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The Minority Publication of East Carolina
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March
Religious Leaders Appeal to the F aithful
Peace with Justice in Central America
By PATRICK OTNEILL
Staff Writer -
Growing oUnited States
military involvement with,
and. support for, repressive |
governments in Central
America is an issue which
demands the immediate at-
tention of all North Caroli- "
nhians. In our desire to be
peacemakers obedient to
the teachings of Jesus
Christ, the Executive Board
issues this statement to the
churches of North Carolina
and to all people
throughout the state.
The evidence shows that
the underlying cause of the
conflicts in El Salvador and
Guatemala is the desire of
_ the people to be free of
military dictatorship, to
have freedom from terror
for their families and
enough land and food to
sustain them. Because of
their commitment to the
poor in ElT Savador,
Guatemala, and Honduras,
the churches and _ their
workers have also become
targets of repression.
United States resources
should not be directed.
toward the repression and
killing of people in Central
America. ©
Union is
Below is the statement prepared for
North Carolina Religious Leaders. "
Many Latin American
_ churches and church leaders
have repeatedly stated dur-
ing the last decade that ex-
ternal subversion is not the
primary cause of the ~con-
flict in their countries. The.
dominant challenge is inter-
nal: perennial conditions of
wretched poverty and the
denial of basic human
_ rights. To interpret the pro-
blems in Central America
primarily in terms of the
competition between the
United States and the Soviet
profoundly
mistaken. The primary
issues are justice and the
participation of the popula-
tion in shaping the society.
Inspired by our faith in a
God who leads people to
freedom and human fulfill-.
ment and by the witness of
the suffering Christian
community
the poor in the search for
justice and mercy, we seek
to deepen our own
understanding of the Cen-
tral American crisis and to
accept the opportunities for
witness which it presents to
us. It is our faith that leads
us to examine the present
policies of our government
toward Central America
- and to protest them. We as
Christians and citizens can-
~ human
destabilizing,
in Central "
America as it accompanies "
onot condone the millions of
tax dollars given in military
equipment, training, and
support to the governments
_ Of El Savador, Guatemala,
and now Honduras, to be
used against
peoples and
neighboring countries. We
cannot condone the crass -
and consistent disregard of.
internationally recognized
rights nor the
ruthless slaughter of tens of
thousands of civilians each
year.
Nicaragua is-. of - special
concern. We cannot sup-
port the United StatesT
overt and covert actions
aimed at _ isolating,
and over-
throwing the new govern-
ment there. Such efforts are
in defiance of international "
law and are contrary to our
declared support for the
right of all people freely to
determine their own form
of government. At the same
~time, we urge the Sandinist
leadership to respect the
rights of all citizens, in-
cluding those who oppose _
official policy.
North Carolina is par-
ticularly involved in United
States military intervention
in Central America.
Salvadoran soldiers are
trained in our midst at Fort
_ An increasingly large share
their own
those of "
_ while social programs in |
eo Aa
Bragg, and U.S. Green
Beret Forces are sent from
there as military trainers -
and: advisors to both El
Salvador and Honduras.
of the federal taxes we pay |
is being used to support
military programs abroad
North Carolina are being
reduced.
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Do You Know?
By S.L. CHERRY
Staff Writer
Do you know where youTre going |
to? Do you like the things that life is
showing you? Where are you going
to? Do you know? Does it all sound
familiar to you--it should if you saw
Mahogany or maybe even think
about Diana Ross and her list of
songs. ITm not really sure how long
this song remained popular, but if
you think about the words to it,
youTll get a challenging message,
that if taken to heart will yield an
abundance of success.
This theme from Mahogany, in
conjunction with a few other things,
should be blueprinted heavily within
some of us according to the way we
carry on. You probably would be |
surprised to find out about a lot of
attitudes on this campus and the
hedonistic approaches people take.
A lot of the things that we hear
_everyday and even now are things
that weTve already heard. Contrary
to belief, on college campuses, all "
~would seem to suggest that
everything is or will be consistent in
terms of everyday living. You may
try to generalize by saying that, ~~if I
can just make it out of ECU,
everything will be alright, then; if I
only had a job and could be in-
dependent, I could be happy then.TT
The fine print to the whole thing is
the ending word, then. This word
projects future probability and
something indefinite. It may be
good to think about the future and
what you would like to do but how
can you evolve a good future then
when youTre not producing a com-
fortable now to live in. You only get
out of something what you put into "
it. Yeah, I know youTve heard that
before too, but can you afford not
to take heed to reality? I donTt know
all of this from experience because I
havenTt gone that far down the "
road, but I know it through com-.
mon ability that we all have the
ability to reason.
Do you like the things that life is
showing you? Whatever your
response may be, it still can stand.
some improving because you and no
one else wants to be complacent in
an ever changing world. However, if
you do or arenTt really bettering
yourself, then sit back and watch
yourself become extinct. ItTs your
life and you make the decisions for
changing it. Sometimes weTll even
take things for granted, namely our
very beings- our life. When we hear
about mishaps occuring elsewhere
we will easily say, ~~Oh well, another
freak accident of robbery,TT Big deal _
huh?
No, not really because when it hits
home all of a sudden everybody gets.
so tense. It may be poor taste to
speak of it, but the incident that
happened at Villiage Gren is a prime
example. That explosion probably
caused a lot of us to take inventory
about ourselves and our lives. Some
will tell you that life is the pits, but |
thatTs not so either, life is precious
and not to be taken lightly. Life can
be more than these few years youTll
spend here on earth, it can be full of
unconditional love and everlasting
life; John 3:16 is my witness. Will
you let it be yours?
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By OTI O. BOSGAR
Staff Writer
War is full of experience
and strange happenings. No
matter the nature, one in-
evitable result is loss of in-
nocent lives. War to many
people is only like a televi-
sion show; to others it is a
time of suffering and
bloodshed.
It was a Monday morning
in August 1968. The place, I
cannot remember. I was
walking down the street
_with a bug in my hand. I
had crossed the second
- street just to enter the
supermarket when the
alarm began. People were |
running helter-skelter.
o~What is it?�T I asked. ~~Air
raid,TT someone yelled. I
started running, looking up
at the sky. ~~Oh!, my godTT I
said as I saw a chain of
bombs being released by ten
jet bombers and ten jet
fighters, as near as I-could
count. I immediately
- Jumped inside the trench in
front of an old movie
theatre. In three minutes
the whole town was in .
disarray.
The supermarket roof
was gone, the-whole place
was in smoke. I was shiver-
ing. My nerves were near
the breaking point and my
body was covered with
sweat. I could not believe it. ©
A corpse without a. head
was beside me. His head
had been chopped off by
the bomb blasts. An hour
before, I had crossed the
primary school playground,
but what I now saw were
dead bodies of innocent
children. Three alive were
shouting and calling for
_ mommy and daddy. Along
the street people were lying
dead. The Red Cross, fire
service, soldiers, and the
police placed the dead
bodies into a van.. Many
houses were burnt to ashes.
Some were still on fire as I
ran to my home.
The war had started and
there was no going back to
the peace table. The able
youths were conscripted in-.
Memories of War
to the army. I could hear
them chanting as they mar-
ched past. I wanted to fight
and vanquish our enemy,
but I was too young to join.
My little heart boiled with
anger and tears streamed
down my face as I
remembered the air raid. I
knelt down and prayed to
God, ~~may it not happen
again.TT Little did I know �
that after one year of
serious fighting in a
neighboring town, that my
town .would become the
next battle ground. One
night my Dad drove in from
the war front. He told
everyone in the family- to
enter the vehicle without
delay and that the enemy
had entered our town. I
stayed behind with him.
The following morning,
there was another air raid.
Many homes were set
ablaze by the cannons of
our enemyTs jet fighters. "
My father told me that:
five battalions of the enemy
army were inside my town.
Since he was one of the war
plummers, my Dad told me
that none of them would
escape from our soldiers.
The battle began with shell-
ing and bombing. After six .
hours of shooting, the
whole town became clear
~again. People were called "
from the next town to come
and bury dead bodies. For
_the first time in my life, I
Saw corpses by the
thousands. I couldnTt stand
looking at the scene. My
father said, ~~Be a man my
son-life is full of strange
happenings -and_ ex-
-periences.
b ath.
The war
lingered for. three years.
People died like rats that
had been poisoned. On
December 20th of that year,
both sides called for a cease
fire. An agreement was
reached for a peaceful set-
tlement. The war ended
with the loss of my family
members: two of my uncle
~and a cousin.
From the experience, I
know that most of the
mysteries of this world were
caused by war.
PEACE WITH JUSTICE IN CENTRAL AMERICA
or the (eign oF 6 prohibit tne giving
Faith & justice. Pnilitany 4Ssietance
in my courttry +o Ne Salvagoran, govern 1, Sop all LS military aid to and interven-
; . } ment tion in, El Salvador, Guaterrala, and Hon-
duras; *
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if you really
-want-to defend
human rights
qo guarantee thay
Your government will
Vor intervene directly
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the forte of the Salvadoran
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Letter From Archbishop Oscar Romero to Pres. Carter Feb-!7. 1960
By PATRICK OTNEIL
Staff Writer
Thursday, March 24th,
was the anniversary of the
death of Archbishop
Romero. He was
assasinated while
celebrating mass at a church
in strife torn El Salvador.
Before his death Romero |
had spoke out against the
violence in his country,
knowing that doing so
would probably lead to his
death. |
Three years later, the :
violence in El Salvador still
continues. Thousands of in-
nocent people have been
killed senselessly. United
States military aid to the
small nation is being used to
help aid the Salvadoran
- government troops, who
are often being accused of
human rights violations.
The violence and death is
not only isolated to El
Salvador. In the other Cen-
tral American countries of
Guatemala, Nicaragua, and
Honduras, there is also
much unrest. The United
States is again supporting
right-wing military govern-
ments in both Guatemala
and Honduras. Through
covert activities, the U.S. is
working to destabilize the
left-wing government in
Nicaragua.
On ECUTs campus there
were several activities held
in cooperation with
~~Central America WeekTT
(March 18-27). Central
America Week was _ co-
sponsored by the Carolina
Inter Faith Task Force on
Central America (CITCA)
and the Executive Council
of the North Carolina
Council of Churches. The
activities of Central
America Week were con-
ducted statewide for the
_ purpose of promoting
study, reflection, and ac-
tion on Central America in |
churches and synogogues.
The week was also designed "
to honor Romero. |
The ECU Committee on
Central America and the
- Catholic Newman Center
sponsored three events to
coincide with RomeroTs an-
- niversary. The ECU Com- |
mittee held a demonstration
outside the Student Supply .
Store at noon. During the
one hour demonstration, "
members of the committee
handed out leaflets to peo-
ple passing by the store and "
held several signs protesting
U.S. policy in Central
America.
Later in the evening, the
Committee held a
candlelight vigil in honor of
Romero on the steps of the
Pitt County Courthouse.
Because of the severe
weather conditions (6. in-
ches of snow) only nine
people came to the vigil.
Last yearTs vigil drew over
50 people.
After the vigil, former
ECU Catholic Campus
minister, Fr. Charles
Mulholland spoke about his
rcent fact finding trip to
Central America.
Mulholland spoke at the
Baptist Student Center.
Mulholland said _ that
U.S. policy in regard to
_ Nicaragua was not preven-
ting, but rather encouraging
the spread of Communism
in the area. He noted that
~ the real problem was pover-.
ty in Nicaragua and that the
U.S. should help to
alleviate those conditions.
Dr. Carroll Webber, a
~retired ECU math pro-
fessor, who took part in all
three of the Thursday
events, said he was. en-
couraged by each of them. |
~*The studentsT presence for
an hour outside the Student -
Supply STore surely
reminded many on campus
of the terrible situation in
Central America,TT said
Webber, adding that his
- own emphasis in standing -
outside the supply store was
~*to encourage scholarly
studies of El*Salvador in
four ECU Departments.�T
~~The eight of us who
held candles shining into
the snow and sleet will long
remember the long minutes
of: silence and the wind-
blown = necessity of
relighting each otherTs
candles, over and over,TT
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2. Stop ail UWS. covert operations - and other
destabilizing activity against the govern-
rent of. Nicaragux : ;
3. Support initiatives for negotiared politi -
ca! ~solutions aong all parties in the con-
flict in & Salvador and the Mexican- Vene-
melan peace initiative which calls for
talks between the United States and Nica-
ragua and Honduras, é
Grant temporary jum to Central American
refugees until tna can safely reusn to
_ their homelands.
said Webber referring to the
cold and wet vigil.
~~The most valuable time
of all was listening to and
questioning Fr. Charles
Mulholland,TT continued
Webber, ~~CharlieTs eleven
days in Nicaragua were
evidently lived at a high
pitch. He seems to have
near total recall of the many
lay and religious people he
had seen in and outside of
towns in many parts of
Nicaragua.�T
On the third anniver-
sary of his (Romero)
assasination, the vicious
civil war continues,T said
Webber.
Oscar Romero had said:
~o~I have frequently been
- threatened with death...my
- death will be for the libera-
tion of my people and as a
testimony of hope for the
~Some of us around the
United States renewed that ~
testimony and witness to
that hope,TT concluded |
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oROTC Tourney A Success�T
By DAVID THEROITH
Sports Editor _
Every year Air pore
ROTC sponsors a unique
event at East CarolinaTs
Minges Coliseum, the
Detachment 600 Basketball
tournament.
The ECU 600 is a two day |
tournament for Army,
Navy and Air Force ROTC
detachments from all over
the South-Eastern area of
the United States. This year
the following teams attend-
ed: North Carolina A&T
_ AF, Howard University
AF,. Fayetteville State AF,
the University of Virginia
AF, Maryland AF, the
University of North
' CarolinaTs Navy and Air
Force, and the Duke Army.
The event is a special time
when future officers can get:
together and meet each
other, both in the thrill of
hot competition and at the
social, a party given for the
players, this year at the
mulit-purpose room at the
Mendenhall - Student
Center. Held Friday, March
18, from 8-10 P.M., the
social was a big success as
not only ROTC players and
students but invited guests
from all over the campus
provided a truly diverse and
interesting social event..
The double elemination |
tournament began on Fri-
day, March 18, at 10.00
A.M. with the. opening
ceremonies in which the -
drill team performed a
oTracksters Prepare
For SeasonTT
McCORMICKTY HORACE
: Sports Info Writer
After taming the
freshmen in their first in-
- door season, and after last
yearTs prosperous recruiting
year, both the men and lady
_ thinclads prepare for their
first outdoor season.
Between them, menTs
coach Bill Carson, assistant
coach Wayne Miller, and
womenTs coach Pat
_ McGuigan began their
- T82-T83 season with 32
freshmen and only three ex-
perienced upper classmen.
But the freshmen by no
means shy on the track. The.
men broke four ECU
school records, and the
Lady Pirates shattered six
during their indoor season.
The menTs indoor season
was highlighted by the per-
formances of freshmen
Chris Brooks, Nathan Mc-
Corkle and surprising ex-
hibitions by Craig White.
Long and triple jumper
Chris Brooks broke the
ECU long jump record
while McCorkle established
his name as a prominent
short distance sprinter. "
Head coach Bill Carson
was stunned with surprising
performances by hurdler
Craig White. White burst
into his first indoor season
breaking school records and:
defeating well-respected na-
tional contenders. As the
season thickened, WhiteTs.
times consistently. improved
and earned him a bid for
the nationals. The Priates
also got strong support
from Ray Dickerson, who
established himself as one
of the top state contenders
~as a 600 meter runner.
The men began the out-
door season March 17 in
Tallahassee, Florida.
The Lady PirateTs season
was highlighted by the per-
formances of freshmen
Jamie Cathcart, Kathy
Leeper and Regina Kent.
After a rugged start, the
ladies improved with ex-
perience and ran their best
meet at the Tarheel Classic,
the last indoor meet of the |
season.
Regina Kent missed
qualifying for the nationals
in the 60 meters by only .08
seconds. The ladies will
begin their outdoor season
March 26 at the Atlantic
Coast Relays in Raleigh.
silent drill sequence.
East . CarolinaTs
AFROTC unit opened play
against the Fayetteville ~
State Air Force, and both
teams were rusty in the first
half. Anthony Carvana,
who ammassed the second
highest scoring total in the
tournament with 77 points,
kept ECU in the game with
12 points but FSU played
more consistent and held.
off a late ECU rally to win
235s
Carvana averaged 21.5
points the next three
games(19.2 over 4 games)
but ECU played excellent
team basketball in winning
two of their next three
games. In the second game
on Friday. UNCTs Air
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points. On Saturday morn-
ing Howard provided the
competition as their "
undefeated string came
tumbling down 50-37. ECU
then suffered a heart break-
ing loss to bitter rival North
Carolina A & T 47-46, with
_ A &TTs McKiney scoring 18
points. Insidently A & TTs
Knight led the tournament _
scoring with 88 points over
_ five games, a 17.6 average.
ECU finished the event in
third place.
Meanwhile the Duke Ar-
my team became the sur-
prise of the tournament.
They beat UNCTs Navy |
37-23, then lost to Howard
45-28. They came together
and won four consecutive
games over two days, 46-27
Over UVA, 23-21 over
Maryland and finally in the
1:00 championship game
Duke _ shocked heavily
favored A & T 48-36 as
DukeTs Gordon scored 16
points(he had 54 in §
games). "
- The fourteenth annual
tournament came to a suc-
cessful close at 2:00 P.M.
on March 19. DonTt miss
next yearTs exciting ECU
600. EveryoneTs invited to
Spectate and itTs great enter-
tainment.
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- Acting Company to
Perform at ECU
By CAROLLE DAVIS
Features Editor
One of the finest touring reper-
tory companies in the world, THE
ACTING COMPANY, under the
artistic direction of John
Houseman, will be performing Fri-
day and Saturday, March 25 and 26,
1983, at8:00 pm in McGinnis
Theatre on the East Carolina
University campus.
THE ACTING COMPANY will
perform ~~Twelfth Night�? on Fri-
day, March 25. Under the direction
of Michael Langham, this is the
hilarious yet touching comedy about
the befuddlement of lovers and the .
low jinks of carousers by William
Shakespeare. The second produc-
tion is MoliereTs comedy,
o*Tartuffe,TT on Saturday March 26,
the zany story of a mountebank and
how he uses love, greed, and decep-
tion to his own end. ~~TartuffeTT will
have you laughing quickly under the .
apt direction of Michael Kahn.
The touring arm-of our nationTs
John F. Kennedy Center for the |
Performing Arts, THE ACTING
COMPANY remains the only
theatre company in America found-
ed for and dedicatied to the develop-
ment of American Actors. The
_ Company consists of seventee:
highly trained actors and actresses
_ selected from AmericaTs leading
professional theatre training pro-
grams and regional theatres. THE:
ACTING COMPANY has a com-
mitment to tour professional reper-
tory productions of both classical
and contemporary plays throughout
the United States. .
THE ACTING COMPANY pro-
ductions and actors have been cited
for many prestigious awards and
nominations including two Tony
and six Drama Desk Award
nominations, an Obie Special Cita-
tion for Outstanding Achievement
and the Los Angeles Drama Critics
Award. Former Company members
include Patti Lupone (~~EvitaTT),
Kevin Kline (~~Pirates of PenzanceTT
and ~~SophiesT ChoiceTT), and many -
others who hve moved on to careers
in television , film, and on Broad-
way.
~ Come celebrate THE ACTING
COMPANY Ts tenth birthday fwith
two exciting theatrical productions.
Tickets for students are $4.00, and
$8.00: for the public. Tickets on sale
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The displacement of love
In a cold November Soy
Willows will not hang or weep for us
They are only charred roots
For a boiling river :
Dust for hot or cooler winds
Mix for silt in half blind
Eternally wisened eyes
How many of those dead bones
And black throats
Were lovers or children?
Polluted scraps of dignity
_ Washing through water and on the level
They body forth their news:
They speak of God in terms
_ Of blank shadow and ash
Not a fleshy hand to reach for
But the primal bone
I have seen death flying on a cloud
I have seen men and women wilt before
In a world
As empty
As space.
- Sam Silva ,
_ CARNAL INSTINCTS
Here in this dark part of town.
When the neighbor holds his wife
With needles :
With winterTs pointed threats |
With a cold laugh that interrupts the rain |
I keep my muddy hands
To myself 3
And scratch and read by lamplight
Here in this dark part of town
When the cityTs wind a
Ushers cinders: cold dust with no aspect of
Spring |
And dogs underneath therain
In side streets
Wale like infants
Whereas the children are silent
I turn up my collar
Beg for honest money
Come home empty :
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PEOPLE
Abandon Hope
By PATRICK OT NEILL
Staff Writer
Friday, April Ist, is an
important day to Christians
all over the world. On that ~
day we remember the
crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
It is commonly known as
Good Friday. For many of
us Good Friday is just.
another day, nothing
special. Many people donTt
really take the time to
reflect on the deeper mean-
ing of what really happened
on Good Friday almost |
_ 2000 years ago.
: .
All Ye Who Enter Here
On that day, according to
reports in the Scriptures,
Jesus Christ, the Son of
God, was hung on a cross
till death to save us from
our sins.
When I think of sins, I
think of actions that run
contrary to the dictates of
God. While on earth, Christ
often spoke in parables to
the people.. He spent his
time living simply, comfor-
ting the poor, the sick and .
' the outcasts
of society,
speaking the truth and shar-
ing the Good News.
Christ told his people to
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be peacemakers, to be
generous and to treat others
as they would like .io be
treated themselves. He
spoke often about the suf-
ferings of the poor. Christ
told His people to relieve
their sufferings. But today,
there are more poor in our
- world than ever before.
starvation |
- Claim the lives of thousands
Hunger and
daily.
Christ also told His peo-
ple to ~~love their enemiesTT
and to ~~turn the other
cheek.TT But today the
world is still flowing with
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violence. Wars are going on
right now - many for
religious reasons - in many
places throughout the
world. Perhaps the epitomy
of this violence is the
nuclear arms race which
-could potentially destroy all
of GodTs world.
The suffering of the poor
and the violence of war are
the byproducts of a human
society that has opted to
_ disobey the teachings of
Jesus Christ. For me, the
day of ChristTs death has a
dual meaning. It is the day
when I remember the suf-
fering He went through on
- the cross, but Good Friday
is also a day that reminds
me of the continued suffer-
ing of. Christ. Because His
people have not heeded His
message, Christ is still dying
today. His death is repeated
each time one of our sisters
or brothers dies from star-
vation or is killed in war.
The plans for nuclear
mega-death are drawn up in
the Kremlin and the Pen-
tagon. These buildings have
been constructed as sym-
bols of almost 2000 years of
disregard for the message of
Christ.
On Good Friday, I go to
the Pentagon - as an
American citizen who cares
about the sufferings of the
poor - as a Christian who
wants to follow God and as
a person who wants to
clearly articulate to other
& .
children of God that this
building is about death, not
life and has no God pen
right to exist.
I stand on the steps of the
Pentagon on Good Friday
speaking to workers as they
go inside to spend yet
another day working in the
o~Temple of Death.TT I tell
them to turn back - go
home - donTt work for
- death. I hold a large banner
that - reads: ~o~Abandon
Hope All Ye Who Enter
Here.�T |
My message of Peace is
for everyone who works at
the Pentagon, from
Defense Secretary, Caspar
Weinberger down to the
janitors who sweep the
floors. To stop the gears of
death from. turning, we
must have a unified effort.
Since most Americans pay
taxes, we too, all play a
direct role in the workings
of government. Every
dollar that goes to the
preparation of war is one
less dollar that can go to
help the poor of our world.
Unity was the spice of the
Civil Rights Movement in
the 1950Ts and 60Ts. Today
we need a unified effort for
~peace in our world and
fulfillment of the call of the
~~Prince of Peace.TT
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Page 7
Gamma Beta Phi Society
By CAROLLE DAVIS
Features Editor
The Lambda Chapter of The
.Gamma Beta Phi Honor Society
held) their annual induction
ceremony for new members and the
installation of new officers.
The Gamma Beta Phi induction
ceremony was held Thursday,
March 17, in Mendenhall Student
Center, Room 244.
The ceremony was opened with
the Welcoming Address by Chapter
President, Carolyn Lilley.
_ Myra H. Cain, Professor in the
Department. of English was the
guest speaker on that evening. She
received her BA and MA degrees
from Vanderbilt University.
Ms. Cain spoke of the honor
societyTs ~genuine concern for study
and pleasing others.» Gamma Beta
Phi encourages excellence in educa-
tion. Their motto includes Service,
Character, and Scholarship. Service
projects include assisstance to the
physically and mentally deprived.
Academic scholarships are .also
awarded to honor society members.
Some two-hundred students were |
inducted into the Lambda Chapter
of the Gamma Beta Phi Honor
_ Society. Seven of the new members
were minority students. They
achieved academic excellence by
maintaining an accumulative
average of 3.0 or better.
New Members include:
YVETTE BROWN, who is a
junior from Clinton, Md.; her ma-
;
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tif y o
_ year. |
_reception :
jor is Business Administration, with
a concentration in Management.
PANSIE HART, is a freshman
from Wilmington, N.C.; her major
is Nursing. ; Maree
TERESA FAISON, a junior from
Turkey, N.C. is majoring in
Medical Technology.
VERONICA BORDERS, a
sophomore from Shelby, N.C. is
majoring in Medical Records
Sciences. E
ANITA RUFFIN is a junior from
Tarboro, N.C. and her major is
Social Work.
The Ceremony inducting these
new members was led by Carolyn
Lilley, President. Ms. Lilley in-
structed the new members that being
a member of Gamma Beta Phi
Honor Society will give them the op-
portunity to grow and develop a
sense of responsibility and a
building of character. They must
strive for work achievement.
Part of the Pledge of Membership
include a responsibility to school,
community, state, and nation;
Maintaining a _ creditable
scholastic credit; ee
_ Uphold morality and spirit, and
strive for honesty.
Closing Remarks were made by
the new president, Anne Shaw. Ms.
Shaw graciously welcomed the new
members, and said she was looking
forward to a successful academic
The ceremony was followed by a
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