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Queentreated unfairlyBy KENNETH CAMPBELLa3 Editor-in-ChiefECU Homecoming Queen, Jeri Barnes,is disappointed with the lack of recognitionand acceptance she received during herreign.Barnes, the first Black HomecomingQueen in ECUTs history, said the studentbody as a whole did not accept her.~| was only accepted by the people whovoted for me,TT she said. ~~There was noeffort by the school to allow me torepresent them.~~l was hurt by the lack of recognition,but | feel my effort was worthwhile. It wasprogress for blacks. And | think myelection gave blacks motivation.TTShe further explained that her victoryshowed that blacks are not at ECU only toattend classes, but also to participate inany part of the university they want to.After being crowned queen duringhalftime of the Homecoming footballgame, Barnes was not asked to sit in theECU Chancellor's box as previous queenshad been asked to do.Barnes said ECU Chancellor Leo W.Jenkins later explained to her that it wasdecided before the game the queen wouldnot be asked to sit in the ChancellorT s box.Jenkins said the queens in the pastwere either uncomfortable in his box, orthey preferred to sit with friends,according to Barnes.Ebony « HeraldCirculation 2500EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY, GREENVILLE N.C./VOL. lil, NO. 3/OCTOBER 1976BasieTs Orchestraperforms at ECUBy JOYCE EVANSStaff WriterThe Count BasieTs- Orchestra willperform at ECUTs Wright AuditoriumSaturday night, Oct. 30 from 8:00 until12:00. Admission for the homecomingdance is $2.00 for ECU students and $4.00for the public.William (Count) Basie, a Red Bank,N.J. pianist, who started as a drummer andhas become one of the giants of the jazzworld.his, building the bridge to later jazz.With BasieTs jazz, the pace changedand the tempo quickened into o~swingTT.No swing, no jazz; according to thegreat jazz musicians. Basie and his bandplayed jazz with ~~that swingT across thecountry for decades.Seventy-two year old Basie has ac-hieved high merits in the jazz field today.His success came late, as do many Blacks.In 1974, Basie received an award for hiswork. New York critics, now, pay himrespect; although heTs been dynamic foryears.BasieTs extraordinary touch on thepiano, combined with his orchestra, hascreated an explosive, jazzy sound--aheartbeat type of rhythm that never allowsthe audience to remain stationary.Modern jazz is a folk music that startedwith the blues. Jazz was born of themusical experience of the Black people inAmerica. Into it went the highly complexrhythmic patterns and musical conceptionsnative to those sections of Africa fromThe best of the swing styles was clearlywhich the Black man came, the spirituals,blues and secular music developed inAmerica following the social and psycho-logical experiences of minority groupstruggling for equality.The background was not common towhites, and critics and musicians kept thetraditions of adhering to the standards ofEuropean music. They had little or nopatience with African-rooted sounds andtechniques which rebelled against every-thing they had been taught.Blacks had been playing jazz in andaround New Oleans since the 1980's, butthis revolutionary new music was notaccepted until the Original Dixieland JazzBand, a white outfit, came out of the South.Black bands such as those of DukeEllington, Count Basie, Bennie Moten,Louis Armstrong, and anumber of othershad been swinging mightily for years, butit was not until Benny Goodman based abig white band on Black style that swingbecame popular with white America.Soul and disco music became moreacceptable to larger white audiences whenhip white artists started picking up on it.In spite of all the problems, jazz grew,and became not only the music of the U.S.but of all sections of the world influencedby U.S. culture._ Today, the Crusaders, Black Byrds,Earth, Wind and Fire, Ohio Players,Grover Washington, Ramsey Lewis,Donald Byrd, and the list gets longer; areenjoying wide acceptance from both races.And the great giants of jazz are now veryfamous and have contributed greatly to amusic that, at one time, was cast aside bypeople out of sheer prejudice.Presidential electionsBlack majoretteHOMECOMING ISSUEpage 2Read~~Dr. Jenkins apologized to me, andmade an effort to accommodate me,TT saidBarnes. ~~He asked me to sit in his box at alater game, but | didnTt accept that.TTShe also said she refused to acceptJenkinsT explanation because the Home-coming Steering Committee told thecontestants, o~Dr. Jenkins will ask you tosit in the ChancellorTs box.emphasized that.TheyoIf achange was made, why didnTt theytell the Homecoming Steering Committee?oAlso, Dr. Jenkins showed a negativeattitude (during the ceremonies). He didnTtsmile, and pictures will show it. He seemeddisgusted.TTAmong the other injustices leviedagainst her, Barnes said, she was notallowed to ride in the Greenville (Christ-mas parade) and she received poorcoverage in both the BUCCANEER andFOUNTAINHEAD.~Personally, | feel my treatment wasunjust and unfair. | think the whites said,~well they (blacks) got it, but so what, weare not going to let them do anythingT.TTStill, she would encourage any black torun for the position, now HomecomingPirate, to represent ECU.oItTs not all over,TT she warns.Barnes said the title is losing someprestige. She said it began a few years ago,not just this year when it was Changed toJERI BARNES, ECU Homecoming QueenAs far as the boos from the crowd,Barnes said she heard them, but ~~! was toohappy and they didnTt affect me.TTAnother reason the title was worth theeffort, said Barnes, is because it was apersonal achievement as well as an~achievement for blacks.~~The achievement for blacks was ahigher honor than the personal achieve-ment,TT she said.~The Student Prin ce"allow both sexes to compete for Homecom-ing Pirate.~~Women arenTt feminine anymore,TTshe said, ~because society doesnTt wantthem that way anymore. Things that wereonce traditional arenTt anymore becausesociety doesnTt see a need for them.�TThe title is constantly losing prestige. Itwill be one of those things where peoplesay, ~why should | be it, society doesnTtvalue it anymoreT.ECU Drama Theatrepresents musical~The Student Prince,TT an ECU DramaTheatre Production, is being presentednightly in the McGinnis Auditorium.Student Prince is a musical based on aCharacter, Karl Franz, who has beenallowed to live court-life and attendHiedelberg University.The plot centers around Franz, thePrince, his romance with a_ waitress,Kathie, and his fiance. His fianceeventually discovers his secret.But, is is all innocent love as the Princeand his fiance, who is also his cousin, findeach other in the end.The Prince has a valet named Lutz. Lutzhas a companion also. You could say, thevalet has a valet. The two characterssupply comic relief along with antagonismsupplied by Lutz.Marshall McAden is the valetTs valet.~oMy part is what | make it because most ofthe dialogue given me is, ~yes, yourmajestyT ,TT McAden said.Another black in production is ClarenceWilliams. He is an invaluable dancer in ActII1. Witliams also sings in the chorus alongwith Linda Clark and Alphonso Phillips.Linda Clark and Alphonso Phillips arealso in the chorus.Members of the Department of Dramaand School of Music make up the rest of thecast.Edger Loessin of the Department of -Drama directs the play, and Dr. Joseph: Distefano of the Department of Music is~music director.

2 EBONY HERALD/VOL. III, NO. 3/OCTOBER 1976: Jom Eamon and John EastBlacks do have a choice in Nov.By KENNETH CAMPBELLEditor-in-ChiefBlacks do have a choice for President inNovember, according to two ECI) politicalscience professors.The candidates may have the sameobjectives, a prosperous America andpeace around the world, but each isproposing different ways for obtainingthem.Now that the debates are over, thecandidates will depend on campaigning fora further discussion of the issues (if theycan be further discussed).Prepared speeches and carefully plan-ned advertisements will be the bulk of therest of the campaign. :Although at times the campaign mayappear to present a well-balanced discus-sion of the issues, in each instance thematerial is-designed to gain votes for thecandidate sponsoring it.The issues concerning blacks in thecampaign are primarily domestic ones "like unemployment, and the foreign policyissue of the South African situation.Democratic presidential nomineeJimmy Carter has made it clear hesupports a comprehensive national healthcare program, full employment, and peaceat home and throughout the world, eachimportant to blacks.President Ford is also concerned aboutsuch domestic issues too, according to Dr.John P. East, an ECU political scienceprofessor. But Ford doesnTt want toachieve them by big government spendingas Carter does, said East.East isa Republican. He was a memberof the platform committee at the NationalConvention in August.~*Grandiose and big spending programsare not the only way to attract blackvoters,TT said East. o~l think that ispatronizing to blacks. Republicans putgreater emphasis on the private sector.Our programs are not intended todiscriminate.~The election of Asa T. Spaulding (ablack) as the Republican candidate forSecretary of State shows that the Repub-lican party is not prejudiced.TTEamon saysCarter not a racistReferring to CarterTs programs, Tho-mas F. Eamon, ECU professor of blackpolitics and a Democrat, said, ~~Theprograms may not be a cure-all, but Nixonand Ford policies have proven themselvesbankrupt in so far as problems of the citiesare concerned.�TEamon also attempted to dispell anyrumors that Carter was or is a racist.Some things Carter is accused of doingwhile in local politics, such as supporting apay raise for white teachers while notsupporting a pay rise for black teachers,may appear to be racist acts, said Eamon.But Carter did them because he wanted toStay in politics.In most instances where Carter isaccused of racist acts, only half-truths arebeing reported, said Eamon.~oCarter since has changed,TT saidEamon referring to CarterTs presentattitude on blacks.He hired blacks on his Staff when hewas governor of Georgia. Hiring blackswas not the thing to do at that time.Carter succeeded Lester Maddox, asegregationist, as governor.Carter is also making use of manyblacks during his presidential campaign.They include Georgia state representativeAndrew Young, Ben Brown, and MartinLuther King Sr.However, it must be noted that Carterdoes not have the support of all ofGeorgiaTs blacks such as Georgia staterepresentative Julian Bond.Bond, a democrat, and Carter havepersonality and ego clashes, according toEamon.East said he believes Carteractivist enough for Bond.Ford used few blacks as advisors or asappointees in important positions, accord-ing to Eamon. Eamon said he does notbelieve FordT s Secretary of Transportation,William Coleman, a black, is one of FordTsimportant advisors on problems of thecities.Other important blacks close to Ford, inone way or another, are RepublicanSenator Edward Brook of Massachusetts,and Pearl Bailey, entertainer and repre-sentative to the United Nations.FordTs approach in domestic issues isnot a racist one, although it may appear tobe so, according to East. Ford and theRepublicans just do not believe in biggovernment spending to create jobs as theDemocrats do.oThere is such a thing as too muchgovernment,TT said East, ~~and the Repub-licans have fallen heir to wage that battle.~~Government spending does not pro-duce permanent and enduring jobs.TTFord opposesemployment billThe current unemployment rate forblacks if 12.7 percent, 7.5 percent forwomen, and 7.1 percent for whites. Theoverall national rate is 7.8 percent.The Humphrey Hawkins full employ-ment bill is a much talked about piece oflegislation designed to cut the unemploy-ment rate to about three percent. _However, Ford opposes the bill.~Ford doesnTt support it,TT stated East.oIf it passes, the cost of carrying it outwould be tremendous. Ford sees govern-ment spending as a last resort because itcauses inflation which sets the stage forrecession.�TCarter supports the bill in principal,believes Eamon. But, he said, Carterprobably prefers another approach. Hewould encourage the private sector morethan the bill suggests.Getting the private sector moving is thecrux of FordT s approach, according to East.~The PresidentTs emphasis is on theisnTtprivate sector. He wants to create a moreproductive and creative economy whichwill be helpful to both blacks and whites.o~Rather than big government financingand ~make-workT jobs which patronizeblacks, Ford will provide tax incentives forbusiness in an area where there is largeunemployment. This will provide jobs foreveryone.�T EFordT s approach is sometimes criticizedas providing tax relief for the middle classwhile neglecting the lower class.~~Carter will put a major emphasis onpeople in need, problems of the cities, andproviding job opportunities,TT said Eamon.~Ford doesnTt claim he is going to do muchin this area.~~Ford emphasizes tax relief for themiddle income class, not programs for theneedy.TTThe principal problem of joblessness ofblack versus white is not attributable to theFord administration, according to EastThe problem can be solved by gettingblacks more involved in education. It canbe eliminated by providing opportunitiesand jobs for blacks, rather than dependingon ~~quick-fixTT big government spendingprograms of the Democrats.~oSome people have a_ paternalisticattitude about blacks,TT said East. ~oTheyseem to believe blacks wonTt make it. Sothey say, letTs give it to them.�TEast said he feels jobs created: by biggovernment spending reflects thatattitude.Black unemployment can be reduced tothat of whites without the Humphrey-Hawkins bill and other such legislation orgovernment programs, said East. Blacksand all minorities benefit from enduringand satisfying jobs created by a productiveeconomy which is a result of puttingemphasis on the private sector.Republicans supportblack capitalism~Republicans support black capit-alism,TT according to East. ~~It putsemphasis on blacks being in the privatesector as employees and employers.~oThatTs where they ought to be. ThatTsRepublican philosophy.TTEamon said if Carter has done anythingwrong in the campaign, he has over-promised. Balancing the budget is anexample.~| donTt think either Ford or Carter canbalance the budget in the period they aretalking about,TT said Eamon. ~~l thinkCarter can be a better manager of federalbureaucracy.�TEast explained that England is anexample of what can happen when agovernment overpromises.~~England is an example of where thegovernment has overpromised,TT said\East.~oEngland has 13.6 percent unemploymentand the country is not producing.�TThe Ford administration doesnTt knowwhere it is going, according to Eamon.oFord often accuses Carter of beingfuzzy on the issues,TT explained Eamon.~Ford has been in office two and one-halfyears, and after two and one-half years, |still do not Know where he.stands on manyforeign and domestic issues.TTEamon said Ford has absolutely noprogram to improve ghetto conditions, andhis record is poor on quality-of-life typeissues.He said Ford reversed himself onAmerican foreign policy toward Israel afterCarter attacked his stance.Ford just responds. to immediatechallenges. Carter will have long rangeplans,TT said Eamon.American foreign policy should have aSpecial meaning to blacks during thiselection because of the recent develop-ments in Angola and Rhodesia.Presently, both candidates favormajority rule in Rhodesia.However, the Nixon and Ford adminis-trations went seven and one-half yearsfavoring white minority rule there.Did Ford change his stand to attractvotes?~~Ford changes his stand because ofchanges in administrative thinking,TT saidEast. ~~lt was not a move to get votes.�Tlf it was a move to get votes, itbackfired, said East.~~The move has alienated more votersthan it has gained for Ford,TT said East.Since Carter has not been in federaloffice, he can only be judged in foreignpolicy on the basis of what he says on theissue.~* Judging from what Carter has said, heis more intersted in black majority rule inRhodesia,T said Eamon, ~~than in theprotection of the white minority regime.~*Sure he is interested in the way whitesare treated after black rule.�TCandidates want samein Africa RhodesiaFord wants majority rule with theprotection of minority rights according to(Secretary of State Henry) Kissinger,TT saidEast. ~~Kissinger seems to be thespokesman on foreign policy.~~Ideally, Ford would like to see abi-racial rule in Africa. The importance ofrights of the minority must apply in Africaas in America.TTAs far as foreign policy in general,Carter would put more emphasis on theinterest and sensitivity of developingnations. He canTt be but so specific now,said Eamon.Carter has allowed Andrew Young toshape his foreign policy ideas on Africa,according to Eamon.Both candidates are offering the sameends -- jobs as well as national andinternational peace. But each has differentmeans for achieving the desired ends.Carter appears intent on fightingjoblessness now.Ford wants to fight inflation now, thusproviding jobs as inflation slows.On foreigh policy, both the candidatesshare the same philosophy.Letter to the editorWould you believe there are more than600 blacks at East Caroina University? Notso, if you were to judge by the number whotake an active role in SOULS (Society ofUnited Liberal Students) and other organi-zations here.Of course, | realize the main reason forthe lack of participation is little or nocommunication among us.How can we get better communication?The problem can be solved only if you and |are willing to help ourselves.A good start would be to attendSOULS meetings which are held the secondThursday night of each month. There isalso the EBONY HERALD, and a bulletinboard in the Cultural Center with news.After we obtain better communication,will we participate and get involved? | hopeso. It isneeded for the betterment of us all.Doneil Croom}Black Awareness Committeeof SOULSLetter policyLetters to the editor may be sent toEBONY HERALD, cto Secretary ofMinority Affairs Office, Mendenhall Stu-dent Center, Greenville, N.C. 27834.Please include your name, |D number, andjlocal address on the letter. This inform-ation will not be printed on request.

EBONY HERALD/VOL. III, NO. 3/OCTOBER 1976 3As majoretteClark servesfourth yearBy TIM JONES.Staff WriterLinda Clark, a senior from Chesapeake,Va., isthe first and only black majorette onthe East Carolina squad. She is serving herfourth year.Since high school at Indian River Highin Cheaspeake, Clark has marched on thefields and in parades as a majorette.Remembering her first year at ECU,Clark said she had not intended to auditionfor the squad, thinking it would only proveto be a disappointing effort accompaniedby frustration.Encouragement from her band directorled her to the tryouts and on to the honor ofbeing ECUTs first black majorette.Clark said that she felt pressured whenshe first began as an ECU majorette, butduring her years here she has learned torelax and easily concentrate on herperformance.Expressing a desire for more black girlson the squad, Clark said that black girlsseem uninterested in becoming a major-ette. During her four years of auditions shehas seen only two other blacks try out.Being a majorette, Clark enjoys theadvantages of publicity, and an opportun-ity to exemplify her years of training andAre blacks pawns of ECU?There are federal regulations whichState that a certain percent of students atan institution that receives federal moneyshould be minorities. So to keep federalmoney the minorities have to be catered to,right? Wrong! The regulation states thatthe institution should have minorities butnothing requires that they be made happy.Sometime in the history of thisuniversity, or any predominately whiteschool, a plan was devised (of course thereis no concrete proof but it is conceivable).The plan had three main points. Une, tneschool wanted federal money. Two, thewhite school had to remain predominatelywhite. Three, open discrimination had tobe avoided. All three statements had to bemade to work to the advantage of theinstitution. So, this was accomplishedthrough Conditioning, Eliminating andMaintaining.Students who go to white institutionsconfront conditioning first. It starts inEnglish |. The instructor asks the class towrite a paper on a topic of their choosing.The black student writes a paper exemply-ing black greatness, in the form of Rev.Jessie Jackson, Charels Drew, JackieRobinson, exc. The students receives his- paper back with a grade of D. He looks at ,~ awhite friendT s paper and sees a B plus.Hereads it. Ked, white and blue is the centraltheme. So, the black student who is no foolwrites his next paper about how beautifulthe campus is and how grateful he is to beat the school. However if he is stubborn, hepersists with his pro-black papers andflunks the course.This brings us to Eliminating. ItTsobvious that if you are to return to schooleach year a grade point average has to beLINDA CLARK, Majorettediscipline of a beautiful art. Through herposition on the squad Clark has come incontact with many people. She enjoysperforming for an audience and hopes tobecome a professional performer one day.She urges black girls to audition formajorette. According to Clark being amajorette requires a lot of practicing andexperience before auditioning.~~Not only is twirling a necessity,TT shesaid, ~~but matching showmanship, co-ordination of feet and arms, and body linesand positions are just as important.�Tmaintained. There is only one way to getgood grades. Do what the instructor wants,you to. If you donTt itTs impossible to havethe grade point average necessary toreturn. This isthe most effective method ofremoving potential trouble makers (blackradicals as they are called).Now that the black ~students have beenconditioned and trouble makers elimi-nated, they have to be kept at a controlablenumber - maintaining a hypothetical:example makes it clear. Year 1976-77 400minorities are accepted. The total numberof minorities now equals 600 (400 old plus200 new). Year 1977-78 400 minorities areaccepted. The total now equats'600. Wait!ShouldnTt that be 600 plus 400 minus 30that graduated to equal 970? There is noregulation that states that a school has toincrease the total number of black studentsfrom year to year so the school doesnTt. ItTsa known fact tht the more people you havethe more you will have to list out to them..The three methods, Conditioning,Eliminating and Maintaining work for theinstitutions. Conditioning and eliminatingkeeps the white institutions white. Whilemaintaining keeps federal money comingand makes the school appear non-discriminatory.There is a white saying, ~~You can foolsome of the people some of the time, butyou canTt fool all the people all the time.�TIt can also be stated, ~o~You can use someblack people some of the time, but youcanTt use all black people all the time.�TA new generation is emerging!DALTON NICHOLSON, .President of SOULSEBONY HERALD ST AFFEditor-in-chief -- Kenneth CampbellFeature Editor -- Tim JonesSports Editor -- William DavisArtist -- Barry JonesCARE worker speaksBy JERRY SIMMONSStaff WriterMass starvation, disease and death arethree undeniable realities prevalentthroughout the world.Al Sondej, a C.A.R.E. worker, travelsaround the world trying to get aid forstarving and underprivileged peoples ofthe world.Speaking to Sociology 110 classesrecently, he told of people dying fromstarvation and disease.He told the classes about Nuns who_have to fight off the healthy people who arehungry in order to feed the sick.Eventually the healthy people becamesick, and the Nuns can no longer fight themoff. They have to be fed.The Nuns have to indirectly play God,he said.Sondej also related stories of boyspicking up grains of rice from ox droppins.He told about a man named ~~No FaceT,who because of an advanced case ofepilepsy is missing lips, anose and eyelids.However, ~~No FaceT, makes a mone-tary profit from his tondition. Touriststhink he is sick and give him money. -But, No FaceTs condition can not behelped. Other than his missing facialfeatures, he is a healthy person.COMMENTARYWhen | think this planet can Support 33billion people, yet it only Supports fourbillion, and when | think that 20 percent ofthe people use almost 90 percent of theresources, | believe SondejTs revelationsshould be enough to anger any person.There are, of course, countries wherethe rich are rulers and the poor are theservants. But that is not how it has alwaysbeen. Yet, we as a people are stillconcerned with the present.| urge compassion, and when you can,help solve such problems mentioned here.But even closer to home, realize what hashappened to us.Homecoming talents varyThe Marching Pirates, ECUTs marchingband will provide entertainment duringhomecoming at the game and in the -parade. With the increasing black popul-ation on campus so has been the increaseof the bandTs black membership.Black band members include ShirlyCaron, Delcia Harper, Myric Grant andHarvey Stokes, all of the woodwindsection. John (J.J.) Jones and WillieEverett both play the tuba. Percussionistsinclude Dan Lawson and Rick Walthall.Also participating in homecoming arethe cheerleaders and pom-pom girls.Dorothy Harrell and Edna Privett areserving on the cheering squad this year.Glenda Palmer, Cathy Gray, RhondaGrant, and Angela Barnes are our blackpom-pom girls.All of these students are helping topromote black participation in campusorganizations that are not affiliated withMinority Affairs. During homecoming weshould all be proud to be represented bythose who are showing an interest incampus activities as well as the blackcampus community.Cedar GroveMissionaryMeet ChurchPastorfaeLocated on ~Old Banks Road. TakeFourteenth Street Extension across Green-ville Blvd. [264 By-Pass] to stop sign. Turnleft at stop sign and proceed aboutone-fourth a mile. The church is located~ across from Camelot.Rides available by calling756-5046

4EBONY HERALD/VOL. III, NO. 3/;0CTOBER 1976TERRUMGS GE aePirate reserves show talent tooWith the ECU Pirates enjoying one oftheir most successful seasons in recentyears, the success can be attributed tomany factors, one of great emphasis is the "depth of this yearTs team, which is one ofthe most talented in the state.For the last eight weeks youTveprobably become accustomed to hearingthe named Ford, Godette, Randolph,Hawkins, Hicks and the other Pirate stars.The last couple of years the Pirateshave had very successful recruiting years,bringing many heralded names from theprep ranks to Greenville. In 1976 the .Pirates were fortunate enough to recruitmost of the finest talent in the state, suchas Mike Brewington, Leander Green, NoahClark, Roffin McNeil, Nate Adams,Charley Carter, and others who'll wear thepurple and gold for the next three years,and all stars of the future.We like for you to meet some of the TopPirate Reserves.MITCHELL SMITHMitchell Smith -- Big Mitch has reallymade himself a fine football player, whilenot starting he has seen alot of action thisseason, being first alternate at bothoffensive tackle positions. The 6-4, 240sophomore hails from Southern Pines,N.C. and played at Pinecrest High wherehe was a stand-out performer.It looks almost a sure thing that he willbe a starter next year for the Pirates, for heis a tested and proven performer, and hasthe potential to become one of ECUTs bestoffensive linemen ever.SAM HARRELLFred Chavis -- (Freddie ~~JTT) maybe thebest all-around athlete on the ECU footballteam. The 6-0, 195 defensive end, asophomore from Dunn, N.C., has alot ofnatural ability.Fred is making tremendous contri-butions to the PiratesT defense unit thisseason, being a starter on variousoccasions being the heir to Cary Godette atstrong end position. His speed has provento be one of his greatest assets, and nextmay become one of the premier players inthe country at his position.Sam Harrell -- a sophomore fromAhoskie, N.C. has really made greatprogress toward becoming a great of-fensive halfback at ECU. Sam is currentlylisted as second team right-halfback, buthas the talent and ability to be first team.He was a highly recruited athlete inhigh school as he led Ahoskie High to thestate 3-A football championship. Hepossesses excellent speed and quicknessand all he needs is playing time, which ishard with Hawkins and Hicks. Restassured Sam will be ready when his timearrives to perform for the Pirates.Leander Green -- The speedster fromJacksonville, N.C. was one of the mosthighly recruited athletes in the state. in1975. A quarterback Lee hasnTt seen toomuch action this season with threeveteran quarterbacks ahead of him. Withthe graduation of Weaver and ConatyT itlooks like Lee will be in a battle with JimmySoutherland for the No. 1 position nextyear. Leander maybe the quickest andfastest quarterback ever to play for ECU,and with his ability he is destined tobecome a great player.HAROLD FORTHarold Fort - over-shadowed by theoutstanding play of his side-kick, line-backer Harold Randolph. Mr. Fort hasdefinitely come to light. The senior fromRaleigh has really played well this year,from his weak-side linebacker position.Well Harold has always been known forhis hard hitting, but in several games thisyear heTs been doing some hard running.He has had three interceptions this season,returning one for a touchdown againstSouthern IIlinois, and played very well inthe N.C. State and Carolina games.Carolina loss disappointing, but gamea classicLast SaturdayTs 12-10 loss to Carolinawas a great disappointment to the ECUteam and fans, but the game was truly aclassic. It was the biggest game for thePirates in recent years.The Pirates showed alot of class andcharacter as they fought the battle to theRAZZ JAZZ~ RECORDS ©bitter end, only to come up a little short,but you have to admire them for they keptcoming back, a sign of a great team.The defeat to the Tarheels will bemostly felt by the seniors who have madetheir last trip to Chapel Hill wearing thepurple and gold for the Pirates.Another victory over Carolina was atremendous goal for the team, one thatwonTt be met, but they still have theSouthern Conference championship athand, with the Pirates on top with a perfect3-0 mark.He presently is second on the team inindividual tackles. Harold has beenfreaking in anew way, and ina way no onecan complain about, and thatTs just playingee hard-nose football. So freak on Mr.ort.Piratescome homeItT Il be homecoming indeed as the ECUPirates return home from a hard two-gameroad trip, and play their part in theHomecoming festivities, by hosting theWestern Carolina Catamounts, who hopeto repeat victory in the same form as lastwhen the Pirates shutout the Cats 48-0.Things maybe a little different year.You bet they came to town to avenge whathappened last year. WCU has a 5-3 recordthus far and an upset of the mighty Pirateswould be the highlight of their season.The Catamount are another one of theyoung and rising teams in the state. Theyhave avery young team, and naturally thisbrings about the problem of inexperience.But they do have several outstandingplayers, with the most noted beinghalf-back Darrell Lipford who rushed forover 700 yards a year ago. They have finereceivers in Randy Tolkson and CraigMeadows, while quarterbacks KeithScugging or Kent Briggs have the ability toget the ball to them.Defensively, the starter linebackers areMike Wade and Frank Wilson, and upfronttackles are Ty Smith and Bobby Mason.Overall the Catamounts are not verybig, but they execute very well, withemphasis on speed, quickness and aggres-siveness,Well the Pirates will go mostly with thesame lineups offensively and defensicvely,with Noah filling in for Wayne Poole asdefensive tackle, and Gary Newell andBilly seeing action at split end if TerryGallaher is not ready to play.If the game gets out of hand tike lastyear, Chances are you'll get to see many ofthe talented Pirate reserves who will beanxious to perform in from of the homefolks.}SOULS membership dues are beingcollected daily in the Cultural Center from8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Mondays, Wednesdaysand Fridays, from 11 a.m. to 12 noon onTuesdays and Thursdays.Dues are $2 a quarter of $5 a year.6.98 LIST ALBUMS 4 99HEAD EQUIPMENT, JEWELRY, & MORECOTANCHE ST. ACROSS FROM CLEMENT DORM