United States and per-
formed with groups such as
the Boston Pops Orchestra.
They have also recorded
some dozen albums with RCA
and Columbia records.

Morris and Bolcoms con-
cert was followed by an ap-
pearance by Julius Baker,
principle flutist with the New
York Philharmonic Orchestra
and one of the worlds most
highly acclaimed solo artists.
He has performed with virtu-
ally every major orchestra in
the country and many around
the world. He sometimes
teaches at the prestigious
New England Conservatory
and the Juillard School and
has recorded numerous al-
bums.

The Artists Series contin-
ued in the Spring semester
with the Gregg Smith Singers,
one of the best known mixed
vocal groups performing to-
day. The January 17th per-
formance was the second for
the group, which featured
new and unique arrange-
ments of American musical
theater songs and early songs

34 Student Life

Baines

DR. CHARLES BATH, Chairman of
the Keyboard faculty in the School of
Music performs in a recital of cham-
ber music. The recital was one of
many given by both faculty and stu-
dents during the year in the A. J.
Fletcher Recital Hall.

from America and Scandina-
via. The Grammy Award win-
ning group has toured the
country for 18 consecutive
years and performed in Eu-
rope and the Far East. The
chorus provided a unique
evening in Hendrix by not
only presenting some rarely
heard songs, but also by creat-
ing unique and intricate vocal
sounds by staging groups of
singers throughout the con-
cert hall and executing their
well-rehearsed choral ar-
rangements flawlessly. Sever-
al graduates from the School
of Musics voice department
are now regular members of
the Gregg Smith Singers, and
performed with the group in
Hendrix.

The Soviet Emigre Orches-
tra played near the end of the
winter, to fill in for the Orphe-
us Chamber Orchestra, who
cancelled their scheduled ap-
pearance at the last minute.
But while the crowd was able
to turn out for music from be-
hind the Iron Curtain in the
Greenville winter, a fluke
snowstorm in the early Spring
almost cancelled the appear-
ance of Peter Serkin, re-
nowned classical pianist.
Greenville had gone all winter
virtually without even a few
snow flurries, when March 24
brought a storm that made
travelling difficult for the next
few days. Nevertheless, a die-

hard, dedicated, nearly full
audience of Serkin fans
turned out in several inches of
snow to hear the performer.
He played three Beethoven
sonatas, including the famous
Hammerclavier? Sonata No.
29 in B Major; his task was
well accomplished, however
" he played the entire piece
from memory, to which the
audience gave a standing ova-
tion. He ended the evening
with a change of pace by add-

THIS STUDENT plays percussion
for one of the Coffee House Shows.
The Coffee House gave students a
chance to show their talents. Audi-
tions were held several times during
the course of the year.

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DR. ROSALIE HARITUN presents
lead singer Elly Ameling with a certifi-
cate of honorary membership in East
Carolinas chapter of Pi Kappa Lamb-
da.

ACKNOWLEDGING THE AP-
PLAUSE from the audience, the
group Spys take their bows at the end
of the performance. The concert was
the last of the Major Attractions Com-
mittee offerings for the year.

PREPARING THE STAGE af
McGinnis Theatre for a dress rehears-
al of Gilbert and Sullivans The Mika-
do, members of the production crew
install one of the trees used in the first
scene.

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CATHERINE WOFFORD AND
PATRICIA HISS perform a scene
from The Merry Wives of Windsor
during the Opera Theatres Fall pro-
gram of Opera scenes.

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Front cont.

ing Schuberts Moments Mu-
sicaux.The packed house
was delighted by the man who
has been called the finest
pianist this country has yet
produced.?

Greenville audience finally
got to see Dutch-born soprano
Elly Ameling in February.
Ameling was scheduled to
perform twice in the previous
school year, but had to cancel
both times due to illness.
Ameling is one of the leading
female performers of German
Lied and her performance
was well received by the audi-
ence. After the performance,
Ameling was inducted, by Dr.
Rosalie Haritun, into ECUs
chapter of Pi Kappa Lambda,
a music honor society.

The Artist Series was de-
signed to offer top quality,
highly professional musicians
at the lowest possible price,?
said a Student Union pro-
grammer who helped put the
series together. The perform-
ers seen during the year
would have cost viewers at
least twice as much in major
cities where they usually per-
form.

Musical entertainment was
also offered by the faculty and
students. The music school is
generally recognized as one of
the best in the state, and a
wide variety of performers
bore out that claim. The East
Carolina Playhouse and the
School of Music produced a
version of Gilbert and Sulli-
vans oriental fantasy opera,
The Mikado, in McGinnis The-
ater in November, and later
produced a smaller produc-
tion of Smetanas opera, The
Bartered Bride, in which the
chorus, very important in the
opera, as well as lead singers,

36 Student Life

were performed by students.

In November, the School of
Music choral groups joined
with the Greenville Choral So-
ciety and other interested
Greenville residents to sing
Beethovens 9th Symphony,
as The Choral,? while the
East Carolina Orchestra per-
formed the score. The perfor-
mance was timed to celebrate
both the approaching Christ-
mas holidays and the universi-
tys 75th anniversary.

The Symphonic Wind En-
semble and Concert Choir
featured the work of guest
composer Vincent Persichetti,
and the Percussion Ensemble
put on a free program of var-
ious percussive works. Facul-
ty composers such as Otto
Henry premiered new works
during the year, award win-
ning senior and graduate stu-
dents put on special recitals,
and the jazz trombone group
Jazz Bones,? along with the
Symphonic Wind Ensemble
toured schools in Virginia and
Pennsylvania.

Hendrix Theatre was
packed with standing-room-
only crowds for the two major
speakers of the spring semes-
ter. February saw an appear-
ance by Coretta Scott King,

the wife of the late civil rights

leader Martin Luther King.
Consumer advocate Ralph
Nader followed in March as
the featured guest of the Lec-
ture-Seminar Series with sev-
eral days of speeches, lec-
tures, and discussions with
students and the community
on a variety of consumer, po-
litical and social issues.

Mrs. Kings appearance,
only two weeks after the anni-
versary of the birth of her late
husband, addressed a topic
much on the minds of stu-
dents, and indeed much of the

nation: nonviolent social
change. While students of
1983 were more concerned
with jobs than social issues as
in the 1960s and the era of
Martin Luther King, the per-
vasive threat of nuclear war
was a major topic of concern,
and a nonviolent means of
achieving lasting peace was a
constant, if distant, hope for
Americans.

Mrs. King, president of the
Atlanta-based Martin Luther
King Jr. Center for Nonviolent
Social Change, spoke of the
living legacy? of her hus-
band, and of the methods that

MEMBERS OF THE East Carolina
Concert Band perform in their Spring
Concert. The group was one of three
large bands in the School of Music.

CONSUMER ADVOCATE Ralph
Nader came to ECU and gave speech-
es and lectures concerning current is-
sues. Nader was one of several speak-
ers on the Lecture-Seminar Series.

he advocated as a blueprint
for todays citizens to follow in
charting a new, nonviolent
course? for the nation and the
world. King said a worldwide
effort in the name of justice,
brotherhood and peace is
needed if the oppressed peo-
ple of the world are ever going
to be free. One day, we shall
overcome,? said Mrs. King,

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STEPHANIE SCOVIL AND
KYLE WEST perform a segment of
Carmen in the Evening of Opera
Scenes. Both students were voice ma-
jors in the School of Music.

ON CAMPUS AS PART OF THE
Black Arts Festival, Mrs. Koretta
Scott King spoke to a capacity Hen-
drix Theatre Crowd on the topic of
non-violent social change.

TRUMPET GRADUATE STU-
DENT Joel Schultz conducts the
Concert Band performance. Schultz,
working on his Masters in Education
also worked with the Marching Pi-
rates.

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echoing the song that became
the slogan and anthem of her
husbands civil rights move-
ment.

Mrs. King said all people
were connected by what she
called an inescapeable net-
work of mutuality? and that
every person must reach up
and discover God? in order to
fulfill his or her own potential
and aid in the struggle for non-
violent peace. Mrs. King often
referred to nonviolence as su-
perior power over physical
force, and she said that to ulti-
mately achieve justice, peace
and brotherhood, we shall
meet your physical force with
soul force. We will wear you
down by our capacity to suf-
fer. Our victory will be a dou-
ble victory,? she proclaimed,
because it brought about
peace by peaceful means.

Mrs. King praised the mo-
tion picture Ghandi, the 1983
Academy Award winner for
best movie and several other
awards, and she urged every-
one in the audience to see it.
Ghandi led the movement
that achieved independence
for India through nonviolent
means. He served as a role
model and mentor for Martin
Luther King.

Mrs. King repeatedly re-
fered to her husband as a role
model for young people,
peace groups, and social ac-
tivists, noting that he was se-
lected as Time of the Year at

age 33 and won the Nobel
Prize at age 34. She referred
to her late husband as a
prophet, saying his nonvio-
lent philosophy and strategy
... provides the key to solv-
ing a host of crisis we face to-
day.?

Mrs. King spoke as part of
the Black Arts Festival. Two
weeks before her visit on cam-
pus, students held several me-
morial services honoring Mar-
tin Luther King on the anni-
versary of his birth. A cross-
campus march, followed by a
memorial program in Wright
auditorium, were the major
events on campus honoring
King. The program was high-

JUNIOR DANCE MAJOR Todd El-
- lis relaxes before a performance in
one of the play-house dressing rooms
after putting on his stage make-up.
The production of The Mikado was
the first musical theatre production to
be staged at ECU and was revived for
the universitys 75th Anniversary.

38 Student Life

CATHERINE DARBY COM-
FORTS Bob Willy in a scene of The

Shadow Box. The play dealt with peo- *

ple in a hospital for the terminally ill.
The play had a long run on Broadway
and received a Tony Award for Play
of the Year. It also garnered a Pulitzer
Prize.

lighted by Eddie Wayne Law-
rences rendition of Kings
famous I have a Dream?
speech.

While Mrs. King spoke on
campus for social justice, leg-
endary consumer advocate
Ralph Nader visited campus
in March to urge action for
economic justice. He attract-
ed much attention by, among
other things, lambasting the
record of North Carolina Sen-
ators Jesse Helms and John
East on consumer and social
issues. Nader specifically
cited East as having the worst
voting record of any U.S. sen-
ator. He also claimed Helms
and East were law-and-order

politicians who typically com-
plain that there is too much
government regulation on the
backs of industry, yet they do
not want to apply law and or-
der to corporate negligence
and fraud.

Nader is a Harvard Law
School graduate who, from his
office in Washington, D.C.,
heads a number of consumer
organizations and lobbying
groups. He is the author of nu-
merous articles and books, in-

IN THE FIRST PRODUCTION
OF THE season Yum-Yum (Denise
Miller), Amie Keyse along with an-
other chorus member perform the
trio, ~Three Little Maids from
School? in the first act of The Mikado.

THE MIKADO (Anton Wesley) intro-
duces his daughter Katishaw (Diane
Pickett) in the first act of the show.
The plan to marry his daughter off to
Nanki-Poo is thwarted and Nanki-Poo
is able to marry his real love, Yum-
Yum.

THE ENTIRE CAST is on stage for

the finale to the last act of The Mika-
do.

GREG BROWN AND ROBERT
RUFFIN look downstage as they lis-
ten to the other characters tell the
story of that last day at Little Big
Horn in Custer.

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Box. Darby is a the wife of Leonard
Darby who works and teaches in the
department of Drama and Speech.

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cluding Unsafe at Any Speed,
which was partially responsi-
ble for bringing about new
safety regulations in the auto
industry.

The primary thrust of
Naders speech, Consumer-
ism Update: Where Has It
Been and Where Is It Going,?
was to urge consumer organi-
zation and action on issues im-
portant to every citizen. In
brushing away one excuse of
inactivity, Nader said, the
average person watches tele-
vision 25 hours a week. That

doesnt indicate that. people ©

are pressed for time.? Nader
warned, If youre not an ac-
tively involved citizen, youre
going to be more unhappy
(and) frustrated.?

The whole future of the
consumer movement is going
to increasingly revolve around
organized consumers,? Nader
said. The risks of consumer
inaction are getting bigger. Its
important that consumers,
not corporations, shape the
economy.? Nader continued to
condemn societys tolerance
of corporate crime, saying,
Corporate crime takes more
lives (and) damages more peo-
ple... than street crime.? He
claimed corporate waste and
white-collar crime costs the
American people billions of
dollars annually.

Nader met with several
smaller groups on campus and
donated a collection of about
two dozen books on various
consumer topics to the Joyner
Library. One result of Naders
visit was the possibility of
starting a Public Interest Re-
search Group at East Carolina
University.

Nader said he found
enough interest on campus for
the formation of a PIRG, a stu-
dent run, student funded citi-
zen action group that works

40 Student Life

on a wide variety of issues of
interest to the community,
from local shopping guides
and maps of bicycle routes to
the investigation of hazardous
waste and pollution control.
Nader sent a representative
from his Washington office
down for a week in April to
help organize support to start
a local PIRG. East Carolina
would be the first public uni-
versity in North Carolina to
sponsor a PIRG, though sever-
al private colleges such as
Duke already have chapters.

During the theatrical sea-
son, audiences traveled with
the Playhouse Performers to
such varied places as majestic
landscapes of Japan and to
Little Bighorn, for a dramatic
account of Custers historic
last stand.

The four performance sea-

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son also lead spectators into a
hospital for the terminally ill
and to a small fictitious town
in New Hampshire.

The first performance of
the season and a highlight of
the 75th anniversary celebra-
tion on campus, The Mikado,
was presented on October 28-
30 and November 1 and 3.
This popular Gilbert and Sulli-
van musical carried audiences
to the mythical Japanese vil-

CATHERINE DARBY is featured in
a monologue from The Shadow Box.
There were a total of four Playhouse
productions during the year that were
performed for students and the gen-
eral public. Workshop plays directed
and staged completely by students

_were also open to the public.

MIKADO CAST MEMBERS Mary
Parker and Robert Todd spent many
evening hours in rehearsal working on
music and movement.

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LOOKING ATTENTIVELY, Greg
Watkins listens to Donna Lynn Coo-
per. The historical drama Custer had
a monologue style and featured a sim-
ple and partially imaginary set.

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GREENVILLE RESIDENT Allison
Thompson consoles a tearful Hazel
Stapleton. Stapleton is an Associate
Professor in the Department of Psy-
chology. East Carolina Playhouse Pro-
ductions often include members of
the community and ECU faculty.

THE CLOTHING WORN by Karen
Gunther and Denise Miller in Custer
(right) and the Headdress worn by
Anton Wesley (below right) are pro-
ducts of resident costume designer
Patrice Alexander. Alexander de-
signs costumes for all shows includig
the East Carolina Summer Theatre.

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DANCE MAJOR Anna Marie Sis-
tare stretches as she waits backstage
before performing in The Nutcracker.
Sistare along with Todd Ellis did the
Spanish Dance.

CARRYING TWIGS these dancers
move across the stage in The Tale of
the Tongue Cut Sparrow. Choreo-
graphed by Paula Frasz Johnson. The
number was one of nine that com-
prised the Evening of Dance given by
the East Carolina Theatre in late Jan-
uary.

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TWO SPECIAL DANCE concerts

were given during the year, one by

_ the North Carolina Dance theatre and

the other given by the American Bal-
let Theatre II. The above number was
performed by the former.

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A SEGMENT OF The Nutcracker
called Dance of the Miriltons was per-
formed by Ann Craven, Rhonda Hol-
land, Jennifer Nicholas and Marlene
Vaughn. The piece was choreo-
graphed by Petrus van Muyden.

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Front cont.

lage of Titipu. Here lovers
Nanki-Poo and Yum-Yum
charmed audiences with the
music of Gilbert and Sullivan.
The outlandish escapades
and gaiety of the lovers
(played by Frederick Johnson
and Denise Miller) delighted
audiences night after night.
The Mikado was directed by
Cherry Mir Garrison.

Next, audiences ventured
into a hospital for the termi-
nally ill. Michael Cristofers
play, The Shadow Box, which
was the recipient of both a
Pulitzer Prize and a Tony
Award, was performed in
McGinnis Theatre December
2-6.

Directed by Cedric Win-
chell, The Shadow Box intro-
duced audiences to three ter-
minally ill cancer patients who
live out their remaining days
as part of an experiment
which allows them to ponder
the meaning of life. Audiences
were drawn into the lives of
Joe, Brian and Felicity, shar-
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over the consequences of
their conditions. Although
about death, The Shadow Box
radiated life with unforgetta-
ble performances by Dick St.
George as Joe, Gregory Wat-
kins as Brian, and Hazel Sta-
pleton as Felicity.

From February 17-22, au-
diences viewed Little Bighorn
as they watched the Play-
house Performers in Robert
Inghams drama Custer. Audi-
ences listened as General Cus-
ter, his wife Elizabeth, Colonel
William Benteen, and Major
Marcus Rieno told their ver-
sions of that fateful day at Lit-
tle Bighorn.

Directed by Edgar R. Loes-
sin, Custer provided audi-
ences with historical facts as
well as entertainment. Al-
though a serious play, Custer
had some funny moments, the
character of Colonel Benteen
(played by Gary Weathers-
bee) provided much of the
plays humor.

Next, audiences ventured
to a fictitious little town in
New Hampshire. Another
Pulitzer prize-winning play,

Thornton Wilders Our Town
was presented in McGinnins
Theatre April 14-19.

Our Town showed audi-
ences that material wealth is
not as important as the needs
of those around them. Wilder
allowed spectators to eaves-
drop on the citizens of
Grovers Corners in their
homes, on street corners and
in cemeteries. Directed by Ce-
dric Winchell, the play is cen-
tered around the life, death,
and revisitation to the life of
Emily Webb (played by Donna
Lynn Cooper).

While providing students
with valuable training, the
productions also provided au-
diences with priceless enter-
tainment.

The Student Union Films
Committee also brought en-
tertainment to Greenville with
summer hits such as Best Little
Whorehouse in Texas. Also
shown in Hendrix Theater
were movies such as On Gold-
en Pond, Southern Comfort,
Taps, Chariots of Fire, and
Pink Flamingo. The Film Festi-
vals highlighted James Bond

MEMBERS OF THE East Carolina
Dance Theatre take their completed
works on the road in the Spring. This
gives a chance for them to perform
and expose students in the Eastern
portion of the state to the world of
dance.

and Agatha Cristie flicks.
Coffeehouse entertainment
spotlighted several artists in-
cluding Brian Huskey and the
musical duo of Ron Maxwell
and Leah Kendrick.

East Carolina also contin-
ued its tradition of offering
dance entertainment referred
to by many as the best in the
state. As a result of bookings
made by the Theater Arts
Committee, major touring
companies that visited such
cities as Raleigh and Winston-
Salem also performed in
Greenville. Dancers and chor-
eographers of the Depart-
ment of Drama proved them-
selves once again by delight-
ing and impressing local
audiences.

The American Ballet The-
ater II from New York City put
on the first concert of the year
in November. Since being re-
organized several years ago
by Mikhail Baryshnikow, who
now heads the American Bal-
let Theater, the young com-
pany has been a training
ground and stepping stone for
some of the nations finest

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ONE OF THE MEMBERS of the
North Carolina Dance Theatre takes
time out to warm up before curtain
time.

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Front cont.

dancers preparing to enter
the main troop of ABT or oth-
er major dance companies.
An added attraction for North
Carolinains was the perfor-
mance of former tarheel resi-
dent Dane Smith, who was
featured in several numbers
as the lead female dancer.

Smith performed a modern
work with the company called
Diary, a sensuous love duet
with Christophe Caballero,
danced to only a piano and
the voice of Judith Lander. In
Pas Des Deesses, the com-
pany presented a comic spoof
on 19th century ballerinas.
The performance was choreo-
graphed by Robert Joffery.

The young dancers dazzled
the audience with their fine
tuned classical ballet training
trobutes, the Balanchine-style
opening piece of the evening
and an exerpt from a tradi-
tional Russian ballet, Ray-
monda. The performance of
ABT II highlighted the semes-
ter for local dance audiences
and Balletomanes; however,
the new year brought stiff
competition to the New York
company from some area art-
ists.

In January, the North Caro-

Larson

PREPARING TO PLAY, Robin
Alexander and Lou Beene raise their
instruments. Many music majors
gained valuable experience as mem-
bers of the ECU Orchestra and
Marching Pirates.

PRIOR TO THE CHRISTMAS
break, the annual Madrial Dinners
were held in Mendenhall Student
Center. Presiding over the event were
Jim Rees and Franceine Rees.

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lina Dance Theater also per-
formed at McGinnis Theater,
bringing a varied perfor-
mance of ballet, modern and
jazz dance, performed by
dancers predominately
trained at the N.C. School of
the Arts. The company, a pro-
fessional affliate of NCSA, of-
ten brings quality dance to
many areas of the state that
would otherwise never see it.

The program performed by
the group, who has visited
ECU before, was even more
varied than that of ABT IIs.
They presented a 19th cen-
tury ballet followed by an
avante guarde modern work
performed barefoot, followed
by a jazzy, spanish dance set
in the tropics.

The next week, the Dance
Department put on its annual
Evening of Dance,? display-
ing student talent in perform-
ing programs choreographed
by the dance faculty. The
school, generally recognized
as having the best performing
arts department outside of
the School of the Arts, annual-
ly displays the talent of the
students and faculty.

The program included over
half a dozen dances in almost
every style performed today.
From a restaging of an ex-

cerpt of the old favorite, The
Nutcracker, to dance interpre-
tations of Streetcar Named
Desire and an oriental fairy
tale, to a modern dance incor-
porating film, strobe lights,
moveable sculptures and a va-
riety of music, the local talent
packed in sold-out audiences
nearly every night, and had a

_ successful tour of other cities

in Eastern North Carolina
through the early spring, giv-
ing some future professional
dancers a taste of life on the
road.?

The Student Unions Spe-
cial Events Committee hosted
several programs during the
year including a performance
by Lisa Birnbach. Birnbach,

the author of The Official
Preppy Handbook, presented
a program based on her book.

Later in the year the team
of Al Franken and Tom Davis
visited the campus. Attaining
their fame as the original writ-
ers of Saturday Night Live,
the two men entertained audi-
ences with comical sketches
spawned during their careers.

Throughout the year, East
Carolina was able to present a
wide variety of entertaining
programs. From music to dra-
ma, from lectures to comedy,
the school gave students a
spectrum of choices enabling
many to view top rate per-
formers at any time of the
year.

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RETURNING FOR ANOTHER
visit, Lisa Birnbach, editor of the Offi-
cial Preppy Handbook, drew crowds
of preppy students. During her pro-
gram, students were able to teach
Birnbach how to shag, a popular form
of dancing.

ENTERING ANOTHER WORLD,
patrons of the Madgrial Dinners came
dressed in appropriate apparrel. Ju-
nior Timothy Parker escorts Beth
Carter.

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The five staff members of the Counseling Center
offered an ear to listen and advice in order to

Calm the Masses

by Brian Rangley

any people just seem to know exactly
Miere: they want out of life. They know
they want to be a plant manager at
DuPont. Or a G.P. in the small mountain town
of Cullowhee. Or a copy editor for Readers
Digest. Of course, its these same people who
know just what curriculum to follow to get
there. However, many more students muddle
aimlessly through General College courses
and electives until they accidently accumu-
late enough hours for some kind of degree.
I didnt know what to do with my life. I didnt
know what to major in or any of that stuff. I
thought about geography but | didnt know
what to do with a geography degree, and |
didnt want to take four levels of a foreign
language. So I took business, and I might mi-
nor in geography. I have all these hours.
The decision about what course of study to
take may seem silly to most people, but they
are serious and perplexing to the person who
has the problem. No problem is ever silly to
ECUs Counseling Center. Every person with
a problem has a patient and attentive ear

BESIDES OFFERING services to individual students,
the Center also provides groups, such as Residence Hall
Advisors, help in planning for their jobs. The advisors
used the Centers wide range of materials to plan self-
help courses for dorm residents.

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waiting.

But a counselor is much more than just a
good listener. A good counselor teaches the
student insight. In learning insight, the stu-
dent often discovers his own problem and the
answer to it.

They counseled me ... anyway, I partied
too much when I first came here. I partied all
the time and my average was a whopping 1.4. I
figured that I needed to study some. I got a 3.4
the next semester and a 3.3 the next. I said,
Hey, maybe I should study like this more of-
ten.?

According to Dr. George Weigand, head of
the Counseling Center, it is the counselors
main function to help a student develop in-
sight or self awareness. The counselor
doesnt tell the student what to do; instead,
the student learns how to recognize a prob-
lem and overcome it.

Dr. Weigand has a few basic beliefs that
helped him in his career. He has great faith in
human nature, believing that people are basi-
cally good. Weigand also says that, while you
can teach a monkey some basic sign language
you still cant teach a monkey to talk. What

TAKING TIME OUT to talk with a student is a com-
mon occurrence at the Center. Dr. Ione Ryan and the
other counselors have built a good rapport with the stu-
dents such that many just drop in throughout the day to
say hello.

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he means by this is that everyone has their
handicaps as well as their hidden talents. As
a counselor, he helps a student find ways
around the handicaps and focus on the tal-
ents.

Occasionally, a counselors wisdom is sur-
prisingly, even violently, rejected. Weigand
relates the story of a girl who came to the
Center to discuss plans for the following se-
mester. A glance at the girls transcript re-
vealed to Weigand that the girl was about to
flunk out of college. He calmly mentioned
that they needed to work on her study skills
so she could return the next semester. For
about ten seconds, the girl sat still, glaring
angrily at Dr. Weigand, then she rose and
stomped to the door. She paused, turned and

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glared at Dr. Weigand again, and said,
Damn you anyhow; I didnt have a problem
when I came in here, but you sure gave me
one.? The girl stormed out of the room.
Some cases start out surprisingly and end
quite normally. Dr. Wilbert Ball recalls a sto-
ry that took place in the Centers former
location in the upper floors of Wright Audito-
rium. Shortly after coming to ECU, Dr. Ball
heard scuffing noises echoing up the long
staircase. Dismissing the noise as a crowd
walking up the stairs, Dr. Ball continued his
work. Soon the scuffling was just outside his
office door. The door flew open, and there
stood a male student and a female student,
with a little female student wedged between
them. The taller pair thrust the smaller girl
into the office, slamming the door behind her
and leaving her sobbing in Dr. Balls office.

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GIVING ASSISTANCE to new Residence Hall Advi-
sors comes naturally to Dr. Wilbert Ball. Dr. Ball, who
has seen the campus expand over the years, was able to
offer sound advice based on his experiences at ECU.

Dr. Ball prepared himself for the absolute
worst, and asked, in his best counselors?
voice, May I help you??

It seems that the girl was being threatened
by a local merchant over a bad check. After a
little calming down and a phone call to the
merchant, the problem was resolved.

Although most people come to the Center
with vocational/major problems, many like
the girl with the bad check, arrive with per-
sonal problems weighing heavily on their
minds.

I had the experience of being attacked. At-
tacked by friends? that I knew and trusted. So
I went to the Counseling Center and talked to

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AFTER A MOVE from Wright Auditorium to Wright
Annex the counselors gained more space but not more
staff. The Center has had five counselors since 1967
while the student body has doubled.

a counselor. She helped me to understand that
I wasnt a bad person, that what happened
wasn't my fault.

Any problem that causes uneasiness for a
student is important enough to discuss with a
counselor. Depression, confusion about a ma-
jor, anxiety over a test or grade, or even a
lack of information are situations that can be
remedied by the Center. If a dorm or organi-
zation is interested in a group experience, the
Center can help. Tests that help clarify ones
field of interest and aptitudes can be adminis-
tered. And if the Counseling Center cant do
it, they know someone who can.

Often, after working through a problem, a

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student will return to say, If it wasnt for you,
I wouldnt have passed that course,? or I
wouldnt have graduated without you.? That
kind of gratitude is, according to Wiegand,
misplaced. The student does the work; if they
failed, they wouldnt blame the counselor, so
the counselor cant take the credit, either.? If
they must give credit,says Wiegand, then
let them say, ~you did a good job teaching, or
getting me started, or working through a
problem. ? These are the things that a coun-
selor actually does.

I was having anxiety attacks... ] went over
there for stress management, relaxation ther-
apy. Theyve gone out of their way to help me;
they always respond immediately when I call,
my counselor said I can call her at home at
night if I feel the need.

Dr. Ball says that more staff members

HELPING STUDENTS locate information is a job not
only for the counselors but also for secretary Peggy
Brickhouse. Many students take the interest based test
to zero in on a possible major and eventually a career.

AN OPEN DOOR policy has always been a trademark
of the Center. Counselors, such as Dr. Phyllis McAllister,
often spend several hours talking with troubled students.

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would improve service even more. We've
continued to have five members since 1967
while the student body has doubled,? says
Ball. That limits us.?

Always, the counseling at the Center is
competent, skilled, and held in strick confi-
dence. The Center successfully helps stu-
dents to grow in self-awareness, confidence,
and social stature, and is available days,
nights, and weekends. It is an invaluable
guide in a new world of majors, jobs, and
social stresses.

I'd be lost without them. @

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DRESSED AS A PAIR OF cats, Sharon Hendrix and
Bob Reinhart compete for the best dressed? prize.
Hendrix, an art major from Kinston, and Reinhart, a
commercial arts major from Bathe, N.Y., spent several
days designing their outfits.

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WHILE CLOWNING AROUND at the ball, Chris
Niver, Carol Lebuhn and Lori Hicks compare outfits.
Each spent extra time not only with their outfits but also
with their makeup.

STICKING WITH TRADITION, several students
rented costumes. Some students, not wanting to spend a
lot of money on rentals, came with everyday clothes and
store-bought masks.

Punked-out or spaced-out, any outfit of any description is in-style for
the School of Arts Beaux Arts Ball, where for a evening, life is only

A Masquerade

by Anita Lang, Ellen Moore, Lisa Coleman

ver seven years ago at Contentnea
C) camperound the School of Art held its

first annual Beaux Arts Ball. The ball,
a large masquerade party, was for the stu-
dents and faculty of the School of Art. Ray
Elmore, an assistant professor of painting and
drawing, envisioned the ball as a means of
getting students and faculty together socially
in a creative setting. That year, approximate-
ly 100 students and faculty attended the ball,
as compared to over 450 for this years ball,
which was held at The Upper Level.

Although many who attended the Ball felt
that it was not as good as in years past, Ejo
Fox, Coordinator for the event said it was a
success. Fox, president of the Visual Arts
Forum, commented that the VAF, sponsor of
Beaux Arts Ball, had only two weeks to orga-
nize the Ball. I was head of the entertain-
ment committee, which was in charge of get-
ting the bands and making sure the sound
systems were set up properly,? said Fox, a
junior ceramics major. The two bands that
performed were Proteus? and Laughing
Matter?. They are mainly composed of mem-
bers from the ECU Jazz Band.

Because of the short notice, many students
had to design their costumes in a hurry. I
saw a poster on the way to my art history
class two days before the ball,? said Jan Ma-
rie Barbee, a freshman painting major. Bar-
bee confessed to skipping her art classes the
day of the ball to sew up her costume.

Many of the costumes reflected the new
wave? image that swept the country the past
year. Mini-skirts, thin glasses, and tops
splashed with vibrant colors added to the
Punk? look. Some even dared to wear their
hair in the stylish mohawk and others dyed
their hair shades of pink, purple, and green.
The guys that were dressed as girls in the
~new wave style really stood out,? said Bar-
bee. Others chose a more traditional Hallow-
een look and dressed as Dracula, a witch, ora
mummy.

A few students showed they were keeping
up with the news, especially with the Tylenol
scare. There were several people trying to
win the bad taste? award by coming to the
ball dressed as Tylenol capsules, Tylenol
boxes, and Tylenol pill bottles.

Creativity paid off when the time came for
the judging of the costumes. The contest was
open to anyone who wanted to participate.
Judging was conducted by several members
of the faculty of the School of Art.

To be judged in the contest, the students
had to walk across the stage and display their
costumes. Most of them did something on
stage that related to their costume. Their

DANCING TO THE MUSIC of a live band, Carol
Lebuhn shows off her self-designed costume. Lebuhn, a
senior art major from Devon, Pa., received many compli-
ments on her outfit.

THE WINNING COSTUMES were designed by Jerry
Jackson and Lisa Ford. The duo came dressed similarly
in a combination evening gown tuxedo outfit.

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presentation helped them to be noticed by us.
For instance, there was a strong man who
actually carried his date across the stage,?
said Roxanne Reep, an instructor of painting
and drawing. A lot of people were very cre-
ative with their costumes,? she said. Jerry
Jackson and Lisa Ford took top honors with
their combination evening gown and tuxedo
outfit.

Lack of advertising hurt profits and the
turn-out for the event. This year we broke
even,? commented Art Haney, the faculty
advisor for the VAF. The year before we
made $1400. We put $1000 of the proceeds
into the bank and kept the remaining $400 to
sponsor the sculpture guild for workshops
and symposiums that occurred during the
year.?

One of the problems,? Haney said, was
this year we got a late start.? But even witha
late start, Haney felt most people enjoyed
the ball. Next year it will be better or-
ganized.?

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52 Student Life

When looking back on the school year, East Carolina students are
most likely to recall the tragedy of the Village Green Apartments
explosion or perhaps the fire that nearly destroyed the Tau Kappa
Epsilon Fraternity House. But while news was being made everyday in
Greenville, it was also occurring in other places around the world. Radio
and TV correspondents, along with newspaper and magazine journal-
ists, provided us with a constant flow of information that linked us to the
rest of the world. While all the news was significant, some events caught
our attention more than others. These events are the ones we will
remember as the

Padiine

PLAYING FOR A RECORD 48 | tained thousands of East Carolina stu-
weeks in the Greenville area, the dents. E.T., pictured with co-star
smash motion picture, E.T.?, pro- Drew Barrymore, became an over-
duced by Steven Speilberg, enter- night success throughout America.

Wide World Photos

Newsline 53

by Patrick ONeill

(): November 10, Leo-
nid Brezhnev, the Gen-

eral Secretary of the Soviet
Communist Party Central
Committee, died a sudden
death in the Soviet capital,
Moscow.

With Brezhnevs death
came the end of 18 years of
rule by a factory workers son.
He had been ill for nearly ten
years. His death ultimately
came from complications of
atherosclerosis affecting his
heart and major vessels.
Brezhnev, 75, was a chain
smoker and drank often.

Brezhnevs replacement,
Yuri Andropov, is a former
head of the KGB (Soviet Se-
cret Police). He speaks fluent
English, reads American nov-
els and enjoys listening to
American big band music. Ob-
servers seem to have a mixed
opinion as to what Andropovs

Wide World Photos

Many events made international news during the year, but the death of
Leonid Brezhnev shocked the world and again put the Soviets on

The Front Page

ascension to the helm will
mean for United States-Soviet
relations.

On the other hand, com-
ments on the 18 year reign of
Brezhnev was plentiful during
the months following his
death. Time magazine wrote,
at the time of his death Brezh-
nev possessed more power
than any other individual on
earth.?? A Newsweek writer
claimed Brezhnev had
brought stability and military
might to a nation torn by 50
years of war, revolution and
terror.

Brezhnev was the only Rus-
sian in history to be decorated
with five gold stars as a hero
of the Soviet Union and of So-
cialist Labor, his countrys
equivalent of the Congression-
al medal and the Presidential
Medal of Freedom. Brezh-
nevs colleagues in the Polit-
buro had even been known to
refer to him as VOZHD
(roughly, great leader), a title
previously given only to Lenin
and Stalin.

Brezhnev was credited with
giving his nation almost two
decades of relative stability.
But, it was also Brezhnev who
called the shots when dissent
was to be stifled abroad. The
so-called Brezhnev Doc-
trine? was used to justify the
1968 Soviet invasion of
Czechoslovakia for the cause
of preserving Communism.

THE DEATH OF SOVIET leader
Leonid I. Brezhnev brought about
closed governmental meetings to
choose his replacement. Brezhnev,
Soviet leader for 18 years, had been
ill for over half his term.

Brezhnevs decision to in-
vade Afghanistan in Decem-
ber, 1979 constituted a major
change in Soviet army being
used to impose the Kremlins
will on a foreign country that
had not previously under So-
viet control. The impact of
that decision was that it seri-
ously hampered U.S.-Soviet
relations and resulted in more
than 30 nations boycotting the
Moscow Olympics in the sum-
mer of 1980. Relations wors-
ened when, with backing from
the Kremlin, General Woj-
cieth Jarvelski imposed mar-
tial law in Poland.

It was Brezhnev who wel-
comed former president Rich-
ard M. Nixon to Russia. Brezh-
nev returned the visit. Brezh-
nev, who is often referred to
as an architect of detente,
wept when Nixon toasted a
peaceful future for the chil-
dren of the world.

It was well known that
Brezhnev had a taste for luxu-
ry and a penchant for beauti-
ful women. He often received
cars as gifts. While visiting the
U.S., after being given a Lin-
coln by Nixon, Brezhnev
jumped behind the wheel, mo-
tioned Nixon to join him, and
sped off recklessly to the
shock of Secret Service
agents.

When advised by doctors to
reduce his smoking, Brezhnev
began to use a time-locked

SOON AFTER HIS RELEASE,
Lech Walensa addresses a crowd in
his hometown of Gdansk, Poland. Wa-
lensas release in early November
brought an end to over a year of mili-
tary confinement.

cigarette case that buzzed

~ once an hour allowing him to

remove a cigarette. In be-

"tween hours, Brezhnev could

often be seen reaching into a
different pack and lighting up
again.

After his death, Brezhnevs
widow Victoria, 75, received
condolences from world lead-
ers. Brezhnev lay in state dur-
ing a four-day period of na-
tional mourning before being
buried in Moscows Red
Square.

For Andropov exists the gi-
ant job of keeping the gears
turning, besides the obviously
important job of preserving
and cultivating U.S.-Soviet re-
lations. Andropov will also
have the added responsiblity
of keeping Eastern Europe in
line, maintaining order, and
reviving a static economy at
home, satisfying his generals,
coping with dissenters, and
measuring the needs and risks
abroad.

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54 Student Life

LEBANON MADE THE NEWS as
the American Embassy in Beirut was
the target of a terrorist bomb. Beirut
continued to lead evening news shows
as the fighting in that area continued.

HUNDREDS OF INNOCENT
men, women, and children were the
victims of a massacre in Sabra, a Pal-
estine Liberation Organization camp
in West Beirut. A Christian militia
group was held responsible for the
deaths.

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With the nation in a panic over cyanide-laced medicines,
producers began new packaging methods to avoid

Over the Counter Death

by Pattrick O'Neill

he Tylenol Scare,? as
it came to be known,
had an impact on

Americans from coast-to-
coast. No one knew for sure
whether the cyanide-laced
capsules of Extra-Strength Ty-
lenol that killed seven poeple
in the Chicago area in late
September had been tam-
pered with at the factory or in
the retail outlets. As a result,
storekeepers in every corner
of the nation pulled Americas
number one selling pain re-
liever off their shelves.

At East Carolina, Student
Health officials did likewise

and stopped dispensing all Ty-
lenol products as a precau-
tionary measure. ~What
we've decided to do is not to
give out any Tylenol at all,?
said ECU pharmacist Bill
Bass. The Health Center was
not handling the Extra-
Strength variety of Tylenol at
the time.

At first the deaths of Adam
Janus, a 27 year old Arlington
Heights resident, was a medi-
cal mystery to doctors. Janus
had collapsed in his home, his
pupils fixed and dilated. De-
spite emergency room efforts
to save him, Janus died. The
subsequent deaths of Janus
brother Stanley and sister-in-

law Theresa soon proved that
Adams death was no acci-
dent.

While joining other grieving
relatives after Adams death,
both Stanley, 27 and his wife
Thersa, 19 ingested Tylenol
capsules from the same bottle
that was still resting on the
kitchen counter. Stanley Ja-
nus died later that day. One
day later, Theresa Janus had
also died. Before it was over
four others had died after hav-
ing ingested the red and white
capsules.

When federal officials is-
sued nation-wide warnings
against taking Tylenol por-
ducts, emergency poison con-

Patterson

trol centers throughout the
country were bombarded with
telephone calls from hyster-
ical consumers who had re-
cently taken the well known
pain reliever. Oh my God, I
just took Extra-Strength Ty-
lenol, am | going to die.? asked
one caller to the Indiana Poi-
son Center which received so
many calls the first day after
the news broke.

Officials at Johnson and
Johnson, makers of Tylenol
quickly tried to track down
the source of the poisoned
capsules. Code numbers from
the bottles containing the
laced capsules indicated that
distribution of the pills includ-
ed a multi-state area. For sev-
eral days, stories of other
mysterious deaths came from
all over the country. In the
end, none were linked to the
cyanide-laced Tylenol.

Perhaps worse was the se-
ries of copycat incidents that
followed the Tylenol case. Nu-
merous other cases came to
light of people being poisoned
after having consumed a well-
known product. In the end,
however, it was determined
that Tylenol case was limited
to the Chicago area.

THE IMPACT OF THE Tylenol
Scare? was extended to copy cat
crimes endangered the lives of many.
Many people, believing few drugs
were safe, refuse to buy medication
unless its packaging was tamper-
proof.

SEVEN PEOPLE IN THE Chicago
area died from cyanide-laced Tylenol
capsules. Employees of the Chicago
City Health Department tested Ty-
lenol medications for traces of the
deadly cyanide.

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Wide World

NEW YORK, NEW YORK was the
sight of much celebration as the
100th birthday of the Brooklyn
Bridge was observed. Fireworks illu-
minated the sky for several hours on
May 25 in honor of the event.

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Wide World

Although news was being made all around the world, it
was also occurring in space as Sally Ride became the first

American woman

In Orbit

by Pattrick ONeill

t 7:33 a.m. on June
18, Sally Kristen
Ride made history by

becoming the first American
woman in space. Ride, 32,
gained international attention
when it was announced in
1982 that she would be
among the five person crew of
the seventh space shuttle mis-
sion.

It took less than three min-
utes for the 100-ton space-
liner? Challenger to become
invisible to the human eye as
it soared into nearly cloudless
skies. This sure is fun,? said
Ride shortly after takeoff.

Indeed, Ride was making
history. In 22 years, the Unit-
ed States had launched 39
manned? missions using 57
astronauts " not one a wom-
an. When the moment came,
it received enthusiastic ap-
proval from the 500,000
spectators who gathered in
the vicinity of Floridas Cape
Canaveral. Among them were
feminist leaders Gloria
Steinem and Jane Fonda.
Vendors appeared hawking
RIDE. SALLY; RIDE? T-
shirts.

For Ride, as is the case with
all U.S. astronauts, the road to
her 6-day space mission was a
long and competitive one.

While doing her doctoral
program in Physics at Stan-
ford University, Ride came
across an ad in the campus
newspaper that noted open-

RUNNING FROM A landingcraft,
some of the 800 U.S. Marines go
ashore to take up peace-keeping duty
in war-shattered Beirut in August.

ings in the astronaut pro-
grams. Seven thousand men
and one thousand women
from throughout the country
applied for the 35 slots in the
astronaut class of 1978. Ride
became one of the elite group.

Ride took 5 years to com-
plete her undergraduate work
in a double major of English
and Physics. Her graduate
work was in X-ray Astronomy
and Free-electron Lasers. In
her doctoral work, Ride nar-
rowed her interest to studying
the theoretical behavior of
free electrons in a magnetic
field.

NASA officials dont detail
the criterion there use to de-
termine who gets accepted to
their programs, but Ride, in-

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SPACE HISTORY was made as the
Space Ship Challenger made its sev-
enth flight into outer space. Sally
Ride became the first woman in

space.

PROTESTING UNEMPLOY-
MENT, demonstrators stood in La-
fayette Park across from the White
House. Twelve million Americans
were out of work.

dependent, bright and in ex-
cellent condition seemed to
make the grade. Ride is also a
porficient jet pilot and flight
engineer.
After entering the astro-
naut program, Ride was even-
tually given an engineering
job that required her to learn
how to operate a 50-foot re-
mote-control manipulotor
arm. It was this type of equip-
ment that Ride used on her
first mission to place a Ger-
man-built satelite into orbit.
Although she may be the
best-known American astro-
naut since Neil A. Armstrong,
Rides achievement is not
nearly a first in international
circles. The first woman in
space was a Russian sky diver

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by the name of Valentina Ter-
eshkova in 1963. Last August
another Russian, Svetlana Sa-
vitskaya, became the second.

I did not come to NASA to
make history,? Ride said be-
fore her flight. Its important
to me that people dont think I
was picked for the flight be-
cause | am a woman.?

When asked by a reporter
if she planned to wear a bra in
outerspace, Ride exhibited
her good sense of humor.
There is no sag in zero G,?
she replied.

Space itself it not expect-
ed to be changed much by the
event,? wrote one journalist
before Rides historic flight.
It is a milestone for women
surely...?

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by Pattrick ONeill

uper Bowl Sunday be-
i longed to the Super
Hogs " and John Rig-
gins. The Redskins fullback
rewrote NFL history books by
rushing for 166 yards on 38
carries against the Miami Dol-
phins in Super Bowl XVII.
The seasoned veteran easi-
ly took home MVP honors as
the Skins won decisely by the
score of 27-17. Riggins sec-
ond half heroics included a 43-

SUFFERING FROM FATAL head
injuries, Korean boxer Duk Koo Kim
lies unconscious after a lightweight ti-
tle bout with Ray Boom Boom? Man-
cin.

The Hogs Take It All

yard break-away for a touch-
down to put Washington
ahead to stay 20-17. For an
encore, Riggins carried the
ball on 8 of 12 snaps to set the
final fourth quarter touch-
down pass to Charlie Brown
to cap a Super-day.

The incredible Redskins de-
fense (Miamis offense only
gained a total of 176 yards on
47 plays in the entire game)
the offense was able to Miami
on the field most of the second
period. The Dolphins defen-

sive line got tired and Riggins
kept pushing them as he had
throughout the playoffs.
Riggins post season ex-
ploits included 136 carries for
610 yards, a record for an
NFL back. The Skins first
playoff stop was a 31-7
blowout of the Detroit Lions;
Riggins rushing for 119 yards.
The next stop was Minnesota
for another easy 21-7 victory;
Riggins ripped off 185 yards.
The next Sunday was more of
the same as the Skins out-

classed the favored Cowboys
of Dallas 31-17; Riggins for
140.

When Super Sunday rolled
around the packed house at
the Rose Bowl in Pasedena
got their moneys worth and
another class performance by
John Riggins and the Super
Hogs. Mf

A CELEBRATION on the infield re-
minded everyone that the St. Louis
Cardinals had defeated the Milwau-
kee Brewers to win the World Series.

Wide World

Wimbleton Gives No Surprises

by Pattrick ONeill
or tennis fans it seems
theres never a break in

f the action. They play

on grass, clay, artificial sur-
faces, indoors and out, all
year long, all over the world,
one tournament after an-
other. But when mid-summer
rolls around every tennis fan
in the world knows that THE
tournament is being played.
Wimbleton is the sight and the
games best are always there.

Nineteen eighty three was no
exception.

Thirty nine year old Billie
Jean King swatted her way to
the semi-finals one more time,
and 12th seeded South Kore-
an Kevin Curren blasted a to-
tal of 80 aces on his way to the
semis. Both players were part
of the excitement that makes
Wimbleton number one, but
when the final shots were
slammed and the titles deter-
mined there were no sur-
prises.

Controversial hot head
John McEnroe and consistent
Martina Navratilova took
home the singles title. Both
later combined with Pat Flem-
ing and Pam Shriver respec-
tively adding the doubles
crowns to the bootys.

McEnroe beat unseeded
Chris Lewis to easily take the
mens title for the second
time, while Navratilova won
even more decisively beating
Andrea Jaeger 6-0, 6-3 for
her fourth Wimbleton crown.

Lets face it, this was a
great opportunity for me to
win easily,? said a true-to-
form McEnroe after his victo-
ry. This guy wasnt Borg or
Connors. But its not my fault
he got to the finals.?

Everybody took the big
guns out for me,? said Navra-
tilova. But when it was all over
Navratilova only needed an
average of 47 minutes per
match in seven matches to
take the crown. She lost just
25 games. #

60 Student Life

PROTESTING THE FIRST insea-
son strike by the National Football
League, these sport fans demonstrat-
ed . in hopes of starting the season.

Wide World

| Cardinals Fly High

by Pattrick ONeill

Wide World

ineteen sixty eight
was great year for
baseball. After an ex-

citing season, the Tigers of
Detroit and the Cardinals of
St. Louis squared off in a
World Series that stands out
as one of historys best. Going
into the fifth game, the de-
fending World Champion Car-
dinals held a three games to
one and looked like a cinch to
return their title, but Detroits
hot pitchers brought the Ti-
gers three sucessive wins and
the Cardinals were de-
throned.

After that defeat, the Car-
dinals would not be heard
from in post-season play for
14 years. But they returned in
1982 with an exciting seventh
game World Series victory
over the Milwaukee Brewers

~and return to glory.

Trailing 3-1 after 5 and a
half innings in the seventh and
deciding game, the Cardinals
rallied for 5 runs while Cardi-
nal ace relief man Bruce Sut-
ter held the Brewers hitters in
the eighth and ninth for his
second series save.

Cardinal catcher Darrell

Porter led St. Louis well-bal-
anced offensive attack. Por-
ter, with his 8 hits and 5 RBIs,
played a major role in three of
the Cardinal wins. For his ef-
forts, he took the series MVP
in a tightly-balloted vote over
Sutter.

The Brewers had nothing of
which to be ashamed. In 1968
they were not yet an estab-
lished team " in 1982, they
knocked off the strong chal-
lenge from the Baltimore Ori-
oles to win the American
League east on the final day
of the regular season. In the
playoffs, they went to the fifth
game to beat the powerful
California Angels. Team lead-
er and American League
MVP Robin Young led the
Brewers with 12 hits and 6
RBIs batting .414 for the Se-
ries. Because of their power-
ful hitters, the Brewers were
picked easy winners over the
Cardinal team. But the Red-
birds remembered 1968 and
hung on for a sweet victory.

To reach their plateau, the
Cardinals had to beat 1982s
Cinderella team, the Atlanta
Braves. They took the play-
offs in three straight for the
pennant.

Newsline 61

f

Swansboros 200th anniversary celebration led the
Underwater Archeology Summer Field Team to the town

in search of

Signs From The Past

by Stuart Morgan

CUs Underwater Ar-

chaeology Summer

Field team, including
prospective graduate stu-
dents from across the nation,
helped solve a riddle this sum-
mer during Swansboros
200th Anniversary Celebra-
tion. For nearly 50 years, Bur-
well Jackson has been curious
about resin, ballast stones,
and exposed logs littering the
promontory of land in front of
his house at Deer Island along
White Oak River. I never
had any idea what it was,?
Jackson admitted when refer-
ring to the area, but I thought
it was a ramp of some type "
possibly used for pulling out
logs.?

Under the joint sponsorship
of ECU and Swansboros bi-
centinnial committee, eight
students participated in a four
week summer field school at
Swansboro. A large portion of
their time was spent investi-
gating the Deer Island site, lo-
cated across from Swans-
boros harbor. The material on
Jacksons property may have
been associated with the bu-
sinesses that once existed on
the now-quiet island. In fact,
sometime during the past 200
years, the following busin-
esses once operated there: A
boatyard, naval stores manu-
facturer, steam-powered saw-
mill, and saltworks. The stu-
dents were able to solve many
questions concerning the his-
toric site.

According to Andrea Heint-
zelman, who participated in
the field school, the material
in front of Jacksons house pri-
marily indicated an extant
wharf. The fact that some of

the exposed timbers indicated
wooden trunnel fastenings
(predating late 19th and 20th
century metal fastenings) also
suggested its early construc-
tion. As a graduate student in
American Universitys ap-
plied anthropology program
in Washington, D.C., Heintzel-
man is studying the building
technology of wharf construc-
tion, particularly of the colo-
nial period.

The reason for looking at
the wharf was to provide a
good comparative example to
others that have been exca-
vated along the New England
coastline,? she explained.
~~The wood used in this
wharts construction is differ-
ent from that used in New
England Wharves. At the
Deer Island wharf, we found
that long leaf pine was used
throughout the wharfs struc-
ture; whereas, yellow pine
and oak were generally used
in Northwestern wharves.?
From the artifacts found with-
in the wharfs structure, such
as saltglaze, stoneware,
whiteware, creamware, clay
pipe stems, dark green to
black bottle glass (lip and base
fragments), the group deter-
mined that the wharf dates
from the late 18th or early
19th century.

It was the first excavation
of an historical wharf sturc-
ture in North Carolina,?
claimed Gordon Watts, field
school director. I think one of
the things that, made it so in-
teresting was the fact that it
was a combined terrestial and
underwater excavation.?
Since the wharf is located
both on land and under water,
Watts explained, the group
used terrestrial and under-

water excavation techniques
in examining the structure. He
stated that the Deer Island
wharf project would help plan
the investigations of other his-
toric structures known in for-
mer colonial port towns
throughout Eastern North
Carolina.

Under the direction of Dr.
William N. Still, professor in
maritime history; Dr. Richard
Stephenson, professor in nau-
tical science; and Gordon P.
Watts, director of underwater
research, the students also
surveyed and investigated
Swansboro Harbor, White
Oak River, and Bogue Inlet as
part of Swansboros celebra-
tion. Using a proton preces-
sion magnetometer, they lo-
cated more than 30 targets.
Although most of the sitings
turned out to be modern re-
fuse, several in the vicinity of
Bogue Inlet may indicate
shipwreck remains, according
to Watts. Perhaps the most
promising underwater sites
that the projects researchers
identified were a series of
landings along the upper
White Oak River. In spite of
the black water environ-
ment,? Watts added, such
sites could generate historical
data not available in surviving
manuscript sources. Investi-
gations of these landings
could also shed new light on
colonial and nineteenth cen-
tury North Carolina.? Accord-
ing to Dr. Still, the time of the
field school, prevented the
group from determining
whether any of the sites were,
in fact, shipwrecks.

Although some of the tar-
gets more or likely represent
wrecks,? Dr. Still explained,
they were covered by too

much sediment to allow thor-
ough excavation within the
time limitations of the project.
However, we felt that regard-
less of our lack of time to in-
vestigate the site more thor-
oughly, just locating these po-
tential cultural resources will
be of value to Swansboro in
the future.?

Tucker Littleton, chairman
of Swansboros 200th Anni-
versary Celebration Commit-
tee, agreed with Dr. Still, stat-
ing that, Nothing has ever
been done before to inventory
submerged resources in
Swansboro Harbor and adja-
cent waterways before the
project. Our maritime history
is one of the most neglected
aspects of our states history,?
Littleton explained. One of
the advantages of the project
was that in future dredging or
shoreline construction pro-
jects, we will have a better
idea of what areas need addi-
tional examination prior to
disturbance.?

The Swansboro field school
was the sixth of a colonial port
survey project which has so
far included studies of Bath in
1979, Edenton in 1980, New
Bern in 1981, and Beaufort
and Cape Lookout in 1982.
Prior to attending the four-
week project at Swansboro,
students spent two weeks at
ECU studying maritime histo-
ry, underwater archeology,
and related subject ma-
terial. Hf

IN ORDER TO ATTEMPT the re-
moval of the wharf structure, stu-
dents looked not only in the water,
but also in the ground. Burwell Jack-
son watches the extraction from his
property.

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Larson

As artists from the East Coast gathered in Greenville for
the semi-annual Guild, the lawn in front of Jenkins Art
Building became

Artistically Inclined

by Anita Lang, Lisa Coleman

ore than 45 artists

from the Carolinas

and Virginia gath-
ered at East Carolinas School
of Art for the semi-annual
conference of the Tri-State
Sculpture Guild. The confer-
ence was held the first week-
end in October. Members of
the guild spent the weekend
attending lectures and work-
shops conducted by local art-
ists. For the first time, the con-
ference was held in the Jen-
kins Fine Arts Center.

In conjunction with ECUs
75th anniversary, an exhib-
tion of the more than 90 sculp-
tures was held during the en-
tire month of October. Scale
and Sculpture? was chosen as
this years theme. The sculp-
ture was displayed in the Gray
Art Gallery, in the art build-
ing, and on the grounds direct-

EARLY MORNING students were
greeted by the sight of artists setting
up their works. The lobby and lawn of
Jenkins Art Building feature a variety
of art exhibits.

ly in front of the building. To
protect the sculpture from
vandalism, the pieces were
not displayed on any other
part of campus.

Chosen as this years con-
ference coordinator, Norman
Keller, an associate professor
of sculpture at the School of
Art, assembled the entire ex-
hibition.

Because of its diversity, this
exhibition revealed many
points of view and varied
sculptural concerns. In size,
the sculptures varied from
about ten inches to 12 feet in
height. The large-scale works
were displayed on the
grounds surrounding the art
building.

Norman Macleod, a gradu-
ate student, used stone and
steel in creating his sculp-
tures, In the Balance,? and
~~From the Cross to the
Throne.? Like the other grad-
uate students, he wants to use
his degree to teach; however,
he wants to continue in sculp-
ture. ~~The ideal situation
would be to get to the point

where I can make my living
from my own work,? Macleod
remarked.

Another graduate student,
Tom Grubb, specialized in
working with bamboo. Two of
his sculptures, Time and
Space Connection? and Eas-
terly Grid I? were displayed
on the surrounding grounds of
the art building because of
their large size. I call my
sculptures installations be-
cause they can be construct-
ed, taken apart, and then as-
sembled again which helps
when the pieces are moved
from place to place. The actu-
al work was cutting the bam-
boo and creating the idea for
the sculpture,? commented
Grubb. The pieces were
shown in exhibits in Raleigh
and Chapel Hill earlier this
year.

Italia °81 was the title of
Herb Parkers earth sculpture
in the exhibition. He worked
on the sculpture for about two
months. The piece was com-
pleted last summer in Cor-
tona, Italy, where it was put
on display in an archeological
museum.

Parker, and ECU graduate
student said, The purpose of
the conference is for a group
of artists to get together to in-
teract and discuss each oth-
ers work. The conference
gives anyone who is a member
of the guild a chance to show
his or her work.? Mf

AFTER A HIT-AND-RUN with a
campus police car, a Jacksonville Ma-
rine was arrested and charged with
DUI. As the police apprehended the
marine, a crowd gathered to watch
the event.

Newsline 65

Glenn Maughn was making headlines during the year as
he protested, supported and stated his opinions, on many
issues whether his opinions were

by Patrick ONeill

would venture to call edu-

cation student Glenn
Maughan a rebel with a
cause.?

Perhaps the phrase a Yan-
kee with a cause? would be
more like it. During his two
years at East Carolina
Maughan managed to get him-
self involved in quite a few
causes.?

i t is doubtful that anyone

A picture of Maughan hold- .

ing a sign stating B-1 Vita-
mins Not Bombers? appeared
in the 1981-82 Buccaneer.
Maughan was protesting the
presence of military recruiting
persons on campus at the
time.

This school year followed a
similar pattern for the 33-
year old Massachusetts na-
tive. Again Maughan could be
seen standing faithfully in the
lobby of the Student Supply
Store anytime the recruiters
came to campus. His new sign
read: It will be a great day
when our schools get all the
money they need and the mili-
tary has to hold a bake sale to
buy more bombs, planes, sub-
marines, and missiles.
Maughan called his actions
counter recruitment.? It just
seems rather ludicrous to me
that we have the nuclear ca-
pability to blow every person
right off the face of the
earth" totally destroy the
planet" and the military con-
tinues to expand,? Maughan
declared in an October inter-
view.

Maughan was also an ac-
tive participant in the effort to
prevent the construction of a
new building on campus.
Maughan was critical of the

Pro or Con

new structure because it was
stated to be built on a well-
shaded grassy knoll known as
the Arboretum. Maughan con-
ducted long hours of research
on the history of the Abore-
tum by checking records in
Joyner Library. He finally
turned his notes over to the
East Carolinian for publica-
tion.

In March Maughan was at it
again. This time his actions re-
ceived statewide press cover-
age. During a recess while he
was serving on jury duty at
the Pitt County Court House,
Maughan noticed that a
monument on the courthouse
lawn commemorating Pitt
County residents killed in pre-
vious wars listed those killed
in segregated catagories.

There were two sets of
names engraved under the
listings for World War I and
the Korean War. Above the
second listings appeared the
word colored? denoting the
person killed was non-white.

Maughan lodged official
protest with Pitt County and
Greenville City officials. It
would seem that those who
designed, built, and engraved
the monument sought more to
remind those, who view the
piece, of our segregational at-
titudes, than to honor the
dead,? Maughan wrote in his
letters to officials.

Maughan asked that the
monument be changed and
segregated subtitles be re-
moved. His wishes were hon-
ored.

Pitt County Manager H. R.
Gray wrote to Maughan and
extended regrets from the Pitt
County Board of Managers in
regards to the monument.
The board ... wishes to of-

fer its apologies to you,? Gray
wrote adding that the correc-
tions would be made.

Maughans protesting
didnt end there. In May,
Maughan wrote to City and
County officials once again.
This time he was objecting to
the citys practice of flying the
Confederate and British flags
over the Greenville Town
Common. At first glance, the
~Stars and Bars seems a be-
nign symbol of our Southern
heritage,? Maughan wrote in
his letters. Looking deeper
into history, one may realize
that this symbol is not and can
never be a true representation
of the South.?

Maughan asked that the
city discontinue its use of both
the Confederate flag and the
British flag known as the
Union Jack.? Again, Maugh-
ans request was honored.

Calling Maughan a very
persistent young man,?
Greenville City Manager Gail
Meeks said she would see to it
that the two flags were re-
moved from the Commons.

During an interview Meeks
said she didnt necessarily
agree with Maughans points,
but rather she wanted to take
care of the situation before it
ballooned. Im not sure that
the letter convinced me, as
much as that (Maughan) is a
very persistent young man
and I knew what had just hap-
pened with the County ...
and so I decided to quit flying
those flags.? Meeks said.

In January, only two
months before their wedding,
Maughan and his fiancee Su-
zanne Darwin, an English stu-
dent, were arrested together
during a civil disobedience
protest on the steps of the

PROTESTING WITH A GROUP
or by himself, Education major Glenn
Maughn was rarely without an opin-
ion on any issue.

United States State Depart-
ment. At the time they were
protesting United States mili-
tary aid to the Central Ameri-
can nation of El Salvador.

The Maughans will both be
back at ECU in 83-84 and to
be sure they'll try their best to
keep college life exciting for
all of us.

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RECORD BLOOD donations made
East Carolina students very popular
with local Red Cross Blood Drives.
Continuing a tradition of generosity,
students contributed over 1000 pints
of blood during the year.

Patterson

Walters

A FREQUENT SIGHT around
campus was groups of protesters dis-
tributing literature and marching for
their causes. Circling in front of the
Tenth Street Post Office, these dem-
onstrators enjoy some extra media at-
tention.

PROTESTING UNITED STATES
aid to El Salvador, Mike Hamer talks
with Postal Service customers during
his groups demonstration.

RESIGNING EARLY in his term as
SOULS president, Senior Ron Max-
well said he left the position for per-
sonal reasons. Maxwell was a past
Student Union President.

Newsline 67

Leaving Their Mark

Ingrid Bergman, October
19, 1982" She was an inter-
nationallly renowned star of
screen, stage, and television
in a career spanning four dec-
ades and a three time Acade-
my Award winner.

Valerie Bettis, September
26, 1982" A dance choreo-
_ grapher, Bettis became the
first moden dancer to choreo-
graph for a classical ballet
company.

Eubie Blake, February 12,
1983" A composer pianist,
Blake was a pioneer of rag-
time music. In 1899 he com-
posed his first piece"
Charleston Rag.?

Ken Boyer, September 7,
1982" As a baseball player
and manager, Boyer compiled
a lifetime Leagues Most Valu-
able Player Award while play-
ing with the St. Louis Cardi-
nals.

Paul Bear? Bryant, Janu-
ary 26, 1983" Coaching at
the University of Alabama at
the time of his death, Bryant
had more wins during his ca-
reer than any other college
football coach which spanned
from 1945-1983. Also during
this 38 year span, his career
brought him six national titles.

John Cheever, June 18,
1982" A writer, Cheever
was widely acclaimed as the
modern American master of
short fiction.

Barney Clark, March 24,
1983" Clark, a retired Seat-
tle, Washington dentist, sur-
vived 112 days after an artifi-
cial heart was implanted into
his chest.

APPEARING IN MANY FILMS
during his life, Henry Fonda was a
well recognized star. For his role in -
On Golden Pond, not long before his
death, Fonda won an Academy
Award.

Frederic Dannay, Septem-
ber 3, 1982" In collabora-
tion with his cousin the late
Manfred B. Lee, wrote 35
mystery novels under pseud-
onym of Ellery Queen.

Jack Dempsey, May 31,
1983" Winning the hearts of
America, He was the world
heavyweight boxing champi-
on from 1919 to 1929. Demp-
sey lost his title to Gene Tun-
ney.

Henry Fonda, August 12,
1982" An actor who ap-
peared in more than 100
films, Fonda was considered
the embodiment of the quint-
essential American hero.? He
won an Academy Award for
his performance in the 1981
picture On Golden Pond.

Freeman Gosden, Decem-
ber 12, 1982" A white writ-
er and actor. Gosden por-
trayed Andy in the Black-dia-
lect radio comedy Amos n
Andy from 1982 to 1960,
when the show was de-
nounced by the NAACP who
proclaimed the show as a dis-
torted and insulting depiction
of blacks.

Glenn Gould, October 4,
1982" A Canadian pianist,

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the first North American invit-
ed to play in the Soviet Union,
Gould was a child prodigy. He
is noted for his idiosyncrasies.

Princess Grace of Monica,
September 14, 1982" For-
merly Grace Kelly, a Holly-
wood movie star, Princess
Grace won an Academy
Award for her performance in
The Country Girl.

Leon Jaworski, December
9, 1982" Jaworski was the
lawyer who directed the Wa-
tergate Special Prosecution
Force in 1973 and 1974. The
findings of the Force led to the
resignation of President Rich-
ard M. Nixon.

David Martin, March 3,
1983" A senior Drama and
Speech major at East Caroli-
na University, Martin was a
victim of the terrible Village
Green Apartments explosion
which injured many.

Leroy (Robert) Satchel?
Paige, June 5, 1982" A
baseball player who is ac-
knowledged as one of profes-
sional baseballs greatest

THE UNEXPECTED DEATH of
Princess Grace of Monica, shocked
many Americans. Princess Grace was
killed when her car ran off the road.

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pitchers, Paige broke into the
major leagues at the age of 42
in 1948.

Artur Rubenstein, Decem-
ber 20, 1982" A pianist
whose career lasted for more
than seven decades, Ruben-
stein is ranked as one of the
worlds greatest pianists of the
century.

Gloria Swanson, April 4,
1983" An actress who be-
gan her five decade career in
Mack Sennetts silent slap-
stick comedies in 1916, Swan-
son was renowned for her ele-
gant portrayals of wordly
women in five Cecil B. De-
Mille films.

Bess (Wallace) Truman, Oc-
tober 18, 1982" Widow of
Harry S. Truman, President
of the United States from
1945 to 1953, Bess Truman
was a self-effacing First Lady
but publicly shy, holding no
press conferences and grant-
ing few interviews.

SOON AFTER RECEIVING an ar-
tificial heart, Barney Clark devel-
oped complications and died 112
days after the operation.

WITH OVER 50 years in the acting
profession. Gloria Swanson was firm-
ly established as a reputable actress.
She began her career during 1916.

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Muddy Waters, April 30,
1983" Pre-eminent blues
singer and musician and
Grammy Award winner for
several albums, Waters
served as an influence to such
rock stars Janis Joplin and
Mick Jagger.

Jack Webb, December 23,

1982" Director, producer, :

and story editor of the Emmy
Award winning show Dragnet,
Webb also starred in the show
as the police sergeant Joe Fri-
day.

Tennessee Williams, Febru-
ary 25, 1983" A playwrite
second in importance only to
Eugene ONeill, Williams
wrote The Glass Menagerie
(1945), A Streetcar Named
Desire (1947), and Cat on a
Hot Tin Roof (1955) and re-
ceived four Drama Critics
Awards and two Pulitzer
Prizes, -*

WELL KNOWN FROM his ten year
reign as the World Heavyweight Box-
ing Champion, Jack Dempsey was a
hero to many.

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~grid Bergman appeared in many

DURING HER 40 year career, In-

movies and television shows on her
way to winning three Academy
Awards.

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Newsline 69

Several universities in the North Carolina system have
enjoyed a fall recess for many years. This year East

Carolina followed custom by

Breaking Tradition

by Brian Rangeley |

ast Carolinas first fall break came this

year, and brought with it a plethora of

mixed feelings and confusions. Much of
the confusion stemmed from the apparent
fact that no one seemed absolutely sure what
break it was.

A large number of the people interviewed
said that they liked the idea of a spring?
break, and frowned with perplexity. Spring
break? didnt quite sound right; it didnt feel
like spring break. Then they would realize
their mistake, grin with embarrassment, and
said, Oh, I mean Easter break "Thanksgiv-
ing?? The frown would reappear.

Others were better informed. They as-
sured me that this was indeed ECUs first
spring break. A couple of people were ada-
mant about it. I decided to check my calen-
dar. FALL BREAK" October 16-19.?

Feeling reassured and a little more confi-
dent, I decided to try again, this time refer-
ring only to the upcoming break.? By far the

largest criticism that I found was that, in gain-

ing a fall break, we lost Labor Day. There
were days stolen from Labor Day and the
Christmas holidays,? said accounting major
C. C. Cox. Cox explained that the spring
semester would begin earlier than past se-

70 Student Life

mesters, shortening the Christmas holidays.

However, the pain of a missing Labor Day
vacation was more acute. Many students
liked that shortened week at the beginning of
the year. For some, it was one last long week-
end at the beach; for others, it buffered the
abrupt change from a job or summer play to
classroom.

Of course, several people wanted all of the
days off. But some didnt mind the sacrifice at
all, especially those who lived far away. It is
an eight-hour drive to Cullowhee, N. C.
where art major David Clayton is from. Clay-
ton said, I like the fall break. It makes a four-
day weekend, and thats enough time to justi-
fy a trip home. Otherwise, I would get home
and have to turn around and come right
back.?

Most students took the opportunity to go
home, but many chose to remain in town.
Jobs kept some students occupied. The more
academically-oriented students that re-
mained could be found busily working in
Joyner Library, getting ahead of classes, with
the less studious beside them, catching up.
Road trips became a popular activity, fos-
tered by a brief warming trend. The sunny
days inspired some students to stretch out on
the sands of the nearest beach; others, such
as myself, chose to go west and see the trac-

tor pulls and Duroc hogs and French h
stands at the State Fair.

Tuesday, the last day of the break, people
started returning to Greenville, greeting
friends and roommates, and trading stories.
T almost didnt get home,? said one student.
My father came through town on business,
but he couldnt wait. Then my mother had a
flat on the way here.? Another student told of
a large bass that he caught. I wasnt expect-
ing a fish that big. He jerked my pole out of
my hand. I had to run to the pond and catch
the line and pull it back.?

One thing seemed to be missing from the
conversation, though, the talk about the loss
of Labor Day. Few were concerned about it
any more. The overall feeling from people
across campus was that the break provided
pleasant diversion and needed rest in the
middle of the fall semester. It gave students a
chance to study for upcoming exams or rest
from exams just taken. But whether students
kept busy or just slept for four days, I have
found that most students are satisfied with a
fall break. Or is it Thanksgiving? Ml

ABANDONED SIDEWALKS beckoned skate-
boarders who had time to perfect their skill. Others
spent the four-day weekend having their final summer
beach visits.

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finding it not only necessary but fashionable to keep

SWersme)ie

by Lisa Coleman

een, the ever popular jeans and t-shirt en-
"«semble, college fashions are seldom held to
any degree of consistency. Fashions change from
day to day. Whats in tonight may be out tomorrow.
Because of this, many students were caught in the
pinch of obtaining affordable and acceptable?
clothes at one time.

WITH THE CONTINUATION of
the running craze, sweat pants and
cut up shirts became increasingly
more popular. Freshman Lisa Ber-
nard wears one of the campus ver-
sions of the style.

In order to avoid this
bind, students had to ac-
cept certain facts. Trends
and fads, although popular,
often depleted the students
clothes (and food) budget.
Clothes conscious stu-
dents, seeking to avoid
this, often purchased more
durable styles. But this was
not always the case. Differ-

ALTHOUGH DESIGNED with
physical activity in mind, the sweat
shirts were softened by lighter colors.
Matching stripped shorts, worn by
Freshman Lisa Watson, were often
seen throughout August and Septem-
ber and again in the spring.

HEADBANS of different styles
could be worn with almost any athlet-
ic outfit. The combination gave both
comfort and style.

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With
The Old cont.

ent personalities, lifestyles,
and beliefs, amassed a ka-
leidoscope of fashions and
fads"colors and de-
signs"all to compose the
ECU version of whats in.?

Khaki colors, along with
the classic black and white
combinations, were seen
on everything from skirts

&

to short sets for girls and
on pants and shorts for
guys. Wrap around styles,
popular the year before,
were seen less often.
Another style that in-
vaded campus during Au-
gust was the punk look. In-
terpretations of this fad
varied but it was guaran-

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teed to catch the attention
of the more conservatively
dressed. Headhugging
glasses with smokey black
lens were a dominant part
of the fad while others en-
joying its popularity
donned some of the more
suggestive of outfits.

Mini-skirts bridged the
gap between the punk and
preppy as they increasing-
ly appeared on a wide
range of college coeds. Var-
ious shades, in cotten and
denim fabrics, sported dif-
ferent designs from stripes
to dots.

Replacing the comfort-
able medical scrub outfit in

SWIMWEAR brought back a few
two pieces for girls but the one piece
stayed a favorite. Ruffles were more
dominate on swimsuits, with colors
coming from any shade of the rain-
bow.

popularity, was the athletic
look. Seen throughout the
country, this look was
spawned by the national
move toward physical fit-
ness and was one of the
largest and more lasting of
fads during the year.

Students took to cut up
sweat shirts and well worn
sweat pants not only for
working out but for living
TiMe ol-ter Litres) Marta meeyiiiie) as
and easy care, sweats were
worn to classes and around
town. Few students es-
caped this fad as it grew
from clothes they already
owned.

But those students wish-
ing the tailored? athletic
look could purchase pre-
cut sweat shirts designed
to fall enticingly from a
well tanned shoulder. The
tube and halter became

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dated as the students
leaned toward the easy to
wear sweat shirt. Along

with its comfortable wear,

the shirt was also made ofa
breathable fabric which in-
abled wearers to stay cool-
er.
Sweat pants with the
ECU logo were popular but

many students preferred
the plain pants in any one
of the many available col-
ors. Kelly green, red, white,
royal and purple and rose
were seen throughout the
year on any given day,
around campus.

Teamed with the sweat
suits were various head

pieces including sweat
bans and bandanas. The
bandanas, with gold piping
braided through them,
were often used to dress up
the solid color outfit.
Tennis shoes were no
longer the norm, as they
were replaced by the more
specialized types such as

A CAMPUS FAVORITE for fresh-
men and sophomores was their high
school letter jacket. Jeans and pul-
lover sweaters completed many fall
and winter outfits.

A MORE TAILORED LOOK was
seen during the winter as girls wore
wool gouches. Winter white was a fa-
vorite color for cords and wool slacks
also. Because of the styles, guys were
able to wear softer colors yet still
Festctiolt-VieMent-ibamest-Cyorliteliaen

SHORT SLEEVE button-downs
were often seen during the early
months of the school year. Athletic
tube socks, still very popular, re-
ceived competition from the Lacoste

and Polo styles.

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Old cont.



jogging shoes and aroebic
shoes. The names of Adi-
das and Nike were still pop-

ular but Tretorns and New -

Balance became more
prestigious.

Students not wearing the
athletic look or students
desiring a change from it
often took to the East Caro-
lina blend of classic and
preppy. Although some
were firmly one or the oth-
er, many students ward-

BLACK PIN-STRIPPED wools and
plaid pants, such as those worn by
Juniors Kellie Veasey and Rod Al-
dridge, were often seen on Greek
members. Other students also wore
this style, though, as it presented the
teeta \e(-Me) Mar- Wor c-1-5 ame vey aYo(-e ME-Co lt) ( am co)
many employers.

GREY PANTS, navy blazer and a
plaid tie, worn by Junior Bruce
Shackelford, were favorites of job
hunters seeking to impress a prospec-
tive employer.

robes consisted of clothing
from both categories.

The preppier Lacoste
Alligator was seen on
shirts, pants, socks, belts
and even key chains while
the more expensive classier
Ralph Lauren Polo was
viewed on the same.

Well worn Topsiders, of-

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ten worn sockless, accom-
panied guys while many
girls wore shoes by 9-West,
Aigner, and Pappagalo.

Khaki gouchos were also
a popular attire on girls
throughout the year, as
they could be teamed with
different tops to fit a vari-
ety of temperatures.

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Students leaning toward
a classier style chose the
more tailored clothing. For
girls a woolen blazer, in
navy blue or grey, turned a
wool skirt and ruffled
blouse into a suit. Silk
shirts, teamed with pleated
pants with tapering legs,
could also be worn with a

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THE DROPPED WAISTED
DRESS suited the figures of many col-
lege coeds. The dress, modeled by
Senior Hope Root,added extra inches
to shorter frames.

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pearance. Also popular
were the dropped waist
dresses. These dresses
lengthened bodies and at
times disguised added
pounds.

Well dressed guys were
also wearing wool blazers
along with wool pants. Pin-



striped shirts with button

down collars were complet-

ed with one of a variety of
ties. Silk ties, knitted ties
and the more colorful cot-
ton ties could be worn to
convey a different dress
code for any occasion.
But for those of us with-
out the means or body to

support a certain style, old
favorites still remained.
Jeans, with thread bare
rears and double patched
knees, provided comfort
and a certain style of their
own. Teamed with the
faded baggy t-shirt, they
were sure to be in college
style? for years tocome. @

SPRING BROUGHT BACK warm-
er weather and cooler outfits. Cotton
CIE ol MTom Nba cette Mecleye-Mellte-le)(-
as the day lengthen and allowed
wearers comfort as well.

MANY STUDENTS DESIGNED
their wardrobe with their personality
in mind. Cool, short clothing was
paired with colors such as black and
hot pink. Some even went so far as to
Feet-t connie cut-si au et-Viamere) (ey a coMentsiamelticiig

THE NO-CARE LOOK sought by
many students was found with jeans
and thin wind breakers.

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Although his face was seldom recognized, The East

Carolinians Mike Hughes was recognized for his

Way With

by Greg Rideout

uesdays and Thursdays were always
the days. You would wait for noon and
then dash to the paperbox; once there,
you would find what you wanted " the pa-
per " The East Carolinian. But, thats not all
you wanted. Yes, you remember now. It was
Hughes, Mike Hughes, that you needed to
read. He was so funny,? you say to yourself.

Hughes, alias Stan Landers, finished his
year and one half stint as managing editor at
the end of the summer of 1983. But, he left
behind an indelible impression on the campus
community with his irreverent, thought pro-
voking wit. His insights into the everyday ba-
nality of college life, either through his col-
umn, The Way It Is,? or via his alter ego
Stan Landers, always kept everyone laugh-
ing. (Well, almost everyone.)

Hughes, 21, was definitely a well-kept se-
cret. He was probably one of the most popu-
lar people at ECU, but not more than a hand-
full of people could point him out as he
walked across campus. Hughes liked it that
way, perferring to recluse into his junkyard
he called an office and bask in his well de-
served anonymity. There, in a corner office at
The East Carolinian, he would sit at his termi-
nal and create the jocular columns most stu-
dents looked forward to.

It didnt come easy. Any writer will tell you
that putting thoughts on paper is not an easy
task. Hughes knew this; he often arrived at
his office very early (noon for him) and would
leave very late. Inside, with Police tapes blar-
ing, he would carefully construct each humor-
ous sentence or witty paragraph. (At least
thats what most people said they were.) En-

during constant interruptions, he changed ,

and redid each column until he knew they
were right, until he knew they were funny.
The targets of his humor were not often will-
ing, but that didnt stop Hughes from expos-
ing them to the world.

Hughes took common absurdities and con-
tradictions of life and put them into perspec-
tive for all of us to laugh at. He told us how to
understand ~the speech of student athletes,
how to watch Cathy Rigby commercials with
your Mom and ~not get embarrassed and, just
as importantly, he instructed Beulah from
Bethel how to deal with her love life.

Most students enjoyed these pokes and
puns. In fact, or indeed, most students said
the only part of the paper they read was

82 Student Life

ords

Williams
WITH A HUMOROUS picture of another person usu-
ally marking his columns, Mike Hughes was able to keep
his identity relatively unknown.

IN HIS MESSY? OFFICE Hughes worked for hours
~perfecting his columns. Hughes was known around
campus for his ... bluntness, and often tactless col-
umns.?

Hughes two columns; at the very least, it was
the first part they read. One student, Ricky
Barrett, said that now he would no longer
pick up the paper.? Others said it was refresh-
ing to laugh after having read about all the
terrible things happening in the world.

There was dissent. The newspaper even
received letters to the editor at the end of the
summer telling Hughes to take his gross
comments elsewhere.? But, according to the
laughs and the looks on peoples faces on
Tuesdays and Thursdays, these detractors
were in the minority.

To Hughes colleagues at The East Caro-
linian, he was more than just another funny
man. He was the guy that always had the
answer to every question and was always
willing to help when things got tough. Sports
Editor Cindy Pleasants, often the brunt of
some of Mr. Hughes more crude comments,
said he was always there in the clutch. News
Editor Greg Rideout called Hughes a good
guy who always knew how to critique a page.

The administration also got cooked in
some of Hughes columns, but only one facul-
ty member took the time to complain " and
that was because he had said shit? in his
column. Even Chancellor John Howell once
said he liked Stan Landers. There is no higher
praise than that.

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When prospect udents-areé edecdng 1 1g atin a
college at which to continue their edudation, .
they look at many factors before maki Gat?
decision. People considering ECU look at .
factors such as academic opportunities, athletic.
programs, financial aid, and social features. For
many, the social aspect. ! auilx

area publication§* Te

ECUs social lifé is

reports would )

a place for co-habi

urihgthe course 0 a y'CO | e. c 2 i Linde ~fehis figs s wings fora leather
(which; \incidentally, spanned about fi j \Most Parents expect it. But aware?
: years), l\often wondeted jus ow yhat it is as our pa nts may be, I think its pretty safe
as nat make Us go off to school Why Ly | , to say-that Jost, ~would be just a little bit
18 or whateyer do we pull up. oui Y childhood _-Shocked ~to fin out exactly what goes on
toots and set'sail for the unknowa ' world ~of while Juniors aWay at college. '
,.. college? Ts in the age- $id idealistic pur- To say simply th living at school i is differ-
st t of higher education? Is it that infamous ent? from living at i qe is to say that Ozzy
~ ~necessary first'step,? in the realizatio Wn of four Osbourne is diffe m Slim Wh
ife- long sae Is it Our utmost. asiegilg ~of No! dont really thin ifferent?. hits the
f Self- ~worth? Gis _ J «smark. The term differe lies at least
. # fe Pid f some inherent similarities (lést we.not know
its different,? right?). And\I dom know.
about you, but I cant th k of Qo many simi-
larities between init at home and living at
school . Bare
I fenileddr mi fs fnester at ECU. ~

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was 18. I lived jn/ ria, a large zop
: oKyntom inhabited mostly /by oc ekr ighes, unidenti-
4 (dad. In aay not ees even ~oa vand fied bacteria and vern large they could
we want to; et away from. Actu ly, its ps 5 orn i ipnitopms. And since; \l
iv to/cook Ila gh now abq

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unReal cont.

the cooks there thought of bacon grease as a
spice. It was so bad | once saw a transfer
student from Mexico get diarrhea after eating
there.

I got a refund.

It was also during my first few days here
that I was invited to my first real college
party.? Great! I thought. Now, I'll get my first
taste of what college life? is all about ...
Well, I got a taste alright. In fact, when I woke
up two days later, I was still tasting it.

They called it... PJ.? It tasted like fruit
punch to me. What a bunch of wimps, I
thought. I mean, here are a hundred kids,
miles away from mom and dad, and theyre
drinking, of all things, punch. Donny and Ma-
rie would be proud. Well, I didnt want to be
rude, so I drank about a gallon and a half.
People kept saying Id better watch out. For
what? I reasoned, an overdose of eight esen-
tial vitamins and iron?

Ah, how quickly we learn.

But even after all Id experienced in my
first few days at college, little did I know how
little I still knew about, well, life in general.
And just like before, more often and not, |
had to learn things the hard way...

I guess a lot of things can go wrong when a
persons trying his hand at a whole new way
of life. Take cohabitation (a collegiate? word
for living together), for instance. Now Id be
willing to bet that most of us had never lived
with a person of the opposite sex before col-
lege. Except, of course, a brother or sister
(which ever, in your case constitutes the op-
posite sex). But college brings with it new
challenges, both in and out of the classroom.
And just like at home (well, not really just?
like at home, but similar), there are certain
guidelines a person must follow to insure a
happy cohabitation .. . and of course, even
more importantly, to avoid getting caught...

First of all, when living with someone,?
never move all of your furniture out of your
old room or apartment and into your girl-
friends (or boyfriends) room or apartment.
You never know when your parents are going
to make a surprise visit. You see, youve got
to remember that they may have gone to
college as well. They know that the best way
to check up on Junior is to pop in unan-
nounced from time to time.

In addition to leaving furniture in your old
place,? its a pretty good idea to leave a few
pairs of dirty socks and underwear on that
furniture. You know, to give your supposed
place of residence that lived-in look (and
smell).

Next, you should remember to keep on
good terms with your old roommates. He or
she may save your life one day. Teach your
old roomy to lie with authority. Teach him to
say, No, Mrs. Johnson, I dont know where
Alonzo is,? so that even the most hawkish of
mothers would believe him. Bribes are not

86 Student Life

only acceptable but highly recommended.
Remember, an honest, clean-cut, church-go-
ing roommate is your parents best friend.

When you go home for a weekend and
bring your laundry along (as most poor, lazy
college students do), be sure to sort out your
dirty clothes beforeheand. Mothers often
react unfavorably when Johnny comes home
with tigerskin bras, lacy panties and a skimpy
red negligee in his dirty clothes duffel bag.

If your parents want to telephone you in
the mornings, have your old roommate
memorize a prepared response, like, No,
Mrs. Higgins, Herbs away on a special field
trip for outstanding students in biology.? Be
sure he never tells your parents something
like, Jethros out eating breakfast,? because
they know good and well that you never get
out of bed before 1 p.m.

And finally, you should remember that
wherever your parents are concerned, hones-
ty is the best policy. And once you can fake
that, youve got it made.

But even if you are one of the few, proud
(the ugly), who doesnt cohabitate at some
point in your college life, theres still a lot to
learn about getting along with a roommate of
the same sex. Not that you have to hide any-
thing from your parents but there are, none-
theless, certain guidelines and helpful hints:

First of all, from your first day as room-
mates, you should establish rules. Tell him or
her right from the start, he cannot use your
stereo, play your albums, read your dirty
magazines, sit on your bed, smoke your ciga-
rettes (or whatever), look at your girlfriends
picture, borrow your clothes, eat your food or
dry his grimy hands on your towel. Sure, this
may sound a bit harsh at first, but take my
word for it, it will only avoid trouble later on.
But you dont have to go overboard; be at
least somewhat gracious. Be sure to tell him
that he can use your can opener... , if he
promises to wash it afterward.

Secondly, you should always remember
that not all people are the same. All room-
mates have quirks and bad habits, things you
arent used to. Maybe he or she listens to
country-and-western music or K-Tel disco
classics; maybe he or she snores a lot or
belches aromatically after a big meal; maybe
he or she is incredibly self-centered and likes
to study when you want to party. Well, re-
gardless of how irritated you may become,
just pause for a second and remember that
you may just have some quirks of your own.
Remember that you, too are not perfect. Re-
member that not everyone has had the same
benefits in life as you. . . Then, after youve
considered all this, tell him youre sick and
tired of his crap, and youre not going to put
up with it any longer.

And finally, a simple reminder. When shar-
ing a room or apartment with another person,
each individual will obviously have to take
certain compromises or concessions to make
for harmonious living conditions. Just be sure

that your roommate concedes a little more
than you do, or youll be miserable. Remem-
ber the old biblical saying (with one minor
addition): Do unto others . . . as they would
probably do unto you if they had thought of it
first.?

But aside from learning about roommates
(whether they be male or female, or both),

~theres still a lot to learn about the differences

between living at home and living at school.

Take drinking, for example. Now, at least
for me, when I lived at home, the typical
evening for my friends and I went something
like this: Wed go out, have a couple beers or
whatever and then go home. Well, the same
holds true for college, more or less. Except
now, we go home first, have a couple beers or
whatever there ... then go out.

But I guess most of our parents know were
probably going to drink at college. | mean,
certainly they realize that ones college ca-
reer, certain special occasions? arise which
call for a drink (or four). But little do they
know that in college, every night is a special
occasion.?

I mean, we dont really need a special oc-
casion to get drunk. Well make our own:
Hey, its the 41st anniversary of Pearl Har-
bor" lets get bombed!? Yassir Arafats
nephew Rahims birthday" it only happens
once a year" lets get drunk!? Its Tuesday

night; the weekend is upon us" lets party!?
Alright! Malcolm passed an algebra test"
its party time!?

God forbid: Malcolm should pass an alge-
bra test without proper compensation.

Little do Malcolms parents know that
when he wrote home last month saying he
was getting involved in a lot of campus orga-
nizations, what he was trying to say was that
hed been elected president of the campus
branch of A.A....

But as foot-loose and fancy-free as our lives
may be at college, as much as we may enjoy
the freedoms? of living away from mom and
dad, there are still those times, those brief
respites between parties, when they realize
that maybe, just maybe, living at home
wasnt so bad after all. I know that for me
personally, that revelation came most often
at breakfast, lunch and dinner times. I mean,
at home, when | thought of a good meal,? it
meant a big hunk of meat, salad, vegetables,
rolls, dessert ... , the works. At school, on
the other hand, a good meal? meant a bolo-
gna-and-ketchup sandwich on toasted stale
raisin bread, two or three lukewarm beers
and a half-pound bag of barbecued Frito
crumbs, topped off, or course, with a glass of
week-old chocolate milk and a Snickers bar
that usually stuck to the wrapper.

Breaksfasts at home generally consisted of

bacon, eggs, sausage, toast, muffins, pan-
cakes, waffles, juice, milk, coffee, tea... ,
etc. Breakfasts at school, at least the four
times I actually ate breakfast while at school,
consisted of a glopping bowl of whatever
ceral had the best toy surprise inside, a Hos-
tess Ho-Ho and two or three lukewarm beers
(two on most normal? mornings, three if I
had a test later in the day).

I dont really know why, but it just wasnt
the same...

But whereas cooking was more of a pain at
school, cleaning up was a snap by compari-
son. I mean, growing up with a mother who
flinched at the sight of a mere speck of dust, |
never realized that washing dishes, scrubbing
bathtubs and toilets, vacuuming rugs and
making beds could actually be monthly
chores. I mean, at home, my mothers kitchen
was so clean a doctor could have operated on
the floor. On the floor of my kitchen in col-
lege, on the other hand, that same doctor
could have probably found a new strand of
herpes.

Well, I guess that about wraps it up. With-
out doubt, Ive overlooked a thing or two, a

MANY CAMPUS GROUPS served beer during activi-
ties on and off school grounds. Students receiving the
beverage had to prove that they were of legal drinking
age.

conhabitational rule of thumb here, a social
disease there; nevertheless, thats pretty
much what Ive always considered the differ-
ences between living at home and living at
school . .. We get away from mom and dads
rules, for awhile. But think about it. Where do
most of us go after graduation? HOME.

s

Patterson

Leary

STUDENTS PULLED THEIR IMAGINATIONS to
find the best outfits to fit the over-exagerated sexually
free college student. Costumes such as these were usual-
ly seen around Halloween.

FRATERNITY RUSH brought the prospective pledges
to the Tau Kappa Epsilon house, where Sassy,? a fe-
male stripper, entertained the crowd. Sassy danced to
the enjoyment of the crowd which contained mostly
freshmen and sophomores.

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Williams

The 1983 graduating class banded together to force the
administration to hold commencement exercises in
Ficklen Stadium proving that there is

Power in Numbers

by Greg Rideout

CUs 1983 commencement was in the

news even before the first diploma was

handed out. Ficklen Stadium, the annu-
al site of the schools graduation exercises,
was set to have its field completely redone
and the ceremonies were rescheduled for
Minges Coliseum.

But the rescheduling, quietly done behind
administration closed doors, didnt go unno-
ticed by the 2,646 ECU students who were
about to graduate. After receiving notices
from the commencement committee that
each student would only be entitled to two
tickets, several students began to voice their
opposition to the plan. News stories about
the discontent over the changes made head-
lines in The East Carolinian, and editorials
challenged the administrations priorities.

Mike Watkins, a political science student
set to graduate, began to circulate a petition

that asked the Commencement Committee

to move the ceremonies back outside to Fick-
lin, saying the delay in reseeding the field
would not hurt the university or the football
team. Watkins effort garnered a consider-
able number of signatures from disgruntled
seniors. Reasons for signing the petition
ranged from people wanting their very im-
portant moment? outdoors to wishing more
of their family could come and see gradu-
ation.

Chancellor John M. Howell, after the first
stories appeared in the East Carolinian, re-
fused to change his mind. He called the year-
ly attendance figures (13,00"Minges only
seats 6500) quoted in The East Carolinian
over-estimated.? But, when news of student
discontent spread throughout the state via an
article published in the Raleigh News and Ob-

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SEATED BETWEEN GROUPS of well-wishers, the
graduates overlook the Ficklen Stadium football field
scheduled to be reseeded after the ceremonies.

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server, the administration, saying the renova-
tion was not going to start as early as origin-
ally understood,? reversed itself and said the
schools most important academic event
would be held in Ficklen Stadium.

So once again the Commencement Com-
mittee, under the direction of Chairman C. C.
Rowe, rearranged the seating and procedural
plans to fit the mold of the football stadium.
And, unbelieveably for most seniors, gradu-
ate students and medical students, who had
waited a very, long time for this day, Friday,
May 6, finally came.

The day was bright, warm and sunny. A
perfect day for graduation. As the seniors
formed what seemed to be a rude attempt at

.a line in the corridors of Minges Coliseum,

anxious guests and proud parents hurried

Patterson

PATIENTLY AWAITING the final moments before be-
coming alumni, these graduates listen as the 1983 com-
mencement begins.

into Ficklin Stadium. Because of the field
work being done, the students graduating
were not going to be seated on the field, but in
the stands next to all the well-wishers with
clicking cameras. Most seniors said it was
better than being inside.

At 9a.m., the band started playing and the
crowd hushed in anticipation. At 9:30, the
procession started its slow but short journey
from Minges to Ficklin. University Marshals
headed up to line, with the platform party,
medical students, graduate students, seniors
and ECUs first PhD, serenely in tow.

The ceremonies were short, but there were
some important and unusual moments

Patterson
CONTINUING WITH TRADITION, the members of the School of
Art redesign their outfits to distinguish themselves from other gradu-
ates.

THE THIRD GRADUATING medical school class personally receive
their diplomas from Chancellor Howell. The school also graduated its
first PhD.

Patterson

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Patterson

MARCHING FROM MINGES to Ficklen the Nursing
graduates carry celebration balloons tucked under their
gowns. Other graduates arrived with bags of confetti.

AT THE CONCLUSION of the ceremonies, graduates
accept their customary hugs and kisses from relatives
and friends. While surrounded by their families, these
recent alumni exchange congratulations.

a? |

Power i con't.

packed into the festivities. Former U. S. Sen-
ator Robert Morgan, and ECU alumus, and
Chancellor Emeritus Leo W. Jenkins, the
man who brought ECU responsibility in the
academic world, were awarded the first ever
honorary doctorate of letters from East Caro-
lina University.

Thomas Edward Curry Jr., and ECU alm-
nus then made history as the first doctorate
of philosophy degree ever given out by ECU
was awarded to him. He earned it in anatomy
in conjunction with the School of Medicine.

IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THEIR deans procla-
mation, the School of Nursing graduates break loose with
confetti and balloons. As each school was announced
similar celebrations took place.

Patterson
Then, after the medical students were al-
lowed to walk up on the stage and receive
their diplomas, the not-so-ordinary seniors
became alumnus by proclamation. As each
dean walked up to the podium and pro-
nounced the seniors in his school graduates,
screams and balloons filled the air. The Col-
lege of Arts and Sciences was the least row-
dy, while the School of Art was the most
radical, with new-wave buttons and pins
adorning each graduates cap and gown.
The most important day in the life of
ECUs 1983 graduates will certainly not be
one that will be easily forgotten. Reseeding,
balloons and the memory of not getting a
diploma until three months later in the mail
will be etched in their minds as they met
reality in a crazy world. @

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A\CAGECMNICS -

bove anything else, students adjusted to academic

life. After all, the goal was an education and that

magic piece of paper known as a diploma. But
there was more than just term papers, practicums, and
classroom.

Education was a personal matter.

It mean all-nighters, long lines at the computer center,
cram sessions, and 8:00 am Biology labs. It meant learn-
ing about everything from mitocondria to matrices.

There were classes to suit almost all interests, and in
them professors, graduate students and lecturers shared
knowledge, experiences and themselves.

Some students listened took notes and absorbed that
knowledge, others let it go in one ear and out the other.

But whether one was an ~A student or barely graduat-
ing everyone learned one thing " an education never
ends.

TRYING TO CONCENTRATE,
three coeds work on their midterm
examinations during fall semester.
While some students studied little by RL
little, many waited until the last min- [|
ute and had to either cram or take the
risk and cheat.

COMPLETING A PROJECT, one
student does some lab work in the }
science complex. Those who majored
in Biology, Chemistry, or Physics
spent a great deal of their time work-
ing in the various labs required in the
curriculum.

DURING THE LAST WEEK of fin-
als, this student takes advantage of [?"??"?
the smoking lounge on the first floor of [7
Joyner library to finish her studying.
It was almost impossible to find a qui-
et place in Joyner during that period.

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Academics Divider 93

DURING A MAY Trustees meeting, Howell dis-
cusses policies with newly elected Student Gov-
ernment president Paul Naso and Vice Chancel-
lor for Student Life, Elmer Meyer.

MANY SUPPORTIVE COMMENTS accom-
panied the naming of Howell as the eighth Chan-
cellor of East Carolina. Howell assumed the posi-
tion a year earlier at the resignation of Chancellor
Thomas Brewer.

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Patterson

Patterson

The naming of Dr. John M. Howell as Chancellor came as
no surprise. Because of the 26 years of service already
given to the campus and community, Howell was consid-
ered, by faculty and students alike, to be

A Member
Of The

Family

by Patrick ONeill

efore a late afternoon crowd of

1600, Dr. John M. Howell was

officially installed chancellor of
East Carolina University. North Caroli-
na Governor James B. Hunt Jr. was on
hand to welcome Howell into his new
post. Hunt praised Howell as a schol-
ar and a gentleman " a man who will
make things happen. He is dedicated
to the advancement of the mission and
well-being of this university and east-
ern North Carolina.?

Hunt was one of several state lead-
ers on hand to wish Howell good luck in
his new role. University of North Caroli-
na President William Friday, ECU
board of trustees chairman Ralph Kin-
sey also went to the podium to praise

HELPING CHANCELLOR EMERITUS Leo
Jenkins with his collar, Dr. Howell makes prep-
arations for the installation. Jenkins was accom-
panied by several other state leaders at the cere-
mony.

Howell.

Howells wife Gladys and their two
sons David and Joseph were also pre-
sent to watch their father be installed
during a formal ceremony that includ-
ed music and song provided by ECU
music and singing groups.

Howell himself had requested that
his installation be held in conjunction
with the annual Phi Kappa Phi Sympo-
sium. The 1983 symposium was titled
Toward the New Millennium: Chal-
lenges and Dreams.?

Howell asked that speakers at his
installation also address the symposium
topic in their speeches. Howell ad-
dressed the topic of the future of the
univeristy in his speech. Howell pre-
dicted that a projected decline in uni-
versity enrollments would take place
into the early 1990s causing some
short term difficulties for all universi-
ties.

Uncertainties regarding faculty ten-
ure, a sharp curtailment of expansions
and stagnating influences could be ex-

pected in the near future,? Howell said,
but the latter period may well be
reached by increasing enrollments with
a potential for new faculty positions
and the need for expanding structure
and programs.?

While many speakers in the sympo-
sium and during the installation were
busy praising the role of the computer
in the future of higher education,
Howell took a more cautious approach.
The computer or any other machine is
an ethnically neutral device,? Howell
said. We should not lose sight of the
fact that computers are an extension of
the human brain.?

On the whole, Howell appeared opti-
mistic regarding our approach toward
the new millennium. In harmony and
trust amongst ourselves, we can con-
vey to society at large our sense of of
commitment to the needs of future gen-
erations, our immediate region and the
nation as a whole, restoring a sense of
confidence,? Howell said. @

Howell 95

With state officials, trustees, faculty, students and family
present, John M. Howell was installed as the eighth chancel-
lor of East Carolina University. Prior to his official installa-
tion, Howell returned the school to an open door policy and
became more than

A Familar Face

by Patrick O'Neill

t exactly 5:04 p.m. on February
Az Dr. John McDade Howell was

officially installed as East Caroli-
na Universitys eighth chief executive.
Howells installation marked the end of
more than a year in which ECU was
without an official? chancellor.

Howell, 61, was selected in January
of 1982 to serve as acting or interim
chancellor following the resignation of
Dr. Thomas E. Brewer. On May 14,
1982, Howell received final approval
from the N.C. Board of Governors to
assume the post permanently.

The response to Howells selection
was one of approval and elation for the
twenty-six year ECU veteran. To most
the appointment of Howell would bring
unity to a campus which experienced
difficult times of late. Perhaps the
headline on a faculty newsletter best
exemplified the campus mood: New
Chancellor Brings ~Good Feeling to
ECU.? Everyone knew John Howell;
everyone liked John Howell. Hes one
of own. He knows the people and the
problems, and we feel better about it,?
was a typical campus comment.

During his twenty-six year tenure
Howell has served the university in nu-
merous capacities. He joined ECU as
an associate professor in what was then
known as the Department of Social
Studies which included the majors of
history, political science, economics,
and sociology. In 1961 he was promot-
ed to professor. Two years later he was
picked to serve as chairperson for the
new Department of Political Science.
In 1966 Howell became Dean of the
College of Arts and Sciences. He be-
came Dean of the Graduate School in
1969 and Provost and Vice Chancellor
for Academic Affairs in 1973. In 1979
Howell resigned the Vice Chancellor-
ship to return to classroom. His return
was brief.

For Howell, who was born on a farm
in Alabama on January 28, 1922, the

GETTING SOME HELP from his wife Gladys
Howell, the Chancellor prepares for his installa-
tion ceremony. The ceremony, which was held in
Wright Auditorium, included a performance by
the ECU orchestra.

96 Academics

transition to his new post was relatively
smooth. Because of his extensive back-
ground and knowledge of the universi-
ty, Howell admits hes already had a
hand in most of the major decision-
making done at ECU in recent years.

Howell has also had a hand in the
hiring of many of ECUs current admin-
istrators and instructors. He has also
played a leading role in the creation of
many of ECUs recent program devel-
opment.

For the most part Howell said he is
satisfied with the present status of
ECU. He claims the period of growth
and program expansion has already
taken place at ECU and under his ad-

ministration a new emphasis will be
placed on research and public service.

ECU has experienced a lot of growth
since Howells arrival. Howell said he is
especially proud of the growth in qual-
ity of programs administered by the
university. Shortly after his arrival
Howell said he made a decision to re-
main at ECU for the rest of his career.
In 1987 when Howell turns 65 he plans
to retire. By then he will have served at
ECU for 30 years. @

SPEAKING AT GRADUATION, recently in-
stalled Chancellor Howell commends the gradu-
ates for their work while at the university. Howell
was joined by former U.S. Senator Robert Mor-
gan and former Chancellor Leo Jenkins.

SPEAKING at Howells installation ceremony,
Governor James B. Hunt, Jr. commented that
Howell would make things happen at East Caroli-
na. Hunt also praised Howell for his commitment
fo the university and to eastern North Carolina.

Patterson

Baines

PRIOR TO THE INSTALLATION ceremony,
UNC President, William Friday, and Howell as-
sist Governor James B. Hunt, Jr. with his robe.
Held in conjunction with the Phi Kappa Phi Sym-
posium, the ceremony was also attended by sev-
eral local dignitaries.

AS ACTING CHANCELLOR during the year
preceeding his installation, Howell attended
many university functions. During halftime at the
Homecoming game, Howell participated in the
festivities by crowning the new Homecoming Pi-
rate.

Chancellor Howell 97

ANNOUNCING his resignation as Chairman of
the Board of Trustees, Ashley Futrell ended 14
years of service to ECU. Futrell was instrumental
in the search for a chancellor and the appoint-
ment of John M. Howell to the position.

COMING TO ECU in 1964 on a football Grant /
Aid, C. Ralph Kinsey received his degree in Busi-
ness Administration.. Kinsey replaced Futrell as
Chairman of the Board.

REPLACING Kinsey as Vice-Chairman after
Futrells resignation was James M. Maynard, a
1965 graduate. Maynard, a psychology major,
resides in Raleigh.

BOARD member Thomas Bennett chats with
Ashley Futrell following the final meeting of the
year. Both exchanged comments on the speech-
es made by several board members that dealt
with the universitys future.

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Patterson

Patterson

After two years of service as East Carolinas Chairman of
the Board of Trustees, Ashley Futrell resigned his position
only days after being re-elected to serve another term

taking

The Board Walk

by Patrick ONeill

to serve another one-year term,

ECU Board of Trustees chairman
Ashley B. Futrell resigned from his
post. He was automatically replaced
by C. Ralph Kinsey, the boards vice
chairman.

On August 23, Futrell told members
of the board that he was deeply moved
by their decision that day to re-elect
him to another term. The vote for Fu-
trell and several other board officers
was decided by acclamation.

But on December 4, citing personal

Je. 10 weeks after being re-elected

BOARD member Katie O. Morgan welcomes
newly installed SGA President Paul Naso to the
May meeting. Naso, because of being SGA Presi-
dent, also has a position on the Board.

reasons, the Washington, N.C. newspa-
per publisher stepped down from the
position he had held since 1981. Fu-
trell, who has been a member of the
board since 1969, stayed on as a trust-
ee until June.

The future of East Carolina is im-
portant to all of us,? Futrell said in ten-
dering his resignation. If we must fight
for recognition, then let us be ready to
do battle. The greatness we see ahead
will only be stilled by the lack of great-
ness in the hearts of those in command.
As you bleed purple and sweat gold, let
each drop be an element of challenge
and not a token of accomplishment.?

Futrell was initially appointed to the
board by Governor Bob Scott. He was
first elected as the boards chairman in
August of 1981. Futrell served three

uoss2}jDd

terms as vice chairman.

Futrell himself stayed at the head of
the battle to get recognition for East
Carolina. In 1964 he was elected to the
North Carolina State Senate, and dur-
ing his six years in office, he fought a
humber of battles for ECU.

In 1969 Governor Scott first offered
Futrell a seat on the N.C. Board of Edu-
cation, which he turned down. But
when a seat on the ECU Board of Trust-
ees opened up, he accepted.

Futrell, the veteran editor-publisher
of the Washington Daily News, was in-
strumental in the universitys search for
a new chancellor following the 1981
resignation of Dr. Thomas Brewer. He
supported the chancellorship appoint-
ment of Dr. John M. Howell in January
of 1982.

As I look back over almost 14 years,
there have been many ups and downs,
many happy moments and some trying
ones, but there have been few dull
ones,? Futrell said after resigning.

The board accepted Futrells resig-
nation, and a motion was passed ex-
pressing deep appreciation to Mr. Fu-
trell for his many years of service to
East Carolina University and the Board
of Trustees.?

Futrell did not elaborate upon his
reasons for resigning beyond saying, I
simply felt the time had come to step
down.? He added that there was no
disagreement? and that he did not re-
sign for reasons of health. He under-
went successful heart surgery last July.

The new chairman, Kinsey, is a
Charlotte attorney and a 1964 gradu-
ate of ECU. He was an interim member
of the board from 1972-73, and has
been serving his present stint since
1979 when he was re-appointed by
Governor James B. Hunt Jr. to serve a
4-year term.

Kinsey was elected vice chairman in
1981. He was replaced in that position
by James M. Maynard of Raleigh.

Kinsey praised Futrell for his exem-
plary service? to the university. Ash-
ley Futrell has been a devoted mission-
ary and spokesman for this university
and its mission to serve people,? Kin-
sey said. Futrell wished Kinsey well in
his new position.

Chancellor Howell thanked Futrell
for the great deal of support he had
given him since becoming chancellor. I
regret his leaving,? he said.

LIGHTENING the atmosphere of an intense
meeting, board member Troy Pate, Jr. jokingly
twists Chancellor John M. Howells arm. Pate isa
Goldsboro resident and a former board chair-
man.

Trustees 99

by Lisa Bernard

hysical Therapy, although one of

the fastest growing professions to-

day, is still misunderstood by most
outsiders of the profession. Many peo-
ple see a physical therapist as merely a
masseuse, but he is much more than
that. George Hamilton of the Physical
Therapy Department described Phys-
ical Therapists as sepcialist in motor
behavior.? They are concerned with re-
habilitation, flexibility and strength of
muscles injured in accidents, oper-
ations, or disease. A therapist strives to
help the patient regain most or all lost
motor abilities through exercise, medi-
cation, stimulation, and in some cases,
massage.

Some sepcial qualities are required
to be a physical therapist. One must be
extremely patient, but enjoy seeing
long range roals completed. This is be-
cause the nature of the treatments are
long and slow in many cases, such as
head trauma patients. They must also
have a good grasp of the sciences. Most
importantly, they must love to work
with people and be able to give their
patients the strength it takes to see
treatments through to the end.

East Carolinas Physical Therapy
program is one of the best in the state,
and as a result, the administration is
extremely selective in its admissions
procedure. Only 20 students a year are

BOTH RELAXING MUSCLES and keeping
them toned are jobs in which the physical thera-
pist specializes. During the two year training pro-
gram students learn a variety of methods.

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In an often misunderstood job, the physical therapist does
many things, one of which is massages. But, as professors
and majors stress, this is only a small part " just

A Sideline

chosen to become a part of the 2-year
training program. Over 130 students
applied this year. Application proce-
dures begin in the fall and include a
Personal Data Form, the Allied Health
and Social Professions Test, as well asa
personal interview by the Reviewing
Board. If chosen during the fall admis-
sions, the student will start the program
the following summer and continue
through the next two years including
both summers.

The first summer involves taking the
basic anatomy and techniques courses
of Physical Therapy. According to
Jean Perry, a senior Physical Therapy
student, My first summer was the
toughest part of the whole program.?

During their Junior year, the stu-
dents undergo a requirement that is

THE MISUNDERSTANDING with the phys-
ical therapist is that he is only a masseuse. This
and other myths are cleared during the program.

quite unusual in B.S. Physical Therapy
programs. They write an experimental
thesis. This is required for graduation in
Physical Therapy at ECU.

The Senior year mainly involves ac-
tual on-the-job study in Physical Ther-
apy departments in many different
states. Students work in hospitals as
close as Pitt Memorial and hospitals as
far away as Florida.

Plans for the future of the Physical
Therapy program involve more facili-
ties and to enable the yearly accep-
tance to rise. Also, a masters program
may become a new addition at some
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OVERSEEING the students during their work
in the program is Dr. R. B. Keusch. Keusch has
headed the program at ECU for several years.

SCANNING the business index for books that
might be of help in their case, Beverly Dail and
Susan Hasty plan a possible strategy for the busi-
ness they are aiding.

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While giving students an opportunity to put their
knowledge to work, the Small Business Institute also aided
area businesses in getting

The Upper Hand

by ECU Report, Lisa Coleman

etting more mileage from the ad-
( yrertising dollar, showing a profit

at the end of the year, analyzing
the competition " these are just some
of the facets of a small business and
some items which come under the scru-
tiny of the Small Business Institute
(SBI).

The Institute, which is a program
within the school of business and spon-
sored by the U.S. Small Business Ad-
ministration, provides counseling assis-
tance to small businesses in eastern
North Carolina.

Dr. R. B. Keusch oversees the senior
business majors through a semester-
long study of the business they analyze.
A history, the objectives, the problems,
and the solutions or recommendations
are made in orderly progression and
STUDENTS John Taylor, Robert Jessup and
Ricky Godwin, all taking the SBI class, spent

much of their time doing research for their pro-
jects.

frequently several drafts are prepared
before the student makes the final pre-
sentation to the business.

Keusch says the program is valuable
to both the students and the busin-
esses. The businesses participate in
the program voluntarily and, of course,
the students may only advise. Howev-
er, many of the recommendations of
the student teams have been success-

fully implemented in some manner,? he -

said.

Complete confidentiality is a matter
of concern to the SBI. In the early
sessions of the class and throughout the
semester, I make this very clear. What-
ever transpires between the student
and the business must be handled with
the strictest confidence, and although
the students can discuss their cases
within the SBI classroom, nothing must
go beyond the walls of that classroom,?
said Keusch.

Most students enrolled in the course
felt that, although it was hard work, it
was one of the most meaningful

courses in their college studies. Robert
Jessup, a senior marketing and man-
agement major from Elizabethtown,
said, It was definitely a lot of hard
work. It took a lot of time but it was
worth it. The experience of working
with a business ties all of the things that
you've learned in your courses togeth-
er. It gives you experience that you
could not get anywhere else.?

Most students spent from six to eight
hours per week on this course with
some of the time spent traveling to and
from the business itself. They discussed
the problems of the business with the
owner and then discussed strategies in
the classroom. Dr. Keusch makes it a
point to visit the participating busin-
esses ahead of time, so he is familiar
with all the cases.

The program at East Carolina Uni-
versity is outstanding,? said Joyce
Starnes who is assistant district direc-
tor of the U.S. Small Business Adminis-
tration in North Carolina. It is largely
because of Dr. Keuschs untiring efforts
that East Carolina programs have been
superior year after year.?

This is a program which more than
pays for itself,? said Dr. Keusch, be-
cause it is an opportunity for a business
to get professional advice at a minimal
cost.? Economists frequently point out
that the survival and economic health
of the small business sector of the econ-
omy are necessary in the free enter-
prise society. This program enables the
students to share their knowledge with
the small business person, not to per-
form for him, but to help him to help
himself. Many small businesses simply
do not have a budget to include consul-
tation.

It gives you a real taste of the prob-
lems that businesses encounter every-
day,? said Beverly Dail, a senior man-
agement major from Richlands. The
course gives you something a book
cant always give you.?

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by Pattrick ONeill

BELIEVING THE PROBLEM to be technical
and not related to the quality of the program, Dr.
Charles Coble, who replaced Dr. Richard

Warner as dean of the School of Education in °

May, felt the reapproval would occur.

he Teacher Education Program

A sees a serious blow last March
17th when school officials were
notified that their program was denied
accreditation by the National Council
for Accreditation of Teacher Education
(NCATE). About three weeks later the
State Board of Education took similar
action by providing the school only pro-
visional approval for a two-year period.
NCATE and the State had sent site
teams? earlier in the year. Both teams
reached similar conclusions from their
evaluations claiming that there was a
lack of centralized governance for
teacher education at ECU. NCATE also
claimed the school did not have a co-

EDUCATION STUDENTS ARE required to
take Secondary Education 3272. The course was
based on the use of different media and equip-
ment.

DECIDING TO ENTER THE seminary in May,
Dr. Richard Warner was repleced by Dr. Charles
Coble. Dr. Warner felt that the university was
capable of meeting the requirements for reappro-
val.

After the Teacher Education Programs were denied
accreditation, university officials pulled together to make

Necessary Improvements

ordinating agency in charge of all mat-
ters related to teacher education.
There are 40 teacher education pro-
grams in the various schools on the
ECU campus.

NCATE approval, though not re-
quired for graduates to become certi-
fied as teachers, is considered by edu-
cators to be prestigious and desirable
for national reputation. On the other
hand accreditation by the state is re-
quired for graduates to gain North
Carolina teacher certification.

From the beginning officials re-
mained optimistic that the goverance
problems could be corrected and re-
accreditation would be achieved.

Both Richard Warner, dean of the
School of Education, and Charles Co-

ble who replaced Warner in May were
confident of reapproval. It (the denial)
hinges on technical matters unrelated
to the quality of the programs,? Coble
told the East Carolinian when the first
news reports of the story broke. I
dont think theres any question that the
university is capable of meeting the re-
quirements,? said Warner who took a
leave of absence to enter the seminary.

From the higher-ups came similar
sentiment. Both Chancellor Howell and
Vice-Chancellor for Academic affairs
Angelo Volpe worked closely with the
education school during the weeks fol-
lowing the denial. Not only will we
seek the renewal of accreditation, but
we intend to build upon our already
excellent teacher education programs,

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