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EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY

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GREENVILLE, N. C. 27834

EBONY HERALD

october 1984 The Minority Publication of East Carolina University

~THE

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Page 1

Hunt vs. Helms: The Great Debate

By PATTI HINER
Staff Writer .

U.S. Senator Jesse A.
Helms and Gov. Jim Hunt
Jr. are in a tete"a"tete -
head"to"head _confron-
tation on political issues.

As important as the
presidential. election and

just as fiercely competitve is
the election for senator of
North Carolina. There are
probably very few people
who donTt know about the
competition between can-
didates Helms and Hunt.

Therefore, in this national
*election year where one
most enthusiastically hears
the universal
message--~~Register to vote
and get involvedTT--people
~ need to be informed so that
they may make an in-

telligent choice. Finally

citizens are -beginning to
realize that their vote does
count.

Surprisingly, despite both

- candidatesT questionable

campaign tactics and
staunch opposition, Hunt
and Helms do agree on

~some common goals. Ac-
~cording 4o Sunday October

7 article in the News and
Observer these include: the

reduction of the federal.

deficit, opposition to tax in-
creases, and the construc-
tion of a strong defense.
Yet they differ on issues like
space-based missile defense
systems and federal aid to
education.

Concerning the federal

deficit in the News and.

Observer article where
Hunt was interviewed he

advises that cuts should be .
drastic and immediate. ~~In

my first year in Senate, ITm
prepared to cut spending by
some $40 billion to $50
billion, and to vote for tax
reforms.TT Some of his pro-

Senator Jesse Helms and Governor Hunt are involved in the

muddiest Senate race in the history of the United States. Who

will emerge the victor and reputation intact

posed cuts would include
reductions in the Medicare
and Medicaid budget, in the
cost of mismanaged farm
projects, in the waste and
overruns of defense con-
tracts, and the Synfuels
programs. In the area of

-tax reforms Hunt proposes

repealing CongressT
rollback of the windfall
profits tax, which involves
taking away the loophole
from oil companies and
repealing oil and gas deple-
tion allowances.

Since Helms refused to be
interviewed by the News
and Observer his views are
derived from second"hand
sources. A 10 percent cut
from the budget of federal
agencies except the military,
Social Security, and
Medicare, was proposed by

Helms earlier this year. Ac--
cording to

campaign
literature Helms does favor
a balanced budget and
reduced federal spending.
He voted Yes to ReaganTs
25 percent tax :cut and to
ReaganTs budgets cuts, but
No to $217 billion tax in-
crease.

Dealing with the question

of racial discrimination.
The News and Observer was
unable to account HelmTs
views. Yet in reference to
his opposition to a Martin
Luther King Jr. national
holiday Helms stated that it
was not racially

motivated. Additionally,
he has expressed his sur-
prise that. many black peo-
ple have told him,
*~Senator, you are exactly
right on this thing.TT

To diminish the effects. ~of
racial discrimination Hunt
believes that public leaders
must appeal to the best in
all races, and secondly that
efforts for equal employ-
ment and economic oppor-
tunities for minorities must

be emphasized. The basic

elements necessary to insure

opportunities are a good
beginning in life, adequate
nutrition, health care, and
education. Fair employ-
ment and training for
potentially talented people
in high management fields
must be established. Hunt
additionally emphasizes
support and encouragement
of black and Indian enter-
prises.

According to campaign
literature Hunt supports the
Voting Rights Act and an

independent Civil Rights ~

Amendment.Furthermore,
he intends to continue sup-
porting the proposal for the
ratification of the Equal
Rights Amendment and
equal pay .for women.

Hunt apointed the first
black Supreme Court
Justice in North Carolina
and the stateTs first black
Cabinet Secretary. His
record states that he has

hired more blacks than all

of North CarolinaTs former
governors combined.

On the issue of federal
aid to education Helms said
in the Sept. 9 debate with
Hunt that the federal
government shouldnTt be
involved in the education
system, and he attributed
the decline of schools to
people who ask for govern-
ment funding without con-

sidering the controls .which

accompany it. ~~I have

voted against funding for.

various federal education
programs...those bills I
voted against also allowed
the federal government to
expand its control over our
local school system...the
quicker we get the federal
bureaucracy out of educa-
tion the better chance we

have of increasing the quali- ©

ty of education.TT Helms
favors a return to fun-
damental American_ values

and a return of voluntary
prayer to the public

schools.

Senator Jesse Helms

Conversely, Hunt sup-

_ ports the present level of

federal aid in education.
Additionally, he continues
to favor a new intiative for
improvement in math-
science education with
special funds for teachers in
this field. Further in-

vestments in public schools -

will be possible, says Hunt,
when the deficit is lowered.
He sees the development of
AmericaTs schools as being
vital in worldwide economic
competitiveness. ~~Other-
wise, weTre going to con-
tinue to see AmericanT jobs
exported to foreign coun-
tries.�T

In. reference to. HuntTs
campaign literature he will
support federal education
programs like Head Start,
vocational education and

college loans to deserving
_ students.

It can be eonfasay fora
citizen to wade through the
campaign defense tactics
and arrive at the true stance

«of each candidate on these
~important issues. Perhaps

the politicians should heed

the advice of the English.
bafd, William Shakespeare,

~~Speak what we feel, not
what we ought to say.TT
(King Lear V ini 325).
Honesty, after all, im-
presses people more and
truly as the best policy.

VOTE

aa

Overcrowding Returns

CLEVELAND, OH
(CPS)--For the price of a
regular, on-campus dorm
room, John Carroll Univer-
sity (JCU) senior Norm

Kotoch and 65 other

students live in a luxury
hotel off-campus, where
they enjoy. private
washrooms, cable _ televi-
sion, refrigerators, maid
service, and swimming pool
privileges.

~~EveryoneTs acting really
well because they donTt
want to. spoil this
situation,TT Kotoch says.
~ItTs really working out
great.�T

Not for everyone. For
JCU itself; putting up
Kotoch and others is
costing a ~~substantialTT
amount of money, says
James Lavin, JCU Dean of
Student Life.

But JCU had no other
place to house the new
students it attracted this
fail, thanks to an umnex-
pected six percent enroll-
. Ment increase.

In part because theyTve
been successful in recruiting
new students and in part
because more students are
opting to live on-campus
this fall, many schools are
suffering dorm room shor-
tages, reports Jim Grimm,
president of College and
University Housing Of-
ficers International
(CUHOI).

And while a lucky few
students are living it up at
luxury hotels, on most

room-short campuses
students must endure long

waits, overcrowding, tem-_

porary housing in lounges
and storage rooms, and
sometimes no housing at
all.

At least 600 Iowa State
students, for example,
started the year without a
place to live, and local and
state agencies are still trying
to shelter them.

But a shortage of off-.

campus as well as on-
campus housing is making a
bad situation worse, of-
ficials report.

University of Wisconsin-
Madison officials have
turned down some 4000
housing requests because of |
overcrowding there, says
Lawrence Halle, Associate
Housing Director.

Over 500 University of
California-Davis freshmen
similarly were denied hous-
ing this fall.

Other schools-- South
Florida, Illinois, Southern
Cal, and Bates College in
Maine among them-- are
coping with unexpected
overflows by stuffing three
and often four students in
dorm rooms designed for
single or double occupancy.

At the University of

Nebraska, for instance,

where there are 5160 spaces
available for more than
5270 students, officials are
placing three students to a
room. ~~We wonTt turn any
student away because of
housing shortages,TT says

Housing Director Doug
Zatechka.

Zatechka claims tripling-
up students ~~has no effect
on a studentTs GPA or the
socialization process,�TT
especially compared. to the
alternative of turning
students out in the cold.

o*Turning a _ student
away, especially at state

schools, is a crime,TT he

says. ~~For a student, a tri-
ple room is better than no
room.�T

None of it, however, was
supposed to happen.

Many campus housing

_officials counseled that the

terrible dorm overcrowding
of the late seventies and ear-
ly eighties was temporary,
and that building new
dorms to meet student de-

mand for rooms was unwise
because enrollment nation-'

wide was due to drop
precipitously soon.

Many schools, in fact,
closed dorms over the last
few years in anticipation of
the enrollment decline.

But enrollments, of
course, havenTt dropped.

And more and more
students are finding that
~*itTs too expensive to live
off-campus and being on
campus is much more con-
venient,TT says CUHOITs
Grimm.

Students also are being

drawn onto campus as col- »

leges remodel and upgrade

their dorms, says

NebraskaTs Zatechka.
~Dorms are a very safe

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Page 2

Dorm Life
Students living on campus at ECU do not experience half the
troubles of overcrowding that other universities face.

place as far as fires and
crime go,TT he adds. Some
schools are even adding new
furniture, unlimited food
privileges, and computer
facilities to entice new
students.

On the other hand,
Berkeley is removing com-
puters and video games
from its dorm lobbies to
make room for an unex-
pected glut of new students

there.

~~Housing is definitely a
problem,TT laments Harry
Legrand, BerkeleyTs hous-
ing chief. ~~We tell students
to look around early but
many think it just wonTt

happen to them.�T

So far, he says, the
university has added 750
new spaces to accommodate
this yearTs overflow, besides
leasing two residence halls
from other nearby schools.

Berkeley students living
in lobbies and game rooms
store their personal belong-
ings in gym lockers two
blocks away, and endure a
five-minute walk to take
showers on another part of
campus. 3

At Yale, a number of
students, upset with long
waits and overcrowding,
have asked for housing
deposit refunds so they can

get apartments off campus.

"IN THE NEWS"

Nationwide Dorm

File Photo

Administrators, though,
are. refusing to refund

money except in overy, very "

rareT? cases in which
students need money to
continue their educations.

~o~The freshmen class at

~Yale is huge, and up. until

the time youTre a senior (the |
housing situation) is pretty
bad,TT says one disgruntled
student who wants her $520
housing deposit back.

~For the exhorbitant tui-.
tion we pay to go to this
school, they make little eX-
ceptions to the system,�
says the student, are
prefers to remain
anonymous. ~~ItTs a system
that makes you feel like a
number.T

But:some schools actually
have housing surpluses this
fall.

Because thereTs so much
off-campus housing
available this year, over 700.
Arizona State students did
not claim their reserved
dorm rooms this semester,
leaving the typically-
overcrowded residence halls
with dozens of unfilled:
rooms. -

And Loyola College in
New Orleans solved its
housing ~dilemma by buying
a new residence hall from a
recently-closed college over
the summer.

Key Congressional

Panels

October 1984

Page 3

Lose Their Best

Costbusters: Departures Are Not Going To Be Positive

WASHINGTON, D.C.
(CPS)--College programs
may be more vulnerable
than ever to budget cuts in

the next year because |

several key congressmen
will be missing from House
~education committees,
sources say.

T The missing congressmen
all played important roles in
staving off many of Presi-
dent ReaganTs proposed
Student aid cuts in the last
three years.

They are leaving their
committees, moreover, as
Congress considers the
Higher Education
Reauthorization Act of
1985, a cruciallysimportant
law that will set federal col-
lege policy for the rest of
this decade.

Missing will be Rep. Carl
Perkins (D-Ky), chairman |
of the House Education-
Labor Committee, who
~died this summer; andT Rep.
Paul Simon (D-I1), chair of:
the House Subcommittee
on Postsecondary Educa-
tion, who is running for the
Senate against Charles Per-
cy.

Two other House educa-
tion committee members
are retiring this year. 7

oPerkins was probably
the person most responsible
for holding the line against
budget cuts Reagan has
proposed since 1980,TT says
Dallas Martin, head of the
National Association of
Student Finanacial Aid Ad-
ministrators.

~*It was clearly his strong
leadership on that commit-
tee that refused to go along
with some of the (cuts). It
will take another individual
a long, long time to live up
to Carl PerkinsT
standards,TT Martin says.

Simon, as subcommittee
chairman, opposed making
students pass a ~~needs testTT

~to get loans, and helped

mobilize the impressive na-
tionwide lobbying efforts
that turned the tide against
the student aid cuts in 1982,

The education commit-
tees are also losing
representatives Ray
Kogovsek (D-Co) and
Frank Harrison (D-Pa).
Kogovsek is retiring, and
Harrison lost a primary
race earlier this year.

While the departures are

onot going to be positive,
there will be no less com-
mitment on the parts of the
remaining members,T
counsels William. Blakey,
the subcommitteeTs staff
director.

Commitment or not,
some congressional sources
say the losses will make
education a relatively easy
target for budget cuts next
January when the new Con-
gress tries to slash the $175
billion federal deficit.

~~Higher education pro-
grams are going to have to
be reauthorized in a year
when programs are pro-
bably going to be cut in
order to deal with the hugh
deficit,TT observes Polly
Gault, staff director of the

adds.

(USSA).

Senate Education Subcom-
mittee, which will lose Sen.
Jennings Randolph (D-Va)

to retirement.

**Reauthorization will be a
bit: more difficult than in
1980,TT the last time Con-
gress. made long-term
education - goals, Gault

It will be more difficult,
too, because of the relative
inexperience of the people
replacing Perkins and
Simon in the House.

The most experienced
contender to replace Simon

is Rep. William Ford

(D-Mi), who once chaired
the Postsecondary Educa-
tion Subcommittee but who
faces opposition from Rep.
Ike Andrews (D-NC) in his
effort to regain the post.
Ford sheparded the 1980
reauthorization act through
the House, but gave up his
education position to
become head of the Post
Office and Civil Service

Subcommittee in 1981.

Ford may want the
education subcommittee
chairmanship back to get in
line for a bigger position.
*~He wants to chair (the
whole) Education-Labor
(committee),TT says Kath
Ozer, lobbyist for the U.S.
Student Association

House rules, however,
prohibit members from
holding two subcommittee
chairmanships at the same
time.

Ford is optimistic heTl! be

T84 Election Important to Minorities

ANGIE GARRIS

Staff Writer

The race is still on for the
1984 elections with Ronald
Reagan still in the lead,
however, Mondale is
becoming more visible.

State Chairman for the
Minority Affairs for the
Democratic Party, Dr. Ens-
ly of Allied Health, East
Carolina University, said in

reaction to the Reagan-

Mondale Debate that Mon-
dale clearly covered the
issues more subtantially,
however, even with a Mon-

~dale sucess in the next "

debate, the change will be

only a slightly higher -

- percentage in his favor.
Dr.Ensly also stated that if
Ronald Reagan was re-
elected it would be a chilling

day for Black America, the

only cohort group suppor-

ting Mondale. Under the
Reagan administration
blacks as well as other
minorities have faired poor-
ly. There are fewer black

office holders and there is

littlechance of the situation
changing if Reagan is re-
elected according to Dr..
Enlsy. ;

_ Assistant State Minority

Chairwoman for the -

Republican Party, Felicia
Pine said the Reagan Ad-
ministration will continue
tQ propose an overall
growth in which blacks will
prosper as. well as others. .

Acts employed by Presi-

_ dent Reagan in favor of the

minority situation are his

signing of the longest exten-

sion ever of the Voting
Rights Act and in 1982 the

Equal Employment Oppor-
tunity Commission
recavered $130 million in
back pay and other com-
pensationT for victims of
employment discrimina-
tidn, which is almost twice
the amount obtained in
legal and administrative set-
tlements in 1980. Predsi-
dent Regan has also propos-
ed that theT Civil Rights
Commission be kept in ex-
istence for twenty more
years.

The decision as to which
candidate to vote for may
be a difficult one or there
may have never been any
question, however, do exer-
cise your Hiei S to vote.

exempted. from the rule,
says Tom Wolamin, FordTs
staff aide.

But Alan From, staff
director of the .Democratic
Caucus, notes ~~Ford isnTt
the only person who would
like to have the rules chang-
ed for his own _ benefit.
There are probably younger
members who would like to
get a chance to run a sub-
committee.TT

Wolamin says Ford isT

willing to give up his chair-

-manship of another sub-

committee to get postsecon-
dary education post.

**T would be very surpris-
ed if they allow him to take
the subcommittee over
because I think it would
anger ~some of the younger
members who donTt have a
chairmanship of anything,�T
says Rose Dinapoli, a
Republican legislative
associate on the subcom-
mittee. ~~ItTs a very power-
ful subcommittee.TT

In the meantime, the

House last week appointed ~

Rep. Gus Hawkins (D-Ca)
to take over the full
Education-Labor Commit-
1e6.-

Hawkins, who is_ best

known as an expert in labor
legislation, has an

ooutstanding recordT? on

education issues like stu-
dent aid, Martin asserts.

On the Senate side, the
Senate Education Subcom-
mittee ~Will remain under
senators Claiborne Pell
(D-RI) and Robert Stafford
(R-Vt).

Only one senator-on the
Senate education commit-
tee, Pell, is up for reelec-
tion, and he is expected to
win an easy victory.

Nevertheless, staff aide
Gault thinks education will
have a tougher time in Con-
gress next year.

**T have confidence in o1
ability to defend education
programs (from proposals
to cut them),TT she says.
~ooWe have shown _ that
repeatedly over the past few
years.��

But the reauthorization
bill will be another story,
she predicts. ~~The 1980
reauthorization gave a lot.
of people exactly what they
wanted. That is not Staf-
ford or PellTs style, given
the responsibility of deficit
reduction.

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October 1984

OPINIONS

Page 4 _

SEER SEE ME eae eae a a ee

Think...

Last spring, the Media
Board held a special session
to decide the fate of The
Ebony Herald. Hundreds
of Black students turned
out, expressing their desire-
to see the paper continue
production. These students
pledged their time, talents,
and support for the only
minority publication at East
Carolina University.

The Media Board, seeing
the large amount of support
and recognizing the need
for a minority voice on this
predominantly white cam-
pus, voted te, allow The
Ebony Herald*to continue
operating.

Now that the threat of
cancellation has been
removed, The Ebony
Herald continues to operate
on a nonprofessional and
unorganized level. The sup-
port shown in the spring has
been almost totally
withdrawn. Efforts made
by the Media Board and
myself to encourage
qualified writers to submit
articles to the paper have
drawn little response.

Black students comprise "

_ do not know much about
these organizations, find

-a little over 11 percent of

the total student population
at ECU. Of this 11 percent,
I am sure that more than
three black studénts are
qualified to write on the

~ college level. The Ebony
Herald currently employs

two black staff writers and
one black contributing
writer, with four white
writers on staff. _

Our publication is not the
only minority organization
on campus suffering from
black student apathy.
SOULS, NAACP, and the
eight Greek organizations
also suffer. These organiza-
tions were founded on this

- campus with service to you

as one of their primary pur-
poses. They sponsor
dances, speakers, voter
registration rallies, and
other opportunities to

become involved with cam- -

pus activities. Their pro-
grams are offered at little or
no cost to the student, with
the needs of the students in
mind. Nevertheless, they
receive little support. If you

Dear Minority Students,

We would like to en-
courage each of you to use
your creative mind in a
university organization.

It has been said thousands |

of times that a mind is a ter-
rible thing to waste. Get in-
_ volved with the decision
- making that goes on here at
East Carolina University.
Your

valued asset that will

benefit you in the long run. "

Yes, you can make a dif-
ference not only by getting

involved here at ECU, but

~ only ask what can ECU do

involvement on
campus will be a most.

on the local and national
level as well. As a well-
known politician once put
it, ~~donTt ask what your
country can do for you, but
ask what can I do for my
country.�? We say ~~donTt

for me, but ask what can I
do for ECU.

Sharon Cousar

Managing Editor

fault in yourself. A lot of

black students are quick to.

criticize and feel left out.
Face it, Greenville has little
to offer black people. But

East Carolina University ©

does! We have to take ad-
vantage of these oppor-
tunities to participate, to

serve, and take part in deci-

sion making. They -exist
within our reach.-

Do you run for offices in
student government? In the
dorm? Do you vote in all
campus elections?

* Do you work with other
students, other minorities

to help each other and ob-

tain common goals?
Do you criticize?
You, the reader,
black student, the minority
student, before you decide
whatTs wrong on this cam-
pus, think of ways to make
it right.
Do not criticize, organize.

theT |

flare

"

Dear Editor,

I would like to say that I

truely enjoyed the first issue
of our Black Publication. I
feel that the news paper
staff has made a great ef-
fort to improve the paperTs
quality and I see substantial

_ changes.

However, the front page
photo of my sorority did
cause some concern. I was
disappointed that the pic-
ture did not reflect the

seriousness nor the currency

of the captionTs content. I
feel that the photo had a
negative effect on some

~people. I say this because I
was talking to someone and

asked, ~~Have you seen the
new addition of the Ebony
Herald?TT He replied ~~I saw
it, but I didnTt even pick it
up because I thought it was
a back issue. That same pic- "
ture was in the Ebony
Harold last year.TT

I feel that if-we want to
keep our readers all of our
materials must be- current
and up-to-date-including
pictures. 3

Respectfully Submit-
ted,
Tinger Simmons
President,
Sigma Gamma Rho

Although The Ebony Herald would like
to reflect the ~~seriousness and currencyTT
of all captions, it is a standard practice for
many newspapers, including The Ebony
Herald, to use old photos or file photos
when current ones are not available. We
apologize for any negative effects this

may cause. !

The-Editor

are printed as written. Spelling, punctua-

_ tion, and grammar are not edited. Articles
submitted as editorials are subject to
editing.

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~A SoldierTs PlayTT

Comes To ECU

GREENVILLE"ECU
News Bureau - The Negro
Ensemble Company, the
nationTs foremost black
theatre company, will pre-
sent its critically-acclaimed
production, **A SoldierTs
Play,TT at East Carolina
University Friday, October
26, 1984.

The performance, part of

the campus Theatre Atts
Series, is set for 8:15 p.m.
in Wright Auditorium.

The play won playwright
Charles Fuller the Pulitzer
Prize for drama and the
New York Critics Circle
Award. It is set at Fort
Neal, Louisiana in 1944 and
is based on the solving of a
mystery--who murdered
TSgt. Vernon Waters, black
career Army man?

Playing to capacity
houses in New York for
fourteen months before the
current national tour
began, ~~A SoldierTs PlayTT
was selected as one of three

Black Alumni Chapter
Plans For Homecoming

American productions to

appear in Los Angeles in
conjunction with the 1984
Summer Olympics Interna-

tions] Arts Festival and was-

a U.S. representative to the

- prestigious Edinbourgh In--

ternational Festival in
Scotland.

The Negro Ensemble
~Company has introduced
numerous new American
plays during the past 15
years, among them, ~~The
River Niger,TT oThe First
Breeze of SummerTT and
~oHomeTT by Samm-Art
Williams. Another major
premiere, ~~Ceremonies in
Dark Old Men,TT was seen
not only off Broadway and
on national tour but also in
a special for ABC Televi-
SIOYE =) 7:
Tickets to ~~A SoldierTs
PlayTT are available at the
ECU Central Ticket Office,
Mendenhall Student Center
from 11 a.m. until 6 p.m.
each weekday.

Good Food

October 1984 Page 5

Charles FullerTs mystery thriller, ~~A SoldierTs PlayTT has been hailed as a triumph throughout
America. The ae will appear at ECUTs Wright Auattorium. on October 26.

File Photo

Alumni enjoy last yearTs successful reception. Black Alumni Association Chairman,
Jaqui Hawkins hopes this year will be equally great.

By SEAN HERRING

Staff Writer |

The social scene at East
Carolina University, as
anywhere, is what you
make it. The ECU Black

Alumni Chapter plans to
great for

make it
Homecoming 1984.

~Homecoming is that
special time when alumni
renew acquantances,
reminisce,
their loyalty and support
for their alma mater,TT says

Ms. Jacqueline Hawkins,

President of the Black
Alumni Chapter.
According to Ms.
Hawkins, a significant in-
crease in black alumni. at-
tendance at ECU
homecoming : activities oc-
cured three years ago with
the launching of the first
Black Alumni Reunion.
~~There was always concern
that none of the other black
alumni would be there.
There is no disappointment
like returning for u reunion
and seeing no familiar
faces. | By coordinating
Black Alumni activities
with scheduled homecom-
ing festivities, we decreased
the chances of that happen-

~ing. Since that time, there

has been a representative

and reconfirm_

ao

number of black alumni
returning to ECU at
homecoming.TT "

The planned activities are
scheduled for October 19
through October 21. The
group will be sponsoring a
pig pickinT on Friday, and a
dance on Saturday� night.
Sunday morning worship
will be held at Jenkins
Auditorium, co-sponsored
by the ECU Fountain of
Life Christian Fellowship.
William Davis, an alumnus,
will keynote. ~~Planning
homecoming activities is
one of the fun and rewar-
ding things the chapter par-
ticipates in,TT said Ms.
Hawkins.

Other rewarding ac-
tivities that the Chapter
participates in are the
Alumni Leadership Con-
ference, undergraduate
recruitment, and_ scholar-
ship drives. ~~We will co-
sponsor The Second An-
nual Fund-Raiser and
Scholarship Benefit. The
proceeds from the benefit
are donated to the Ledonia
Wright Scholarship Fund,
which provides scholarships
and emergency loans for the
minority students enrolled
at ECU. Three students
were awarded scholarships
fall semester.T

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SPORTS"""

Athlete Places Academics First

By TONY BROWN

Lewis Young is dedicated
to a goal " the search for
knowledge.

Despite an outstanding
high school football career
as a three-year starter, and
scholarship offers from
Livingston, Fayetteville
State and a California
junior college, Young
decided to pursue a business
degree at East Carolina.

o~] knew the chances of
playing in the pros after col-
lege were slim,TT he said,
~so I thought it would
benefit me more to concen-
trate on academics my first
year. I came to East
Carolina because itTs one of
the best business schools in
North CarolinaTT

This decision came
despite his Vance High
School teamsTs excellent
25-7 record during his three
years there, which included
a 10-0 year and two trips to

the state 4A play-offs.

The 671T, 225 pound
Young sometimes played
the entire game, since he
was a starting guard on of-

fense as well as a defensive

end. He did slack off his
junior year a little as he on-
ly played on defense while
the team took state honors
as the number one defensive

squad.

*oCoach (Chuck) Martin
always emphasized.
academics so much,�TT

Young stated, ~~that wher I.
got those offers, I decided
ITd be better off if I went to
a good business school and

_ used my first year to get ad-

justed and create a good
base for my college educa-
tioh.

_- o7 think I made the right
choice,TT he said. ~~After the

next couple of months I "

plan to start working out
and lifting weights, because
ITd like to try out for the
ECU football team next

season. Since ITm getting a
good start academically, I
feel ITIl'be ready to take theT

time it requires then.�T

Young isnTt. content to
settle with just getting an
undergraduate degree
though. He plans on getting
a masterTs degree and
becoming an engineer or
going into business. Such
ability to learn should help
him greatly on and off the
playing field, now and in
the future.

Other items of interest to
Young include volleyball,
basketball, pinball and flag
football. His favorite pro
team is the Dallas Cowboys
because of their winning
tradition and Tony Dorsett.

This freshman is an
athlete who can see beyond

visions of cheering crowds
and a pro career. He is
determined to make it in the

~business world and make

lots of money!

Black Tennis Player Goes For Pro

By TON¥ BROWN
_ Sports Editor

Tyraina Myers may be
only 5T6TT, but sheTs got a
driving spirit which makes
up in determination what
she lacks in height.

Known to everyone as
~*TyTT, she is currently the
only black on the womenTs
tennis team, but only a few
minutes of observing the in-
teraction among the players
reveals her status as just one
of a unit " working toward
a common goal.

"*T really like the people
ITve met while playing ten-
his,TT she said. ~~The friends
ITve made are one of the
best things about being on
the team.TT

Myers, a Plainfield, N.J.
native, first attended Fayet-
teville State, but wanted a
computer major not
available there, so on a

, friendTs . recommendation,
she transferred to ECU last
spring. ~~I got in touch with
Coach Sherman (the head
tennis coach) and she en-

couraged me to come join

the team, so I did,TT she

said.
The sophomore player

began her tennis career at

ECU in a winning fashion
as she finished the spring
season with a 6-5 record
against some tough com-
pet*ion. ~~My most satisfy-

_ Ing win came against the -

Harvard ~~BTT team,TT she
stated. ~~We split the first
two sets, but I beat her 6-4
in the third set to win the
match. I like it so; much

because I gave it my all and

won.TT
_ The experience from last
year seems to be paying off

as Myers has amassed a 3-] ©

record so far in the fall
season. ~~Both coaches
(Sherman and _ assistant
coach Laura Redford)
helped me a lot with

. Strategy,TT she feels.: ~~My

attitude has really been im-

_ proved as a result of their

advice.TT

Myers is one of those
athletes who have the abili-
ty to excel in many sports.
During her high school
years she participated in
almost� every. sport
available. She was a for-
ward, on the womenTs
basketball team, the star-.
ting pitcher for four -years
in softball, as well as play-
ing tennis.

The basketball team went
-23-2 her senior year, accor-
ding. to Myers, ,and she
fashioned an _ impressive
14-7 record on the tennis

~courts. ~~I really enjoy com-

peting, ~~she said. ~~I like all
sports, but my sister Tracey
encouraged me to play ten-
nis, so thatTs what ITm con-
centrating on now. I am
working to improve con-
tinually and plan¥to con-
tinue playing in _ tour-
naments after graduation.
Of course ITd like to

become a pro, but thatTs
just an idea now.TT

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Friday, October 19th

SGA Involved i

By TERESA WRIGHT

Staff Writer:

_ The Student Government
Association is involved in
minority programs in two
ways states John Rainey,
outgoing SGA _ president.
The SGA works with
minority organizations to
provide funding and as a
link between them and the
administration.

Rainey himself is involv-
ed with minority programs.
He is a member of the
Ledonia Wright Afro-
American Culture Center
Advisory Committee,
which will be meeting this

month to select a chairpér-

son and to begin scheduling
events at the center.

Rainey states that the
SCA is open to all student

organizations
students. ~~Every student is
a member of the SGA by
virtue of paying student
fees,� ohe says. -Phe
NAACP, SOULS, and the
ECU Gospel Choir are

some of the groups funded

by the SGA.

Rainey claims that the
student government works
closely with the organiza-

tions that receive funding.
However, they are not ac-
tive in forming organiza-
tions. ~~We sort of wait for
the organizations to form
themselves and then come
to the student government
for recognition,TT he ex-
plains. ~~All organizations

that receive funding have to
be recognized by the SGA
and thatTs through a~con-

and all

T ECU

Page 7

October 1984

in Minority Program

stitution, a list of officers,
and so forth.� In the an-
nual appropriatins, the

SGA sets aside funds for
the NAACP so that they
can have speakers, con-

ferences, and for them to
attend functions across the
state. The SGA funded a
dinner last year for the in-
ternational students. Funds
are also provided for them
by the student government.

The Student Government
Association tries to respond
to everyoneTs needs. This is
done through the ap-

-propriation process and

through working with the

administration. Ap-
propriating funds is the
SGATs basic function. ~~We
try to base our appropria-

tions on need and thatTs.

done through the?
legislature, through the ap-
propriations committee,TT
he states. The executive
council, which includes the
president, vice-presidenty
and treasurer, meet during
the summer to look over the.
budget and make any
necessary changes. Rainey
suggests that every ad-
ministration should look at
every group to decide how
the money should be divid-
ed. He believes the minority
programs can _ prosper
through participation in the
SGA process. ~~No Ad-
ministration could ade-

quately represent the stu-
dent body if they werenTt
concerned about minority
programs,TT emphasized
Rainey.

~o~The number of minority
programs is sufficient to
meet the minority needs,�T
Rainey responded positive- "
ly, claiming that there are a
lot of events that minority
students can become involv-
ed. ~~And of course,TT he
says, ~~weTve had- minority
students in the student
legislature and two or three
years ago there was a black
vice-president. To par-
ticipate, all one must do is
be willing.�T

oDon't hesitate to call
uS, advises Rainey,
obecause the SGA needs as
much student input as
possible.T .-They are there
for the studentsT benefit
and are funded by student

~ fees.

organizations ©

Committee to
Sponsor Seminars

By SEAN HERRING

Staff Writer

~o~The purpose of our
committee is to plan, pro-
mote, and present contribu-
tions in the arts made by the
minoritiesTT, said Tremaine
Waddell, third term
chairperson of the Student
Union Minority Arts Com-
mittee.

~~Even though our finan-
cial resources are limited,
the end result shows great
accomplishments. We have
co-sponsored inspiring
speakers Shirley Chisholm
and Coretta Scott King, and
broadway Soca er Jen-

,nifer Lewis.T
The Minority arts: Com-

mittee is enthusiastic about .

their upcoming projects.

~~We are planning a mixer
called the Ebony Affair, in
which we hope to unite
forces with other black
for
homecoming. The tentative
date is October 19, at 8:00
p.m. in Mendenhall Student
Center. The committee will

participation

also participate in
decorating. the Student
Union building,TT added
Ms. Waddell.

After the committee con-
cludes homecoming ac-
tivities, the members: will:
work on their biggest.-pro-
ject ever attempted. ~~The
project is a serieé of
seminars ~discussing the
black family. The series is,
entitled ~Perspective of the

~Black Family Meeting the

Challenges of the. Twenty-
First CenturyT. © We are ©
planning on using the
talents and knowledge of
our black faculty and
staff.�T

Ms. Waddell stated, ~~We
plan to utilize the Ledonia
Wright Afro-American
Cultural Center as the site
for the monthly seminars.
Hopefully the series will
meet with enough success
that a facility larger than
the cultural center will be
required. The project will
enhance public and campus
in Student
Union programming.TT

NEIL JU,

SOULS President, Jimmie Hackett discusses Minofity Arts Committee prospects of co-
~Sponsoring minority films this year.

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Students Trade Culture at

International Reception

TERESA WRIGHT

Staff Writer

A reception for interna-
tional faculty and students,
sponsored by International
Book House in conjunction

ywith ArieleTs was held in
September. Guests were
welcomed by Charetta
Washington and Mrs. Bar-
bara Fenner.

Wine and hors dT oeuvres
were served. Guests brows-
ed in both shops, mingling
and talking with each other.
Travel stories and cultural
experiences were traded
among some of the guests.
France, Ghana, Hong
Kong, and Costa Rica were
the home countries of some

of the guests. American

: | guests had traveled abroad

or were planning trips.

~We are a book store,�T
states Mrs. Fenner, pro-
prietor of International
Book House. ~~We try to

emphasize books of inter-

national concern.TT Interna-
tional Book House also car-

ries multicultural materials,

UNICEF cards, books on

political issues in the Mid-

dle East, and materials on
famous minorities. Mrs.
Fenner claims her store is
unique and fills a need in
the community.

ArieleTs is a_ ladies

clothing store adjacent to

International Book House.
Both Charetta Washington,
proprietor of ArieleTs, and
Barbara Fenner are black
women trying to make it in
the business world.

Co-op Working to Employ

More Black Students

By LYNETTE HOWARD

Contributing Writer

- Co-op is one of the best
kept secrets on campus.
Cooperative Education is a
program which enables
students to alternate
periods of academic study
with periods of off campus
employment. Presently Co-
-op is working to employ
more black students. Of 550
students placed in Co-op
jobs last year 16 percent
were black.
According to Bill Barrett,

Dear Sorors: How was your
~fall break& Annette, Camille,
: Carolvn. Clara, Deborah.

: Twyla are vou ready for the

: Cabaret? ITlisee you there.

Delilah No. 5.

Personals

coordinator of cooperative
education, many companies
are trying to fill their Affir-
mative. Action quota and as
a result there is a greater de-
mand for qualified black
students. Barrett also sug-

gested that there has been a

small number .of black

students who have shown

interest in Co-op and at-
tributes this to poor infor-

mation distribution. Barrett "

is eager-to work with more
black students and he readi-

ly makes himself available

at all times.

SHERIDAN, I LOVE YOU
NOW AND ILL LOVE
YOU ALWAYS.

: EDDIE: HereT S a message to

: brighten your day, I LOVE
? YOU WITH ALL MY
? HEART"Valerie.

If there is a special friend

youTd like ta get the message

across to... well thereTs only
one way to do it and thatTs
through the Ebony Herald

Personals. WE LUV YA

Co-op allows students to
apply and connect what
theyTve learned in the
classroom to actual Ton
handsT experience. Black
students who are interested
should take. advantage of
the opportunity to gain ex-
perience in working and
communicating with people
and a chance to mature
more quickly than the
straight through college
graduate. Co-op can mean
money, valuable work ex-
perience and often times
leads to permanent employ-
ment.

Barrett is interested in
promoting active speak-
ing campaigns to inform
more black student |
organizations On campus.
All students who are in-
terested should go by the
Co-op offices located on
the third floor Rawl

Building and talk to a Co- .
op coordinator. ;

~Support Your
Ebony Herald sn
Schedule of Events

POP DPI PID N OD
Frida Vs October 1 oth

4p.m. United Greek and Social Council Step Show

9:30 p.m. Kappa Alpha Psi celebrates at Ramada Inn

10 p.m. Party with Phi Beta Sigma at the Cultural Center

Saturday, October 20th

2p.m. ECU vs East Tennessee State ,
7 p.m. ~Kappa Alpha Psi has a party at Bachelors Benedict

10 p.m. Omega Psi. Phi gets into the ROM ECUCRTS spirit at
Memorial Gym

10-12 p.m. Alpha Phi Alpha Happy Hour; All drinks
one-half price at Unlimited Touch.

NE ohote
The United Greek Social Council halved to arrange this schicdale of events for
Homecoming. The Ebony Herald hope you take advantage of the many

events going on this week-end. SITTING from left to right - Clara Darden,
Twyla M. Jones, Carolyn Jeffries, Sharon D. Cousar, Beverly Riley, Connie
Shelton, Tamara Ricks. STANDING from left to right - Monteith Womble,

President, Howard Manly, Wendell mepereae Ralph Meachum, Anth
~Jackson, Karen Shelton. i . ony

12"Until Party at Unlimited Touch.

Il p.m. Attend the church of your choice.