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HIGH POINT UNIVERSITY Camgus Chronicle VOL. 13, NO. 4 RIDAY. January 27. 2006 HIGH POINT, N.C. Starke shares vision in High Point United- Way Life experiences provide pertinent perspective for all students, regardless of race Scholarship By Pam Holley Starke was welcomed with cheers there 's a great divide." Later in her speech Sta.ff Writer and a standing ovation. She opened by that Wanda Starke struck a compelling established at HPU saying, "Dr. (Hal) Warlick (Dean of the theme that really hit home with the audi Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is the Chape l) invited me months ago and I ence. "If life was a canvas, bow many only holida y on which Americans cel could not say no. I thank God for this colors would you use?" she asked. Beginning in fall 2006, the United ebrate the life of an African-American. It opportunity." Starke lived through a period of Way of Greater High Point and High wasn't even until 1999 that all 50 states She described Dr. King as a man with segregation, extreme racism and white Point University are joining to provide in the nation decided to commemorate the impressive numbers. He was ja iled over water fountains and colored water foun a scholarship for an incoming fres h civil rights leader's life and the cause that 30 times, gave around 2500 speeches and tains. Separation existed even at a family led 200,000 people in the March on Wash physician's. "Everywhere I went, every man to make higher education possible he died for. ington. However, Starke would also edu one was black until I went to Dr. for at-risk students in the greater Hi gh Th e High Point University fami ly cate and sho ck the audience with some Poindexter's office. All of the people my Point area. The award of $5 ,000 can and memb ers of the community gathered other numbers. mother and I passed by were white. They be renewe d annually and is specifically Jan.16 in Hayworth Chapel to honor King. The Genesis Gospel Choir set the tone for As Starke quoted from a survey, bad a nice waiting room adorned with designated for incoming freshmen who the program with melodious sounds as it the audience reacted with surprise. flowers. Then we went to the room that are involved in a United Way agency sang, "A in't gonna let nobody tum me "We have made great strides. Fifty was for blacks. This room was tiny and as a vo lunteer or a client. Applicants around ... Gonna keep on walk.in', keep on five percent of all Americans think race dingy. Later, I got to see what King did to must include a letter of reference from talkin' all the way to Freedom Land." relations have improved ... (but) sixty knock down racial barriers.'' a United Way partner agency and meet Guest speaker Wanda Starke, co-anchor three percent think race relations wiJJ al In her speech, Wanda Starke stated, HPU 's academ ic standar ds for admis ofWXIT, Channel 12, Evening News, also ways be a problem , and only 20 percent " I challenge you to add color to your can sion, and the recipient will be se lected made a powerful connection with the au ofb lacks think that MLK's dream is com vas. First , examine your belief s about by a joint committee of United Way dience. ing true . So, on issues that really matter , races. Look for opportunities and make it and High Point Unive rsity offic ials. a priority. People are too afraid to talk about race. It requires honesty and mov BCA seeks cultural ing beyond blame. To get to that point you understanding have to have a genui ne friendship." The program closed with "We By Ericka Norris Shall Overcome. " Sta.ff Writer As the High Point University com munity sang, tears filled the eyes of some BCA is an organization that eel of the older women in the audience who brates black culture on campus. It spon were possibly reminde-d of a time when ors activities for students and is involve America was so divided. the community. Members ofBCA par "It was a good but an emotional ser icipate in Big Brother Big Sister and oth vice for me," said freshman Meaghan entoring programs such as lunch bud Price. "As a kid, racism is never intro ies and tutoring programs for loca duced to you until you witness it firsthand. outh. This year BCA celebrates its I 5d Now we have the opportunity to not see ear on campus. color, but in her [Starke's] world they This year it has been proposed b did," Price continued. ara Williams, a BCA officer, to becom Yes, we do have that opportunity to part of a bigger organization, ASALH day. Today, we can freely put Wanda ara feels, "it will add African America Starke's lesson in practice--to examine ·ulture to High Point's campus." ASAL our beliefs about races and to add color r the Association for the Study of Afri to our canvas. an American Life and History is a na ional organization that promotes Afri an American history in schoo ls, colleges hurches and the government. ASAL Katrina can't keep Krueger away from home as founded in 1915 by Carter G oodson whose goal was to help today' By Modu Kamara upon her, Laura and her family were able long distance trips with her family, but outh develop a positive selfun derstand Staff Writer to escape the storm. 'I went home and this one was unusual. She was not on a ng through knowledge of history. BC started packing ... it was kind oflike a big vacation; she was running from the storm. ants to establish ASALH in order t "I was in class and my instructor rush," she said. To beat time, Krueger said, "I listened ducate faculty and students on black bis could not let us leave," junio r Laura Krueger left New Orlean s with her to music, played games and text-mes ory as well as to promote academi Krueger said. She was anxiously wait ing pare nts, brother and her dog. She recalls saged my brother who was couple of feet chievement and to enhance awareness o dismis sal from her geology professor at the slow-moving traffic on interstate IO away from me." When they finally made lack culture on HPU's campus. the University ofNew Orleans at the time as hundr eds of thousands of people were it to a pit stop, "it was almost impossib le By becoming a branch of ASALH when the eye of the deadly storm picked rushing to evacuate at the same time. "At to use the bathroom ... People took their igh Point University would become th up speed to reach the Gulf Coast. Despite one point we cou ld walk faster than the ust predominantly white school to do so the unnecessary delay that was imposed cars," Krueger says. She enjoys ta.king See New Orleans, page 2 raditionally, historically black college ere a part of ASALH, but BCA woul Page3 Page 7 ike for HPU to become a part of this or anization . Donya Jackson, Vice-Presi The Lion, ent of BCA , says, "It would be a goo Creation the Witch, eflection on HPU, and good timing for and hange with all the physical changes o and the ampus." BCA would also receive read evolution? real C.S. ng materials that would be useful durin Lewis See BCA, continued on page 8 2 Canipus Chronick EDITORIAL Friday, January 27, 2006 Addicted to cyberspace? Addictions ... we all have one of Many up-and-coming bands have pages, Snowball 2006 some sort or the other. Some choose al as well as those more estab lished groups, cohol or tobacco, others movies, and still such as Dashboard Confess ional, Kanye February 4, at the Radisson more have the internet. Being college stu West and Third Day. It's a fantastic too l ickets: $5 in advance, $10 at the door dents , many of us have a tendency to pro for bands sea rching for a following; crastina te. It seems the addictions evolve MySpace released their first CD this past gradually, more and more towards tech- December , with Fuse , a relatively new n o l o g y music channe l hosting a show commemo AIM ... Facebook.com ... MySpace. We rating its release. know these sites, we visit them on a regu The newest development is lar basis, some of us more regu larl y than Facebook.com. It's been serving HPU others. Even some of our pro fessors have since early May, and thousands ofus have joined Facebook. joined the network; Dr. Qubein even has It's all about connection, staying in his own group . Find your best friend from the know with what everybody else is 3rd grade, conn ect again with people you doing. With Instant Messenger, we have haven't seen since graduation and stay in away messages to check, profiles with contact easily with your friends at HPU links to pictures and biogs . There 's al with the message function - by that , ways something different. It's when it meaning the ones who don't stay on AIM devolves into checking the away mes all day and night like you do. sages every 20 minutes that you know you And what is this poking thing? What haveaproblem. OrmaybeADD. Apub practical purpose does it have besides an lic service announcement: delete those noying people? Poke your friends when peop le from high school or college whom you 're trying to pro crastinate. It keeps you don't talk to anymore - or maybe you entertained for a while, and it might never did. Nobody likes that away mes evolve into a full-out war that extends to sage stalker. And when you do actually IM, cell phone, in person - you might get the nerve to IM someone, make sure even want to write a note and stick it in you have something to say- don't expect their mailbox . If you're super-bored, of them to keep the conversation going be course. yond ''Hey, what's up?" Thanks to Facebook, you have abso On the procrastination aspect, it usu lutely no reason to miss your friend's ally happens when we're working on pa birthday, with its bandy-dandy reminders pers or other assignments. 'What is Susie for three days before the actual date. Plan Q doing right now? ' or ' I wonder if parties, announce fundraising events, post Johnny Doe has changed his away mes your pictures - it's an all-purpose site, sage since I checked it five minutes ago.' evolving every day. Connect with peop le It happens because we're either mentally sharing the same interests as you by join blocked or we can't focus. Of course, ing groups - The OC fans, sports addicts, checking AIM every three minut es does and regional groups (Maryland seems to not help concentration, but it gives you a be well-represented, for example). lf feeling of accomplishment. It's better there's not a group that appeals to you, than looking at a blank Microsoft Word start one. One of the most recent devel document that you wish would magically opm ents is the 'How do you know this compose a paper on the dark humor strat person?' function . New Orleans, continued from page 1 egies of Mark Twain. The internet - addicting students one ~======Myspace.com was probably the next day at a time. One day, there might even kids and animals (in there) with them," Krueger. Despite the fact that she is a vic big thing. It's hug e in high schools and be a group for people trying to recover Krueger says. tim of Katrina, Krueger volunteered over among people who don't go to college. from their Facebook addiction. As she waited outside of rest areas, her fall break with a group of other stu Krueger had the opportunity to m eet other dents to help other victims of the storm. THE CAMPUS CHRONICLE STAFF vict im s. "People were nice to each "I miss my friends .. .I wanted to see them other ... I said hello to them and eve n and get closer to where they were," Editor in Chief: Amanda Roberts touched their dogs," she said. Krueger explained. Opinion Editor: Ali Akhyari Krueger and her family reached On the return trip, her eyes watered, A & E Editor: Rebecca Fleming Hattie sburg, Mi ss. eight hours later , a she gasped for air and looked outside the Greek/Organization Editor: Sylvia Harwood journey that normally takes about 90 min window of the van in an attempt to hide Sports Editor : Kevin Scola utes. the tears the first time she saw her home Photographer: Beth Anthony Katrina struck Krueger's hometown town after the storm. Krueger wasn't able a few minutes after they reached to see her home on this trip, but she has Prin ter: WW Printing & Graphics Hattiesbur g. She and her family decided learned that her house survived the storm Adviser: Michael Gaspeny to stay in Hattiesburg , but there were no with some flooding. As she passed the hote ls or motels available. Th e gusty French Quarter , "the streets were Staff members: John Bennett, Allyson Bond, Lauren Croughan , Patrick winds and rain increased to a point that it empty .. .it was a ghost town," she said. Donovan, Josh Farrington, Pamela-Montez Ho lley, Shane Holman , Rache l was hard to see through the windshield, She stopped by her century-old church Johnson, Modu Kamara, Kevin Lamb , Kaci Martin, Trevor McDonald, Rosaliz so Krueger and her fami ly decided to hit and saw that its steeple had broken off Medina , Jonathan Miller, Ericka Norris, Christop her Petree, Derek Shealey , the road and bead for Birmingham , Ala. due to the storm. Sam Shepherd , Chris Smith , Gena Smith, Greg Smi th , Justin Spinks, Jessica which is about 212 miles from The idea of Krueger giving back to Ruth Taylor and Adam Utley. Hattiesburg. Because of the inclement the community is something that will weather, "driving to Birmingham was never depart from her. In November, she Phone number for Chronicle office: (336) 84 1-4552 very slow and exhausting,'' Krueger said. gave an outstanding performance at Phoe Email addr ess: news@ highpoint .edu The following day, the Kruegers were nix Eve where she read her poem "Saved The opinions expressed in this newspaper do not necessarily reflect the on the road again beading for Winston by Grace" and showed a brilliant silent perspective of High Point University students, admini strators, staff or trustees. Salem , where they stayed with family film that she made to accompany the Signed column s, letters and cartoons solely represent the outlook of their members. Laura's uncle-in Jaw Guy po em. The film present s different global authors and creators. Uns igned editorials, appearing on opinion pages, express Arcuri is a Spanish professor here and he religions , and for Krueger "that was a the majority view of the staff. introduced High Point University to healing process for me." She hopes to ac Krueger, a junior with a major in French. quire peace from her poem and film. The Letters policy ... It is unknown whether North Carolina will last two lines of her poem quote Proverbs: The Campus Chronicle urge s readers to submit letters to the editor . replace Krueger's home in New Orleans "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and The salutation should read: To the Editor. Letters should be typed and but so far she said, "Peop le here are very do not rely on your own insight. In all your should not exceed 300 words. They must be signe d and include the author's welcoming .. .l intend to stay here and get ways acknowledge him, and he will make phone and address for purposes of verification. No letter will be published my degree." straight your path ." withouc confirmatio n of the author's identity. Plea se do not send anonymous As an individual who has been vol Despite the disruption caused by letters or form letter s. unteering since 7th grade , Krueger de Katrina, she believes that God is looking The staff reserves the right to edit letters for length , clarity and grammar, in cided to go back to New Orleans to give out for her. "I am blessed. Thanksgiving addition to the right to reject a letter based on the judgment of the editors and back to her community what she escaped was the same. My parents and I always adviser . with-ho pe. "Once you have been des come up to Asheville and spend it with Mail your letter to: The Editor, Campus Chronicle, Box 3111, High Point perate, you know how it is and so you my grandmother. .. and we did it this University, High Point, NC 27262. Email your letter to news @highpoint. edu . don't want other people to be in it,'' said year," Krueger said. Frida y, Januar y 27, 2006 OPINION Campu s Chronicle 3 Straight Talk fr om Dr. Nido Qubein Bittersweet farewell Dreams and magic for HPU seniors transcend childhood By Zac Cuffe a few. StaJJ Writer Despite the many ways m which I Dear Students: feel as though I am somehow missmg Of course, no one can live full-time The High Point University that most out on the incredible future of this uni The M agic Ki ngdo m of "Wh at IF" in the Magic Kin gdom of''Wha t if."Yo u of us knew when we arriv1.-d on campus versity, I can't help bm reflect on the is where all accompli shment s begin . Ev visit long eno ugh - and often eno ugh - three years ago is long gone . With a sort amazmg four years that rve had the ery business that eve r existed, eve ry book to discove r them, the n return to the Real of "out with the old, in with the new" privilege of experiencing here. Even ever writte n, every produ ct ever invented World and m ake th em co me true. I call mentality, lt might be easy for some of us back in the pre-Qubein era ( as I ltke to bega n as someone's dream . If dreamin g thi s "pra ctical dr eam ing." It inv olves to feel as though we are nothing more than call it) , things were by no means sub so und s chi ldlik e, tha t 's onl y beca use goal-setting, smart time manage ment, a a relic at th.is school. A soon-to-be for par or insufficient. In the grnnd scheme you've forgo tten its m agic. health y streak of persistence and pl enty gotten remnant of what HPU used to be. of thmgs, the High Point University The refo re, dare to drea m! Dare to of old-fas hioned hard wo rk. If it seems as if I am somewhat uninter community valued its students just as hop e! D are to see Why should yo u be ested in the big changes that will be oc much m the past as it does today W1der yourse lf as a great big co m e a pract ic al curring over the next couple years, it's President Qubein 's leadership. The dif b undle of pote nt ial ! dreame r? There are man y probably because I am. I have my rea ference between the past and the present Psych iatri sts are in great reasons, but they all sons, however selfish they might seem. can certainly be attributed to the re creas ingly acknowl boil down to this: it's far, It is diffi cult for me to show enthusiasm sources that were available to improve edging the va lue of far better than the alter for the numerous projects and renovations the college experience for us, the stu daydreams. Stud ies native. because I will not be able to reap the ben dents. show that people who Either we dream of efits of all the con stmction. My fellow sen iors , true to the oath have the highest IQ s bigger and better thin gs As a commun ications major . it is that we took in Memorial Auditorium tend to spend a lot of or we fall into the pit de somewhat of a let-down to see the plans (which is no longer standing) during our tim e da yd rea m ing scribed by Henry David for a new communications buildin g. Not freshman orientation, it i1, our duty to imagining how things Tho rea u w hen he sa id, that l feel as if I've somehow been leave HPU better than we foWld 1t. As coul d be. ·'Th e mass of men lea d cheated by the present facilities available the days of our final year here at HPU lives of qu iet desperation." to those in my major , but to know that pass us by, let us be grateful for the op Dreams: Be honest. Wh ich sound s mor e in future students will have an entire build portunity we have been given to experi viting to you: The Mag ic Ki ng dom of ing to caU home makes me more than a ence this school and all that it has to of * Lift our sights from the ordinary "Wha t If' ... or The Quagmir e of Qui et little jealous . Living on the 41nFloor of fer. We are lucky in every sense of the to the potent ial Desperation? Finch Hall my freshman year, I am a little word. With graduation just a few short * Giv e us hope One oft b e two places will shape your disappointed that just as I am about to months away, we seniors are already be * Inspire us to attemp t the imp os life. You ge t to choose which one. graduate. a state-of-the-.art dorm is being ginning the process of searching for a sible I urge you to choose wise ly. built forincommg freshmen . Not just any job and other such "real world'' respon * Call us to beco me more than we old building, but one where residents will sibilities. But, in the midst of all of that have bee n enJoy the privacy of single bedrooms, adult-like behavior, I challenge each of * In spire others to hope for some common areas for each suite and other you to occasionally let loose and just thin g mo re Preside nt N ido R. Qubein amenities that residents ofFmch past and have fun the way only a college kid can . * Challen ge us to grow present know little about Far too many of my friends who have No longer will student s be hoppin g alread y graduated and begun then ca in their ca.rs and making the tnp do\\-n reers have warned me of the monotony Hartley Drive to the YMCA: instead they of life outside of college for me not to Good sense can unite will stroll out of their rooms, take a few accept their advice . big steps and stare at the brand new Ac I leave you with a very poignant tivity Center located right in the middle quote by Tom Petty: ··You have four evolution and God of campus . Jealous ? You could say that. year~ to be irresponsible here. Relax . When students want a relaxing place to Work is for people with jobs. You'll sit and study, they will no longer be forced never remember class time, but you ' ll By Ali Akh yari accord ing to many scientists, it occurs on to sit on a lonel y bench m the middle of a remember time you wasted hanging out Opinion Editor the large scale over billions of yea rs and bunl'h of trees , starin g at a creek that sel with your friends . So . stay out late . Go in the end gets tied up with the Big Bang dom has water in 1t Instead the y can out on a Tuesday with your friends when Theory. This is the majo r source for the stroll through t11egate s of the new Uni yo u have a paper due Wednesday. Spend Whe ther it's politics, m oney, or evo debate. ver sity Park . winch will have feature s rnone ) you don't have. Drink •tjl sun lut ion, debaters love to entang le an op But the Big Bang does no t exclude such as a fully-functional waterfall and r ise. The work never ends, but college ponent in rhetoric, defini tion and circular the exis tence of God. Most sc ientists will newl y designed walking path s. to name doe s ... " debate that make the other look stup id. ask someone argu ing for the existe nce of Th is is the reason we still have a two party God, "Why couldn't God have sparked to make their case. ever ex isted; it's finite. But how big is the syste m where the two powerhouses are the Big Bang?" They simply are not con The core enigma is "D oes God ex universe? Since it is finite, it must have equally robotic and ignorant and cannot cerned with the quest ion of God. But ist?" or at the very least "Is it possib le for boundaries. But what is beyo nd those agree to get anything done. This is also whethe r they like it or not, the genesis of God to exist?" The evid ence used to tie boundaries? It is somethmg even if it is why there is still so much debate between the universe is inherently tied to the ques up the argument has no thing to do with tbe absence of matter. That absence of adv ocates of evolut ion and creat ion. tion and just because there is no scien this because a supern atura l being, by defi m atter wo ul d be in fin ite. Or if it had Howeve r, as far as the deba te, a cre tific explanation doesn't excuse a cop-out nition, is outside the bo un daries ofnature bounda ries, it wo ul d have to exist on ationist is not concerned whethe r a per -a sudde n stop in the chain of researc h since it is the creato r of sa id natu re. Fur someth ing else and so on and so on. In son chooses to believe in evo lution or not. that leads to the "log ical" ex.planation that thermore, "God" here means a supernatu the end, existence can only be exp lained Likewise, an evo lutionist is not conce rned chimps, humans, bacte ria, algae all have ral being wi th no prefere nce for a specific aga inst the background of infinity. Infin whe ther another pers on chooses to believe a com mon ancestor. religion. Rel igion , ity laug hs in the face of science. It is su in a supernatu ral creatio n. We all know Furthermo re, evo in fact, should not pern atural. It cannot be measured and it whe re the issue res ides. It is in equaliz lutionists like to claim "The core come into play. has no beginning or end. And if the exist ing the theory of evolution with the theory re levant scien tific evi Once the argu ence of anything supernatural can be seen of a supernatural creat ion, espec ially in dence as be longi ng to enigma is 'Does ment can get p ast as log ical, then so can God. In this way, school curricu lums. The irony is that the evo lution alone. They the deta ils that evo the ex istence of God should be very rel two are not mutually exclusive. also like to claim ob God exist?'" lution ists love to tie evant to science and evolution. They can The argument, naturally, gets bogged jec tivity, which is cru creationists up in, co-exist. down in the details. For examp le, by sci cia l for any conc lusion the digging can truly Beca use of the poss ibility of the su entific definition, a creationist has not that results from experiment and research begin. Getting back to the core question, pernatural, the bou ndaries by which evo gotten past Dark Age understandings and to carry any weight. However, because one has to examine the genes is of the uni lution is demarcated can be demolished could still believe the earth is square. Both evo lution ists don't consider the existence verse. There are only two real options. or at least questioned with the same re evolutionists and creationists know the of a supernatural being from the begin Either there was a supernatural genesis spect as evolution itse lf If this is the case, argument they are making, but the defi ning, they, by defa ult, are coming from a or a complete ly natural genesis that ex then why is it so terrible to teach the pos nition is used to make creationists look subjective ang le that no being exists, cludes the existence of God. There is no sibility of a supernatural creation, espe stupid and behind the times. Evolution by whether it is consciously done or not. in between, big bang or not. cially if that genesis and evolution are not 1tselfsimply speaks to the change of popu Mo reover, an individual coming from the The interesting point comes in the mutually exclusive? After all, who are we lations over time due to natural selection. opposite angle, one that includes the ex scientific idea that matter cannot be cre to put limitations on a supernatural, infi This is a fact of life that can occur in vi istence of a supern atural being, can use ated or destroyed. All the matter in the nite being'? ruses many times during our lifetime. But, the very same evide nce evo lutionists use universe is all the matter that will and has 4 Campus Chronicle NEWS Friday, January 27, 2006 A family tradition continued miles above the ground
By Jenny-Lind Angel passenger seat on the right. There were take-offs and other procedures. Addition him three hours, but he passed and earned Staff Writer also controls in front ofme," McConnell ally, "you are only allowed to take this his V.F.R. or Visual Flight Rating license. explains. While looking at the gauges and once you have completed multipl e train "My grandfather had his I.F.R. or ·- After balancing a ground school trying to figure out what to do, Jason says, ing hours with your instructor," Instrument Flight Rating, which means he class, flying lessons at the airport and "I felt nervous, I wanted to be the best McConnell says. These include 20 hours cou ld fly using only the instruments and study ing for years, junior Jason pilot. He meant the world to me and I with your instructor, then 20 solo hours, didn't need to see out the windshield. I McConnell received his pilot's license. wanted to impress him." 5 of which are at night and l O of which only have my V.F.R. so I have to depend McConnell also accomplished this feat Shortly after Jason's first flying ex are cross country. upon what I see visually as well. I can't while talcing business classes at Alpena perience, his grandfather died. McConnell learned how to do prac fly during bad weather, but that 's OK. Community College and combating dys McConnell thought, "I gotta learn how to ticing maneuvers and pattern work, as Maybe I'll get my I.F.R. later, but I can lexia. fly now for sure. It gave me such a great well as yaws, banks and straight maneu fly and that's good enough for me right McConnell, 21, recently transferred feeling that I knew I wanted to do it, ver flights. "These are when the plane now," McConnell says, smiling. here from the small town of Onaway in whether it was for a living or just for fun." rotates or tips on an axis," he explains. 'Tm dys lexic and I have my pilot's northern Michigan. When he was grow But this was going to be no easy task. ''You really have to concentrate," Ja license ; that's one of the things I am most ing up, his grandfather was his best friend. Obtaining a pilot's license requires a huge son states. "Everything about me that is proud of," he states. Always keeping a Jason and his older brother, Mike , were amount of work: oral and written tests, nervous or scared, I have to let it all go so sense of humor, McConnell says: "I like always there to lend a hand when their numerous practice hours, ground school I can focus on what the airplane is doing. to joke with my passengers and tell them, grandfather, a lifelong pilot , needed help and flight training courses. After Flying calms me down, but then as soon 'You know I'm dyslexic. I might fly this with household chores. One day when McConnell completed his Ground School as I am calm, I think, 'How the bell am I plane backwards.'" Jason was around 12 and had just finished at Alpena Community College and fly gonna get back down?"' All of this would not have been pos cutting his grandfather's grass, his grand ing school courses at nearby Michigan After overcoming his fears with sible without the support of a great fam dad asked him what be would like to do Flight Training Airport, be paid $100 and count less hours of practice, Jason decided ily, Jason says. "My parents spoiled me as a reward. Jason said that be wanted to drove two hours to Cherry Capital Air he was ready to go take his practical test. with education," he declares. When Ja go flying with him and minutes later, the port to take his knowledge test. This was about two years after he began son goes home to Michigan on breaks two were in the air. "You must get a 70 percent or higher the multiple step process of wanting to from school, one of the first things he does "I had flown with him many times to pass, and even then you don't get acer fly. Jason flew to Cherry Capital Airport is fly his grandfather's plane, a Piper Ar before," Jason states, "but never just me tificate or anything," McConnell says jok as part of his practical test and hopefully row ID, with his Uncle Jack. and him." His grandfather then turned ingly. ''You just get a little piece of paper receive his pilot's license. The exam took to Jason and told him to hold on to the that says you are allowed to take the prac "a ilerons" (steering wheel) and fly the tical exam when you are ready,'' he adds. plane. The practical exam includes an oral A visit to concentration camps "He was sitting in the pilot command session with an instructor and a flight test seat on the left , and I was sitting in the where the student demonstrates landings , evokes both sorrow and pride
Junior finds a little sister By Brian Nicholas to museums that needed items to display. Big Brothers. Big Sisters a great way to connect with other.\ Staff Writer While the March of the Living group was viewing a pile of suitcases at Auschwitz, By Melissa Clark with Kanisha do draw many glances Amid the silence of Auschwitz, the an older woman in their group cried out Stuff Writer from onlookers. HoUeran is Caucasian, quiet sobs of those in remembrance could when she found her grandfather's suitcase while Kanisha is African-American. "We be heard, as senior Ali Wassell felt a sense at the bottom of a massive stack. The ''l 've always wanted to guide some do get a lot of looks. People will some of"cruel irony" when she noticed that the woman asked the workers at Auschwitz one," junior Christina HoUeran says of times ask me if l 'm her mother," firing wall inside of the concentration if she could have it, and Wassell later her experience as a Big Sister. Holleran Holleran said. It's even more amusing camp in Poland resembled the Wailing learned that she eventually did recover it. now has that chance as a volunteer to Holleran when she and her boyfriend Wall in Jeru salem , which is the center of The group was led into a nondescript through the Big Brothers Big Sisters pro Stephen go out with Kanisha. "It's funny the Jewish faith. In April 2001, Wassell building in the side of a hill, and as they gram. because we get a lot of looks then." and a small group of people traveled to entered, the grim reality of the gas cham Holleran first heard about the pro Holleran said. Wfhcy'll look, and won Poland with the organization March of the ber set in. "It was the single most diffi gram from her sister and thought it der if she's our child " The issue of race Living to tour the concentration camps cult thing I've ever had to do as a Jew, to sounded like a fun thmg to do. "It just is often brought up while the two are out, and to learn about the Holocaust. put myself in th e place of 11 million sounded like a really good idea,'' but Kanisha never notices it. "Once, a One of the major stopping points of people (Holocaust victims)," Wassell said. Holleran said. She contacted the local woman saw us and came up to me and her tour was Auschwitz, perhaps the most Despite the "sensory overload," Wassell chapter of Big Brothers Big Sisters and said, 'Big Brothers Bag Sisters, right?"' abominable of the Nazi death camps. The noticed the chill in the air as she stared at applied. She soon received her accep Holleran said. "I thought that was pretty group also toured the Birkenau , Treblinka the claw marks of the dead that still tragi tance letter in the mail and then had a cool'' and Majdanek camps. Wassell, who has cally adorned the walls and felt a sense follow-up interview in her dorm. "They The two have grown so attached that always bad an interest in Jewish history , of anger at those who orchestrated the come and check out your living condi Kanisha now cries when she has to go decided to take the trip after having been death of over 6 million people and at the tions to make sure you're OK," Holleran home after spending time with her big to Israel the summer before and because years of graffiti carved on the walls by said. sister. ''She always wants me to come "it was a way for me to connect to this tourists. "For people to do something like Holleran passed inspection and was home with her and sleep over, but I large part of my culture," she said. She that really just shook me to my core," quickly matched up with a little sister. can't,'' Holleran said. Sleep-overs are experienced sadness, anger and even pride Wassell said about the graffiti. Before Kanisha. The seven-year-old lives with against the rules in the Big Brothers Big when she learned that the gate into leaving the gas chamber, the group said her single mother, which makes her eli Sisters program. Auschwitz which read, "Work will set you the Kaddish , the Jewish prayer for the gible for the program. She also shares Holleran 's friends are interested in free" was intentionally misspelled by the dead. the same birthday as Holleran, which has what she is doing ... They think it's cool Jewish workers who were forced to build Wassell views her experience as life - it by the Nazis. Wassell also found the changing and hopes to return this April helped strengthen the bond between the that I'm doing it,'' Holleran said. "But two Holleran and Kanisha spend about so far. they haven't followed in my foot appearance of the camp different from with March of the Living as a chaperone. two to three hours on the weekend to steps, yet.'' But she does recommend the what she expected. "It was weird to see it She returned to the United States with a gether bowling. roller skating and tak program to anyone who has spare time in color. Everything was green. You don't new understanding and a new direction. ing trips to the mall; sometimes Holleran to lend to a child in need of a mentor. think of death camps as pretty ," Wassell She is now studying history and hopes to visits Kanisha at her cbeerleadmg prac One thing in the back ofHolleran's said. go on to graduate school to attain a de tices. mind is what will occur once she gradu When the group passed through the gree in Holocaust studies because she HoUeran and Kanisha 's first outing ates in 2007. "I don't know what's g~ bunkers that the Jews were forced to live feels that "it was something that impacted came in March at a bowling alley. "Just mg to happen," Holleran said. "I would in, Ali had an eerie feeling as she viewed me so much that I wanted to spend the getting to know her was great," Holleran love to continue participating in the pro the piles of shoes, glasses and hair that rest of my life preserving it." said. ''I found out that she is very extro gram.'' Holleran, a theatre major, plans stilJ remained. She said, "Very few times At the end of the trip, the group verted and even a little bossy.•• on moving to either New York City or do you have a face to the Holocaust be marched in the footsteps of their ances One of Holleran 's favorite trips was California. She doesn't know what might cause our (today's) generation is so re tors along the railroad tracks that lead to the mall with Kanisha. While shop happen to her relationship with Kamsha. moved from the Holocaust. It puts a face from Birkenau to Auschwitz. Howe ver, ping, Kanisha ran into some friends of but she hopes it will be lifelong. to the nameless pictures; it makes you this was not a march of anger. Wassell hers from school and mtroduced But for now. Holleran is enjoying identify with them because these were feels that the purpose of the march was Ho 11 er an her time wilh Kanisha. ''I've always been people who had shoes and glasses and not to dwell on the past but to focus more "She held her arm up to mine and said the little person, the little sister. Now, I hair." After World War II many artifacts on remembrance. Wassell said, "It was 'We're sisters. We re about the same get to guide someone. I've always of the Holocaust were moved around from somber to a point, but it was uplifting to color,"' Holleran said. Holleran's outings wanted that." she S81d. camp to camp and sent all over the world say that 'we will never forget.'" Friday, January 27, 2006 NEWS Cartipus Chronicle 5 Student from Ghana takes advantage HPU alum of opportunities offered in the U.S. publishes By Greg Smith tunate," he said thankfu lly. It became mean it will be an easy one. Josiah is By Rebecca Fleming Staff Writer evident that his athlet ic abilities were not enrolled in both day and night school, A&EEditor limited to soccer when he led his high juggling 23 credit hours fall semester Senior Ishmael Josiah doesn 't mea school track team's sprint medley to first wh ile still maintaining above a 3.0 GPA High Point University has another sure his life by his struggles. An interna place in the Nike Indoor Classic in and fulfilling his other duties on campus. author to call its own - April Parker tional student and scholar athlete from Landover, Md. and later went on to win Besides being an exceptional student and (Class of 1999) has recently had her first Ghana, Josiah knows that having a de nationals. captain of the track team, Josiah is also a book pub lished. feated mindset would not have allowed He continued playing socce r through member of the Phi Beta Theta Honor "Watching the Innocent " is the end him to be where he is today. high school and is now the captain of the Society, the assistant membership chair result of a long process that began right Josiah runs on the track team, but bis track team here. He holds the school's man of his fraternity Kappa Alpha Psi, after Parker 's graduation from HPU . interest in sports and physical exercise is 400m record. He has had some great op and an SGA representative for the Floyd by no means new. His favorite sport is portunities and met some excellent ath T Cravin Investment Club. On Tuesdays Her stepmother had encouraged " the notion of being a children's author" soccer, which he has competed in from a letes during his college career, such as the and Thursdays , children at a local el since elementary school, and once she very young age. "You guys get toys over time he ran against Kyle Farmer , who then ementary school look forward to visits finished at HPU , Parker got down to here. One of my first birthday presents was the second highest ranked 200m run from him and members of his fraternity. some serious writing. After writing nu was a soccer ball," be said. That first ner in the United States. "He didn't beat They act as mentors for the younger chil present helped him become the captain me by much ," Josiah said with a smile. dren , helping them with homework and merous short stories and nonfiction ar ticles, Parker discovered "how difficult of his country's national under-17 team. He says the team is doing very we ll for a providing role models. Many of the chil the world ofliterature can be for a first When soccer was not in season, he ran small school without a track. He hopes dren don't have father figures and many track to cross-train and stay in shape. time autho r without an agent," and "de next year's students will be able to take of them don't even begin to consider col I Josiah attended two years ofbigb school the track program to the next level to win lege . Josiah and his brothers make sure cided to take [her] time writing a novel that was sure to draw attention." in Maryland after following his fathe r to nationals with the new track. "'We've al the students know that anything is pos the United States when he was 16 to take ways been good, considering. Hopefully sible with the right mindset. Combining her interest in history with her desire to write, Parker has cho advantage of the opportunities the United they can be great," he said. Josiah thanks Josiah's has ambitious plans for life I States bas to offer, such as better educa his involvement in athletics for helping after college. He wants to get a job for sen the venue of young adult historical fiction for her novels. "Watching the In tion and job opportunities. him differentiate between what is impor two years to acquire experience and then Josiah is the first person from his tant in his life and what is not. "Many do graduate work at Johns Hopkins. He nocent" deals with the town of Andover during the witch trials , a setting "neve r family to attend college. In Ghana, there kids get caught up in drugs and alcohol. hopes to maintain his athletic career by really mentioned in many other novels." is no free public education. All educa That just isn't an option for me. Track trying out for the Olympic national team tion must be paid out of pocket. "It 's re has sha ped and molded me into a differ in Ghana, in the 400m hurtles and the The writing process lasted five years, ally quite unfortunate," he said. "Many ent person." 4X4 relay. "I've had six graceful years beginning in the fall of 2000, and took I many twists and turns before Parker 's I people have so very little that they just Josiah is majoring in business admin here," he said. Josiah is looking forward I ideas and research finally pulled to- don't get the luxury of an education, but I istration with a minor in finance. Just to dual citize nship in the United States I was fortunate. I've always been very for- because this is bis senior year does not and in Ghana. See Parker, page 7 Norton's energetic demeanor Future holds bright promise affects and infects students I for high-flying Karen Grim By Gena Smith Senior Modu Kamara said, "Ke lly I Childhood dream persists to the present day~=== Staff Writer gave me the opportunity not only to reach out to our local community, but the na By Lauren Eck perform well," she said. In addition to A chainsaw. ANalgene bottle. A note tional community as well." Staff Writer acting as both Peter Pan and a Lost Boy, book. Dr. Kelly Norton, director of the In the same way, Norton bas learned Grim did technical work. She helped Academic Services Center, wears many from the students. One in particular "em After spending close to 12 hours in build the set and made costumes such hats and uses many tools. braced manual labor'' in a way Norton did the theater, seven days a week for two as pants, tassels and Captain Hook's hat. The chainsaw was her operating tool not expect. "It was not only the work she months, junior Karen Grim felt confi Grim bas wanted to act for as long this fall when the Alternative Break group did, but the attitude," said Norton. The stu dent taking the stage as the lead role in as she can remember. She put on shows trave led south to help victims of Hurri dent helped in dragging tree branches, the mus ical "Peter Pan." for her parents and began doing plays in cane Katrina. There , she cut trees, dragged clearing out rubble and picking up sticks Grim, who was originally cast as a 2"d grade. She has always been "ad branches and talked with homeowners in around a Mississippi resident's home. lost boy, was asked to take on the role dicted to television" and "wanted to be Miss issippi. According to senior Chris Ferguson , of Peter Pan a month before the perfor the next Shirley Temp le." She said that Even though Norton started Alterna president of the OAC and a part of the AB mance in November. As the understudy she loves acting so much because she tive Break on High Point University's program, it was Norton whose attitude was for Peter Pan, Grim was called to play wants to see everyone's reactions. She campus, she said the idea was stolen from impressive. "She seldom stopped to take Peter for half of the performances be said, "When I come off the stage and a another campus so she can't take full a break. She tried to work past quitting cause the directors felt it was too ex little girl says 'I want to be an actress credit. time to get as much done as possible," be hausting a role for one person to handle. because of you,' that makes it all worth "I started it for almost selfish reasons said. As a passionate actress, Grim was ea it. I don't care how tired I am, I would because I'd rather be somewhere else for Ferguson said the memorable trip ger to take on the challenge. "We had do it again 40 times just to make people break besides sitting in my office," said taught him "to lay aside [his] time and to split up the rehearsals , which was hard smile and laugh." Norton. Las t spring, the Alternative Break petty matters ... to completely give what because most people get to work on their Aside from the effect she has on group went to Lancaster , Pa. and worked love and help [he] cou ld to people who character every night and I bad to switch people , Grim also loves theater because with Habitat for Humanity in the Amish really needed it." For Ferguson, an amus back and forth," said Grim. of the camaraderie created with other country. ing memory of the trip was Norton's food One of Grim 's favorite aspects of cast members. "It's such a bonding ex The Nalgene bott le comes with her fetishes. "She eats these huge pickles. She the play was that she got to fly. She said, perience to be in a show like that where on her trips with the Outdoor Activ ities gets them in bags - pickle s in a bag. They "At first the harness was very uncom there's over 30 people and you have to Club when it goes kayaking , white wa ter are like whole cucumbers." The names of fortable, big and bulky. It felt like I was make everything work like an ensemble rafting , hiking and caving. Norton is the her two favorite pickles - Big Papa and I wearing a diaper. But once they lifted and be very unified," said Grim. faculty adviser for the OAC and the Dance Hot Mama.
you into the air, I just instantly felt light. Grim claimed that she wants to be Troupe. "Yeah, I'm a pick le fanatic thanks to I It was so much fun flying in the air." a famous mov ie and television star. Norton said that she can't pick a fa my dad," said Norton. I There were also obstacles in flying such When she graduates, she plans to move vorite among all of her activities, but the A notebook and pen are a far cry from I as knowing that everything was out of to New York and audition for soap op trip to Mississippi was her "most memo a campfire and smores. Still, Norton en I her control because the technicians man eras because "it's good camera time and rable and moving experie nce. It's prob joys her official job just as much. She said I aged the flying harnesses. Grim said, gives you a lot of experience." . From ably the one thing I've done where I re she benefits from working with Academic I "Ifl was spinning out of control or bang there, she wants to work in television and ally felt I helped the community. [It] was Services because she gets to know the stu ing into the pirate ship, I had to make create a fan base and then work her way an examp le to the students that they can dents so well there. "I get to be a college I everything look like I did it on purpose." to mov ies. Grim 's ultimate goal is to be contrib ute to relief work because they student and live vica riously through I As a theater major, Grim has been the next Julia Roberts and be the most have time and sweat and energy. There's them," she said. Norton listens as students involved with six plays at HPU and is famous and highest paid actress. another outlet than having to write a check recall fights with their significant others. ! ' accustomed to acting in front of large "I want to direct, act, write and star when you don't have a check to write." When student s do well on tests, Norton I groups of people. She said this is the in my own movie. Everything you can She believes that this trip has turned rejoices with them. first performance that she dido 't feel do for a movie, I want to do it," said students on to the idea of community ser The OAC bolds a different interest for nervous about before she went on. "I I Grim. vice - students that norma lly might not See Norton, page 8 I felt so comfortable in mv abilities to get involved. , I
' 6 Ca11tpus Chronicle A&E Friday, January 27, 2006 Bon Jovi still rockin' on op 5 headbangers of '05 By Rachel Johnson there's much more to them than the pretty Sta.ff Writer boy exterior. By Kevin Scola Zombie's solo band and Powennan In addition to the strong vocals and Sports Editor 5000. SOTE offers pretty much what As a part of the "'Have a Nice Day" instrumentals, the band's energy was mes you'd expect from them--short, loud, World Tour, Bon Jovi took the stage in merizing. Bon Jovi wasjwnping, running When I was asked to write a music catchy tunes, with B-movie references front of a nearly packed house at the and bouncing around the stage, all the review, I'll admit. I was slightly appre in the lyrics. TI1e album even features a Charlotte Bobcats Arena Jan. 18. There while encouraging the crowd to do the hensive. Today's music scene. for the song calJed "Pomstar Champion," which was a buzz of excitement in the arena same. Bon Jovi's energy was matched by most part, bothers me. I cannot. for the is a remix of Queen's ''We Will Rock from the time the doors opened at 6:30 Torres, Sambora and Bryan's enthusiasm Lifeof me, figure out bow Kelly Clarkson You", with slightly different lyrics. and throughout the local band Charity for their music obvious through the smiles can have four No. 1 hits on one album, Demons & Wizards, the joint Case's performance. By the time Jon Bon that never left their faces. Their passion yet in his entire 30 plus year career, Bruce project of Iced Earth guitarist Jon Jovi appeared on a platform in the middle for their performances, fans and their Springsteen has newr hit the top of the Schaeffer and Blind Guardian frontman of the crowd with his acoustic guitar to music in general has kept their morale charts. Hansi Kursch, released their second al open the show with "The Last Man hlgh in the bad times and allowed the good While I do love basic guitar-driven bum Touched by the Crimson King in Standing" at 8:30, that buzz had turned times to be that much more rewarding for rock and good songwriting, a la Bruce June. This album features four songs into a thunderous roar. them and their fans. Their sincerity draws or Neil Young. most of the time I find based on Stephen King's Dark Tower For the next two hours, the audience, you in, especially at a time when many myself listening to more of a hard rock series, as well as songs based on "Por a diverse aggregation--male and female perfo1mers seem to be just going through soundtrack. This also brings up issues. trait of Dorian Gray,'' "Moby Dick'' and (although, unsurprisingly, predominantly the motions, with every movement cho In fact, if you're someone that considers "The Wiz.ard ofOz."Thereason l bought female), young and old--came together reographed far in advance. Bon Jovi is Nickleback to be hard rock or Slipknot the album, however, was purely for the as one captivated group as Bon Jovi, clearly a band that's experienced enough to be talented, or have ever paid Amen sound ofHansi's voice and Jon's guitar. Sambora, Torres, Bryan and their backup to know how to work the audience, but can cmTency for a Weezer album. you The Iron Maiden-esque riffs comple musicians worked their magic, the same not jaded enough to take their success for may not be interested in this article. ment Hansi's voice perfectly, showing magic that propelled them to super-star granted. However. if you became violently angry why this relatively unknown German status in the '80s and that has helped As if being a part of the audience at after listening to St. Anger by the band singer is one of the best vocalists, not them maintain their popularity 20 years such a high-energy , high-emotion show that shall not be named, read on; you may just in metal, but in all of music. later while so many of their fellow hair wasn't enough, the lighting, sound and enjoy this. Next up is one ofmy favorite hands. bands have become little more than a visual effects were second to none from 2004 represented a resurgence m Black Label Society, the solo project of memory. Through the high- energy rock the spot-lighting, to the clarity and vol classic metal. After years of newer bands Ozzy Osbourne guitarist Zakk Wylde. songs of old and new, such as "Wanted, ume, to the projections onto the screen like Korn and Pantera dominating. 2004 His newest album. Mafia, is one of his Dead or Alive," "Bad Medicine", "You behind the band . In preparation for the saw the return of metal originators such strongest yet (I still prefer 2003 's The Give Love a Bad Name," "It's My life," Wednesday night show, The Charlotte as Megadeth, Iron Maiden, King Dia Blessed Hellride). It's basic southern and "Have a Nice Day" that had the en Observer featured the band on the cover mond. Motorhea
By Chris Smith play tough , and more importantly, in Lex nal game of their road trip at Liberty. The '"hard and together'' and if they stick to Staff W1iter ington they found a leader . A.Z. Reid Flames would use a career- high 38 points the principal motto with which they would finish the game with 29 points and from Larry Blair to defeat the Panthers started the season--"play hard, play smart, Don't blame people if they dido 't 16 re- 83-80. Th e play together"--they will be in position at recognize the guys suited up in white Nov. bounds. Panther s the end of the year to have success. 12 as the High Point Panthers opened their A.Z., would an With such a young team, it is impor season up against Greensboro College. only a swer back tant to have leadership and the Panthers Eighty-one percent of this year's Panther sopho with their have that with seniors Akeem Scott and squad consists of underclassman--eight more, third 3- Issa Konare; both Scott and Konare have freshmen and sophomore transfer Mike w a s game win started all 16 games for the Panthers this Jefferson. The second youngest team in show ning streak season. Scott is averaging 14.4 points , 7rn the nation, coached by Bart Lundy, would ing that of the sea in the Big South, while shooting 47 per not waste time in proving to its faithful h e son, includ cent from the field and he is second in the followers that just because they are young would ing a 100- conference with 42 steals. Konare is av does not mean they aren't going to be be the 90 victory eraging 11.4 points and is 3n1in the Big competitive. one to at VMI. South by shooting 58 percent, and he leads The Panthers started the year at the step in The Pan the conference with 2.5 blocks per game. William and Mary tip-off classic in which and fill thers, how Lundy has been pleased with the spark they were matched up with Ho ly Cross, a the void ever, have that the seniors have provided through 25-game winner from last season in the left by lost back out the season and hopes that they can fin first round. The Panthers wou ld go down Danny t o - back ish the season with the success in which by 19 ear ly in the second half but would Ga~ games in they have started. come on strong to cut the lead to 4. They Af cluding a Reid has been a bright surpr ise for wouldn't get any closer as Ho ly Cross te r de heart the Panthers. He averaged 4.5 po ints and would add on late for an 85-73 victory. stroying breaker 3. 7 rebounds a game as a freshman one Even in defeat, the effort and determina Ferrum against con year ago; now as a sophomore be is aver tion proved that this was more than just a in the ference ri- aging 20.6 points a game, 4rn in the B ig young team. Millis v a South, 9 rebounds a game, 2"d in the Big High Point would win its next three Center, Winthrop at South, and is shooting 54 percent from games, leading into a match-up against High home 70- the floor, 4'h in the conference. Re id is former Panther Tubby Smith and the Ken Point 67. The making a strong case for conference tucky Wildcats in Rupp Arena, Lexing would Panthers ARIZO:,/A REID GOES TOTIIE DOOP player of the year as he has recorded 8 ton, Ky. Someone forgot to tell Arizona go on to are l 0-6 double -doubles this season and currently (A.Z.) Reid that a Big South Conference win back-to- back road games against and 3-3 in the Big South as of Jan . 23. has double-doubles in four straight games. team wasn't supposed to compete with a Elon and Longwood. The Panthers would It takes a lot for such a young team "We're taking the approach to get top 20 SEC School on the road. The Pan made their best start in Division I history as the Panthers to be successful. Coach better everyday, play hard together, be un thers would battle Kentucky hard in the at 6-2 after their defeat of Longwood. The Lundy believes he knows what it takes selfish, and to get better towards March ," first half, trailing only by four at the break. Panthers would continue their road swing, and that bis group is following through said Coach Lundy. An off night from behind the arc, how splitting games in Utah-a Joss to the Uni with it. When asked about the early suc The Panthers will be involved in ever, would prove to do in the Panthers versity of Utah and a victory against Utah cess, Lundy said, "We are pleased at how ESPN's Bracket Buster Saturday on Feb. as Kentucky would pull away in the sec Valley State. The Panthers would open we've played so far." He added that the 18. ond half. The Panthers proved they could their conference slate in the fifth and fi- key bas been that this team has played Football mania?: yeah, right Norton, continued from page 5 By Kevin Scola the Buzz is. Yes, I know that the ACC is Norton. Many diverse groups of stu tor, in charge of life skills workshops Sports Editor playing regular season games, but you 're dents come on these trips. The dynam such as a comprehensive ADHD pro one win from the SUPER BOWL!! En- ics between them are interesting for her gram and self-advocacy skills to pro Some of these details are outdated, joy this! Have fun. Go crazy . There are to watch. mote healthier communication among but the sentiments ring true. thousands, probably even millions offans "People who don't know each other students who are autistic or lacking in I remember the last time the Caro across the nation that would kill for this beforehand come together and coax social skills. She meets with visiting lina Panthers were in the Super Bowl. I opportunity. A man in Pittsburgh had a each other to jump off a 30-foot rock," parents and children who want to know sat, heart- broken , in my room in Finch , heart attack when he saw that bis Steelers said Norton. more about the programs offered for dis- listening to "Paranoid '' by Black Sabbath might actually find a way to blow the Some of the abled students. on repeat for over an hour. For the third game against the Colts. Don 't take this students are expe "She tried to work "In past decades time in three years, my Philadelphia lightly. I know it may seem like this isn't rienced in the out services and access for Eagles had fallen one step short of the a big deal. The Panther s have made it at doors, but most past quitting time to get as people with disabilities Super Bowl. 1 anticipated two weeks of least this far twice before. This kind of are not. "Some much done as possible," nationwide have been buildup (actually, "dreaded" would be a success is a rarity. It could be years be times Thave to re [senior Chris Ferguson]. an afterthought, and lot closer to the truth). I was about to fore a team mak es it back. Look at the mind myself that adapting old buildings watch a fan base that had been around for once proud New York Jets. Thi s is not a not everyone took and programs is a less than a decade enjoy the Super Bowl. knock on the fans here. l' ve see n you cheap camping vacations when they slow, expensive process. Because only My Super Bowl. Instead, I heard people come alive. I watched the passion and were kids , like I did. But to be honest, I part of my position is dedicated to dis discussing Duke , and UNC, and even celebration during UNC's run to the learn just as much from them as they ability services , it bas been a taxing ex NASCAR. Huh? I couldn't fathom NCAA title last year (a side note from a learn from me," said Norton. perience , to say the least," she said. this.There are very few things I regret in Philly Fan: Allen Ray did not travel). I Norton said that traveling with the Yet, even in the past few months, my life, but one of them is that I was not know you have it in you. So show it. If outdoor club keeps her young because Norton has noticed change. "I was so in Philadelphia when my team was prep the Panthe rs defea t the Seahawks, go bal of the exercise and the relationships excited to see the building plans for the ping for the Super Bowl. I wanted to see listic. Celebrate the Super Bowl. Enjoy . formed with students on the trips. "l renovated Slane Center and University Boathouse Row tum their lights green; I Do it for all of us that might not get there, can't do anything in my office that par Park. One day I stood for 30 minutes in wanted to sit at Geno's at two in the morn the poor saps from Philadelphia, Cleve allels the connection formed during a front of the bi JIboard tracing all the dif ing discussing Terrell Owens' ankle; I land, Cincinnati and Minnesota. The only bleary-eyed, chilled-to -the-bone 6 a.m. ferent routes students could take to get wanted to see El Wingador return the thing worse than watching your team lose conversation over toothpaste and cof from one place to another, and I knew Wmg Bowl crown to Phi lly. As I write is to watch it Jose to a team whose fans fee befo re nav igating a raft through that change was truly upon us," she said. this , Carolina is prepping for the NFC don't care. And if the Panthers don't hap class five rapids." The new routes are better equipped to Championship Game against the Seattle pen to win, there is no shame in full-out As challenging as those rapids are, serve disabled students. Seahawks, and I keep wondering where depression. We've all been there . Norton said that her biggest challenge No matter what tool Norton uses , it BCA, continued from page 1 is gaining support for students with dis serves as an instrument of beneficial abilities. change at HPU , unles s, of course, it' s a importance of helping others. ASALH Black History Month. One of the goals Norton is the disability coordina- pickle. of BCA is to promote campus involve hopes to provide today's youth with a better self-image and attitude toward help ment during Black History Month . By learning more about African American ing others be successful. Several national Wachovia Bank, The U.S Postal Service, becoming a part of ASALH, it wou ld be history to come out to the next BCA meet organizations support ASALH, such as and the National Education Association. an easier task to educate all students on ing held every Wednesday at 7 p.m . and K.iamsha Youth Empowennent Organiza The hope for BCA is to become campus. celebrate black history all year as well as tion of Prince County , Maryland. Other multi-cultural. BCA wants support for One of the main goals of ASALH is increase your understanding ofblack cul partners include Howard University, ASALH and urges all those interested in to advocate community service and the ture. In A&E: Theatre department presents another great show
HIGH POINT UNIVERSITY Camgus Chronicle VOL. 13, NO. 5 RIDAY, February 24, 2006 HIGH POINT, N.C. Construction encompasses campus EDP will inititate Some projects near completion; others are just beginning ~======- By Justin Spinks Dr. Don Scarborough says that two of the ture five waterfalls spilling out of a 15- new major in the Staff Writer campus renovations that President Nido foot trellis, so that people may walk be Qubein has promised will be completed hind the falls and view. The amphithe fall semester Currently, parts of High Point Uni as early as mid-March. ater will be well lit to accommodate night By Tia Bates versity seem to resemble a giant mud pit. "We've been blessed with a warm shows and beams of light will shoot out Staff Writer Though it is true of the water the campus is falls. The What's new at High Point Univer still very much brick walk sity? Well, just about everything. From in the midst of ways that go new buildings to new majors, HPU is construction, it is under the embarking on an incredible journey. impossib le not to falls and Starting this fall the Evening Degree Pro notice the through gram will join in on this quest by adding progress being other parts another major to its 13 programs of study. made among the of the am The Evening Degree Program and the chaos. phitheater Behavioral Sciences and Human Ser On March are currently vices Department have come together to 8, 2006 the being laid. generate a broader knowledge and un ground-breaking Around derstanding of Nonprofit Management. ceremony for the the time the The human relations program is an Slane Student Amphithe interdisciplinary approach providing a Life and ater Foun broad-based education in analytical, con Wellness Center tain will be ceptual and behavioral studies drawing will mark the be completed, from the social sciences and organiza ginning of a 16- renovations tional theory. The new choice of major month project to on Cooke focuses on preparing students for em build the center- Hall , which ployment in the areas of human services piece of the new will become and the nonprofit sector. By offering this High Point cam- CONSTRUCl 10, PROGRESSES ON au:ssu.c HALL P110To sv BETH A''ffRONY Norcross degree, HPU will enable students to get pus. The 45,000 Graduate a stronger foundation in nonprofit orga square foot bui lding will connect with the winter," says Scarborough. "Everything's School, will finally be finished. At that nizations. Some of the topics of study old Slane Student Center via a two-storey on target within a month or two." time, the Norcross Graduate School will include grant-writing, program develop atrium, bringing the new student center One of the two projects nearing immediately become the main office com ment, case management, program evalu to a total square footage of 68,000. completion is the Amphitheater Fountain, plex for graduate studies at HPU, although ation and fundraising. Although students will not see the a part of the new University Park still undergraduate day classes will continue Human Relations Professor and completed Slane Center until the fall of under construction. The part-amphithe to meet there as scheduled. The renova- Nonprofit Leader Pamela Palmer stated, 2007, Vice President for Administration ater/part-fountain will seat 80-90 and fea- "Even though this is a new major for See Construction, page 8 EDP students, it is not new for the de partment. This major has been around since 1965 and traditiona lly offered only Accounting students experience real world to day students. Hopeful ly by offering By Amanda Roberts They're going to have client responsibil i wait until the last minute to file. Lavery this major to the non-traditional student, Editor-in-Chief ties soon," Lavery stated. calls April a "rock and roll" month. we here at HPU will build an even stron Twelve undergraduate students and The students are signed up for BUA- ger relationship with the nonprofit com The IRA Volunteer Income Tax As one graduate student spend their Satur 411, which is an independent study; as munity locally, nationally and interna sistance Program offers free tax help to days volunteering from 9 a.m. to I p.m. Lavery says, "they are basically paying tionally. qualified individuals, those people with a at sites in the conununity during tax sea $2,000 to volunteer." Besides the four So as you can see, the transforma low-to-moderate income ($37,000 or son. Using the latest professional tax hours on Saturdays, they typically spend tion of HPU is not only about beautiful less). This is the first year that High Point preparation program, they file federal and another four hours dealing with problems landscaping and buildings, but also about University has provided this service. state returns electronically for these com that might arise and following up on the students, new career choices and the op "For years, the VITA site in High munity members. The advantage of fil filed returns. These students were hand portunities of a lifetime. Point was the library ... it's been three ing electronically is that the clients can picked by Lavery because of their high PU welcomes years since that service was provided to find out how much they will receive im GPAs and their enrollment in Corporate the community. Instead, our neighbors mediately and will receive it in 10 to 12 ax Law this semest have been going to Jamestown, which is days as opposed to six to eight weeks. Senior Abby Andrews stated, "I si lumni, families the next nearest site," Dr. Ken Lavery Oakview and Morehead Recreation ned up for the program to gain real world e The weekend of Feb. 24-26 will said. Centers are the primary sites for the VITA xperience. You can read a textbook all day commemorate the inaugural winter "It's a good experience for the stu program. So far, they average 40 returns but you really start learning and ope Alumni and Family Weekend. Activi dents. There's nothing like face to face a week, some weeks more and some ing up your mind when you work with ties will include the Raspyni brothers, contact, providing this service and being weetc5 less. March is generally a slow real people. My favorite part so far is in a comedic duo; Panthers basketball - a help. They learn bow to analyze tax month; most people do file their taxes in teracting with the people that come in. the men's and women's teams in action returns, and it gives them job skills. February, and then, there are those who See IRS, page 7 on Saturday; a tailgate from 4-7 p.m. Feb. 25; a worship service at 9:30 a.m. Page 3 Page 6 Page 8 Feb. 26 featuring Dr. Hal Warlick and the university choirs. HPU alum President Nido Qubein says, "We February: English are honored to have such a committed Black major competes on community of alumni and friends. We History presents at an interna welcome our HPU family back to cam tional level pus on this special weekend and encour Month conference age them to join in our extraordinary celebrated vision for High Point University." 2 c a,.pus Chronich EDITORIAL Friday, February 24, 2006 University clubs provide great The lazy have a friend in alternatives to lying around frisbee golf What do you do wh en you' re bored? dent organization s. There 's probably a club or group in By Ali Akhyari Besides chat online, play game s in your If you 're more of a creative type , existence for every major. The Biology Opinion Editor dorm , hang out with your friends , that is. outlet s exist for your freedom of speech and Home Furni shing s clubs , to name a Do you ever find yourself wondering what and expression. The Apogee , published few, discuss what's going on in their field you could be doing with your time in col annually, showcases poet s, short story and occasionally go on trips to learn more Odds are that you came to college lege be side s attending (or skipping) writers , artists and photographers The about their futures in the field. in a fairly good shape and even if you clas ses, writing that paper at the last Campus Chronicle provid es a gr eat Religious organizations exist to en didn't, your health deteriorated shortly minute and making friends? hands-on experience for those interested courage building relationships with those after arriving. It wasn't noticeable at First off, where do you meet your in journaLism or communication s. The sharing the same beliefs . The Associa first. Alcohol consumption increased. friends? The kids who lived on your hall Zenith , the yearbook, encourages student tion of Jewish Students has in the past held smoking (cigarettes or pot) started or freshman year, that study group from participation , often winning awards for its Passover seders and invited non-Jewish increased and excercise went in the Western Civ with Dr. Schneid, those ran innovative design . The Art Club spon students interested in learning about their opposite direction. No alarms rang un dom people you met in the caf one day .. . sors events throughout the year and meets faith; they regularly attend Shabbat ser til the first time you tried to do some What about joining a club or group? regularly, vices and just thing active that you used to do. That's There's a club for everyone on cam and the uni meet to go out to when the lung s screamed, the muscles pus; so many different ways to be in versity has dinner every ached, and nausea came on like a flood. volved and make a difference add that three main now· and then. Some of us make an effort to get something special to your resume - be choirs Campus Crusade back in shape and cut down on the hab cause eventually, you will graduate. The University for Christ hosts a its causing bodily stress. But others fa real world may seem far off but in actual Singers , weekly meeting vor the lifestyle and don't mind the ity, it's a semester - or seven - away. Chapel sometimes small sacrifice to their body. Basketball, Does your interest lie in political sci Choir and with a speaker, and any other sport you can think of, ence? Try North Carolina Student Legis Genesis - other times a can be played on a Playstation or lature if you 're interested in politics at the besides the game or movie XBOX. And in this world you can ac state level. College Republicans and Col male and OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES CLUB WWW.HIGHPOINT.EDU night - and pro- tually dunk, which you may never have lege Democrats encourage their healthy female a vides five Bible been able to do when you were healthy. rivalry, bringing in speakers and foster capella groups. And there's always a studies weekly, inviting students from all But there is hope. ing student involvement through volun show going on in the theatre department , over campus. CCC members attend three There is a dark alley off the boule teering during election season. Model and auditions are open to everyone - and conferences annually where they learn vard of mam street sports where glory United Nations exists for those students if acting is not your thing, you could al about sharing their faith and how to reach is localized between the players, beers who are interested in global issues; their ways work backstage. out to the campus, and also have the op are more common than sports drinks annual trip to Boston to participate in the Run the campus on the Campus Ac portunity to participate in mission trips and the greatest of athletes may bring conference hosted by Harvard usually tivities Team, coordinating events like within the States and internationally. with them the heavy smell of a freshly ends not only in an eye-opening experi movie and bowling nights , the fun weeks Want to help out tangibly? Build a house smoked joint. In this alley. past the ence, but meeting students from all over in the fall and the spring where members with Habitat for Humanity. foozball players and just a stonesthrow the United States as well as Venezuela, bring in photographers and sign-makers The list of organizations possible for from the FIFA stars sitting around an Canada, France and Ireland. Participants and promote many fun events. involvement is limitless. lfthere 's an or XBOX or PS2 are the frisbee golfers. generally come back grateful for the ex Have a international , multicultural ganization you want but the school Basically, Frisbee golf copies regu perience in diplomatic relations. And interest? Join the Spanish , French, Ger doesn't have, it's simple to start one. All lar golf in many ways. Scoring is the there's always the Student Government man , and/or International clubs . Besides you need is a group of people interested same There is a tee pad that you must Association if you want to have your sponsoring {or helping sponsor) the In in the same thing and a faculty advisor. throw the frisbee from . Par is usually voice heard - and also know what's hap ternational Food Fair s, they meet regu And voila! You have more friends to hang 3 and instead of a hole there is a basket pening on campus , with the opportunity larly to watch movies and discuss cultur out with and something fun to do with with chains that you throw the frisbee to vote on the allocation of funds to stu- ally relevant theme s and idea s. your time ... you know , besides study. into. No doubt you have probably seen a frisbee golfbasket arowid campus and THE CAMPUS CHRONICLE STAFF possibly had your car harrassed by a Editor in Chief: Amanda Roberts Garner family renegade frisbee. Opinion Editor: Ali Akhyari It is a sport laid back enough that a A & E Editor: Rebecca Fleming thankful for hangover ( depending on the severity) Greek/Organization Editor : Sylvia Harwood doesn't have to stop you from having a Sports Editor: Kevin Scola good game. It is the ''Everyman'' sport, Photographers: Beth Anthony, Pam Haynes HPU support nestled in a wormhole that connects the Stephanie Garner remembered~ introverts and extroverts. lazy and ac Printer: WW Printing & Graphic s tive. compet itive and casual. You can To the High Point University Fam- play in anything that 1s comfortab le to Adviser: Michae l Gaspeny ily: you. Rock the Speedos if that's your We would like to say thank you so Staff members: Tia Bates , John Bennett , Allyson Bond , Lauren Croughan , bag. But what separates frisbee golf much for all the cards , flowers , phone (a.k.a. disc golf) from these other alley Patrick Donovan , Pam Hayne s, Pamela-Montez Holley , Travar Hoyle , Rachel calls and out-pouring of support we have Johnson , Modu Kamara, Kevin Lamb , Kaci Martin , Gaby McLaughlin , Trevor sports is that there is excercisc involved received from so many at High Point One must get out and smell the fresh McDonald, Rosaliz Medina, Jonathan Miller , Ericka Norris , Christopher University during this time of deep sor Petree, Maria Rojas , Derek Shealey , Sam Shepherd , Chris Smith , Greg Smith, air, sun the skin, and use muscles to row. Stephanie was such a truly joyful and move from A to B. Justin Spinks, Heather Stewart, Jessica Ruth Taylor and Adam Utley . inspirational part of our lives as well as First there is the action of actually the lives of so many others that we know throwing the frisbee, which can be Phone number for Chronicle office: (336) 841-4552 she will be missed greatly. It has been Email address: [email protected] straining and leave you sore the next amazing the response her life and un day, in a good way that recollects the The opinions expressed in this newspaper do not necessarily reflect the timely death have generated. She was perspective of High Point University students, administrators, staff or trustees. use of muscles. Second, and most im filled with a tremendous amount of love portantly is the walking. You must walk Signed columns, letters and cartoons solely represent the outlook of their for everyone and passed that along as of authors and creators. Unsigned editorials, appearing on opinion pages, express everywhere you go. It's not strenuous, ten as possible. Her smile, hearty hugs and but there are usually hills to climb and the majority view of the staff. wonderful personality and spirit will leave walking into the woods for a mistbrown an enormous void in our lives and the Lives Letters policy ... disc. A round of 18 usually takes about of relatives, church family, friends, an hour to an hour and half to play and The Campus Chronicle urges readers to submit letters to the editor. schoolmates and all she came in contact will consist of about 45 minutes of The salutation should read: To the Editor . Letters should be typed and with during her short time here. We know walking or more. should not exceed 300 words. They must be signed and include the author 's that Stephanie is with her Heavenly Fa Furthermore frisbee golf is rela phone and address for purposes of verification . No letter will be published ther and that we will one day be together tively inexpensive. A beginner or ama without confirmation of the author 's identity . Please do not send anonymous again , but that time will be too long teur playing for fun can get away with letter s or form letters. awaited for those who love her most. using a single disc which can cost any The staff reserves the right to edit letters for length , clarity and grammar, in Again , we thank you for your continued where from $7-$16 (average) brand addition to the right to reject a letter based on the judgment of the editors and love and support for our family. new. Courses are usually free to play adviser. such as the High Point City course on Mail your letter to: The Editor, Campus Chronicle , Box 3111 , High Point Sincerely , Univer sity, High Point , N C 27262 . Email your letter to news @highpoint.edu . Ben , Tina and Brenna Gamer See Frisbee, page 7 Friday, February 24, 2006 OPINION Ca,.pus Chronicle 3 Black History Month Golden years include more than MLK, Jr. college for ''Grandpa'' By Sam Shepherd mask that was used to protect soldiers By Pam Haynes lazy." Staff Writer from chlorine fumes during World War I. Staff Writer After recently entering college, 1 He also received a patent for a traffic sig myself am overcoming many new ob Since 1926, Black History month has nal that led to the traffic lights we use to I never pictured my 70-year-old stac les. I can only imagine what it was celebrated those contributions made by day. grandpa sitting in a college classroom to like for my grandpa to transition. His last African Americans that help make this David Crosthwaite earned a bach learn more than country great, including the work of sci elor's aod master in science degrees from he already entists, inventors, doctors and entertain Purdue University. He invented 40 differ knows. He ba s ers. Yet, in the past 10 years or so, you no ent patents for heating , venti lation aod air always been a longer hear enough about these prime conditioning methods. He even designed philosopher shar movers because the media focus on Mar the heating system for Radio City Music ing with me tin Luther King Jr. and someti me s Hall in New York. many stories con Malcolm X. Experts have stated that we In addition, Lewis Howard Latimer cerning the "facts would not enjoy the interaction and di learned mechanical drawing while work of life." From a versity today without King's contribu ing for a Boston patent attorney. He later farmer to a res- tions, but we need to recognize the pio invented an electric lamp and a carbon taurant owner to neering achievements of all African filament for light bulbs (patented in 1881, a flea market Americans. 1882). Latimer was the only African salesman and a Some of the first black politi cians in American member of Thomas Edison's security guard, he clude the first black woman to serve as a engineering laboratory. bas worked and PAM HAYNF.S WITH HER GRANDFATHER PHOTO BY PAM HAVNF.S mayor of Washington, D.C., 1991-1995, Charles Drew was born in Washing built his family's household on his own. year of schooling was in 1951 at Pilot Ms. Sharon Pratt Dixon Kelly. One of ton D.C. in 1904. He discovered that there What more could he have to learn? High School, once located in the first black Congressmen was Repub are different blood types and bow to iden After he was laid off from his 15- Thomasville. He reminisced on his lican Joseph Rainey. He was the first black tify which is A, B, AB or 0. At the same year career in the furniture industry, I younger days as he told me stories of foot congressman from South time, he learned that thought it was time for him to take a break ball practice scrimmages against High Caro lina, elected in 1870 plasma is the same in ev and enjoy the life of retirement and re Point College, before it became known and reelected four more .. : eryon e, thus enabling laxation. As usual, he had another per as High Point University. "We dido 't beat times. In 1969, the first doctors to perform spective. Rather than giving in to unem 'em, but we gave 'em a fit," he recalled. black female U.S. Repre plasma transfers when ployment and retirement, he enrolled into Obviously, things have changed sen ta ti ve, Shirley blood types did not a local community college to continue his since then, including the HPU football Chisholm, entered office. match and saving hun schooling where he left off so many years team. which has since become nonexist African-Americans dreds of lives. He con ago. ent. Wben asked what he thought of the have made profound con vinced Columbia Uni "I felt like my mind was like the rest modern day classroom settings, he said, tributions to the fields of versity to develop the ofmy system: It needed exercise," he ex "The qualities of the classroom are be science and medicine. As country's first blood plained as we discussed his decision to yond any expectations I could have had. a surgeon, Daniel Hale bank. go back to school. "You can't blame any Williams organized the Benjamin Banneker one but yourself if you let your mind get Sec Grandpa, page 6 Provident Hospital, the was born in Maryland to first black hospital in the a slave, yet allowed to be United States. Williams educated by the Quak WEB Dubois: An performed the first sue- JOSEPH RAINEY AARECISTRY.coM ers. Later in life, he was cessful closure of a appointed by George wound of the heart and pericardium. Tn Washington to help design the plans for African-American hero the same year President Cleveland ap Washington D.C. including the roads, pointed him surgeon in chief of buildings and monuments that are still By Travar Hoyle Jame s Brown proclaimed. 'Sho ut it out Freedmen's Hospital, Washington, D.C., used today. Later he redrew the entire plan Staff ff'riler loud!/l'm black and I'm proud,' WEB and during his five-year tenure there be from memory when the originals were DuBoi s fought--mind, heart and souJ reorganized the hospital and provided a stolen. William Edward Burghardt DuBois for the freedom of his race, and he never training schoo l for African-American Many illustrious African-American was one of this country's most distin stopped," said Mr. Michael Gaspeny. as nurses. doctors, inventors, scientists and teach guished minds. Born only six years af sistant professor of English. Some of the greatest inventions that ers are not highlighted in our history text ter Emancipation in Massachusetts in Jn 1961, at age 93 DuBois became we use and take for granted even today books or in the electronic media. Tdo not 1868, DuBois first realized the realities a citizen of Ghana. Ironically, DuBois were invented by African-Americans. believe that this exclusion is done on pur of racism in 19th century America while died on the eve of the historic march on Garrett Augustus Morgan invented a gas pose, yet it needs to be addressed. attending Fisk University in Nashville. Washington in 1963. During bis graduate stud ies at In his masterpi ece "The Souls of College suicides on the rise Harvard. DuBois wrote an exhaustive Black Folk." he wrote: "The Negro is a study of the history of the slave trade sort of seventh son, born with a veil, and Early detection and help can curb the trend======~ one that is still considered one of the gifted with s~ond-sight in this Ameri By Ericka Norris and Psychological Services, emphasizes most comprehensive on that subje ct. In can world, - a world which yields him Staff Writer that "ear ly intervention is the key." She 1895 he was the first African-American no true sell:.Consciousn ess, but only lets adds that "I always ask students dealing to earn a Ph.D. from Harvard Univer him see himself through the revelation Studies have found that suicide is the with depression or anxiety if they're sui sity. oflhe other world. It is a peculiar sensa second leading cause of death among col cidal." In 1897, DuBois took a posit1on tion, this double-consciousness, this lege students. Many college students feel a sign ifi with Atlanta University. During his ten sense of always looking at one\ self Over the past 50 years, the number cant amount of pressure due to academ ure there he conducted extensive stud through the eyes of others, of measur of suicides has tripled in males and ics, athletic and financial difficulties, and ies of the social conditions of blacks in ing one's soul hy the tape of a world that doubled in females. Reports also show they often become stressed which can lead America.At the I QOOPans World's Fair, looks on in amused contempt and pity. that more suicides occur at prestigious, to depression and thoughts of suicide. In DuBois created a full-scale exhibit of One ever foels his twoness, - an Ameri Ivy League institutions than less promi a study conducted in 2000, it was indi African-American achievement since can, a Negro; two souls. two thoughts, nent schools. In 2003, it was found that 1 cated that 61 percent of students some the Emancipation Proclamation in indus two unreconciled strivings; two waning out of 12 college students made a suicide times felt hopeless, 45 percent of students trial work, literature and journalism. ideals in one dark body, whose dogged plan at some point during their college felt so depressed they couldn't function DuBois was a founder of the Na strength alone keeps it from being tom years. and 9 percent felt suic idal. College stu tional Association for the Advancement asunder.'' International students have been said dents face new responsibilities everyday of Colored People, and he was a leading Dr. Judy Isaksen, associate profes to have the highest suicide rate among and can become overwhelmed with the writer for its publication Crisis ,\-lagu sor of English, said, ''DuBois· brilliance college students. This occurs due to so idea of taking care of themselves. zine. In 1905. he wrote: ..We want full still resonates more than a century after cial isolation, which causes depression. Students who are likely to commit manhood sufilage and we want it now .... wnling 'Souls.' African-Americans still One in five adults will experience suicide often give clues to their intentions. We arc men! We ,,:ant to be treated as engage in the notion of double-con depression in their lifetimes. Depression Many students who are depressed and men. And we shall wm." ll took almo~t sciousness-that i:,, they gain a sense of can stem from any number of things such suicidal are quiet and socially isolated and 60 years, hut he and his people did win. self from both within and as others as the death of a family member or friend, draw little attention to them selves. Stu DuBois had an incalculable influ namely whites-perceive them. I long for fear of failure and breaking up with a boy dents who are suicidal feel rejected by ence on the Civil Rights Movement. the day when DuBois' copmg mecha friend or girlfriend. their family and peers and often express "Long before Ma11in Luther I(jng led a nism is no longer needed.'' Kim Soban, director of Counseling sit-in, or Malcolm X gave a speech or See Suicide, page 6 ·• 4 Campus Chronicle A&E Friday, February 24, 2006 Tower Players present Miller's 'Crucible,' touch audience
By Jenny -Lind Angel previously had an affair. Soon after, Rev other using poppets (voodoo dolls) and very powerful and moving. Due to com Staff Writer erend John Hale (Sean Scurlock) a new pretending to be affected by each other's pelling performance s throughout the play, comer to Salem, arrives and gives his in hypnotic behavior. Month s later, those by the final scene the audience became As the lights dim in the Pauline The put about the cries of alleged witchery. jailed are once again told that if they con wrapped up in the characters' lives and ater, audience members turn their gazes Over the next few weeks, many fess their sins and sign a piece of paper did not want the p lay to end unjustly. from each other and the grandiose chan townspeop le, young and old, are accused saying so, they will be set free. Many Additionally, all of the actors should delier above them onto the stage. Eerie ofcommit be commended for keeping up their dra sounds of cackling women and ominous tingacts of matic intensity throughout the play. Al music suddenly flood our ears, and lights witchc raft though Act I was tedious and somewha t flash frantica lly as the women dance or not be slow, it was necessary in order to under around a bubbling pot. High Point 's ver ing true to stand the context of the story and the se sion of Arthur Miller 's The Cntcible, his the Bibl e riousness of the alleged crimes in the classic tale of the 1692 Salem witch tri and Chris minds of the citizens of Salem during the als, has just begun. tianity. late 17th century. With that said, Act 1 As the play continues, we are trans Many citi certainly did not lack incredible perfor ported to the Parri s household where the zens are mances. Grim played the town vixen, Reverend Samuel Parris , portrayed by arrested, Abigail WiJliams, and did an excellent job Matt Haynes , discovers that his daugh jailed and of seducing and then betraying us all. ter, Betty (Emily Lewis); niece , Abigail hanged if Scurlock's portrayal of Reverend Ha le (Karen Grim); and some of the other girls they do not was compelling, and his mannerisms and in the town, have been accused of con confess to accent were quite impressive. Addition juring spirits and drinking blood in the aiding the ally, the part of Elizabeth Proctor was woods with their servant from Barbados , devi l in his well-acted by Dixon , who knew exactly Tituba (Natacia Graves). Town elders, e v i l how to expose the soul of a wounded yet such as Mrs. Ann Putnam (Christ ina deeds. faithful woman. Holleran), Thomas Putnam (Gabe John Proc- MAIT BAYNES AND KAREN DINGLE PD OTO BY BETH ANTHONY Act Il's great performances were in Berlinger) , Rebecca Nurse (Le ighann tor and his ever-faithfu l wife Elizabeth townspeople do so and are rel eased, re sured by Morgan, who knew how to cap Lawson) , and Giles Corey (Brian Nicho (Sarah Dixon) are arrested and jailed as gardless of if they were really guilty of tivate the audience during Mary Warren 's las), arrive and further accuse the girls of well. Abigail is stabbed one night and the accused sins or not. A few good souls, fit of hysteria in the courtroom, as well as these heinous crimes. During this scene, Proctor 's servant Mary Warren (Liza however , such as Rebecca Nurse and John by Nicholas' Giles Corey, who kept his the infamous John Proctor (Adam Utley) Morgan) is accused and stands trial. Dur Proctor cannot bring themselves to lie, sense ofhumor up until the end of his life. is also present , and it is revealed solely ing the trial, the young girls of Salem are even if it means saving their own lives. For talcing on the complex role of John to the audience that he and young Abigail accused of casting bad spells on one an- Although the play ended on a som Proctor, Utley deserves a round of ap ber note , the audience was not disap plause of his own. Anyone who can ex poin ted. The final scene where Proctor tract immense compassion from the au falsely confesses but then refuses to sign dience five times in one weekend receives Who's going to win an Oscar? his name as he cries out, "] have given my vote for a standing ovation. you my soul; leave me my name! " was By Lauren Croughan picking her. I am going to put some thing Staff Writer odd out there and choose Charlize Theron. "North Country" was a great movie, but "Wounds of Devotion" Forgoing the stereotypical Eastern it was heavily overshadowed in the ma European gypsy accent, I Madame Mu jor arena. I guess because it was a true sic Reviewer will predict the Oscar win story about sexual harassment, America defines local metal scene ners for 2006. Hey, I am well rounded in was not interested. She already won for By Patrick Donovan metal brutal. Sitting somewhere be my entertainment knowledge, and I am "Mon ster" but she is my underdog pick . Staff Writer tween horror movie and nuclear war psychic! Best Supporting Actor: George fare. it is an intricate, andat times fright Best Picture: Nominees Clooney, "Sy riana "; Matt Dillon , Under the radarsof MTV,Fuse, and ening debut. However, there is enough " Brok eback Mountain ," "Capote," "Cras h "; Paul Giamatti, "Cindere lla your everydayradio station,another vein of a contrastwithin the music to save "Crash," "Good Night, and Good Luck," Man "; Jake Gyllenhaal, "Brokeback of music nm.sfar beneath what most the CD ftom the plight of soundingrep "Munich." Mountain"; William Hurt, "A History of people comidarmainstream It's music etitious which has afflicted so many Winner? "Brokeback Mountain" Violence ." playl,d m hole-m-thewall bars that smell other bands. The guitars and bus range hands down . Oscar loves a well-rounded Winner ? You know Oscar loves of Oldbeer' l8d sweat with nameslike from pt-wrenchingly thick to sombft, flick full of drama, a forbidden love story "Brokeback." Jake Gyllenhaal will most A,;e's Baaemantand Somewhere Bise to IUbDiDgsolos and thrash style rift's and hot actors . Well, the acting was likely win, although I would rather see Tavam by bands that make music that's that throw back to the days of Iron pretty good, too. If it does not win, I Paul Giamatti carry Oscar home . loud, fast, and at times, Just downright Maiden and Metallica. However. the will be surpri sed. None of the other Best Supporting Actress: Amy nasty (but m a good way) It's North band's true strength lies m rhythm gui movies brought enough to the screen for Adams, "Jun ebug"; Catherine Keener, Carolina's local metal scene. tarist "Mordrid's .. vocals, which range this big award. "Capote"; Frances McDonnand , ''North Among the many bands that hold from a violent growl, to a hellish Best Actor: Philip Seymour Country"; Rachel Weisz, "The Constant court m these dive bars is The Torture screech, to a softer sound that can only Hoffman , "Capote"; Terrence Howard, Gardener"; Michelle Williams , Cell . Loud and brutal , with all the be described as mownful. In the end, "Hustle & Flow"; Heath Ledger , "Brokeback Mountain." subtlety of a machine gun, they are one the only thing that harms this CD is the "Brokeback Mountain "; Joaquin Phoe Winner? I really want to see ''North of the few bands in the scene that could mix, which is far below par for a band nix, "Walk the Line"; David Strathaim, Country" get it s due. Frances be considered among the elite. They've of this caliber. The music itself seems "Goo d Night, and Good Luck. " McDormand deserves it for her role sup done this by standing out in what bassist to fade in on itself, giving it a muddy, Winner? Joaquin Phoenix. Period. portin g Char lize. Jason "Donut" House called a "diverse almost disoriented sound that does none Oscar cannot overlook the pure talent Best Director: Ang Lee, "Brokeback scene where everyone plays together.'' of the members, the music, or the band that Joaquin pu t forth as the late great Mountain"; Bennett Miller, "Ca pot e"; Still, The TortureCell have survived by itself, justice. Johnny Cash. Many people are focus Paul Haggis, "Cras h"; George Clooney, standing out from the crowd. Having However, the CD itself is not even ing on "Brokeback," but as much as I "Good Night , and Good Luck"; Steven opened for national bandssuch as Ma the best representation of this band. love Heath , Phoenix deserves it. He por Spielberg, "Munich." cabre, Kataklysmand Misery Index, sur Rather, it•s their live shows where they trayed the Man in Black to the point Winner? George Cloon ey. The vived multiple lineup changes and the truly shine. The Torture Cell brings en Johnny would be proud. His acting made methods that he used in recreating the era recording of a full-length album. they ergy to the stage. Energy enough to "Walk tbe Line " what it was. Give the of Edward R. Murrow and Sen. Joseph have proven to have the thing that makes bring their fans, which more often than man a statue. McCarthy were so authentic. His hard a true mark on local scenes, both among not packthe house in venueswhere they Best Actress: Jud i Dench, "Mrs. work shows. He is worthy of the Oscar. fans and their compatriots, where the are known, to a complete 'frenzy which Henderson Presents" ; Felic ity Huffman , Animated Feature Film: ''H owl 's average life span of a group is less than bas resulted in black eyes, microphones "Transamerica"; Keira Knightley , "Pride Moving Castle"; "Tim Burton's Corpse a year: staying power. As it sit-. now. the to the face, broken noses and assorted & Prejudice"; Charlize Theron, "North Bride "; "Wallace & Grommit: The Curse band after recently losing their long time other bumps and bruises for band and Country''; Reese Witherspoon, "Walk the of the Were-Rabbit. " drummer have set out to once again top fan alike. It's this sort of energy that Line." Winner? Who doesn't love "Wallace themselves. A second album 1s already keeps bands playing and fans commg Winner? This is tough. Newcom and Grommit"? The movie was absolutely in the works with aims to stretch even back . It's also this sort of energy that ers and vete rans are cat-fighting for adorable and hilarious . "Co rpse Bride " farther and encompass a broader scope keeps the local metal scene thriving. Oscar's heart. Keira was beaut iful as was mediocre in comparison, and "Howl" musically. There 's respect between performer and usual in "Pride and Prejudice ," but it did only has a chance of winning if Oscar is Their first CD "Wounds of Devo spectator They feed off each other It's not have that special spark, and Reese still fascinated with Japanese animation. tion," released in June of last year, is a as House said, "Crowds are the whole won the Golden Globe, so everyone is Go, Wallace! Ul all the · that Dllke hea reasonwe lay'' Friday , February 24, 2006 A & E Campu s Chronicle 5 Books: what I The character is everything for actor am, or what I Sean Scurlock======By Pat rick Don ova n Fitch," he attributed his want to be? Staff Writer performance to two things By Rebecca Flemin g alone, "Jim Beam and any A&E Editor Two months of hard work , absurdity that resulted" As memorizing lines and becoming someone the starring role of Hanse l, I'm about to ask a question that I else culminated in a tub of Crisco, a fat opposite Jennifer King , in should know the answer to. I also rec suit and a rotisserie chic ken for sopho the improv showing of ognize that this question wiJl not apply more Sean Scurlock. Scurlock, playing "Hansel and Gretel," he to everyone reading this, but it's one that the role of Smee in the recent campus pro spent over a month train has been on my mind lately , so I am go duction of "Peter Pan," bad one goal in ing in com.media del arte, ing to ask it. Do the books we read re mind. He was going to leave the audience a form of 15th century Ital flect who we are as people , or are they talking , even if it meant lathering him ian clowning , which be a reflection of what we would like to selfup with animal fat and chewing down calls "any cartoon style be ? a bird carcass like a rabid animal. When antic you can imagine be This coul d very well be a rhetori the curtain finally closed, be bad done just ing done in real life." cal question , but at least it is one that that: he had left an impression . Above all else , be had to allows for conversation and reflection. For Sean , a character is a living , adopt a mind- set for that As an English major- and a "librarian breathing creature working through him. character and hold it steady in-training" - I am somewhat baffled The way he sees it, he serves as nothing throughout the perfor by the question. I simply do not know mo re than "a trans lator that 's just learn mance , as the entire thing what the answer is, but I think and think ing their language" and it's a role be talces was done witho ut a formal sEAN scuRLOCK PHOTO BY PAM RAYNE S until my thinker is sore trying to find very seriously. For Smee alone, be spent script. Root of Chaos ," a satirical look at the the truth of the matter. Perhaps that is hours rec iting lines, changing his voca l Reca lling the show, he could only Golden Era '50s nuclear family, Sean has the problem , after all: a case of too much intonat ions, env isioning himse lf as the offer this: "G iven the fac t that it was spent hours studying classic '5 0s sitcoms thinking. I tend to do that at times. characte r, chang ing his manner isms, improv, you really had to be on your toes , and drug movies such as "Fear and I' ve been looking at the stacks of mimicking cartoons and video games and especially with 500 five-year-olds watc h Loathing in Las Vegas" and "B low" to books piled around my room - too many forging a mind-set for a person that in all ing every show because they will catc h to fit on the shelves that line my house capture the essence of a man who's a actuality would only exist thro ugh him. everything." - realizing I've amasse d quite a collec When he held the starring role in "Snealcy To play Joe Cernikowski in "The See Method actor, page 7 tion in my 20 years. A collection that is still grow Gabe Herlinger: pinball wizard of the stage ing, only leaning By Kevin L amb "Lullaby" in last spring 's Cabaret , this formance and technica l theatre invo lves a more towar ds the Staff Writer theatre majo r never fails to shine. dedication obvious enough in sheer hours. scholastic aspec t After recently starring as Captain "When it's close to opening, I spend of"b ook" than the "Since I was a young boy I played about eight hours a day between the fun- reads I love so the silve r ba ll/From Soho down to theatre and rehearsing on my own ," well. Don't get me Brighton , I must have played them all/ Gabe says. "But I think it is absolutely ------wrong, I still buy I ain 't seen nothing like him in any worth it, the re is nothing else like it." "fun" books , and I check out even more amusement halVThat deaf, dumb , blind Herlinger is currently building an from the library. It is these books that kid sure plays a mean pinball ": These original scene for hi s Scene Design cause me to wonder ... Why do I read lyrics come from one of the 12 songs class , and come spring will be direct them? What do they say about me? released on the Toccata tones ' first al ing the two-man play "Greater Tuna, " About what I' d like to become? bum, A Gentleman's Club. Junior Gabe a comedy that talces place on a radio I love books that are about circles Herlinger is the solo performing artist show in Texas. Herlinger is respon of friends who gather together to cry and in "The Pinball Wizard ," a cover of sible for holding auditions and cast eat choco late on the bad days and dance The Who classic from the rock opera ing the show. After graduation , in parking lots on the good days. I have "Tommy." Herlinger is considering teaching high a circle of girlfri ends ------.. Gabe m ay not be deaf , dumb or school theatre arts in Raleigh, but he like that. Do I love blind, but when the curtain opens, he can Hook in "Pete r Pan," Herlinger made the says that "there's no guarantee." the boo ks because sure play a mean pinball. His perform trans ition from pirate ship to witch tria l, The Toccatatones are taking the stage they remind me of ing savvy is largely due to a life spent as assum ed the role of Putnam in Arthur regular ly at a going rate of$ l 00 an hour. my frien ds, or have I on the stage in the spotlight. Whether Mill er 's "The Cru cible." At age 12, During the fall semester, they travele d to created a circle of the task was to perform a monologue as Herlinger emerged into the acting world UNCG and opened for the Sapphir es, a frien ds like the ones seen in last semester 's "Peter Pan" or in a high school performance of"Annie." studen t female a capella group, as well as in my books? woo the ladies to sleep with Billy Joel 's The life of a doub le major in theatre per- See Herlinger, page 8 Whe n I r ea d about a character that ______.. is not afraid to stand up for what they Madonna dancin' again; The Sword turns to believe in - does n 't matter if it's a guy or gir l - even whe n society is pushing Medieval themes them in the opposite direction , am I reading it because I relate to it? Or be By Lauren Croughan cause I want to be able to do that more Staff Writer Rock: Thank you , Billboard , for pointing in my own life? K. T. Tunstall- Black Horse and a me in the direction of another metal Could the answer possibly be a mix Pop : Cherry Tree band , and thank you, MySpace Music , of both? I first read "Sisterhood of the Madonna-Confe ss ion.f on the for letting me listento them. The theme Traveling Pants " in high schoo l, when Dance Floor This is what happens when you get of Norse mythology and Medie val I was just getting to know some really actualtalent, blues lyrics, rock music and times, the recumng castles,swords , and neat people. I loved the idea of friends Raise your hand if you think.Ma a great treasure from Scotland. 1 think waniors make this band stand out in the that wo uld stick by you through any donna should have quit after her last we should keep her. .K.T . has released best sense. Retro in its instrumentals thing . The years passed , and I can now flop. Congratulations , you just mur plenty of albums in Scotland, but we and fantastical in its lyrics. You do not say I've got that circle - and when I read dered a very innovative dance album . probably would appreciate her more . Her need to read "Gods for Dummies " to books like the "Sisterhood" series or Madonna is sporting her age with the music you sing throughout the day. I enjoy the themes and the storytelling "The Same Sweet Gir ls," I'm reminded feathered hairdo from the 1970s, and caught myself in the mtddle of class lis which The Sword showers you with of my friend s. she 's still flatmting her assets . This CD tening to her music in my head . If s not Beowulf this is not; it is a great sam The books re flected what I wanted surprised me as having a great sense just catchy ; it's fun and genuine, and it pling of what is missing in rock musi c, to be, and as I grew they became a re of freshness. To dance to this is not at hasoverall lyrical genius . There is no way actual storie s, and mo sh pit- worthy flection of what I am. Is that the answer all embarr assing, as Madonna is now I could be any more complim entary about tunes . I'v e been looking for? It seems so coo l again. Two major hits, "Hung Up '' this CD. simple , too simp le. It must be more and "Sorry,'' cann ot lie. She ma y he in Final Grade- A complicated than that , right? Or am I her 40s but is still a powerhouse in the Fin al Grad e: A+ thinking too much again? I give up ; my mu sic indu stry, and this album , she [There bas beenlittle Hip Hop to thinker is short-circuiting ; I'll ju st go does not j oke about it. Metal : revtew , and there has not beena releas e read a book. The Sword-A ge of Winters within the past two weeks . Congrats to Final Grade-A- all Grammy winners!] 6 c a,.pus Chr onicle NEWS & OPINION Friday, February 24, 2006 Warning: Facebook profiles Student presents paper may incriminate students on ''The Boondocks'' By Sylvia Harwood tries around the wo rld . Within the last By Heather Stewart she did feel good about what she had Greek Editor year, they introduced a para llel site for Staff Writer written because of all the positive feed high schoo l students, giving them another back she received. Some of the scho lars Each morning I have a routine. I reason to spend countles s hours in front Not every student ha s the opportu and grad school student s comp limented wake up, showe r, get dressed, grab some of the computer screen. ft is all a part of nity to present her first paper at a con the good foundat ion of her paper and breakfast and then sit down in front of th e idea of socia l networkin g. A term that ference in front of people in the field of wante d to know if she was pursuing a my computer. Along with my compul has been getting more coverage as webs ite academia, but this was exactly the case graduate education. Another professor si on of such as for senior Allyson Bond who spent three said her paper was easy to read and easy check this and days during October in Jacksonville, Fla. to understand. i n g others at a conference that focused on popular Beforehand , Bond worr ied about away inc Jud culture. the atmosphere at the conference. "I was mes - i n g Bond wrote and presented a paper afraid the atmosphere would be stuffy sages nwmrm on the comic strip "The Boondock s" and and forma l," she says. She was pleased which g a i n their creator Aaron McGruder . Bond to see that this was not the case. She pre FACEBOOK.COM LOCO WWW. WIKl PEDlA.O RG usually more wanted to show that McGruder used sented her pap er in an environment that haven't changed since the night before, popularity among the nation's teenagers "The Boondocks" to express political was informal and comfortab le. I check my email and then type in that and young adults. and racial observations through the eyes Bond took a few things away from 14 letter web address without even think There is a drawback however to all of a l 0-year-old black militant. the conference. This was her first for ing ... www.facebook.com. I probab ly the fun, procrastinating activities that "I wrote on this topic to show the mal presentation and now she feels more don't have to tell any college student facebook provides. In increasing amounts need for more black soc ial commenta confident and comfortable in giving what this website consists of but for those throughout the country, information that tors since there aren't a lot of African speeches. Bond also stressed how impor internet naive out there who have yet to students have posted on the website has American comic strip creators," Bond tant practicing is. "I learned it 's always get sucked in by the madness, gotten them in tTouble with their univer says. Bond was encouraged to do this best to prepare and work with any pro facebook .com is a site where you can sity. At the University ofMiami, three stu last spring by associate professor of En gram you are using. And to read aloud register with your college email address dents were disciplined when school ad glish Judy Isaksen. because that is whe n you catch mistakes, to have your own profile complete with ministrators came across photos the stu With having to write a pa picture, information, classes, and photo dents had posted of themselves. The pho per and give a pre sentation, albums. But it doesn't stop there. Users tos showed evidence that the students had Bond needed a topic. She had can interact with other people from their broken school rules by swimming in a free range as long as it pertained school by making them "friends", class local lake. While rare, there have also to popular culture. She intended mates can leave messages on other's been cases of police enforcement due to to write about BET and how the walls and by far the most interesting tool, photographic evidence found on the site. network portrays women nega a user can usually find long lost friends While I am not suggesting going tively. but then Isaksen sug by searching for them at other schools straight to your profile and removing any gested "The Boondocks" to her. as well. and all photographs of yourself on this "Dr. Isaksen reminded me that I In one group alone here at High site, I would recommend being a bit more like 'The Boondocks.' So I Point Unive rsity entitled "NIDO careful about the information you make played with both ideas, and 'The Rocks!!!" there are 634 members, pro of public. By searching on facebook, 1 found Boondocks' won out because I that the phenomenon has had an impact that 52 faculty and staff members are also like to read the comics," Bond on students. On any given day, walk into a part of our university's network. In other says. a computer lab and it is almost guaran words, one of your teachers can be look Bond went through a gru teed that at least a few students will be ing at you r photos from the past eling process to do her paper and checking to see who has updated their weekend's activities along with everyone make her talk. She started out profiles or leaving messages for their else at school. It might be wise to take a by writing a proposal. Bond friends. Though the obsession has be look at how you are portraying yourself says, "I was apprehensive ini SENIOR ALLYSON BOND PHOTO 8\' PAM HA\ '1"ES come widespread, it is a relatively new through you profile and pictures. And al tially going through the proposal website. Introduced in February 2004, it though our schoo l has not yet used the phase. I worried it wouldn't be accepted and read aloud to someone else, even if is beginning to rival AOL Instant Mes site to find any wrongdoings by members and if it was, I wondered what in the it is long because you can always find senger as the new reason for late papers of the student body, it could be possible world I was going to do." someone to listen," she advises. and red-eyed mornings. It is availab le at as the trend spreads among campuses na After her proposa l was accepted The presentation wasn't the only schools in all 50 states as well as 20 coun- tionwide. Bond had to do the research. She gath thing Bond had to be nervous about. The ered information throughout the summer trip involved flying. It wasn't her first Suicide, continued from page 3 with a student who may be suicidal. Pay and started her paper at the end of Au flight , but she was nervous about flying attention to signs and report anything that feelings of self-hatred. Some of the signs gust by which time fall semester bad ar as well as going to Florida in the middle sounds harmful. It is also suggested that that someo ne is suic idal are: signjficant rived and Bond was involved in 15 hours of hurricane season. "1 don't like being you do not try to solve the student's prob change in behavior, lax class attendance, of classes plus working two jobs. Bond that high in the air," Bond says. lems, simply express withdrawal from normal says, "The process didn't affect my At least her trip wasn't all work. concern for the student. activities, giving away schoo lwork, but it affected me. I got my Bond did have some free time and she The best way to possessions and self-loath- work done ; r don 'tknow how, but I did." took advantage of her first trip to Florida . help students who are ing comments or behavior. Bond had to be prepared to give a She was exc ited to see palm trees and suicidal is to offer There are several 20-minute presentation. Her paper ended she was glad her hotel was located on awareness and support, steps a university takes up being 20 pages. For her presentation the beach. as well as helping them when dealing with a stu she used Power Point. Bond's presenta Bond says, "I walked to the beach fix the problem in the dent who has attempted tion filled the 20 minutes she was allot twice. The first time I just went to the early stages. According suicide. It is usually re ted and that is not cou nting the question beach and stood there to say I was there. to Soban, "We are see quested that a student seek and answer session that followed. Bond Oh, and I wrote my name in the sand. It ing more students in medical attention or take a says of her presentation: "I was petri said 'Allyson was here."' Bond also did 15 111G11ro1NT.EDl counseling; students medical leave of absence . ' · KIM souAN fied . The night before I slept, but 1 didn't some sightseeing in Florida. are becoming more This could be harmful for a student who know how it would pan out. My nerves Bond enjoyed her experience and comfortable with coming in." has problems at borne, which aid in the were shot." says she would like to do something like By informing others about how to student's depression. Soban explained that After her presentation was over, this again if the opportunity presented deal with depression and offering support ''hospitalization of suicidal students is Bond breathed a sigh of relief and felt itself. "1 enjoyed the relaxed atmosphe re, groups, we can help bring this rising prob needed to help stabilize them for therapy. " like everyt hin g she had written had left the location and meeting the people. The lem to an end. It is important to know how to deal her brain. She was glad it was over. But people were great," Bond says.
Grandpa , continued from page 3 "Anything that happened 50 years The dedjcation in teachers seems greater This might take some adjusting for or more ago, I remember. Anything that than what the public portrays it to be." eventually he would discover the mag me as well as my grandpa. I've always happened 30 minutes ago isn't worth While in college, he plans to take a nificent experience of pulling all seen him as an elder and a superior, never anything to my memory," he said. small motor and repair course to find fu nigbters and wondering why he ever a classmate. Perhaps we 'II both stress Some people might think it strange ture employment working on boat mo went to college to begin with. It's some over exams together and complain about for a 70-year-old man to go back to tors. Boats and fishing aren't just a new thing that all of us college students go essays, projects and early classes. school. Asked if he thought he was too career path for him. "My hobbies are fish through. When it comes to studying for Maybe for once, some of our knowledge old to gain any new knowledge, he ing and fish," he said. tests, be has no worries about history, hjs will be on the same level. Either way, I stated, "If a person is too old to learn, Though be basn 't had an overload favorite subject. know he'll never run out of lessons to they might as well Jay down and die." of homework just yet, I assured him that teach me. Frid ay, February 24, 2006 GREEK/SPORTS Ca,apus Chronicl.e 7 New fraternity gets Females enter racing world, involved in community breaking gender boundary By Rachel Johnson chair-bound. However, through the sup Staff Writer port of her family, and her own determi and on campus nation, Sutton is living her dreams. Team "Gentlemen, start your engines." ing with Copaxone, a leader in helping By Pame la-Montez Holley someone else has to guide you through Those four simple words, the traditional many suffering from MS control their ill Staff Writer the process. The school didn't want us to command given prior to the race, can ness, both on track and off, Sutton hopes go to Winston-Salem State, A&T or sound like heaven to NASCAR fans her story and her tenacity not only inspire Deep in the night, a few male stu UNCG because they are much bigger than worldwide. However, while the sport other females, but also encourage all dents were noticed marching through the High Point. We got sent to Elon Univer originated as a "boys-only" club, there bas people to never give up hope. streets wearing tan jumpsuits, red shoes sity because our school and that school been a tremendous growth in popularity Sarah Fisher, 25, broke onto the IRL and white masks. Exciting screams and have the same make-up and now we have among women, with over 40 percent of scene in 2000 and quickly gained the questions from other students lingered a joint chapter," said lfedi. the 75 million fans female. With women hearts of many fans and even more im through the night air: "What's happen Even though they are not officially serving as broadcasters, PR reps, mechan portantly, the respect of her fellow com ing?", "Who are these guys?", "Why are recognized by the campus of High Point ics, engineers and drivers, women are petitors. Fisher broke many records dur they dressed liked that?" and "Oh my University, the brothers of Kappa Alpha making their mark on the sport. And if ing her stint in the IRL, not only as one of God, what are they doing?" Psi Fraternity are getting the attention of Erin Crocker, Kelly Sutton, Sarah Fisher, the first females, but also one of the Relax; High Point University's first the people on campus and in the commu Allison Duncan and a host of talented youngest drivers in the history of the African-American fraternity, Kappa Al nity. "We gave funds to the Katrina vic other female drivers making a name for sport. In 2004 she turned her focus to pha Psi, is in the making. "The school tims, we fed families for Thanksgiving themse lves in the lower divisions of stockcar racing, with aspirations of some doesn't recognize us yet because they say and we've started a program called the N ASCAR have their say, the most famous day soon reaching the NEXTEL Cup Se that we have to have a certain number of Guide Right Program in which we go to words in NASCAR will soon be getting a ries, teaming up with Richard Childress members to get started," stated member Kirkman Elementary and mentor the permanent makeover. Racing, to compete fulltime in 2005 in Anthony Ifedi. "The thing with that is, the kids," said Ishmael Josiah. "We're their Erin Crocker, who plans to race the the NASCAR Grand National Division , percentage of minorit ies is very small lunch buddies, we help them with their entire 2006 NASCAR Craftsman Truck West Series, where she finished the sea compared to fraternities such as the school work and basically teach them a Series schedule, competing for Rookie of son 12min championship points. PIKES or the Theta Chis. If we have 100 new way of looking at life instead oflook the Year, appears to have the most legiti Allison Duncan, 26, began her career African-American males, all of them ing to sell drugs. Most of the kids come mate chance of breaking into the sport's at 17 racing sports cars and capped off a aren't going to want to be a part of some from a one-parent home, so we're there highest series. Crocker joined Evernham successful sports car career by finishing thing. We just need the school the recog to teach them that they can succeed in life Motorsports in 2005, after competing in 6lh in the Rolex 24 at Daytona in 2000, nize that." in other ways than just by selling drugs." the open-wheel series, where she became becoming the youngest and highest-fin Kappa Alpha Psi, a member of the The fraternity will also start a program the first female in the history of the World ishing female driver to compete in the National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC), for high school students. This program of Outlaws (WoO) series to claim a vic prestigious event. In 2003, Duncan was founded for African-American men will help them prepare for college and tory. While her success bas yet to transfer transitioned from road courses to oval in 1911 on the campus of Indiana Uni teach them how to build a resume to look to her NASCAR career, most believe that tracks, and in 2005, she became the first versity. "The organization was formed by for successful jobs. Crocker will be a force to be reckoned member ofNASCAR's Drive for Diver 10 young black men at the school. At that Derrick Tanner is proud to be a mem with for years to come in the upper divi sity program to reach victory lane. In time, there were only 23 black students ber of the fraternity. "There's so much you sions of the sport. 2006, she will be participating in the pro on the campus. Indiana University was a can get out of being a member. What I've Kelly (Girl) Sutton joins Crocker in gram for her third season. predominantly white school, and our gotten out of it was brotherhood, social the Craftsman Truck Series, after compet While it is impossible to know for founders thought if they founded a fra networks and job connections," said Tan ing fulltime in the series for the past two sure which of these women will have the ternity, they could have brotherhood," ner. seasons. Like many of the other female brightest future, with the talent, courage stated lfedi. Other students who aren't members drivers, Sutton has faced her share of and determination they have already dis Anthony Ifedi is one of the 10 origi have something to look forward to also. problems while working towards her played, there is no doubt that their stars nal members of Kappa Alpha Psi who Kappa Alpha Psi will be holding a 3 on 3 goals, but few if any have had to over will shine bright for years to come as they were inducted the 2005 spring semester. basketball tournament, a cookout which come the obstacles she has. Diagnosed continue to write their pages in the The others included Jeff Hester, Al will be followed by a pool party and a with relapsing-remitting multiple sclero NASCAR history books. Durant, Malcolm Gethers, Anthony Ifedi, Ladies Appreciation Day. "We want to sis at 16, by age 25, Sutton was wheel- James Jackson, Ishmael Josiah, Kirk Rud teach everyone here in the community that IRS, continued from page 1 der, Clifford Smith, Derrick Tanner and we're here to stay," said Ishmael Josiah. Method actor, continued from Christopher Mayshack. To establish a "We're not a dying breed. We're men of Working with the public in general is a page 5 fun experience, but helping people with chapter here on campus, they had to ven achievement and whatever we do, we "drug-addled hypocrite, who is only their taxes is a little different because I ture to Elon University where there were want to be the best we can be and excel in worse at one thing than being a hus think it makes them a little vulnerable in only three members at the t-ime. it." band, being a father." He's even took a way." "When you start a black organization, to wearing his hair in a classic '50s A profess ional tax preparer would comb- over in an effort to bring the charge anywhere from $125 to $175. character a bit closer to home. Simply Under the VITA program, the client Kappa Delta put, "the comb- over alone demands 5K fun run is coming up very soon! Sat comes out ahead. respect," says Sean. urday March 18 is the date to remember. Lavery said, "The impetus for our The Sisters of Kappa Delta are The reason he performs is simple This year, we are also doing a spaghetti involvement was President Qubein en thrilled to have 12 new additions to our according to him--"to dawdle around, dinner the night before so make sure to couraging us to get involved in the com chapter after this year's rush. Laura Nall, doing something you love, is an injus come out and fill up on those carrbs that munity and to be extraordinary. What Madison Moser, Sandra Copra, Molly you will need to run a great race the nex t tice." Throughout rehearsals, even Rice, Leigh Anna Perry, Amy Dobson, better way than to provide a service where morning! when he's not on stage, he talks, acts ColletteSaxon, Bridget Southworth, most of our clients are within a two-mile Thank you to everyone who bas been radius of the campus?" and moves as the character until said Nicole Tasker, Megan Williams, Alyssa supporting us at Triangle. We hope you character has, in essence, become a Johnson, and Hillary Westbrook- we love The students have had encouraging have as much fun as we do. Finally, don't part ofhirn. He adopts every quirk and you! experiences through their involvement in forget to check out our new website movement as his own. As you have hopefully seen through the program. Junior Amy Tilley said, www.hpukd.tripod.com! "The experience that sticks out in my A veteran of over 25 plays in the flyers and emails, our annual Shamrock span of about four years, Sean started mind was how excited I was to complete acting as a result of a $5 bet. As a my first offic ial return within the pro sophomore in high school, be really gram. Granted, we bad practiced quite a Frisbee, continued from page 2 bad no plans for the future. As he put so much that they make a career out of it. bit between last semester and training ses It can be whatever you want it to be. sions. But it was great to be able to take it, he was "perfectly content to live out Johnson Street. Once you get more in his days as a bus boy," until a friend volved you will probably add more Frisbee golf can be played alone or my learning one step further to an actual with a group, in teams or as individuals, work situation." of his who was involved in theater frisbees to your collect-ion. challenged him, with monetary com competitively or just for fun. There's no The IRS partners with those involved Because of its friendliness to every pensation should he succeed, to audi excuse not to get out and get a little in the program. Inspections occur regu one who would like to play, it can be very tion for the play "Tartuffe." Subse excercise. Don't let resin on the brain or larly throughout tax season; students have addicting. You may find yourself getting quently, and much to his surprise, be another night of heavy drinking keep you trained at least eight hours and are certi good and playing competively with got the role Damis and became $5 inside like a lab rat with white pasty skin fied by the IRS, having to pass a test to friends. For those that really take it on, richer as a result. The rest as they say, there are small tournaments with begin and beady eyes that go blind at when participate in the program. Part of their meeting natural light. Your body will grade is a check for accuracy as performed is pretty much history. ner, amateur and pro levels. There is even Looking back, Sean says, "I re thank you and the next time you try to by Dr. Lavery, and another part is a re the PDGA; the Professional Disc Golf ally can't see myself doing anything ersAssociation for those that have played play basketball for real, you may surprise flection paper after everything is com yourself. pleted. else in life. It just makes sense". 8 Campus Chronicle SPORTS Frida), Februa11 24. 2006 Women's basketball team in second place
By Gaby McLa ughlin throughout the game. However. neither clock, Ashevi lle had possession. The Player of the Year, Katie O'De ll ,s lead Staff Writer team was able to keep the lead for long . Bulldogs frantically passed the ba ll mg the Panthers 10 scormg, averaging 15 .4 With only l O seconds left 10 regulation around the key, searching for an open points a game Candyce Sellan, and Lesltc The women's basketball team is en time, the score was tied at 70 and the shot. Then at the buzzer, Ashe vi I le 's Ana Cook are also averaging double figures, JOying a bright season. even though a Feb . Bulldogs had possession and seemed to Baker flung up a wild shot and banked 1t knocking down I 0.2 and 11 8 pomts per 18 loss to Liberty dropped the Panthers be m posiuon 10 pull out the victory. in. beating the Panthers 51-50 on a ques game. Katie Ralls and Raven TruslO\.\ are mto second place in the Big South Con However . they buckled under the pres tionable three -point basket. averaging 9.4 and 7 I points a game. and ference . sure, turning the ball over to the Panthers The Panthers \\ asted no time getting Caitlin Thys 1s postmg big numbers in "It's going really well. We have great with on ly five seconds remaimng. High back on track and capturing yet another rebounds and averaging 4. 7 points a team chemistry this year. we all get along Point 's Candyce Sellars drove the ball conference wm agains t Birmingham game. really well and work well together on the down the floor and hit the three-point bas Southem HP U maintained their lead The efforts of the HPU women's bas i:ourt.'' says jumor Erica Brockmyer about ket, winning the game with only one sec throughout the game. with double digits ketball team are not going unnoticed. her team's success this season. With an ond to run out on the clock. Junior Leslie coming from Katie Ralls, Sellars, Ayonna They received votes in a February ESPN overall record of 17-6 as of Feb. 19, most Cook lead the team in scoring with 17 Thompson, and Katie O'Dell who tallied USA Today Coach's Poll . maling High matters are going well for the women; points, posting a season high. her 7lhgame of scoring 20 points or more. Point history. They are the first athletic some might even say spectacularly. At The Panthers' first confe ren ce loss Earlier this season. HPU and Lib team to receive votes since High Pomt the start of the week, the Panthers were came at home against UNC AsheviUe later erty faced off for the number one rank University moved to Division 1 status m 8-2 in conference play in the season. The Panth ers led Asheville ing. The Panth ers silenced the Flames 1999. With the depth and team chemis On Jan. 14, High Point started con by seve n point s at the end of the first half, with a score of 64-55 in the Millis Gym. try that are present on the basketball court, ference play on the road with exciting but after a hard-fought second half, the Th e talented HPU women's basket the Panthers are in for an excitmg season action against UNC Ashevi lle. Both Bulldogs had crept within two points, 50- ball team is produ cing exce llent results and an exce llent cha nce at the BIG teams intensely fought to pull ahead 48, and with only 18 seconds left on the this seaso n. Senior Big South Preseason TICKET . Scott: More than an athlete Former track star to run in World Cross Country Championships By Maria Rojas "I'm used to see ing kids stuffed in suit By Kevin Scola ran pretty good the whole race." Staff Writer cases and seei ng dead bodie s. Some Sports Editor The World Cross Country champion people say they're from the 'hood because ships are divided into two races, short and "When I cried , people did not see me they have a little trash in front of their Taylor Miln e graduated from High long . The short course is 4,000 meters, as conceited; they saw I had feelings," home," but for Scott, the 'hood is reality. Point University as one of the most suc while the long course is 12,000 . At the says senior Akeem Scott. As tears "I'd rather see someone die of natural cess ful athletes in school history, in any time of this writing, Milne was unsure if streamed down the face of the 6-foo t bas causes like cancer ... but not by someone's sport. He holds school records in the 800, he was going to run the short or long race. ketball player at the end of a grueling hands." 1500, 3000, and 5000, plu s several but said that he would feel a lot more com 2004-2005 basketball season, peopl e be When his best friend was shot and records in relays. He won multiple Big fortable in the 4000 meter race, joking that gan to see Scott as a human rather than a killed three years ago, Scott once again South champion ships in events from the " if I'm put in th e 12, I'm not going." cocky show -off. "At the end ofmy tears, used death to help him continue through 4x400 relay to the 3000 meters. And re Thi s is another first for Milne, as he people started to like me," recalls Scott. school in order to make a life for himself ce ntly , Taylor qualified to repr ese nt had previously become the first High Tears. pain, hardship and adversity and his family. As his eyes glaze with sad Canada in the World Cross Co untry Point athlete to compete in the NCAA In have filled Scott's life, but "God has a plan ness, Scott says, "Death affects me more Cham pion ships to be beld in Japan in door Track and Field Nationals in 2004 for me," he exclaims. than basketball, but it's life where I'm March. He represented the school in the mile, fin Scott remembers "fifteen people liv from." Despite helping HPU to three con ishing 14'h. ing in a three [bed] room hou se and mak Scott found inspiration in tragedy and sec utiv e conference championship and The 2005 champion ships offered a ing my bed on the floor." It is taboo for began to seriou sly pursue his musical finishing as high as fourth in the confer redemption for Milne, who prev10usly had males to say their mother s have inspir ed dreams under the stage name Joe Black. ence, Milne finished 15th at Canadian finished 99lhin the 2003 race due to stom them , but for Scott, ''My mom was the His entertaining goes beyond the basket Nationals to qualify. He ran the 10,000 ach ailments in the middle of the race. only one there for us- no man ,just her." ball court and moves center stage when meter course in 31 :21, finishing one sec In recent weeks, Taylor has also run Scott, team captain, attributes his leader he perform s. "Joe Black is off the court, ond ahead of former Olympian and a personal be st 7:57 to win the 3000 ship skill s to his mother. "She taught me and Akeem is on," he says. He recently Michigan assistant coach Kevin Sullivan. met ers at the Husky Invitational at the to be a leade r," Scott says as he folds his wrote a song to honor his sister and best The race was won by the Un iversity of University of Washington . He plan s on hand together and grins. friend and says, "My roots have helped Wisconsin's Simon Bairu . running a few more longer races before Scott's pleasure is short lived as he me become a musical success." "I felt like I had a good shot at quali concentrating on the 1500 for the outdoor reca lls the tragedy of his older sister. Thi s year Scott has been embraced fying," Milne said. "I knew the course track seaso n. "[When] I was in eleventh grade, my sis for bis off-the-wall antics. "Whether it' s was going to be good for me going in. I ter was murdered in D.C." The brutal fa dyeing my hair blond, diving in the crowd tality left Scon and his mother with the to make game-a lterin g plays or playing Construct ion, continued from page I ~~~~~~~~~~~ responsibi lity to pro vide a better life for air guitar in front of the cheerleader s, I'm lus slam sister's children. "My niece looks here to entertain," he says with a smi le. lions on Cooke Hall mc1ude a new of The future Blessing Hall w iU be four at me like her dad. It hurts me when I can't Whether as Akeem Scott or Joe fice suite for graduate studies as welJ as stones high WJth a basement and feature spend more time with my family, but I'll Black, " I want to grab everyone 's atten a new conference room. Only one class 240 fully furnished pnvate bedrooms make the sacrifice," says Scott. tion," be exclaims. "I like showing people room was lost to make these changes The residence hall will beco-cd by floor Hts sister's death msp1red him to look I can be the best." The immense progress. however The new soccer stadium wtll foa1ure 111- at basketball as a way out of the projects. has not been without some small set div1dual stadium seat and new :restroom backs In Cooke Hall there have been fac1ht 1es m tead of benches and porta some asbestos 1SSues.says Scarborough, pott1es Herlinger, continued from page 5 but they have been dealt wdh. Another After the soccer field i f101 b d 1hc setback occurred when a water hoe m Jerry and Kitty Stee l Spom1Center and smging for about 50 people at a local too much fun," he says. The school will the fountain at the front entrance of the the remamder of the athletic park are ex country club. One Sunday morning God produce two more major plays this spring. uruvers1ty broke. Part of the fountain pectedto be completed by the end of fall rested at church as Herlinger and the other When asked if there was a particular actually emerged out of the ground, and The new alhJetJc complex will feature nme ·Tones performed at First United dream role he envisioned taking on, water was spraymg everywhere the SI mdhon eight lane Ike Belk Track Methodist in First Mountain . The group Herlin ger responded, "No, I just like the Scarborough descnbed 1t as "a very wet and a new baseball tadium m ddit1on sponsors two children in support of the oppo rtun ity that each play present s. time" to the new soccer stadiwn to be com Amam AIDS m Afnca Foundation . CDs Sometimes I like smaller roles because pleted before the tart o can be purchased for $10, and a portion the director doesn't have a vis ion of that of the sale~ \\ 111be contributed to the character and you 're allowed to make it Amam Foundation . The Toccatatones use your own But at the same time . despite proceeds to pay for rime in recording ~tu all the work ofbeing the lead, it's Michael d10:-..tran!,portation and tra, ehng accom Jordan people rem emb er. not Luke modauons . Thi-. i, Herhnger's fourth year Longley (the center on some of Jordan 's m the Toccatatones . championship Chicago Bulls teams):· He haib. from Pittsburgh, Pa .• ,,here "I am 't seen nothing like him in any he formerly pla) ed soccer and ran track amusement hall That deaf. dumb and but "' a~ hmdcred b~ the two bum knee, blind kid. sure plays a mean pinball" ap that continue to trouble him on stage to plies 10 the dynamic Herl inger. On the day. "1 am iha, mg ,urgery on both knees theatrical stage. the \\Ork stage or in-be 0\ er summe r break: 11's not going to be tween, he's our own pmball wiz.ard. In A&E: Ruler's responsibilities ...
HIGH POINT UNIVERSITY Camgus Chronicle VOL. 13, NO. 6 RIDAY. March 24. 2006 HIGH POINT. N.C. QEP focuses on students' concerns Dy Briana Warner present here at High Point , but they have that the president delivered the week be University--- English Sta.ff Wrller been on the penphery," said Dr. Jeffrey fore. For example, if the message of the Adams, director oflnstitutional Advance president's seminar is related to health and professor In the fall of 2005, administrators ment and author of the QEP. 'Th e pur wellness. students might travel the next publishes sent an e-ma il to all students asking the pose of the QEP 1sto take those programs week to High Point Regional Hospital to question "If High Pomt University could out of the shadows and make them a fo comp lete theLCcivic engagement activity. English professor Dr . Ed do one thing to improve your experience, cus of our students' education." Students will then write a short essay Piacentino recently published a book what would it be?" Preliminary work with the QEP has about their experience and the connection and severa l articles. His book, entitled Some students probably deleted the already begun with planning and the ap between the lecture and the experience. ''The Enduring Legacy of Old South e-mail without readmg it Others perhaps pomtment of Dr. Kelly Norton as the new Dunng the sophomo re year begin west Humor ," explores modern and read it and decided that they dido 't have director of Experiential Learning. Phase ning in 2007-2008, phase Il of the QEP. con temporary southern writers hke time to formulate an answer to the ques I oftbe QEP wiJI begin in the faJJof2006 the civic engagement requirement will be Willi am Faulkner and Zora Nea le tion. Many students. however, responded when mcom.mg freshmen will have a civic built mto the three-hour gene ral educa Hurston; it also examines popu lar cul to the e-mai l w1th an oveIWhelmmg con engagement requirement. It involves a tion requirement in ethics. The ethics ture, as in comic strips, television sensus that High Pomt University needs one-hour course each semester during the courses will be redesigned to contain ex shows and comedians like Jeff to place more focus on experiential learn first year. The civic engage ment expen periential elements After the sophomore Foxworthy . The book was published ing. Administrators wtll respond over the ence wiJJ package HPU-188 : President' s year, requirements will end, but faculty by Louisiana State University Press. next four years with the Quality Cnhance Semmar m Life Skills. with related com and staff will greatly encourage students ment Plan (QEP) . munity act1v1ty Freshmen will attend the to part1c1pate in the study abroad, intern New courses to The QEP. a 91-page document, out pre~idem 's sem inar six-to-eight times pCT ship and civic engagement programs . lin~ four areas of locus that the umver semester with one week in between each Phase III (2008-2009) of the QEP be offered by sity will improve o.nd develop : civic en lecture Dunng the week:. 10 between. stu will switc h focus to the study abroad pro gagement, the study abroad program, col dents will travel by umversity bus in gram . A Study Abroad coordinator will Education laborative inquiry and the intem!ship pro groups to complete an activity with a com See QEP, page 4 Department gram. "Most of these programs have been munuy partner that relates to the message
Beginning in May, the university Enthusiasm will offer courses to complete licensure Martinson and Qubein: for acadein1cally gifted students. Those makes job - courses--Education 436: The Gifted Child; Education 437 Tea ching the men of vision, action Gifted Ch ild ; Education 438· Th e By Christopher Petree Trustees and the presidential search com fun, exciting Emotional and Affective Needs of Staff Writer minee chose Martinson for president with By Modu Kamara Gifted Children and Education 439 : the hope that the next president would Sta.ff Writer Trends and Issues in Gifted Education An old axiom claim. Rome wa,n't have a "fresh and open pen.pective re -will be offered in consecutive terms built in a day Tins bit of cliched tn!s1ght. gardins High Point College and the chal Climbing a flight of stairs more through the Evening Degree Program. though accurate in 11\ essence, applies lengcs it faces m the coming years.·• At than 10 times a day doesn't bother Jody and all courses meet the requirements well to campus. Although the most promi the tune . J ligh Point College laced many Kabel Lohman, a librarian and also for the license for AG (Academically nent change:,, seem recent, after Dr. Nido hurdles that. m Mc.:C'ashn's estimation. media service person . She loves her Gifled) issued by the State Department Qubem assumed oflice on Jan . I, 2005. hinged on financial ,ecunty new job.\\ hich prondes Lohman with for Public Instruction . fonncr presu.lent Dr. Jacob C. Martm~on ''M artinson impre,scd the (presiden the pll'asure of working with students provided leadership und prufounu change tial) earc.:hcommittee not just because he again. And as tot going up and down tn the first years of hi:-.pre sidency, !simi h.1d a vision for development. hut also the staircase, from the basement media Honors Day lar to the current administration because he haJ the cn:dcntials to :1ch1c,e center to the upper tloors of the library, Parallel hctwecn Qubetn and his plan. " Mc.:Ca!shnwrnh: . Martmson's .. ti is great and 1t g1, es me my e'\.ercise April 19 M.irtim,on seem unhkely. Qubcm, a busi nine-year tenn al Brcvard College sa\\ for the day," she says. nessman. motivational speaker and phi · enrollml.!nh "increase 40 perl't!nl and en When both ofber Job descriptions lanthrop1st. starkly co ntrasb with dowments grew from $2. l million to $5.4 are combined, the hst of duties 1s al Honors Day Sympo\ium M,1rtinson. the quiet minister, theologian million." distinguishing Martinson a~ an most as long as this article However. 2006 and former Bn.:vard Co llege prc..:stdcnt cffective president. the sort ofleader High as long as her job includes working who planned , acl.ordmg to Dr Richard Point College needed . \.\.ithin a hbrary. Lohman ts happy and The Honors Day Symposium offers McCashn. author of .. Remembered Be Though Martinson didn't annow,ce enjoys the thought of helping someone. all students the opportunity to present Thy Blessings." the history of High Point dramatic changes upon takmg office Aug. "I really love to help peoplc . it is a research to students and faculty . University from 1924-1991, no "revolu I. 1985. in 1990 Martinson began work wonderful feeling ." she said. tionary changes" for, the then-named, on a I 0-ycar plan created by the National Lohman 's w1lhngness to work Presentations run 15-20 minutes High Po10t College However. both Comm1ss1on on the Future of High Point with others is exceptiona l. David with question and answer Qubem and Martinson faced similar ob Co llege, a "plan that would tmprove aca Bryden, director of Library Services. the reafter. stacles upon taking office, problems that demics by comb10 111g liberal arts predicts that Lohman 's contributions to McCaslin 1dent1fied as stagnant endow coursewor k, including an emphasis on the university will be outstandmg. es All proposals must be sponsored by a ments and decreasing enrollment. ethics. with trammg for professional pre- pecially since "she was a fine art librar- faculty member . High Point College saw a pos1t1ve Sce Comparison, page 5 See Librarian, page 5 change take place in 1985: The Board of Deadline for applications is 31 March . Page2 Page 7 email applications to: Inter Petal Points or send to: Frederick Schneid racial dating hitting the Director, University Honors Program still an issue right notes
--Compi led by Amanda Roberts 2 Ca111pusCh r onicle EDITORIAL F rida y, March 24, 2006 March madness can Inter-racial dating has overcome spring sadness some people fuming Spring is that time of year when all $3.6 billion in lost worker prod uctivity. sorts of things happen. It's the season of Even though High Point did not make By Ali Akhyari There was a hatred between two rebirth, of renewal. it into the tourna Opinion Editor tribes that had been kept in check until Flowers are bud ment this year, the death of the president sparked the fuel ding and you can that doesn't stop I realized there is a silent stream of that resulted in the murder of hundreds of see the activity re the students from hatred and racism that exists in America thousands of people. There was a simp le suming outside. being sucked into as I liberally dipped my french fries in a hate between peop le, a less than human People are every the madness. puddle of ketchup in the cafeteria. Per outlook existed. Because of that, blood where, play ing Walk around haps I'm a little naive ; I've proven that was spilled on a horrific level. basketball, loung campus, and over my years of existence. But I never We've experienced the same thing ing on the Interna you'll hear thought that people would have a prob here in the United States with slavery and tional Promenade people talking lem with my dating a Caucasian woman. the aftermath as African-Americans were and, of course, you about the games, This bidden aggression wasn't scary to me considered less than human by another can probably find a how their bracket until we discussed the ho locaust of group. It is simply inconceivable to me game of Ultimate is doi n g and Rwanda in the early '90s in a recent jour that any human being can cons ider some Frisbee goin g on gushing over an nalism class. one inferior based on skin color or place 24/7, as long as it's amazing shot of birth. not raining. made at the last My eyes were It's the season second. That 's opened when my girl of infatuation-af what March friend enlightened me ter several months Madness is about about the response she of lying dormant, - bonding with gets when she tells hormones rage at a people over col people about the man level unsurpassed lege basketball. she has been dating for since the last You rarely hear three years. When they spring. Spring inspires hope - you just people talking about the NBA. hear my name, their know that the possibility exists for you to The NFL has about the same level of faces get a confused find that special someone finally. Or at obsession, but there's something poignant look, and they conde least it feels like it. And you look around about college basketball. That same team scending I y rep ly, at all the springtime romances and can't will never take the court again if they lose. "Where's be from?" It help but feel alone. Insane relationships There are just six games to the national seems like a fairly small happen in the springtime that wouldn't championship, six games to prove one's is sue , but apparently occur at any other time of the year just worth as a school. With the NFL, players this happens to many because the impulse exists for you to be are paid to win and they have contracts people she meets. with someone. binding them to one place. In college, The conversation But what would spring be without you have four years or fewer to take the March Madness? That in itself is one of stage, to win the games. Nobody will ever AKHYARI AND CIRLf1U£N D wru.rmu See R aczsm. , page g the greatest passions there is. People who forget the teams that have won in the past don't have time for college basketball will - case in point, the 1983 N.C. State "Car make the time because they know that diac Pack " victory, the improbable shot Straight Talk from Dr. Nido Qubein ~~~~ they won't get another chan ce to see a Lorenzo Charles made by being in the game until the next fall. The weekend wrong place at the righ t time . That's prob before the NCAA Tournament started, the ably because networks play it multiple Success lies in New York Times reported that according times every tournament, but the win was to a job search firm, this year's tourna just amazing - a last-second shot to steal ment would cost American companies See Madness , page 8 eye of beholder THE CAMPUS CHRONICLE STAFF Editor in Chief: Amanda Roberts Dear Students . excited would you be over a study Opinion Editor: Ali Akhyari abroad semester if you really wanted to & Rebecca Fleming A E Editor: Whal is success? complete an internship at home? What Greek/Organization Editor: Sylvia Harwood That's a question you have to an- good would it do you Sports Editor: Kevin Sco la swer for yourself. No -·------, to be elected presi Photographers: Beth Anthony , Pam Hayne s one else can definesuc dent of a fraternity or cess for you. Luciana sorority if you Printer : WW Printing & Graphi cs Pavarotti 's mother weren't interested in Adviser: Michael Gaspeny wanted him to become Greek Life? a banker. But that So, begin your Staff members : Jenny-Lind Angel, Tia Bates, Beth Chance, Lauren Croughan, wasn't Pavarotti's defi climb to success by Patrick Donovan, Jessalin Graham, Brian Harrington , Pam Haynes , Pamela nition of success. He deciding what suc Montez Holley , Travar Hoyle , Rachel Johnson, Modu Kamara , Kevin Lamb , wrote his own defim cessmeans for you. 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Friday, March 24, 2006 OPINION Campus Chronide 3 The eternal question: HPU senior runs for How do I look today? W.V. public office By Lauren Stagg I would yell at my friends for listening to Staff Writer other people and their negative comme nts, By Jonathan Miller cousin will lend his support as well. when I was a hypocrite plain and simple. Staff Writer Given all these factors, the odds of win This is how I began my day in high For example, I never understood why my ning are definitely in my favor. [f I were school: It is 5:30 a.m., and I am awak best friend Shannon had an eating disor My senior year bas been busier than older, I would have no nega tives at all. ened by the piercing sounds of an object der; she was beautiful, but she didn 't see I expected. Not because of too many pa So, how did I come to this difficult that many peop le learn to hate and often that and I also couldn't see certain things pers to write or having to cram a bunch decision? We ll, running for office is abuse, an alarm clock. I shower for 20 about myself . Then in my summer be of credits into my fina l semester, but be something I've always wanted to do. I've minutes, rapidly eat my breakfast and then fore going to college, I figured it all out. cause I'm doing something that probably been preparing for a life in politics and I get to the hardest part of my morning I started to work for my best friend's only a handful of graduating college stu public office ever since I was a senior in routin e, "What am I going to wear today?" uncle, who owned a nursery and farmer's dents have ever tried to do. I'm running high school. You can't plan when you I try on almost every outfit I can think of; market only two minutes down the one for a public office. are going to run for office, so you have to this proce ss takes forever. After I have lane road from my house. I showed up Yes, it definitely is unusual for some always be preparing. I didn't expect the establ ished an outfit, I sit behind my mir early, looking polished as always in jeans, one to run for office at this stage in life, current delegate in my area to retire, but ror and carefully apply my makeup , not glittery flip- flo ps, a pink tank top and even for someone who is as po litically when he did I knew, I had to go after the too much but certainly not too little . I makeup. However, I got a response I could active as I am. I'm running for a seat in seat because I am as prepared now as I'll finish right at 7:30 a.m. and I repeat these have never guessed. I was laughed at by the West Virginia House of Delegates, ever be. Sure, I can always improve on questions to my mother more than l O workers, and some made catcalls. I was which is the house ofrepresentatives body skills like public speaking, and there are times, "Mom, how do I look? No, seri thoroughly confused. in the West Virginia State Legislature. It still tons of things to learn about being an ously tell me, do I look OK? You can tell The manager approached me. She certainly is a big step for a college gradu actual candidate; however, I'm grounded me if I look bad ." l say it so much my was a short, stocky blonde in dirty, ripped ate, but it's not unprecedented. with solid core values and beliefs that will mother's patience runs dry. jeans, horseback riding boots and a base The current president of the West guide me through any endeavor. I storm out of my house and go to ball cap. She greeted me with, "What the Virginia State Senate won a House of My current situation, though unique, school. My girlfriends and I gather in the hell are you doing, girl? Thi s is not a fash Delegates seat at the age of 21. He was can easily be a situation that any one of hallway, and the question continues, ev ion show and unless you want your nice still in college at the time of his election you will find yourselves in when you seek ery girl asks the others, "How do I look?" jeans dirty and your toes cut off, I advise to the seat, so that is even more astound jobs in your preferred career field . No Some answer honestly; some ignore it by yo u go home and change into work ing than when I win in November. His matter what you want to do profession saying it back "But, wait, how do you clothes and sneakers. Don 't worry, we're victory is rare in American politics be ally, you always have to be preparing think I look?" and some girls, usua lly the still gunna like ya even if you 're covered ca use the electorate bas a hard time yourse lf for it. Take advantage of every jealous ones, will set out to ruin your day in mud." Then she walked away. That cozying up to a young candidate and also opportunity to make yourself better. For by making a comment about your weight, was all she said to me that day, but it af young candidates just may not be as pre example, don't limit your learning just to a physical feature or your outfit. This fected me for a lifetime. I needed some pared for life as public servants as older the classroom. Internships, training semi happened to my group of friends and me one like Nancy, a short , stocky beautiful candidates . Though it is a difficult en nars, conferences and outside reading will on a daily basis, and I am positive it con person to help me realize what I was put deavor, I'm optimistic about my chances. expand your skills and knowledge of what tinues today in the daily lives of teenage ting myself through. The scat I'm running for is an open is needed in your career. Some of my girls. I realized that I wasn't helping my seat, meaning that the current delegate is most important learning has come from Throughout high school my life was self at all by asking hundreds of people retiring and not seeking re-election. The reading books and articles that no class dominated by this little, superficial ques bow I looked or by falling asleep during seat is a traditionally Republican seat (my would ever cover. tion. It did not matter if someone told me class because I went to bed too late and second cousin held the seat for 24 years No matter what your goals are, be I looked great, I would never believe that woke up too early for the sake of beauti and retired in 2004) . The district is ma sure to pursue them at length at all times. person. I only believed the negative com fying myself. I wanted to look like a ce jority Rep ublican meaning that the ma Never miss a chance to make yourself ments. Ifl was told I looked fat, I would lebrity , like the women I saw on MTV or jority of voters are registered Republicans. better. Hard work, discip line, desire and diet, or if my makeup looked bad, I would I am the Republican nominee because no optim ism can make up for a lack of talent wash it off. However, the ironic thing was See Looks, page 5 other Republican filed against me and the and skill. When I win in Nove mber (no time to do so has passed. Finally , the re tice the optimism), I wilJ be proof that tiring delegate is a Rep ublican, and I will those four characteristics do allow you to Fast food results in have his endorseme nt and I'm sure my reach your goals. even faster spending By Jessalin Graham is deceptively misinterpreted as cheap Madison Park has Staff Writer food. One can purchase a combo--a sand wich, fries, and a drink- ·-from most fast Clink, Clink, Clink, Clink. Four food estab lishments for the low price of quarter s disappear into a vending ma approximately $6, not a cons iderab le plenty to offer chine. A Coke crashes to the bottom of amount of money to pay for some thin g the dispenser. A colleg e student grabs it once; however, consecutive payments of By Brian Harrington With the convenience of a camp us quickly and hurries to class; a daily ritual. $6 become a conside rabl e financial bur- Staff Writer in Winston-Salem and the constant acces One dollar may not seem like much den. sibility of an enthusiastic administrative at the time; however , by the Surprisingly, the little So yesterday evening, I was driv staff, Madison Park does have a lot to of end of the schoo l week, five spe ndin g adventures that ing to pick up the latest issue of the Cam fer. The diversity and drive of the student vending ma chine purchases seem harmless cause consid pus Chronicle. As I was speaking to my body allow an individual to gain an edu have been made, and $5 has erable damage to one's pock fiancee while driving , the impetus hit me. cat ion no t only from teachers, but also on been invested in snack foods etbook, but this malady can I thought, "Why don't we move to High real life work experie nce and motivat ion in one week. If students keep be remedied with carefu l Point when we get married? I cou ld at from peers. The relationships bui lt gen up this kind of behavior , by planning. I am not saying tend the main campus and see what it is erate an opportunity for the creation of a the end of the month, they that students must eliminate all about?" professiona l network in a student's area have spent $30 on Cokes coffee and quick snacks from Then I wondered, "What is Madi of interest. Madison Park, however, would alo ne. Not to mention the their diets. Instead, they son Park (where I am going to schoo l) be nothing without great instructors. young coffee addicts that are should limit their splurging missing?" Thanks to President Qubein , Coming in early, staying late and making swanning the nation, spending WWW.HEAvYWINTER.coM to once or twice a month or many improvements have taken place and certain you walk away with what you approximate ly $3.50 each day on special occasions. That many more are planned . The plasma were searching for, they make a differ on coffee. Before they know it, the month way, rather than spending $3.50 a day, screen televisions in each break room pro ence not only in the class but in a student's is over and the coffee-loving students whfob quickly adds up to hundreds of vide a nice backdrop for early cram ses development. have guzzled $105 with nothing to show dollars, students can limit their spending sions before a class. They also give an There are things Madison Park for it. These individuals end up spending to between $6 and $8 a month . Imagine opportunity for evening students to take doesn't have, like a student union and $1,260 in coffee alone if they purchase a what students could afford if they save a break from their lives and socia lize. team sports, but I'm a full-time student ... small coffee each day for one year. $5 a day. College loans would lessen, and With both buildings at Madi son Park with a full-time job . However, with Today 's students are getting burned fast, textbooks wou ld be close to affordable. wireless now, every student has instant greater access and the ongoing improve yet they continue to fork out the money So next time you pass a vending access to information and improved mo ments (Did I hear someth ing about a on a daily basis. machine or catch yourself in line at bility between classes. The new benches cappuccino machine?) Madison Park has The fiscal matters only worsen as the Starbucks for the fifth day in a row, re and improved exterior will allow for those what I need ... except the latest issue of clock ticks closer to mealtime . America member the money you could save if you same break room discussions and internet the Campus Chronicle . is presently hooked on fast-food, which took a day off. surfing to take place outside. 4 Campus Chronicl.e NEWS AND OPINION Friday, March 24, 2006 The Crucible : story of multiple witch hunts By Laura Kirkman, Kyle literary works which contain messages the selves. feared in the religion and community, no Lounsbury, Becky Owen, and Ashley author intentionally hides behind the With McCarthy's efforts compared to one questioned the girls' motives for their Smith storyline such as commentary on current a modem day witch hunt, one can see how accusations. Like McCarthy, the girls Special to the Chronicle socia l issues of his or her time which were Miller's "The Crucible" comments on not continued to give the names of innocent unpopular or almost dangerous to bla only historical eve nts, but also those people to the authorities, first to escape In February the HPU theater team tantly express. When examined in the events of Miller 's time. Since authors, their punishment , but later as a means to presented Arthur Miller's "The Crucible" context of 1950s America, Miller 's story actors, screen writers and otherwise fa seek revenge among those who had done under the direction of Ami Shupe. The becomes a social commentary on the mous people were at a huge risk of being them wrong. play was well attended and gave students, McCarthy trials. During the 1950s, the named Communists, they had to conduct After reading the play in Dr. Baker's faculty and local community members an threat of the day was members of the and express themselves carefully . It Honors Self and Society English class, we exce llent opportunity to see a classic Communist party infiltrating American seems that Miller did not let McCarthy's had an opportunity to interview and dis brought to life. society, culture and worse, our national scams keep him from speaking his mind, cuss the play with the student who played Although many have probably been security. In February of 1950, Joseph but rather they left Miller with the neces Dr. Samuel Paris, Matt Hayne s, and also exposed to the play in a high school En McCarthy , a senator from Wisconsin, de sity to create a clever way of conveying the director herself, Ami Shupe. Matt, a glish class or possibly even the film ver livered a speech declaring that he had a his message that McCarthy' s antics were junior who has been involved in the HPU sion, they may not realize that the play list of 57 names of people in the State just as silly and unreliable as Salem's theater since his freshman year, was very contains a deeper message than merely a Department who were active in the witch trials. Miller's play involve s sev enthusiastic about the play. He informed literary remake of historical events that American Communist party. As time eral young girls of the Salem settlement us that prior to the play he had no knowl occurred in a very frantic period in 17th went on and McCarthy gained more con who were caught dancing in the woods at edge of the latent meaning of "The Cru century Salem, Mass. At first exposure to fidence, he proceeded to claim he had night (a deed that was strictly forbidden cible," but that upon preparing for the the play, it can be proposed that Miller numerous more names of Communists; by the Puritan religion). To elude pun play, the director supplied the theater team intended to write "The Crucible" solely however, he never had substantia l proof ishment, one child fakes a coma-like state with both videos and books in order to to capture the drama and hypocrisy in re for his accusations. Sadly, these often of illness while the rest of the girls fabri enable them to research the play and ex ligion and society of early settlements in false statements ruined many careers and cate an elaborate story of seeing upstand plore its true meaning. Haynes said he America; however, when the play is re lives and began a kind of"witch hunt'' in ing members of the community dealing was intrigued by Miller's portrayal of an searched and examined in comparison to the 20th century. Soon, McCarthy had with the devil and partaking in witchcraft . actual witch hunt to represent what has the time and events in which it was writ hundreds of names and to avoid punish Like McCarthy , the girls held no proof, come to be known as Senator McCarthy's ten, it can be viewed as "literature of dis ment or other social consequences, the other than hearsay, that the accused people "witch hunt. " Haynes agreed with us that sent." accused would in turn accuse other inno were witches. However , since the threat "The Crucible" could be viewed as litera Literature of dissent often refers to cent people of Communism to save them- of witches and devil worship was so ture of dissent since Miller uses subver sive ways to release h is opinion on McCarthyism. To further explore the More reasons to go to High Point play, Haynes believes that the witch hunt By Pam Haynes 2) Construction, the campus-wide and having the world see your face on the of Salem could also relate to the modern Staff Writer alarm clock - A faulty alarm clock can side of a building? It's an almost inevi racism toward Muslims after the events often be the excuse, I mean truthful rea table occurrence here. The bright, shin of 9-11. Haynes believes that this just During my quest of finding the right son, behind any tardy or absence from ing, surprised-by-the-camera faces of the goes to show that history repeats itself. college, before I ever became a purp le class. Don't count on that happening at students adorn the outside of the build In our interview with Ami Shupe, the panther, l read a lot of brochures contain this school. With the beautiful sound of ings while life-sized posters are plastered associate professor of theater and the HPU ing the perks of High Point University. cranes and hammers at 5 a.m., the ongo on the walls of the inside. Make sure to costume designer, we found out just how Some of the most commonly mentioned ing construction is the only alarm you'll comb your hair and dress appropriately deeply passionate she was about the play virtues of the school included things such ever need. Forget to set your clock? because you never know when those and her chance to produce it. As her first - as the low student to teacher ratio and the Power outage in the middle of night? Ac sneaky people who wander around cam production here at HPU , we wondered if beautiful campus. Though I have found cidentally hit that snooze button too many pus with cameras are going to make you she had any previous knowledge about those claims to be true, the university also times? No worries there. The bulldozer a star. Attending High Point University Miller's latent intentions or if Shupe bad has many hidden perks that can only be outside of your window will be happy to is your ticket to fame. any particular reason for choosing this revealed through the experience of being wake you up 5) The sound of music is every witch hunt play during a time in which a High Point student. 3) The giant gazing ball, a mobile where, and I mean everywhere. - We America 's new PatriotAct is getting criti Thus , I give you the top five un mirror - You know those little silver balls HPU'ers live to the rhythm of beautiful cism as starting a witch hunt. Shupe said known reasons to attend High Point Uni that your grandma has in her garden? music. How can we escape it? It blasts she chose the play because when explor versity: Well, here at HPU, we have one of such in our ears as we stroll down the interna ing ideas and coming across "The Cru 1) Instant breakfast on the way to enormous size that it might possibly be tional promenade. Live singers perform cible" she immediately knew it would be class - Breakfast require s no effort here seen from space. Some call it a work of for us when we dine in the cafeteria. perfect. However, she did have some pre at HPU, no waking up fifteen minutes art; some aren't sure what its purpose is. Whether it's classic, rock, rap or not ex vious knowledge of what the play stood early. Besides, who needs a hearty break Either way, if you didn't have time to actly identifiable, it's there, and you might for. She feels it exhibits what hysteria fast of bacon and eggs? The only thing brush your hair or check your make-up as well learn to love it. does to a society. Shupe believes it looks that breakfast requires at High Point is to before rushing to class, stop by the gaz Though these things might be left out at fundamentalist's views and how reli extend an arm on the way to class as we ing ball to check your giant reflection. in the fancy advertisements and catalogs gion links to politics as well as how mo pass one of the snack stands to grab deli It's sure to be rolling around here some advertising the university, I have discov rality works into laws. Shupe also feels cious cracker jacks, fruit roU-ups, choco where. ered that they are a few of the unique fea that the play 's message can relate to many late milk or fruit juice. 4) Everyone is a celebrity at HPU - tures of campus that make everyday a new See Miller, page 6 Have you ever dreamed of being famous and interesting experience. QEP, continued from page 1 mance. The program will enable students very important. Elon University, for ex over the last few years reflect that in 2003 to gain profess ional experience in their ample, has had a director of Experiential be appointed, and work will be done to only 3.8 percent of day students held in Learning for 20 years. Seventy-eight per improve the program , perhaps creating field by developing presentation and/or ternships and only three percent in 2004. performance skills. cent of Elon students hold an internship new study abroad experiences in China, There is a plan to eventually imple at some point during their undergraduate Japan and Australia. In October of 2008, Currently, only the Human Relations ment an experiential learners scholarship and Education departments require an in experience and their goal is to increase an Internships Advisory Committee will track, where students who participate in ternship of their students. Dr. David that number to eighty percent. Guilford begin searching for a full-time internship multiple tracks of the new program will College, similarly, reports that seventy coordinator, and the internship program Bergen serves as both the chair of the be receive recognition during graduation and havioral science and human services and five to eighty-five percent of their students will be analyzed and improved. During on their degree and will even get a sepa hold an internship each semester. this same phase, the Collaborative Inquiry also director of the university internship rate transcript for their work in experien program, and he admits that he does not At Elon, internships are required for Advisory Committee will also begin de tial learning. have the time to make the program what students majoring in communications, veloping the current independent study Thanks to the students who re program. it needs to be. The appointment of an in business, education, sports management , sponded to the e-mail last falJand to dedi ternship coordinator will solve this prob athletic training, human services and bi The final phase of implementation cated staff members , the university will (2009-20 I 0) will focus on internships and lem and allow for development and ology. To graduate , Elon students must extend its focus beyond new buildings and growth. have one unit of experientia l learning collaborative inquiry. Internship sites and aesthetics and give students more and which they fulfill by participating in one community partners will be added. Ad "Many top businesses are hiring their better opportunities for an enriched aca interns from within the agency before of the university's programs. ministrators hope to expand the breadth demic experience. looking elsewhere," said Bergen. "We "So much research has been done of internships, the topical areas and even Adams referred to the Chinese prov open up the possibility of holding intern have to take advantage of this trend by showing that experience is what kick s erb "G ive a man a fish and you feed him getting more of our students into intern learning into a new realm ," said Pam ships while abroad. The collaborative in for a day. Teach a man to fish and you ships." quiry program will focus on enabling stu Brumbaugh, director of experiential learn feed him for a lifetime ." "With this new Higb Point University is far behind dents to work more closely and more of ing at Elon University. "That last click focus on experiential learning we are ten with faculty while developing projects other local colleges when it comes to doesn't come until you experience some teaching our students how to fish," Adams for publication. presentation or perfor- experiential learning, making this QEP thing." Statistics compiled at High Point said. Friday, March 24, 2006 NEWS Ca,n.pus Chronicle 5 New job brings joy English prof saves animals' lives ibrarian, continued from page 1 By Wendy Meeks seen the need to do more and embraced When you listen to Sellers' stories, Staff Writer her new role as an animal rescuer. An ani it is clear animal rescue can be frustrat ian at her previous university," Bryden mal rescuer's home is filled with her own ing , dirty and heartbreaking. It takes tre said. The sheriff's department gave the pets as well as those that no one else will mendous amounts of effort, patience, After she graduated from the Uni order. Shoot the dog. Despite the danger, have and have nowhere to go. There are time and money. In addition to physically versity of New York at Buffalo in art the abandoned little dog was determined long nights caring for sick and injured rescuing animals, Sellers serves as sec history, Lohman questioned the power to wait on the grass near the exit ramp animals as well as hours of coaxing and retary for Friends in Need and assists in of her diploma because she thinks that until the family--which had dumped her comforting the abused into trusting again. meeting the group's goals. Friends in "the re' s little that one cou ld do with a like a bag of garbage--came back for her. Not to mention the constant cleaning and Need Animal Rescue, Inc. is a no-kill or degree in art history." With a motive to It was a race against time. everyday care pets require . Being a res ganization dedicated to the well-being of fulfill her passion as a librarian , Lohman Georgeanna Sellers and two other rescu- cuer is a labor of love. animals in need of care and compassion. went back to school, got her master's ers knew that if the sheriff's deputies got Even on campus, Sellers is active in Its goals are to promote responsible pet from the School of Information Science to the dog before they did. it was over. helping animals in need. Recently when ownership through community educa and Policy at the State University of One of the deputies' bullets had already a mother cat with kittens was discovered tion, to find loving homes for abused and New York at Albany, her hometown. grazed the terrified dog 's head, and the close to Slane Center, Sellers immediately or abandoned animals and to control A year after she graduated, Lohman next one would most likely hit its mark. got on the phone to put the wheels in over-population through spay/neuter pro landed a job at Jacksonville University "She refused to let us capture her ," motion for a rescue. Unfortunately, the grams. Friends in Need also provides in Florida. She left the frigidity of New said Sellers, an assistant professor of En- construction frightened the mother , and food, housing and heartworm preventa York for the tropical atmosphere of glish at HPU since 1984. She describes she disappeared with the kittens before tive to hundreds of dogs across Davidson Florida. She worked at the Swisher Li her first experience in animal rescue as if she could be helped. County who otherwise would have noth brary as a music and fine arts librarian . it was yesterday; yet it was over 10 years In another incident , a student came ing. Sellers described the situation in the Following almost a decade at a uni ago. The dog had been dumped by her to Sellers with the story of a young mother county as deteriorating as more jobs are versity library, Lohman decided to head owner near Sellers' home. Sellers along dog that gave birth to a litter of 11 pup lost and the cost of living rises , leading to the public library. About a year later, with the other two founders of Friends in pies on Thanksgiving morning. The origi to more pet abandonment and neglect. she made another major change of lo Need, an animal rescue group in Davidson nal owner of the mother had taken the dog There is no glory or recognition for cation. She and her husband decided it County, tried everything to capture the three miles away from his house and people like Georgeanna Sellers, nor do was time to see some snow. "I can't be dog, but nothing was working. "Food dumped her along with three others he no they seek any. The reward isn't money lieve I'm saying this , but we missed the didn 't do it; a live trap didn't do it," she longer wanted. The dogs found their way or stature. Sellers' reward comes from the snow," she said. said. The abandoned dog's loyalty to the home the next day. When the owner dis fear leaving the eyes of an abused dog as North Carolina is not the best place only family she had ever known held her covered the dogs were back, he shot two the animal begins to trust again. Her com to build a snowman; however, "about to the spot she last saw them. "We fi- of them. The gunshots scared the expect pensation comes in the form of a dog's few days after we moved to Winston nally had to tranquilize her," Sellers ex- ant mother, and she ran to hide under a wagging tail or the smile on the face of a Salem, it snowed," Lohman recalls with plained . "We named her 'Pretty Girl.' She neighbor's garage. The neighbor kept the new owner. Most of what Sellers does is a grin. ended up at my house and was the smart- dog until dark and then took her to a friend behind the scenes, and as long as her ef Still with the idea of working in a est dog I've ever known." who is a student here. Sellers began gath- forts help save a life or ease an animal's non-university environment, Lohman This experience proved to be a turn- ering support and contacted others to help pain, she has accomplished her goal. moved to High Point City library for five ing point in Sellers' life. She had always with bottle-feeding ifnecessary, fostering years. ''I was business librarian , and then been an animal lover, but she had now and money for medical costs. I became the reference supervisor where I supervised six staff in my unit," Comparison, continued from page 1~======~======~ Lohman said, paredness." The cost to implement the that had suffered the most. is also interested in upgrading the library. Bryden said Lohman was hired for proposal was nearly $1 7 million. '' I was dismayed at the condition of New plasma televisions, furniture, foun the job at the university because of"ber Martinson began the Aspire campaign t most residential halls," Qubein said, and tains and other visible improvements personality; she seems to get along with o years before the 1990 proposal, with the for good reason. Unhappy students and make the library, as Bryden said, "stu everyone." Throughout this interview, intention to raise $20 million, enough to potential students equate to low enroll dent focused" and more in tune with the Lohman could not stop smi ling; even fund the proposal and construction of sev ment and declining revenue, a problem lifestyles of patrons in a technology when students, faculty and staff con eral projects. The Aspire campa ign raised similar to the one faced in 1985. driven world. fronted her with questions like "l would $15 million according to the Dec. 6, 1993 Qubein inherited an empire in de Technology seems to be what the really need this tape for my presenta issue of the Greensboro News and cline. The university lost $700,000 in current changes on campus are about, tion in two days." Lohman kept smil Record. 2001, according to Qubein. Though lack besides the need for better buildings. But ing as she explained to the student that Martinson's fundraising was the most ing expenence as a university president, beyond the music on the promenade, the tape had to be borrowed from an ambitious ever attempted at the time. With unlike Martinson, Qubein 's leadership wireless internet, plasma televisions and other library and according to her, that the revenue from donations, major con skills seemed suitable for the job. The conveniences that characterize the 21" process normally takes days. Hence the struction began. Renovations started on dynamics of Martinson's ear ly adminis century lay changes that reflect another possibility of that tape being at the li residential halls in 1988, including tration seemed lost, and again the institu time m campus history, making 2005 brary in time for the student's presenta McEwen, Belk, Millis, Yadkin, North and tion faced financial problems. Campus similar to 1985, if for no other reason than tion was very slim. Instead of discour Wesley. Finch Hall replaced the aging needed a "fresh and open perspective" the transitional nature of those years. aging the student about the tape, McCulloch Hall in 1987. Millis Athletic/ again, and Qubein, a graduate and sup Campus is undergoing another trans Lohman told her that "I'll do my best." Convocation Center, then Alumni Gym porter of this institution, proved appro formation, as institutions do. What seems Situations like this occur frequently nasium, received major upgrades; Madi priate. like monumental changes are monumen for librarians. Accord ing to Bryden, li son Park campus was created; High Point Addressing financial needs, Qubein tal to those who happen to witness them. brarians are expected to provide satis College became a university with the be proposed fundraising goals that would set Though the greatest investment in the factory service to students, faculty and ginning of the graduate program; a record as Martinson had with Aspire, university 's hi story may be taking place, staff and "also have a [brilliant] sense Montlieu Avenue was moved to its cur only Qubein would raise "$10 million to it is part of a recurring theme. While of vision for the library. " Bryden be rent location, helping to unify campus, $12 million in the next 30 to 60 days" af Martinson and Qubein approached situ liev es that Lohman possesses those and Roberts Hall received renovation. ter taking office, according to the High ations from different positions , their early qualities. Many smaller projects came to realiza Point Enterprise, half the amount of As administrations share the drive to im The major challenge with her new tion, and the National Commission's aca pire in a fraction of the time. Qubein prove and to make and break records. No job is "trying to get to know people . To demic proposals received attention, along raised $20 million during his first month one has a monopoly on passion. Empire match faces to their names is my big with the hiring of additional faculty. in office, the whole amount of the Aspire building requires good, but diverse lead gest challenge at this moment," she said. Martinson's major fundraising at campaign's original goal. ership through the decades. Helping people isn't Lohman's tempts ended with the conclusion of the The fundraising financed several only passion. She said that she and her Founders Campaign in late 1999-an improvements, the "Master Plan," includ husband participate in country dancing other record-breaking drive that raised ing renovation of dorms and academic Looks, continued from page 3 and that "1 play the guitar and .. .I am approximately $39 million. The proceeds buildings , the construction of a new dorm on the covers of fashion magazines. The not a great singer, but I love to sing," helped to build a campus landmark, which and academic buildings, further student truth is that's unrealistic; not everyone she added. Lohman also has a love for opened in 2002: Hayworth Fine Arts Cen life enhancements such as the addition of can look like a Barbie doll who just hiking. She and her husband and other ter. the Student Activity Center and other dropped off the assembly line. Nancy family members have hiked the New The momentum didn't last. projects geared toward recreation, cam (still my summer manager) helped me Hampshire Mountains. She said, "It was The final years of Martinson's ad pus beautification and upgrading of the find who I am. Moreover, I feel horrible a great experience; at the end of it, I felt ministration were plagued by atrophy. library , projects similar in scope to those for those teenage girls who are still stuck a sense of accomplishment." Qubein estimated that campus had "$25 of the Martinson administration. in this media-stricken universe which Whether she is climbing stairs or million worth of deferred maintenance" Mr. David Bryden , head librarian and only rewards thin blonde Barbies with the hiking in the mountains, Lohman is very issues, a cost that increased each year as member of the faculty since 1990, also beautiful person trophy , who still repeat happy about being part of the High Point infrastructural problems went unresolved. sees parallels between the two adminis edly ask that life-dominating question University family. "I love it here, even Though several buildings had problems, trations. "Martinson increased the library "How do I look?" I hope one day some though I don't get to see as many stu five of which, in Qubein's estimation, budget" and the overall collection during one like Nancy helps them find that there dents down here [in the basement] as I "needed to come down," it was the dorms his administration, Bryden said. Qubein is more to life then looking pretty. wouJd like " she said. 6 Camp us Chro nicl.e NEWS Friday, March 24, 2006 Work or school? Some students choose both
By Rosaliz Medina Other studies show that students who long," she says. when it comes to her Special Education Staff Writer work part-time tend to be more focused Junior Katie Koes lin has a different major. "My jobs take a lot out of me, but and make betteruseoftheirtime. The U.S. experience. She's a student with four they're fun. It's worth it because I'm help Chances are you're one of the many Department of Education conducted a other jobs ( one being off campus and the ing peop le. I love my kids at the Y. Since college students who attempt to go to study over the course of three years that rest involved with tutoring on campus), they rarely see me, they always run up to school and have a job. You're also one showed no direct correlation between and is also in a sorority. Her jobs include: me and say 'I miss you, Miss Katie!"' she who uses phrases such as "I'm late for working students and dropout rates or being an after-school counselor for kids recalls. work! Now where did I park my car?" or academic problems. at the YMCA Thursdays and Fridays from As a freshman, Katie had "way too "My boss is gonna kill me! I just don't Sophomore Amber Hayes works at 3-5:30 p.m.; being a student instructor for much free time." Now that she has so wanna go to work today." Truth is, it's American Eagle at the Oak Hollow Mall Math 153 on Mondays, Wednesdays and much to do, she has learned when to get norma l for a student to have jobs while in while going to HPU full-time. ''There was Fridays from 2-3 p.m.; scribing for the things done and how to manage her time college. It's the "mature" thing to do, so a point where I was working too many vision impaired Thursdays from 6-9 p.m.; much better. Because of this, her grades to speak. Balancing a job and schoolwork hours that I just didn't have time for any and, finally, serving as a math tutor have risen. To her, balancing all these ob allows a student to manage time as well of my schoolwork," she says. "So I put Wednesdays from 7-8 p.m., Sundays from ligations is good for her since she now is as prepare for the real world. It looks like my foot down and told my boss that he 4-5 p.m. and sometimes at random times. more focused on what she has to do. a battle for some students, but it really either had to give me a flexible time "I have my schedule laid out and Most of the students on campus have isn't. schedule or I would quit. He can't afford written out where and when I have to jobs. In fact, most students prefer jobs According to a September, 2004 edi to lose me; I'm one of the best he's got, work. Tusually keep it in my agenda book, because: a.) their parents don't send them tion of The Kansas State Collegian, 57 so he just fixed my hours. Now I have which is like my life. When I'm not at money; b.) they're starting to pay off those percent of college students work while in time for both things." She works every work or in class or at a meeting, I do my expensive loans; or c.) they want that ex school. One in 10 students works and goes other day after classes (which let out at schoolwork," she says. She adds, "My tra cash to buy something good. So what to school full-time; a!J this is equivalent 2) until 7 or 7:30 p.m., just in time to re time management skills are great. I'm ever the case, they always seem to know to working two full-time jobs. The Colle lax for a while, plunge into her books or never late for any of my jobs. I always that school comes first. Who knows? gian also says that the average student go to her sorority's functions. If the so manage to get good grades. In fact, I made Maybe some of their jobs consist of do works 25 hours, and working more than rority has an event, she'll usua lly do her Dean's List last semester." ing homework while they work, whic h is 20 hours a week can cause a drop in GPA. schoolwork after that. "The sorority Because her jobs aren't hard, Katie probab ly an advantage to having an "easy" More hours equal Jess studying and poor knows the girls have schoolwork to do so has an easier time studying for her classes job. grades. their events or meetings don't usually last and, therefore, is more focused, especially Housing policy changes to encourage student involvement
By Jenny -Lind Angel Blessing will feature suites of two, three the coming weeks, the Office of Student not live off campus unless it is outside of Staff Writer and four single rooms for residents, in Life will send out letters informing stu the mile radius around campus or they cluding kitchens and common rooms in dents of these statistics and of the new meet the aforementioned exemptions. Beautiful beveled mirrors, glistening the center of the suites to make for com housing policies that will begin in the fall. Nonetheless, students who live on O.A. silve r bathroom fixtures, lights with dim fortable apartment-style living. This will An old housing policy stated that all Kirkman, Woodrow Avenue or Montlieu mer switches, earth-toned tiles and brand add an extra 240 beds to campus. undergraduate students had to live on Avenue need not worry because the uni new oak furniture - sounds like a room The more students who live on cam campus, unless otherwise exempt in cases versity is willing to work with the students in a lavish hotel. right? While they may pus, the better the campus atmosphere, such as: being married, a commuter, a who have been grandfathered into living not have a mini-bar, the new dorm rooms Dean of Students Gart Evans says. "It is senior over 21 or qualifying for one of in this area, Evans says. will have these amenities as well as the also proven in a study by psycho logical the other exemptions allowed by the uni This new rule is being imp lemented convenience of being on campus. researcher, Alexander Astin, that those versity. However, many students live off for the university to grow. Triplett explains Pres ident Nido Qubein stated that students are more likely to have higher campus who do not meet these require that since the campus is land-locked in the there are 1,600 undergraduate students at GPA's, are more likely to graduate in four ments. center of a city, for growth to take place, High Point. "Eventua lly," he says, "we years and have a higher level of self-con In the past, the university has been land has to be purchased: "Any univer want that number to reach 2,000." To fidence," he states. lax when it came to enforcing that po licy, sity should always be looking to expand; accommodate many incom ing students, Director of Residentia l Life Rans Evans says. Beginning in the fall, the you can only survive if you grow." the administration is erecting Blessing Triplett, agrees, say ing, "Studies have old rule will be enforced, and a new one In addition to cons tru cting Blessing Hall, a new co-ed dorm for freshmen. shown more kids succeed on campus." In will be added. It states that stu dents can- Hall, the administration also realized that the curr ent dorm s neede d to be renovated as we ll. Qubein states, "We have a huge am ount of deferred maintenance ." "Ev Career Development Center offers great eryo ne shoul d live somew here th at is neat and clean," he adds. Al though renovatio ns opportunities, knowledge for all students such as new furniture, carpet, tiles and electronics have alre ady been added to By Pamela -Montez Holley need to be more serious when it comes to Beck, "but students need to come here many of the existing dorms, students who Staff Writer their future. They need to actu ally get an so they can figure out what the next step are now junio rs and seniors remembe r interns hip before their senior year. The will be. If you 're going home for the what their living quarters were like two Ahhh, yes, those lovely summer more experience, the bette r," said Beck. summer, you won't be able to figure or three years ago. Senior Mo Kam ara months are upon us. Some of us will go Part of Beck 's job is to help stu some of this out at home. It just doesn't says, "When I came here my sophomore home to relax or take a long vacation at dents figure out what skills they have to work like that," continued Beck. year, I cried when I saw what my room a nice beach. However, if you're wise, offer employers so they w ill know how During the school year, Beck looked like. The re was mo ld on the air you'll get a "nine to five"--in other to market themselves appropri ately. ''Here holds Resume Workshops, Interview conditi oner, and the living conditions were words, you'll get a job, and Sam Beck, at the center, I help students understan d Skills Workshops and Job Search Strat uncomfortable." director of the Career Development what they have to sell to employers. I aid egies Workshops. If you've neve r been Once completed and furnished with Center, shares how important it is to students with their interview skills, I teach to one of those, try to go during the next all the amenities mentioned previously, as start making steps toward your career them how to negotiate a salary and I help schoo l year. If you're having trouble try well as many more, the project will cost now. them develop their resumes; I don't wri te ing to figure out what type of caree r is an estimated $11 mi llion. "Howeve r," "Many think the Career Devel it for them; I help develop it for them. right for you, make a trip to the Caree r Qube in stressed, "all of the money used opment Center is just for seniors, and There is a huge differe nce," stated Beck. Resource Roo m ; here, you' ll be able to to build these new buildings comes from that's not true," said Beck. "My goal is One effective way to market your get career information and employment dono rs, not stude nt tuition and fees." to serve all classes. I would really love self is through vo lunteer work. Get in materials. " In the future, I will be able for the students to begin thinking about volved with organizations such as the Red to hand out CD's and stu dents can Miller, continued from page 4 their careers and coming to the center Cross, Habitat for Humanity, and Big dow nl oad my strategies to the ir when they're freshmen." Brothers/Big Sisters. Volunteer work is a podcasts on their iPod. Sometimes, historica l events, including modem terror One of the biggest things that big plus with employers. If you've never peop le need to hear things over and over ist scares. Shupe believes that Miller students can do to help themselves is to had a job (yes, believe it or not, some of again. This way, they won't miss any wrote his opinions thro ugh the play be get an internship. According to a sur the students on this campus have never step or forget an spec ific details," said cause of the necess ity to separate our vey conducted by the National Associa had one), you should use the upcoming Beck. selves from the situation in order to see it tion of Colleges and Emp loyers, 61.9 summer months to get one. You should So, to all of the underclassmen clearly. In other words, in order to see percent of students who were hired for also consider getting a part time job for reading this article, go visit Sam Beck how ridicu lous McCarthy ism was, the full-time jobs after graduation had in the following school year. Remember, in the Career Deve lopment Center and American people needed to separate them ternship experience. "Underclassmen ladies and gentlemen, it's all about expe start your job search now. It's never too selves from the part icular time and people don't think about coming here. Students rience. "All of this may sound easy," said early to start planning your future. to examine things more clearly and open mindedlv. Friday, March 24, 2006 A&E Campus Chronicle 7 Hawthorne Heights album expressive; Memoir shows human side "Unwritten" inspirational=~~~= of government By Lauren Croghan Leap of Faith: Memoirs of an Un- clanin a very open, personal way -s how- Staff Writer Un classified-( Pop? /Roe k/ expected Life ing the human side of government. Run- ?Punk?) By Queen Noor ning a country is not as easy as making Panic at the Disco!- A Fever you Published by Miramax Books , 2003 decrees and passing Jaws; it requires un- Rock Can 1 Sweat Out 476 pages derstanding and careful planning. This is Hawthorne Heights-// Only You WereLonely especia lly true in a region as troubled as After much research on this band By Rebecca Fleming the Middle East. The continual unrest of the area made King Hussein 's position A new album from this band, If and what other critics have to say about A&EEditor even more difficult than it would have Only You Were Lonely, features new them, I have to say this is a group which defies classification, but it is taking the been otherwise. This in turn affected the tunes and new reasons to When Lisa Halaby visited Jordan place of a pop album for a queen and royal family. cry. Surprisingly with her father in the winter of 197 6, she reason. This album was so "Leap of Faith " is the record of a enough, this album had no idea that she would one day be horribly reviewed, my mor Queen's mission to en barked more than its bite come Noor al Hussein, bid curiosity led me to un act social changes when approaching the Queen of Jordan. "Leap cover what the fuss was within her country. It is fence with a sign saying all about. Most of the reviews of Faith: Memoir s of an the sto ry of a young ''Beware of the Depress Unexpected Life" is her were polite ways of saying American woman who ing Music." It was not story. ''Lea p of Faith," four-letter words, and I dis In finds herself stepmother just that the topics were agree. This is an experi the Queen cove rs every to three young children their trademark Emo, but thing from her fairly "nor mental piece by a band just and five older children. the music this time was mal" childhood in the uAwramRNt:tn:i,ans released into the wide It is a love story that be more expressive than United States, to the world of studio engineering. This longs in fairy tales, but manufactured. Besides a ploy for you whirlwind courtship with method is working in their favor. I liked is decidedly real, reach to buy the album twice, [they have two King Hussein of Jordan, the album; it was entertaining to listen ing out to embrace a separate storylines for the same songs to the day-to-day chal to the lyrics, and the instruments are pro whole country . It is also on the album] they have been able to lenges of being a Queen fessional. The beats and rhythms are a history of Jordan , and open the creative parts of their mind<;. and mother. not poorly mixed. and the art on the al a plea of sorts for people If they keep this up. they might tum me In a candid manner , into a fan. bum is quite creative. I guess the gaudi- to realize bow necessary ness of bands like these the Queen tells of her Overall Grade B+ peace is if the region is to survive. In this popping up everywhere are doubts before marriage to King Hussein respect, the memoir is extremely infor annoying to other critics. - unsure of her ability to succeed as mative, and allows an outsider to see an HJpHop queen, being an American. The cultural Ne-yo-In My Own Overall Grade-A- other side of the conflict: the people who differences she feared were soon proven just want to be able to live . Words to be nominal - the Jordanian people Pop The chronology is sometimes bard to Natasha Bedingfield welcomed her readily, out of love for follow, but for anyone who needs an in What started as an their king. That did not mean everything Unwritten spiring read, "Leap of Faith" is a good angry song to an ex girl would always go smoothly, however. She choice. The memoir will challenge read friend, as most classics shares the reality behind the fairy-tale: lf you have not heard ers to take a closer look at their participa are written, it turned into Royalty is not always glitz and glamour; of her by now, you haven't tion in the world , as well as encourage a profit and an interesting being a monarch requires hours of hard beenlistening to the radio. She has been greater respect for the sacrifice and de album full of love songs and smooth work and everything you can give. on my list for a long time to review, and mands placed on governmental leaders. jams from a new face in the Hip Hop Queen Noor presents her life in Jor- world. Ne-yo was a co-writer for this spot was between either her or Car Mario's songs and with this album he is rie Underwood. Her original and fun creating his own music and an own im lyrics make her stand out among the pop charts. She is summer in the beginning age. With no real gangster vibes, there Petal Points gain notoriety, is not even much cursing on the album of spring, as her good-hearted music is which was an interesting observation. something you can sing to and feel sing like angels He is actually making art and a good wanner at the same time. The title track of"Unwritten" is very inspirational, By Anna Sawyer Sunday afternoon track. as progress and stature. "It's going to con Staff Writer Overall Grade A- is the album in general. You can't stop tinue to become more active as we get smiling if you start listening! younger people who are willing to com Overall Grade- A mit to it and make it a priority," Grim As l O female voices blend together said. singing rounds of the traditional Latin Becca Newell, member since the Reality TV: the path to true love? hymn "Dona Nobis," meaning, "give us fall of 2004, agreed with Grim that the peace," the sound that fills the chapel is By Raebel Johnson their romances blossom over the seven hardest part of organizing the group is best described in the words of Dr. Judy Staff Writer week series. And, at the end, the bachelor attendance. Ransom , assistant professor of music and or bacbelorette reveals the decision to the "Every member is super-involved in director of choral activities, when she With the popularity of reality TV two finalists. the school, so it is hard to get everyone says "it was angelic." The heavenly shows, it seems that anybody with a tal In theory, this should signify the start together to learn the music," she said. voices are those of the members of the ent, an interesting personality or a pretty of their public relationship, after months "When everyone is there, we probably female a cappella group, the Petal Points. face can achieve their 15 minutes of fame. of separation between the taping of the have the best blend of voices since Petal Petal Points was an idea conceived Week after week, we tune in and sup series and the broadcast finale, but in re Points began." in the fall of2003 by junior Karen Grim port our favorites, and sometimes to cheer ality, this isn ,t true. While the show may Dr. Alexa Schlimmer, coordinator and alumna Amanda Troy. It began with against the ones we like the least. Sing seem like a fairy-tale , once the cameras of the music division , director of vocal eight members and was modeled after ing, dancing , designing clothes, falling in are turned off and they return to their real studies and advisor to the Petal Points , the male a cappella group the love or simply outlasting the competition , lives, very rarely do these couples live agreed with Newell about the group's Toccatatones . The first time the Petal the theme often changes, but the goal of happily ever after. sound quality. Points performed in public was at Down being declared the winner is always the Of the eight seaso ns of "The Bach "The group has come so far, and the town Disney in the spring of 2004 while same and always on the minds of the com elor" and the three seasons of "Th e sound is extraordinary," Schlimmer said. on choir tour in Florida. They sang fa petitors. Shows like "Ame rican Idol" and Bachelorette," only three of the couples As the Petal Point s continue to sing miliar oldies including "It's in His Kiss," "Project Runway" have helped launch have remained together after the media in public and build their reputation, Grim "Stand by Me" and Bette Midler's "The careers of many aspiring singers and fash buzz ended; Trista, the first of the bas high hope s for its future. Rose," from the movie of the same name. ion designers , while others, such as "Sur bachelorettes, and Ryan Sutter, whose "I would like to make a CD and es Petal Point s has been very active vivor," "Big Brother'' or "The Amazing wedding was featured on ABC in 2003 , tablish the same type of acclaim and fan this school year, singing at events like Race," offer a once-in-a lifetime experi season six's Byron Velvick and Mary base the Toccatatones have," she said. the Phoenix Literary Festival, Ham's ence, with a $1 million prize at the end. Delgado , and season seve n 's Charlie "It would be nice to have funding from grand opening at the Palladium and The ABC bit show, "The Bachelor ," O'Connell and Sarah Brice. Th e eighth the school as well as our own or dual men 's and women's basketball games , has a much different premise , however. season of"The Bachelor " concluded Feb. concert in the spring with the guys. The where they performed the National An Through pairing a single, attractive man 27, and within days it was announced that group is extremely talented and deserves them . The group also plans to sing at or woman who is looking to find a soul bachelor Travis Stork and Sarah Stone to be heard." the Kappa Delta Spaghetti Dinner for mate with 25 hopefuls, and through a se have broken up. Auditions for Petal Points begin in ries of group and individual dates and Prevent Child Abuse America and at mid-April. The group usually accepts no elimination "rose ceremonies," the bach neighboring churches. more than 12 members, with three voices elor and bachelorette start to fall in love Grim , the director of the Petal per part . before the audience's eyes. We watch as Points , commented on their increasing 8 Campus Chronicle SPORTS Friday, March 24, 2006 Baseball off to fresh start Heart of gold: Women who By Chris Smith he could pitch, so it's nice to see him do Sta.ff Writer ing well," said head coach Sal Bando Jr. Joey Cheek triumphed On the offensive side, the Panthers On Feb. 26, the third game of the have been led by transfer Chris Norwood, By Rebecca Fleming By Ericka Norris home-opening weekend series against the son of Dr. Phil Norwood, associate pro A&EEditor Sta.ff Writer Bearcats of Cincinnati, the Panthers trot fessor of religion and philosophy. ted onto Erath Field in their new Purple Norwood leads the Panthers with a .391 The Turin Olympics are over, and March celebrates women's history. Panther alternate jerseys. The jerseys batting average, is tied for the team lead those who watched and cheered every During this time, women's accomplish- weren't the only thing new; it seemed the with four home runs, and tied for first in night are sleeping normal hours again. ments are honored. guys inside them were new as well. Only RBI and stolen bases. Mark Shorey has The closing ceremony marked the end Recently, America had a profound 12 players returned from last season's 19- also hit the ball well for the Panthers as of the official Games, but for loss with the death of civil rights activist, 36 season, whereas there are 18 new guys, he has four homeruns and 18 RBI; he is Greensboro's "Golden Boy," Joey Coretta Scott King . This month we cel- including 13 freshmen, on this year's also second in batting average with a .321 Cheek, the journey isn't over just yet. ebrate her nobility as well as the many squad. mark. Cheek, a long-track speed skater, struggles women have overcome to make Once again, Panthers started the sea Asked what the addition ofNorwood earned the praise of teammates and fel- critical contributions to American culture. son in Florida. This year, however, they meant to the Panthers, Bando said, "Pick low Americans after taking gold in the The celebration of women's history faced Bethune-Cookman College, a step ing up Norwood has been huge. We knew 500m and silver in the lOOOmevents. month began not too long ago, when down from last season's opener against he could play in high school and recruited What he did off the track, however, President George W. Bush declared on Miami. The Panthers split the two-game him hard, but he chose to go to Elon. It's won the hearts of the people. March 6, 2002 that March would be dedi- series with the Wild-Cats and headed to nice to see that he came around and chose Cheek donated the bonus money cated to the achievements of women. Durham where they would defeat Duke HPU in the end. He's our best hitter he received for his medals, $40,000, to Throughout the history of the United 5-l . After being swept by a strong Col hands-down." Right to Play, a charitable organization States, women have overcome adversity, lege of Charleston team, the Panthers re The Panthers came into this season that allows children in the regions of performed admirable deeds and had a sponded with a three-game winning streak with great promise but have experienced Chad and Darfur to participate in sports long-lasting effect on our nation. Clara against Wofford and Furman. The Pan difficulties oflate. But Bando believes he activities. Cheek will be remembered Barton developed a vision for helping oth- thers have since lost 12 of 14 and will knows what needs to be fixed for the Pan for his generous and selfless spirit long ers through her service to the wounded begin conference play on Friday March thers to find success. after the 2006 Olympic Games have during the Civil War, and she realized that 17 at Coastal Carolina. He said: "It's been a frustrating been forgotten; and he has earned the vision by founding the American Red Despite the disappointing 7-15 month and a half. We show signs of bril respect of many. His example inspired Cross after the war. Women have excelled record, there have been some bright spots liance at times, and at other times we kill other Olympians to donate bonus win- in many fields. Bessie Coleman, an Afri- for the Panthers to build on heading into ourselves. We are young, so we are going nings as well. can American, was the first woman to conference play. Junior Matt Christie, to have to accept being inconsistent at Upon returning to the States ear- receive an international aviation license. now in the starting pitching rotation after times. Like any team I think the key to lier this month, Cheek began a media On Aug. 20, 1920, after tremendous sac- spending much oflast season at third base, our success is to pitch and play better de tour that concluded on the Feb. 22. This rifices by the suffragette movement , has a 3-1 record with an E.R.A. of 3.44; fense. We beat ourselves too much. We tour allowed him to share more about women won the right to vote. In the 1960 Christie has struck out 26 batters while need to clean it up and make someone else the organization Right to Play and gain Olympics, Wilma Rudolph became the yielding only 13 walks. "Matt Christie has beat us. I can live with being beat, but more fans. It would seem that few can first woman to win three gold medals. been a pleasant surprise. We always knew beating ourselves is tough to swallow." resist the easy-going, down-to-earth The late Rosa Parks is one of the most personality and contagious goodwill famous heroes in women's history. A Racism, continued from page 2 =~~~~~~~~~~~~~ that Cheek embodies. seamstress in Montgomery, Ala., she be- began when she told me that a man she vidual. Cheek's hometown of Greensboro came a vital part of the civil rights move- works with, a nice man, informed her that So as I walk around campus, I won- is especially proud of her Olympic ment. Refusing to give up her seat on a be would never allow his daughter to date der how many people have a problem with champion: Mayor Keith Holliday de- segregated bus one afternoon, Parks someone that wasn't white. Of course, he a white person dating a person of another clared March 23 "Joey Cheek Day," a sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott, a claimed that he wasn't racist but that he color. How strong is this underlying so- daylong celebration complete with fire- key salvo in the integration of public was, instead, worried about the grief his cial current? Like the undertow that drags works. transportation across the nation. Another daughter might receive and that was one swimmers to their deaths, much of today's Cheek graduated from Dudley great figure in women's history is a little- more headache than she would need. racism is unknown. It lurks beneath the High School in 1997 and was a junior known business-woman. Maggie Mitchel I asked myself, "Grief from who?" surface waiting to drag another soul into national inline champion before con- Walker became the first female president This grief comes from people with the a sea of biased emotions based on ghosts verting to ice-speed skating in 1995. of a bank in the United States. In the en- same mindset as the father, and the result of hate that, coincidentally, have no bi- For more information on the Right tertainment field, one of the pioneers was will be a never-ending circle of misun ases of their own. to Play organization, visit Lucille Ball. Besides being one of the first derstanding and racism. That is, unless As liberal as universities generally www.rightoplay.com. women with her own television show, she there is a change, a reaching-out, ironi are, I can only hope that the racism is owned her own production company cally, within oneself to see the basic truth stifled within the walls of HPU. But re- along with her husband. Lucille Ball was that the greatest human rights activists gardless of the reality, it is imperative to a chance to do something great with the a heavyweight in the world of comedy, always state. That simply is that all people realize the role of the individual in curb- power we come away from here with. We which was dominated by men. are created equal and deserve the same ing this trend. No matter the upbringing can take this opportunity to gain an in- Many female pioneers dido 't see the treatment. or the experience, it is up to the individual sight that can be passed on to anyone we changes they influenced during their life Of course, I can't claim to know first to see the truth despite any circumstance. meet. We can smile and shake the hand times but nonetheless had a profound ef hand the love of a father that would cause We cultivate the undercurrent of hateful of someone different than ourselves with- feet on our country. Women's role in our someone to sacrifice teaching morality in emotions ourselves. It's not just Cauca- out hiding deceit in our hearts. This basic society has changed for the better and order to keep a child from experiencing sians; it goes in every direction. gift that we can give the world is greater continues to improve. The mere fact that the "trouble" of dating outside their race. The stronger we allow this undertow than any degree we can take out of here. women now hold political office and ex I can only assume that it is not a sacrific to grow, the more explosive we allow this Hate, after all, is a contagious dis- ecutive positions at million dollar com ing of morality, but instead a teaching of fuel to become and the smaller the spark ease of the soul. The evidence is in the panies signifies that things are changing. the morality that exists within the indi- that is needed to cause an explosion. As history , in places like Rwanda, that Women's successes have often been we move through this university, we have doesn't have to repeat itself. overlooked, but during this month we take Madness , continued from page 2 ======~====~======~timeout to acknowledge great women and the game, the players falling to the floor over Syracuse, Montana over Nevada, is possible. Southern gave Duke a run their achievements. Women 's history and Jim Valvano searching for a player to Wisconsin-Milwaukee over Oklahoma, for its money last Thursday night, hold- should be a time of celebration and em- hug in the frenzy afterward. Wichita State over Tennessee. ing the Blue Devils back with their de- powerment. A time when we as young Or take the regional final, 1992, Duke The tournament weeds out the teams fensive style; at one point, Duke seemed Americans learn something new about and Kentucky. At the last second of the who can play well in the regular season to lose control of the game. The one thing women and our history. Celebrate the his overtime period, Grant Hill inbounds the from the teams with the passion - and in that separates Duke from a 16 seed is that tory and accomplishments of women this ball and Christian Laettner hits the last- some cases the luck. If the tournament this team knows how to win. The Devils month. second tum-around jumper and seals the were played under the double elimination have been in the tournament many times emotional game- and you look around at format, some of these teams would be and they have the ability to search within your fiiends, and Duke and Kentucky fans hard-pressed to win a second battle themselves to find that passion to not be still hate each other. March Madness. .. against some other teams. Many times the first No. l seed to lose to a 16 seed. restlessness that comes with the increas it's a fantastic time of year, better than it's the luck of the draw, whom you're This year, the tournament is up for grabs ing temperatures. Or, if you're feeling Christmas. Think about it ... two solid paired with in the first round. And there's - that's the beauty of March ... you never adventurous, ask that special someone to weekends of nothing but basketball, and always one bracket that seems weaker know who, on the first Monday in April, watch the games with you. If they say then, the best weekend of the year with than the other three - this year, the Oak- will be crowned national champion. yes , you know it' s a match made in four of the "best'' teams in the nation bat- land bracket. Sit back, relax and enjoy these next heaven. Make sure you don't hate their tling it out for the top spot. "Best " is Of course, any team that's going to two weekends. After all, March only favorite team - you'll be fighting at least subject to question, as you'll find upsets meet up with Villanova or Duke this year comes once a year. You have the rest of five months of the year over basketball all over the tournament - Texas A&M is going to be hard-pressed to win - but it the spring for the romantic nonsense and supremacy otherwise. In A&E · 'Grey's Anatomy' is must-see tv
HIGH POINT UNIVERSITY Camgus Chronicle VOL. 13, NO. 7 RIDAY, April 21. 2006 HIGH POINT, N.C. Annual talent show gets new name Still a showcase of High Point's extraordinary talent --- By Pamela Montez-Ho lley duced a special guest-F lava most memo rable routines was a tribute to High Point Staff Writer Flaaaaaaaaav! Famed rapper Flava Flav the late singer Aaliyah. As the Sensations honors students came out with his new love interest glided across the stage, audience mem It was showtime at the Apollo! Well, "Hoops." Maybe they weren't the real bers bobbed to the beat and sang along to Students, faculty and staff re not at the real Apollo in Harlem. Dr. Judy stars, but Mike Jefferson (who was also "Rock the Boat," "More Than a Woman" ceived recognition for their Isaksen 's Audio Production Class put to the co-host) and Lisa Judkins did a good and a number of other songs by Aaliyah. achievements during the past aca gether this year's talent show. It opened job portraying the eccentric celebrity However, the two acts that stole the show demic year. The Academic Awards with the dance team from the Genesis couple. "I thought those two were really were Sarah Huntt's band, June's End, and ceremony was held at 11 a.m. on Gospel Choir. As the group of women cute and funny," commented junior rapper Shadrak, better known as Shad April 19, with the Campus Life danced to the song "Pray" by CeCe Sabrina Wahid. "I also liked it when they Fuller around campus. Awards following at 2 p.m. Winans, the audience showed its respect did a lip sync to the song 'Best Friend' by June's End and Shadrak did such The highest awards in the uni for their talent with applause and cheers, 50 Cent and Olivia. It was just funny!" an amazing job performing that it was versity (Achievement, Citizenship, and some even gave them a standing ova Wahid continued. The skit was then fol very difficult to determine a wmner. The Leadership and Service) were given tion. lowed by the rest of the show. winner was to be named based on the level to Hillary Cole, Chris Ferguson, Meanwhile, the Audio Production The Apollo Night featured a vari of cheers the audience gave them. The Pamela-Montez Holley , Zachary students hustled to make sure performers ety of performances. Some students applause and screams for both acts was Jones and Will Tarrant. Congratu got on stage at the appropriate moment. showed off their talents as rap artists, so high that there was no choice but to lations to these students for winning After the loud, roaring noise coming from musicians and rhythm and blues and al these well-deserved honors and for the audience, one of the hosts of the night, ternative artists. In between acts, the Pan See Apollo Night, page 5 all of their hard work as they have Luke Lemanski took the stage and intro- ther Sensations performed. One of their endeavored to leave High Point bet ter than they found it. Radio station remains Senior recalls Kosovo chaos Graduation an integral necessity By Brian Nicholas ing 1t into the thousands. A full-power By Briana Warner promises to be and Greg Smith station is I 00 kilowatts. Due to strict Staff Writer Staff Writers regulations, most stations were prohibited an event to from upgrade s for fear of interference The radio station once contained a with neighboring stations. lo the late At 2 p.m during a normal day of remember phone that allowed only calls out, a com 1970s, as FM radio took off, competition schoo l, Linda Ahmeti and the rest of her puter with a play list set on random, two for the airwaves intensified, and the Na classmates were asked to evacuate the Graduation weekend kicks off microphones, two CD players and a DJ, tional Association of Broadcasters and building. Outside they found tanks and with the Commencement luncheon taking requests on a cell phone. All of this NPR convinced the FCC that low-power streets lined with soldiers wearing masks. on Friday from 11:30-1 hosted by was crammed into a small, uo-sound stations were detrimental to broadcasting. There was absolute silence except for the the Office of Parent and Alumni proofed office on the second floor of After 1979, class D licenses were no following statement: "There will be no Relations. Cooke Hall. This was WHPU (formerly longer issued. College radio today has more Albanians in school." Ahmeti, an That night, at 6 p.m. the Bac WWIH), High Point University radio, been demoted to second class status, Albanian, lost her education in Kosovo , calaureate Ceremony will be held at which has been off the air for more than meaning that stations risk losing their but found it again in the United States. Wesley Memorial United Method two years. place on the airwaves ifa full-power sta Ahmeti, a sen ior criminal justice ist Church, where the keynote The space has become a faculty tion wants the space. Expensive upgrades major, grew up in Kosovo (an autono speaker will be Dr. James Howell , member's office; a copy machine sits in have forced many stations off the air. mous territory within the former Federal a resourceful and talented minister what was the lobby of the station, and the Stations exist at 39 campuses in Republic of Yugoslavia) during a period from Myers Park United Methodist equipment has been moved to other loca North Carolina, including UNC Chapel of war and genocide. In the late 1990s, a Church in Charlotte. tions. 1f you were to check the Hill, Duke University, Appalachian State lack of formal government and political He received his Ph.D. from university's website, you'd think that the University, Lenoir-Rhyne College, corruption plagued Kosovo , and a war Duke University and has written 11 radio stat-ion is still running. In addition, Guilford College (currently ranked 61h in began between the Serbians and Alba books and numerous scholarly and "Campus Radio" is still called out when the top 25 radio stations, according to nians. During this time, identified Alba professional articles, preaching re SGA takes its roll, but no one answers. Princeton Review's "The Best 361 Col ofans were subject to murder, rape and sources and book reviews. As a national and local phenomenon , lege Rankings") , Wake Forest University kidnaping. Albanians were also told that On May 6, graduation will be college radio has been profoundly af and a handful of community colleges. they could not attend their school, and this held on the Roberts Hall Lawn, fected by competition for air space and Mr. Greg Brown , former English in led to the establishment of secret schools where the Commencement speaker tight regulations by the FCC. It started in structor and adviser to the HPU station, in the basements of houses. will be Her Majesty Queen Noor of the 1960s when the FCC began licensing now teaching at Lynchburg College, ar Ahrneti recounted coming home one Jordan. I 0-watt, class D FM stations to further rived here in 1999 and began working to afternoon to find -images on the news of a The festivities will start at 9 the development of FM radio; however, improve the station. FCC regulations re gas raid at the local university. Over l 00 a.m. Queen Noor has played a ma some college stat-ions had already been quired that the station operate for a mini students suffered injuries from the attack, jor role in promoting international operating for decades on AM radio. Some mum of five hours a day, but the then- some ending up with neurological exchange and understanding of stat-ionseventually received licensing for Middle Eastern politics, Arab-West a few hundred watts, with a very few mak- See Radio station, page 5 See Kosovo, page ern relations. conflict prevention 11 and recovery issues throughout the Page 3 Page 7 world, including youth drug abuse, rehef for refugees and disarmament. She is actively involved in m temational and UN organizat ions Journalists Failure to that address global challenges. leave lasting launch: impression failure to --compded hy Amanda Roberts grow up? 2 Campus Chronicle EDITORIAL Friday, April 21, 2006 Reflections on value of What is truly the most being a student ·here important aspect of life? By Ali Akhyari pulls us back. Every year, saying goodbye to this out until halfway through the semes Opinion Editor This concept continues into the "real · friends and packing up the dorm room get ter because the class has a couple hun world" where we chase the Amer ican harder and harder. After spending the dred people; where you may take the same I have put in my time and burned the dream with blinding dollar signs that majority of the year at HPU. we're ex route at the same time every day, but mid.night oil, along with every other cliche cover our eyes. We move like zombies pected to go back home and deal with our you'll never see the same person two days that describes working hard and earning chanting the logic that comes most eas parents, losing many of the freedoms in a row. High Point is wonderful for the marvelous finish. And by this tempo ily, the logic of others. After all, it is easier we've bad the past eight months. But it's building relationships not only with ral measurement I have, of course, come lo believe someone else than to take the not just losing freedom; it's going back friends but teachers as well; when you're away with some maturing truths. This is journey ourselves. We are extraordinary to our home. Yes, there are our high sick, they take personal interest and will not the typical "Jumping into the real because the posters around campus say school friends, and if we're lucky , we help you catch up . world" piece. I'm extremely sick of bear so. Reading is FUNdamental, right? have some of our col- The four years ing that phrase from those who learn The fact of the matter is, there is only lege friends nearby. here are something to about my graduation. one truth out there. It is not relative . We College is all be cherished; at no are able to get along by allowing every about changes, not "No one can ever other point will you For those that don't know me , I have one to believe what they want and elect only maturing men rep I ace you ... have the same free worked 40 hours a week my entire time ing judges to uphold that every angle is tally, but emotionally; " doms or friendships. here at HPU , less those occasions that valid. This is well and good for the peace we 're not the same After graduation , the have left me in the bands of a surgeon. of our society, but on a personal level , the persons we were when dispersal occurs, as Graduation will simply give me more free questions of eternity should not be taken we graduated from high school. Seeing you and your friends transfer into the real time to do those things I have a passion so lightly. the old friends during breaks is different world. Always, though, these memories for. As the light draws near, I find myself Even in indifference, we fight to from the time we spend every day with will last. And this has been a year for wondering what I care about. What has avoid the whispers of the universe that our roommates , classmates, friends. They memories, sad and happy. happened to my passion? find us when we have failed to fill our know what we 're going through and what We will remember forever the friends I don 't care about Blessing Hall. I time with frivolity. We duck and jab , turn we've learned about ourselves because and peers we lost this year: Terrence don 't care about the Cooke Hall facelift. on the television or think about finding they were there when it happened . McCann and Stephanie Garner. God bless I don 't even care about the $20 million sex at the kegger tonight. We keep mov Friends are there when we get our hearts them. We remember how we felt when raised in 29 days, as impressive as that is. ing, dancing , looking for an opening, and broken; they 're watching movies until we found out, regardless of how well we The more I think about it, I don't really get some food with friends even though three o'clock in the morning with us when did or dido 't know them. Losing a mem care about my degree. we're not hungry. But always lingering we decide that we're too awake to think ber of our close-knit community is like It is hard enough for the person fo behind is that voice reminding us of some about going to sleep; they're listening to losing a member of the family. cused on eterna l values to constantly live thing important. For some reason, we are us when we need them; they complain To the grad uatin g seniors, you will in a way that reflects them. It is that much reminded of our childhood and we don't about the same things we do; we know be missed; no one can ever replace you. harder for those that don't recognize them know why it is poignant, but the heart how to help them out when they're Good luck as you venture out to the real to see that which truly matters. We focus. begins to ache. stressed. The relationships we form in world - or take the easy way out and go instead, on our careers, money and suc And at the marvelous end, we ex college are much different from those in to grad school. Remember fondly your cess. We desperately seek activities to fill hausted contenders break down. We can high school because in many cases - years at High Point. the empty, quiet space of time that might only look up and wonder how we fought they're more intimate. To the returning students, you have lead to self-revelation and conversations so long against the one thing that matters Something special about High Point been given another opportunity to make with the Truth. in this world: Love. Our mission in this is that there's an opportunity for us all to your next (or last) year at High Point Perhaps it is out of fear that we try world, the "big picture" is to make every know one another. We see one another memorable. Get involved in activities. so hard to avoid these voices like the step with Jove towards everything. It is walking to classes, to meetmgs; we get to Make those friendships stronger. Go homeless man asking for change ahead through awareness that we are all part of know one another through orgamzations. home for the summer and work, go on on the sidewalk. We try not to make eye the same beginning and end that this is at meals. in our dorms. There are schools trips or pursue whatever you have contact or we grab a bit of change to throw possible. where you may sit in the same class as planned. and come back refreshed for the to avoid prolonged exposure. But it is in So, I would like to leave you all with one of your friends but you don't figure year ahead. moments like these where I think my pas a couple of quotes that always bring me sion resides. back to the basic understanding of what THE CAMPUS CHRONICLE STAFF It is the condition of being human. is important in life. ''Love the Lord your Editor in Chief: Amanda Roberts Too many of us get so bogged down in God with all your heart and with all your Opinion Editor: Ali Akhyari the details of life that we never see it. Pro soul and with all your mind and with all A & E Editor: Rebecca Fleming fessors have their areas of expertise where your strength." "God is love." That's all Photograp hers: Beth Anthony, Pam Haynes they focus a large portion of their life and there is to it. If you find yourself bogged philosophy. We are trained to do the same. down in the details, step back and listen Printer: WW Printing & Graphics But it is like focusing on a small comer to the voice on the wind. Don 't be so quick Adviser: Michael Gaspeny of a painting so that the entire image never to throw up a defense and run away. You comes into focus until the face of death will have to face it eventually. 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Email your letter to [email protected]. involved! Friday, April 21, 2006 OPINION Campus Chronicle 3 Lottery brings new Americans must know responsibilities to adults more about global events By Jessalin Graham benefit. But is it a benefit to fill the By Greg Smith less than $2 a day. "They have no idea Staff Writer schools with less than middle class stu Staff Writer how poor they are," Udoji said. Can you dents, who instead of focusing on school see yet? On March 30, 2006, many North work, will be worried about where their Outstandingjournalists bring a voice Fewer than 20 percent of Americans Carolina residents lined up at gas stations next meal is going to come from because to the voice less and write the first draft s own passports. Not only do we not know across the state, ready to throw away part their parents have been extravagantly of the pages of history. Journalists ca about the workings of the world, we don't of their paychecks. The lottery was offi playing the lottery? Maybe that next de pable of capturing the humility and inno care to know about our cross-cultural dif cially open for business. cent meal will come from the school caf cence of what is unique to a situation ferences. Fear has kept many Americans The North Carolina lottery offers four eteria since 100 percent of the lottery make blind men see. Unfortu nate ly, off planes and behind deadbolt locks. methods of taking funds go to improving the school system. events that are truly noteworthy, such as Americans are becoming paranoid isola your money. Option Jf the school system is the Darfur conflict, world politics and tionists and egotistical about it, too. This one is the basic ticket. basing its budget on ozone depletion are being replaced with just breads bigotry and ignoranc e. Can Players can purchase the amount of money celebrity coverage and consumer reports. you see a problem? this ticket for $ I and it gets from lottery America, you've been blinded. Allen and Udoji have never learned scratch off the dollar players, then it is also I was given the opportunity to meet to speak a second language, though col signs to reveal gamb ling with the and speak with two illuminating journa l lectively they have seen the terrain of over whether or not you chance that people ists, Ron Allen and Adaora Udoji, over 90 countries. "I've never been anywhere can match three prize may or may not pur the course of three days and I came to re that someo ne hasn't spoken English," amounts and if so, win chase lottery tickets . alize a few things. Allen said. Everyone knows English. But that amount. Option Wbat happens when Americans have no clue what pov the percentage of bilingual Americans is two is the tic tac toe North Carolinians run erty is or its extent. Poverty is not living steadily declining, and most of the En game that canbe purchased for $1 as well. out of mon ey, and the tax money that in a trailer without a satellite dish or fall glish-only speaking citizens cannot even Ticket buyers try to scratch off three like would have gone to the school system bas ing under the United States poverty level speak English correct ly. All too familiar symbols in a row, column or diagonal and been directed elsewhere? Our schools end (currently defined by the Census Bureau is the story of a person who took four win the prize revealed. Option three is up farther behind financially than when to be $19 ,307 per year for a family of years of a foreign language and still can't the blackjack game that can be purchased the lottery began. We shou ld not let the four); poverty is living off bread and wa hold a conversation. Allen asked me to for $2. Players scratch off the dealer's fate of our schools stand on somethi ng so ter for weeks on end without hope of shel imagine the knowledge I'v e missed out hand of cards on the ticket and try to get unpredictable as the lottery . The lottery ter and earning less than $1 a day. In on that is hidden from us in French and the total of their hand to beat the total of sounds like an economic disaster for America, the poor live month-by-month; Croatian books and deaf to us in Arabic the dealer's hand. There are 10 bands, so North Carolina. The Democrats in power in Africa, the poor live day-by-day and songs. the ticket holder gets l O chances to beat should not entice their citizens to partici often hour-by-hour. Literacy is hard to Journalism has taken a new slant. I the dealer's amount Option four is called pate in such unproductive activities as the acquire, and clean water is nearly as fear for the heart of journalism ... the $ I 00,000 Carolina Cash and costs $5 to lottery. scarce. It has been estimated, according truth. Alleged newscasters and talk show purchase a ticket. Players match any of We should be worried about what to World Bank reports, that in 2001, 1.1 hosts are hired for their swagger rather their 15 scratched off numbers to the win kind of example we are setting for our billion peop le bad consumption levels ning numbers on the ticket. The maxi children. As adults, big brothers or sis below $1 a day, and 2. 7 billion lived on See Journalism, page 11 mum prize amounts for options one and ters and espec ially parents, we play the two are $5,000. The amount for option part of role models. Children pay atten three is $21,000, followed by the tion to every aspect of our lives, wheth er Straight Talkfrom Dr. Nido Qubein~~~~ $ l 00,000 maximum winning with option or not we realize it. What message are four. we sending them when we say it is all right However, it is extremely rare to win to gamb le and to not spend our money Challenges bring growth the lottery on such a grand scale. Win wisely? How about when our behavior Dear Students: ning small amounts or losing are the more indicates it is acceptable to get involved Change can be challenging, stressful probable outcomes. Sadly, players will in situations that can cause addiction? and often uncomfortable. To deal with it cling to the "maybe next time" theory and How about indicating that is perfectly In this last issue of the Campus Cbronjcle for the 2005-06 school year, I succe.::.::fully,we need to be healthy in both continue to spend more money than they permissible to participate in immoral ac body and mind. challenge you to spend some time over can afford on lottery tickets. Before they tivities? Even worse, if we tell the chil PbysicaJ fitness, therefore, is an im know it, they are in debt and cannot pay dren in our lives that gambling is not OK, your summer break considering bow you handle change. If you are graduating this portant asset for anyone coping wit h their bills because they have overspent on but we continue buying lottery tickets, change. It provides both physical and the lottery, holding on to that small chance then we turn into a generation of hypo year, I trust that this challenge wi ll en courage you as the changes in your life emotional energy. ofa big win. crites. That is certain ly a wonderful mes Good communication with peers is Yet, the bright side of things is that sage to send to the youth of North Caro begin to take shape. Change is inevitable, and we confront another source of emotional strength for our public school systems will supposedly lina. dealing with change. We feel better when it either with an air of resignation or of challenge. If resignation , we're at the we're able to talk over our challenges and Words a wisdom: a mercy of change. If as a challenge, change opportunit ies with people who understand is our creative instrument. them and who sympathize with us. Creative energies are often ignited by We must set aside time to think about senior's perspective If a two-word question : What next? the changes we anticipate. we under By Joaadlaa Mlller fege, I will think back on my four years Aski ng Wbat next? puts the ball in stand the causes and probable effects of in Staff Writer and find one thing that 1 will miss the the future's court, and it calls for change. the changes, we'll be a better position to deal with them. most--my mends. I will miss seeing my It keeps us from being bound to an un "I can't believe it's beenfour years friends everyday and having so much productive idea. We say, "This isn't work We must keep our perspective. Take a balanced approach. Confront the chal already." I keep saying this to everyone time to spend with them . 1 wtll even ing; what next?" and immediately our whom J talk to about graduation. It miss the professors I've made friend mind begins searchi ng for another solu lenges, but find time to enjoy ourselves, too. seems like yesterday that I was moving ships with and learning from them in tion. It lets us build on our experiences: We must cultivate a sense of hu into Finch 424. It seemslike yesterday class. In the end. I will miss living and "This method is an improvement over the If that I was hanging out with my Finch working in this spec ial arrangement last one, but it isn't quite what I'm look mor. .. the pleasant lubricant ofl i fe. we roomic. Dan known as college. ing for. What next?" Or, "I can see now approach change with a sense of humor, Wolff, and we Starting four why that prospect didn't buy. What next?" we'll take the sharp edges off the adjust were on our way years ago. I couldn't Knowledge is to creativity what a bed ments and smooth the way for ourselves "I realize that the fun and those around us. to Forest or to imagine I would ac of coals is to a fire. It provides a reservoir 0.A. Ttseems like can't last forever, but tually be on the of resources to keep the creat ive fires We cannot deal with change by re yesterday that col verge of graduation. bummg. So to develop creativity, we must sisting it. We must accommodate it. it can be forever As you enter the next phase of life, lege was just be At that time it still acquire a thirst for knowledge. Read , gmnmg and tl1c I as ti ng ... " seemed like an eter travel and explore. Browse through librar students, whether a break before return fun would lac;tfor- mty awa). With the ies, book stores and magazine racks. Sa ing to HPU or moving into your career, I ever big day al•out tw~ vor new places and new experiences. encourage )'.'OU to embrace change as a weeks a\, ynow ~!ttvb, ..-"t" tt•e challenge that will open your wNl ~ tl, r-ow year:. fatcr J_r abz 'lliat ti ... Share 0w knowledge with other people in a..l you bcgm. ,.; uniimited possibilitie s. tun can t lasr foit:ver.but it ca,t be for and ask them to share theirs with us. We ever luo;tiu• The lhends and memone~ .e mu!;t not be afraid to use borrowed ideas Life is what you make it. Go for it. you de, clop m college will remnm for 1 found mysclfju5l la:st~C:- :..-,1,1,1g and borrowed methods. We must be open Reach for the stars. ever lastmg w1th you. \Vh,;n I walk in the ltvmg room ofmy apartment go- to innovative thinking and umovative pro across the stage May 6 and realize lhut. cedures, regardless of where tl1ey origi yes, I am actually graduatrng from col- See Graduatum. page 11 nate. President Nido R. Qubein 4 Campus Chronicle OPINIO N Friday, April 21, 2006 Dominican trip is an eye-opener Journalists Allen and Udoji By Pam Haynes them. We prepared food and fed a sugar was finally paying off. Staff Writer cane village, visited an orphanage, played The painting that I selected is a beach speak about games with children at a newly built scene consisting of a palm tree and a boat After walking up three flight s of school and attended Dominican church illuminated by a sunset in the back changes in field stairs, I opened the door to my dorm room services. I cannot count how many new ground. When I look at it, I no longer see only to be greeted with a gust of heat. I things I learned from all of this. In fact, just a palm tree, a sea and a tired sun. I By Gr eg Smith dragged myself over to my desk to write everytime I think back on it, I learn some see a dark hand, gripping the same brush Staff Writer yet another paper. I was tired of this. I thing new. But whenever I get tired of that it has been holding all day. I see a wanted a break and I wanted some relax working and pushing myself, I think of tired man grow weary of his talent as he Visiting Woodrow Wilson Fellows ation. In my exhaustion, I clumsily the painter selling his art to tourists in the tries to make a living from it. In my paint and international journalists Ron Allen of bumped my knee against my desk. Just streets of that city. ing, there is a person staring back at me NBC and Adaora Udoji of CNN met with as I was about give up all hope on this When we approached him, be was that the world will never know. Though university students and the High Point day, I noticed I standing quiet and we do not speak the same language, and community during the first week of April had knocked timid in front of a though we may never see each other to highlight issues involving their careers, somethi ng off rainbow of paint again, he helped me to see in a small paint world news and changes in the field of of my desk. I ings. Sweat gath ing that all work is valuable. Not every journalism. Collectively, Allen and Udoji picked it up and ered at his brow painting will be hung in a famous mu have covered conflict in 48 states and quickly recog while his hand sewn, oot all will be valued at millions of more than 90 countries. Students walked nized it as a rested on a post. dollars. A painting does not gather its away with valuable knowledge from the painting I had He watched us as value from how much another person pays career advice Udoji and Allen eagerly purchased dur we admired his for it. What is valuable in our work is gave. ing my trip to elaborate work de that we acknowledge we have a job to do, On the changes in the field of jour the Dominican picting beach and and we do it with our own sweat and nalism, Allen and Udoji noted that the Republic. As I cultural scenes. At blood. Anything else that our work brings massive conglomerates owning most stared at it, I his back was his in is an added bonus. major networks have turned news into a noticed the pre house consisting of The papers that I write will not be product. Allen said that this often leads cise brush one room, with a award-winning essays. I doubt they will to shallowness in news coverage, particu strokes, the woman and two be published in books and studied by fu larly at the local level. Celebrity cover carefully se children lingering hrre generations. They will simply get me age and consumer reports often over lected colors by the doorway. from one class to another. Classes will shadow newsworthy events. After and the devo Our translator was get me to my degree, and hopefully my awhile, it becomes unclear if news cov tion radiating the first to commu degree will get me into a position where I erage is inspired by public opinion or vice from it. My nicate with him by can work even harder. It is the fact that I versa. thoughts asking him for a recognize I have a job to do, and the fact In the aftermath of Hurricane shifted to its price range. They that I do it, that makes my work valuable. Katrina, Udoji recalled seeing a news clip creator. I won talked for a while, While I pound the keys of this ex of a medic with an injured child in his dered if he be and we eventually pensive, comp licated computer to make arms jumping off a Black Hawk helicop came weary of PAINTER learned that these my own progress, I know there is a quiet ter as it was landing. As be tore off his bis job just as I paintings were his man moving his brush across a canvas goggles, tears streame d down his face. was becoming tired of my job as a stu only source of income. As we became under a hot Carribean sky, simply doing The medic handed the child off and got dent. more interested and began purchasing his what he was made to do. It might not be back on the chopper as it took off. ''When In April of 2005, my senior class set paintings, his face slowly transformed. fun or exciting, but be keeps painting. I see something like that," Udoji said, "I off on our last trip together to the unfa His eyes shifted upward, greeting our This image of him helps me to move wonder what's so admirable about celeb miliar city of Juan Dolio in the Domini faces with gratitude. As we handed him through these seemingly unending last rities like Tom Cruise that they get so can Republic. We had a mound of things our money in exchange for his pictures, weeks of school. If he can keep work much coverage instead of these guys." planned and we accomplished all of he softly said, "Gracias." His hard work ing, what should ever stop me? Journa lists are mostly interested in telling the public about what the average person can't see firsthand. Sometimes communication errors occur during re Egypt is poverty as well as pyramids porting, as was the case during the cover age of the mine collapses in West Virginia, By Jenny-Lin d Angel incredible; everyone should see them." permitted to participate in activities such or communicat ion systems are shut down Staff Writer He says that Egypt is a nation rich in as sex and drinking spirits; 2) praying five completely, which happened during Hur tourist sites, but overall it is a poor coun times a day; 3) making a pilgrimage to ricane Katrina. During such times, unre Hieroglyphics, the great Pyramids, try. It is overpopulated and half of the Mecca at least once in a Lifetime; 4) do liable information sometimes is commu mummies, and scarabs - when the word nation is taken up by desert. ''We have to nating money to charity or to those in nicated, resulting in a negative public per Egypt is uttered , these are usually the fit 78 mill ion people in a space that 's need; 5) accepting Mohammed as the ception of journalists. However, when images that pop into the minds of most about one-twelfth the size of the U.S.,'' messenger of Allah. "It's a short list, but government and corporate officials give Americans. But Mohammed Eltokhy, a he states. In comparison, there are 295 it's still a lot to do," Eltokhy says. inaccurate information to the media, ei sophomore, who grew up in Alexandria, million people in the U.S. He goes on to say, "Regardless of if ther accidentally or intentionally, mistakes Egypt knows a very different world. Sadly, stereotypes, misconceptions you are rich , poor or middle-class, in are bound to occur. Hence, Udoji admits Five times a day the "athen" (or bell and even terrorist jokes are what Eltokhy Egypt you still pray five times a day and that "there are instances when we don't in Arabic) goes off throughout Egypt. The encounters on a daily basis. After 9/11, still spend time with your family every get it right. We don't write history books; resonating sound can be heard all through "any comments having to do with it were day." we're only the first draft." the cosmopolitan streets of Alexandria a sore subject, but after a while 1 became In the Middle East, money doesn't "I am most proud of the stories that and faintly echoes across the desert. cool with it," he states. "Don't get me determine bow you are viewed by others; give voice to the people who cannot be People stop what they wro ng," he adds, "I education does, be says. "If you are in heard," Allen said about his own work. are doing and hurry to ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ don't support extrem school you are looked up to, regardless When he was a teenager his heroes in their various mosques. ism or the actions of9 / of your sex," Eltokhy states. " ... after a while you cluded Walt Frazier and Julius Erving This ritual takes place 11, but after a while Another common misconception can't let the comments because he wanted to be a pro basketball everyday, and dedi you can't let the com Americans have involves attitudes toward player. But when Allen was cut from the cated Muslims every get to you." ments get to you." women in Muslim nations, he says. Since Univers ity of Pennsylvania basketball where are tied to this "In Egypt, our re- the women of the Middle East dress more team, he began to pursue a career in poli tradition. Eltokhy is no ligion is our politics," conservative ly than American women , tics, which led him to journa lism. Today, exception. Although be can't bear the Eltokhy says, "but people who are non many Ame rica n s and non-Muslims his heroes include W.E.B DuBois, Mar "athen" in High Point, he still prays five Muslim want to classify all Muslims as wrongly assume that they are repressed tin Luther King , his parents, and single times each day. either Sunni or Shiite and that is not the and do not have as many rights as men mothers, people with hardships and refu "I think that I am a good Muslim," case. If you asked a Muslim this, most of do, but this is not true, Eltokhy declares. gees he has met throughout his life. Udoji he says, "but, no, I am not perfect." Even us would simply say that we are Muslim." Contrary to popular belief, women are just admires the lea ders of the Women's though Egypt is known for housing the "I do go by the Five Pillars oflslam as respected as men. ''In Egypt, they are Rights Movement. Allen and Udoji's great Pyramids, one of the seven wonders and those rules and dedications, but I at the top of the food chain; they just convictions were heart-felt, and students of the world, Eltokhy responds to stereo don't consider myself part of a particular choose to cover more of themselves and appreciated their honesty and accessibil types about his homeland by saying: "Of sect or associated with a certain political dress in traditional attire," he says. ity. course, we cherish that part of our heri system," Eltok.hy states. As far as American politics are con Allen gave this advice to students: tage, but Ancient Egypt is gone, and that's The Five Pillars include: l) observ cerned, Eltokhy states: "I think govern- "Read novels for the creativity, read news- not the world that we live in." He then ing Ramadan - a holy month in which smiles and adds, "But the pyramids are Muslims fast during the day and are not See Eltokhy. page 11 See Wilson Fellows, page 11 Friday , April 21, 2006 NEWS AND OPINION Campu s Clironicle 5 Religious life remains Counseling service is an steadfast on campus essential part of student life By Heat her Stewart enough diversity. He says, "Our univer By J oel Brinkley Staff Writer sity attracts people from all kinds of faiths. Staff Writer itself on a winning philosophy not shared Students want to know about beliefs other by most universities . The department The Higher Education Research In than their own." Warlick says that HPU 's Two sofas, an armchair and a choco views students with a long-term interest stitute (HERI) of the University of Cali Methodist connection may attract parents: late Labrador named Sydney offering 70 unlike most other schools that invest only fornia at Los Angeles in a recent study "They want their students to come to a pounds of warm cuddle love: lt 's not your in the short term. maintains that religion is on the rise school with a religious link so they can average classroom by any means, yet the "These students are like my kids. among college students and that it is thriv be around students with a similar back instruction here is far more vital than all Sometimes , T'II just have a student who ing. Is that the case here? ground ." the math and physic s wants to learn some re Or. Hal Warlick. dean of the chapel , Warlick sees religion as a cohesive courses you can muster. It's laxation techniques be believes that the practice of religion force throughout the university. He says, a small office set aside, of fore a big exam , other among college students has been steady "Our campus has religious reinforcements ten overlooked or ignored . " ...t he severity times something a little here. Dr. Vance Davis, vice president for through the faculty that can provide good yet 1t averages 39 visits a of most more serious. But the academic affairs, disagrees slightly. Davis examples and positive role models that week from students, faculty disorders is main thing is that we are feels religion is on the rise among col may not be there in other universitie s,' and staff. successful when we can lege students here and elsewhere: '"There people like President Nido Qubein , The practitioner, Ms. successfully keep these kid s in are more external expressions of religion Bishop of the University Thomas Stock Kimberly Soban , who pro trea ted ..." school,' ' said Soban . among college students. That may be ton, former President Jacob C. Martinson fesses to teach nothing you Soban presently because times seem a little more uncer and Dr. Davis. Martinson and Davis are don 't already know the an- has 15 repeat students tain and there is a greater need for anchor ministers. swers to yourself , welcomes any and all who meet with her each week; they are ing and stability," he says. Is religion making a difference in the to her spacious office . The counseling prime examp les of the Counseling Precious Hall, senior and president lives of our students? It's very important office, located on the upper level of the department's long-term commitment to of Genesis Gospel Choir, feels that many to Pendergrass. Pendergrass says of her Slane Center, is staffed by Soban, who is student welfare. Soban also encourages students neglect religion in college. "A religious background , "My faith has got director of Counseling and Psychologi spiritual alignment and in doing so, she lot of students leave religion behind," Hal I ten stronger since T have been in college. cal Services, and Kim Danise, a full time works wi.th Dr. Thomas Stockton, univer says. Junior Britney Pendergrass agrees. Being away from what has been taught psychiatrist. Soban declares that there are sity bishop. "She handles what I don't and She says, "In college students have to see has opened me up. I see what it really many different types of disorders that J handle what she doesn't. Those with what is more important to them" -- reli means and not what I was taught it stifle the emotional and functional well deeper needs are what I'm here for. The gion, school, sports or partying. Jt seems means." Hall says, "T feel T have grown being of students. Common disorders in religious aspect oflife should apply to all obvious that some students leave religion stronger in my faith due to increased time clude anxiety, depression, low self-es problem areas of life," said Stockton. behind since parents aren't there to force in church and with Genesis." Hall adds teem, eatmg disorders and sexuality is Soban is comp leting her doctoral them to go to church. Warlick sees an that Genesis itself is beneficial to the sues. degree in counseling psychology. Her dis other side of this situation. "Some of the people involved. The group "aJlows us The good news is that the severity of sertation is titled, "A comparative study students who get invo lved are ones that to communicate with students who share most disorders is successfully treated, in the effects of animal assisted therapy never had the opportunity growing up," the same beliefs. It is a faith builder and even cured in most cases. Typically, only as an agent in reducing symptoms of de Warlick states. provides encouragement to grow closer three to six students a year are removed pression among college students and fa Is this school meeting the religious to God. For some students , this is their from the university requiring hospitaliza cilitating a working alliance between cli needs of the students? On campus there only time during the week to worship." tion. "One ofmy pet peeves involves par ent and therapist." Her area ofreseareh is are many religious groups. There are two ents who take their kids off of medica inspired by the satisfactory results of us choirs plus the Gospel choir, Campus Fellowship is here on campus; stu tions prior to coming to the university. ing her choco late Labrador Sydney dur Crusade, Board of Stewards and Wednes dents just have to go and find it. There After a few weeks, they are bouncing off ing counseling sessions. Incredibly intui day night worship services in the chapel. are many groups to be a part of, and many the walls,'' said Soban. Soban admits that tive, Sydney inte racts with students, Warlick says, "Four hundred and fifty stu students who have already done so. Hall these parents feel that the transition to showing al.most human emotions of em dents probably participate in some form says, "You have to look for fellowship as college will fix pre-ex isting problems for pathy and unconditional love to the dis ofrel igious activity on a weekly basis." See Religion, page 11 the student, but it never does. tressed. So ban attributes half of the coun Ha ll fee ls that there are enough religious The counseling department prides seling department's success to Sydney. groups on campus and that they are meet ing the needs of the students. The orga nizations HPU has "are sufficient for a Radio station, con' t from page 1 for renewal, but due to the administration's port. Obsolete equipment must be re school our size," Warlick says. slow respo nse, he did not receive notice placed for the station to run effective ly. WWIH was on the air for only two to Is there enough divers ity in religious from former President Jacob C. Martinson "We need to start from scratch," Isaksen three hours per day. The station was organizations on campus? While HPU's unti l two weeks before the dead line. said. eventua lly automated, and the new for organizations seem adequate, there may Brown said that he scramb led to get the She would like to see a station that is mat was 24 hours of music, to be inter be a notable omission. Hillel is a promi necessary paperwork together but because student-run with the support ofa full-time rupted by student shows as well as pub nent Jewish religious organization on of a number of complications, the license staff member who would act as the sta lic service announcements. With the help more than 500 campuses, but there is not was not renewed. Brown maintains that tion manager. "T have desire and energy of a public radio station in New York, the a Hillel chapter here. Hall says, "There this was the third time the university ex but not expertise," Isaksen said. She also station ga ined access to shows about is not enough diversity concerning reli perienced trouble in renewing its license. thinks a decision needs to be made about books, health issues and women's issues gion which you could expect at a Meth He also alleges that the admin istration did whether the station will be commercial or in addition to children's programming. In odist university." Davis thinks there is not offer enough support for the station. non-commercial . 2002, the FCC approved a name change Dr. Martinson has declined to comment SmalJ steps have been made toward for the station from WWIH to WHPU. Organization Corner on Brown 's assertions. However, Dr. the return of WHPU to the airwaves. In Former DJs Steven Kramer and Vance Davis, vice president for academic the fall of2005, the audio production class Chris Coorigan had a Saturday morning Alpha Gamm a Delta Sorority affairs, refuted Brown's criticism of the was reinstated to train students to use au program that featured techno and rock administration. "I'm as saddened about it dio-editing software, and the current au music. Kramer said that they had a small (the station) as anybody," he said. dio production class is installing some audience because of the low signal put The station is hoping for a new lease equipment and properly soundproofing a Spring is busy time for the Garns! out by the station and because they were on life if Ms. Judy Isaksen has her way. space in the Hayworth Fine Arts Center. We've held a few car washes, one of not allowed to take calls on the air--hence The associate professor of English has However, a lot of work on the part of stu which was on campus, to raise money the one-way phone. DJs could only talk high hopes that a new station could be up dents, faculty and administrators is still for the Alpha Gamma Delta Juvenile and play music, but were restricted as to and running in the future, in either the pro needed before WHPU can be heard again. Diabetes Foundation. Our chapter also what they could air. All shows had to be posed communications building or in the attended the Juvenile Diabetes Re recorded to ensure that the DJs were not Hayworth Fine Arts Center and under a Apollo Night, con 't from page 1 search Foundation Walk in Charlotte as violating regulations. The two were even new format, web cast. part of our philanthropy. April 8 was tually fired because they either refused declare a tie. The two wlllllers were re A web cast radio station would be the Alpha Gamma Delta 51 '' Annual or neglected to record their shows. warded with studio time to make their available for the world to hear and would Rose Ball which was held at the Em The radio station shut down in the very own demo CD. "I enJoyed the be easier to manage because an FCC li pire Room in Greensboro . Nicole fall of 2003 for a host of reasons. The show but it was entirely too long," said cense would not be required and, with digi Harper was recogmzed as sister of the radio tower atop Slane University Cen senior Molly Bayard who is also a stu tal technology, the station would nearly run year while Clark Roberton received the ter was either struck by lightning or dent in Isaksen 's Audio Production itself. Isaksen feels that the station will AGO Sweet Heart award. The sisters knocked out by high winds. It was sched class. "It was our first time doing it and receive more attention now because Presi are sad to see the school year come to uled for repair over Easter weekend of it was a learning experience. The only dent Nido Qubem is such a strong propo an end because it means saying 2004, but the cable suffered waler dam way to know what you do wrong is to nent of marketing. She sees the definite goodbye to some of our dearest sisters. age during repair. Brown said that the do 1t,'' Bayard continued. Hopefully, possibility of a campus radio station, but We wish the Class of 2006 the best of university was notified in early 2004 by this year's Apollo Night will be the first it will need technical and financial sup- luck! the FCC that the station's license was up of many illustrious shows to come. 6 Campus Chronicle NEWS Friday, April 21, 2006 Prince returns to music Stories more 'Inside Man': scene; Lacuna Coil makes a than words; apparently smash; Sparxxx is too nasty embrace life simple heist By Lauren Croughan has complexity Staff Writer By Rebecca Fleming · A&EEditor Heavy Metal/Other Rock By Caleb Johnston Pop/R&B Lacuna Coil-Karmacode Prince-3121 Once upon a time, a long time ago Staff Writer . . . Remember when you could curl up I was listening to Rob Zombie, about and listen to your mom or granddaddy tell Spike Lee and Russell Gewirtz de Creepy guys in purple pants must to put his new album on this slot, when you stor ie s? Or when life was slow liver a unique combination of thrilling ac- be returning to the pop scene, as Prince all of a sudden I read that he is on tour enough that you could stretch out on a tion and in- has made another album. Updated but with .... LACUNA COIL. Now, for those blanket under the trees and look through triguing sensual as usual, Prince's ------. of you who don't know who three dozen picture books? OK. so maybe mystery in first new album since they are, I don 't blame you you didn't do those things exactly, but the bank Musicology has hit the as they are very new in sure ly you can think back to at least one ..,,, , .•_ heist film charts with two spectacu America, but I literally point in your life when a story captured " Inside lar songs, "Te Amo jumped up and down I was your attention . Most people grow out of Man. " For Corazon," which has so excited. Put down this the "story stage" during the turbulent teen the most some Latin flavor mixed newspaper , NOW, go out, years, forgetting all about "once upon a part , the in , as well as "Black and listen to them. One of time" until the time comes to tell the sto script al Sweat," which is just as my personal favorites, they ries rather than listen to them. lows the provocative as "Little express what few can, and Wanna know a secret? I've yet to movie to Red Corvette ." The their vampire melodies are grow out of that aspect of childhood. Sto glide from whole album is perfect worth the loss of blood. ries still have the power to hold me spell one issue to for a romantic date and a tum-on the They are going to be huge, so listen now bound - eyes shining, mouth open the next dance floor. Prince is back and here to before it becomes the cool thing to do. slightly, smiling, a look of wonder on my without hindrance and always keeps the stay, innovating as always. [Album in stores NOW] face. Disclaimer: Only good stories get audience guessing at what direction it's Final Grade B+ Final Grade A+ the reaction stated above. Bad stories, or going to take next. However , you better really weird ones, get equally weird looks pay close attention so you don't miss a Rock Rap - the weirder the story, the stranger my single detail, because as Dalton Russell Yeah Yeah Yeahs-Show your Bones Bubba Sparxxx-The Charm look will be. No lie, come to lunch one (Clive Owen), the lead bank robber, tells day and see what my face does as my you in the beginning, he doesn't repeat You either like them I at first thought I friends recount all sorts of strange things. himself. or you hate them, but you should stay away from this Back to the topic at hand - good sto Denzel Washington gives life to cannot deny their cha album when its new re ries and their power. A really good story Keith Frazier , a hostage negotiator for risma. Their beats, lyr lease is titled "Ms. New is one that grabs your attention from the New York City's Police Department, ac ics and talent truly shine Booty." The album, un beginning and doesn't let go, not even tivated by his boss, regardless of bis through with this after doubtedly , is party music, when "the end" is uttered. These stories "shady past." Washington 's character was noon drive album. To and the rhythms are actu can come in the form of books , movies, previously accused ofbeing behind some empower you or to let off ally fairly original. The songs - yes, songs are stories too, or even dirty police work that resulted in a large some steam with the raw lyrics , on the other hand , the tales at a gathering of friends . There's amount of money missing. However, af vocals with the rare fe to say the least, could have an immortal quality about them ; if they ter news of the robbery arrives at the sta male lead , either way, ---- YEAHYEAHYRAHs been written by a very vul- are truly worth the telling, they will be tion, his boss immediately sends him out. this album will not dis- gar seventh grader. If you like this kind told again and again. He arrives at the scene of a prestigious appoint you. Find a place for this album of music , then you like this kind of mu Real stories are the ones that are the New York bank with his partner Bill in your heart. In this brilliantly-created sic. I was not impressed , but it was de clos est to real life; you read them - or Mitchell (Chiwetel Ejiofor) and learns work, the band is masterful . cent, though indecent. bear them - and can see yourself or a that a group of four or five robbers bas Final Grade A Final Grade-C+ friend in the same situation. This kind of taken hostages inside the bank, yet have story is the kind I devour. Whenever I find not given any demands. an author that writes convincingly, I read The entire process of robbing the everyth ing he/she has written. bank has been masterfully detailed and 'Scoundrels' worth th I'm sure you're wondering why on thought out by Dalton Russell - every earth I'm talking about stories and where step taken by every person is done ac I'm going. To answer the first half of that cording to his plan. As time progresse s, $100 Broadway ticket question: I'm currently involved with a the robbers begin to make somewhat un massive paper dealing with American tall orthodox requests for such a situation, as By Kevin Lamb tales. The second half, well, hav e you Frazier notes and discu sses with the rest Staff Writer mg and side to side platforms prov1din stoppe d to think about our stories? of the task force. After a series of unex for precise and frequent scene changes The end of the year is flying toward pected and absorbing events, the team They're dirty, rotten guys! The New The setting was a dazzling coastal spo us at lightning speed. For some, the end begins to piece together the fact that this York City experience is not tn1ly real in Europe which J wish had the plea,;ur of classes will mark the end of a Jong four robbery is not being carried out with the ized until you get a taste of Broadway. of being a dirty rotten scoundrel in. I years - and a trip across the platform at intention to steal money, but something On April 15 at the Imperial Theatre, the was the most life-like set I have eve graduation. For others, it will mean they else - something they can't quite figure Lamb family put on its best clothes, seen, made remarkable by a variation o have survived the first year. For me, the out. caught the hour train ride from Fairfield, exquisite backdrops and a fanciful blen end of Spring 2006 means I have only Made line White (Jod ie Foster) Conn., and laughed like hyenas at the of vibrant blue lighting . two semesters left. This knowledge is so makes her appearance as a rather myste star-studded performance of"Dirty Rot I would question my own sexualit bering. rious character, who is in the field of pro ten Scoundrels." The musical based on ifl forgot to mention the exotic, low-cu My time here has been wonderful, tecting the bank's chairman of the board, the film written by Dale Launer and towel-and-bathing-suit wearing dancers and I've created a lot of memories . But Arthur Case (Christopher Plummer). She Stanley Shapiro knocked a home run out Although there were children in the au faced with only two semesters separat appears with relative ly no information of the park, bringing the audience to its dience, the humor was mainly sexual, bu ing me from my degree , I have to won about her background or about what her feet thirsting for more. The two male it was elegantly written as not to blatant! der: Do I have any stories worth telling? career specifically entails , yet it is clear leads played by Jonathan Pryce and offend. ''I never knew angels had sue Are my memories the stuff of late-after that her job probably wasn't something Norbert Leo Butz are professional con pretty breasts,'' Butz speaks to a lady b noon story sessions when I'm old and she found at an employment agency. men that vacation among the nch. beau is trying to con for a meal on the train gray? Have I lived or just gone through While White has to work with Frazier to tiful and naive to ensure their own fi This is one example of the adult humo the motions? accomplish her goal, her task entails ne nancial security. Their focus is on a fight paired with numerous sexual innuendo As the semester winds down , I' ve gotiation of a different kind - she needs to woo and delight the lead female role that were fabulously received. "Di made the decision to make my last year to protect interests and retrieve informa played Rachel York. Once they dis by Rotten Scoundrels" is the answer for al at HPU a time of stories. I'll still devote tion vital to Mr. Case. This duty enta ils cover she is not the Soap Queen they those who feel Broadway 1s dry and time and energy to my studies, but I'm discussion with not only Frazier, but Mr. thought she was, it becomes a waste ofa $100 ticket. I'm not sayin also going to keep my eyes open for the Case, and Dalton Russell as well. It serves gentleman's bet to get the girl. that next time around a trip to Yanke moments that really need to be lived and to add new layers to the film and thicken The show wa<; htghhghted by up Stadium wouldn't suffice. but sometime remembered. Let 's not waste our lives; the plot - or perhaps to even reveal a true beat, get-out-of-your-seat song and a taste of cultured society is what an let' s create a whole generation of stories cause of the robbery. dance numbers choreographed hy Jeny dirty, rotten scoundrel needs. that will outlive us. See Inside page 11 Mitchel. The 1mpresswe set had revolv- Friday, April 21, 2006 NEWS Campus Chronicle 7 Leaving the nest in Death Metal singer's 'other' movies and real I ife side: acoustic, mournful By Anna Sawyer fun to watch and is filled with lovable Staff Writer characters like Kit (Zooey Deschanel), ballads Paula's beer-loving, quirky roommate By Patrick Donovan The Reticent is a whole different ani I recently saw the movie "Failure to whose main dilemma is how to get rid Staff Writer mal all together. He's somber, mournful, Launch ," a romantic comedy starring of an annoying mockingbird that sings sad and reserved. While the album is still Matthew McConaughey (Tripp), a 35- outside her window at night. The movie To most people , Death Metal means in pre-production, i.e. he's still recording year-old man who still lives with his par continues to play on the idea of humor black leather , spikes, Satan, and a tracks in his bedroom in anticipation of ents, and Sarah Jessica Parker (Paula) , a in nature when Tripp keeps becoming plethora of not-so-nice things . an upcoming release entitled Hymns of the woman interventionist hired to feign in the victim of angry animals. He is first They think of loud music that is so Dejected, he has put several of the tracks terest in Tripp so he will become attached bitten by a chipmunk, then by a dolphin, obscenely intense the lyrics are undeci on his myspace profile. to her instead of his parents and finally then by a lizard. At the end, Tripp's pherable. They think oflong-haired guys The music itself is hard to classify. leave the nest. Tripp's mother makes him friend Ace sums it up for him when he in black growling and throwing up the There's a certain sadness, but even more pancakes every morning, does his laun states, "Your life is fundamentally at horns, ripping pages out of bibles, drink so in the lyrics and voca ls. Sadness radi dry and makes his odds with the natu ing goat's blood and every other nega ates from the overall performance . bed every da y. ..------ra l world, so it tive stereotype imaginable. However , be does this not in a de The only problem keeps rejecting Torture Cell's singer, Mordrid , is pressing way, but in a way that is strangely smooth-ta lking you." partially that. He looks like the stereo beautiful. As Mordrid (whose real name and good-looking After seeing type, a short, stocky guy in all black bear is Chris) put it, "It is an exploration of Tripp seems to this movie , I began ing a resemblance to former Misfits front the beauty and depth of sadness." have in his seem to think, "Do I have man Glenn Danzig. Now, picture him Sound-wise, the music falls some ingly charmed what it takes to be singing . Not screaming, but singing, where in the realm ofOpeth's softer stuff and spoiled life is on my own?" As with an acoustic guitar no less. without the pretentious technicality. It is when his love in graduation ap Take it a step further and put him in dark, yes, and emotional, but it lacks hav terest of the mo proaches, I find his bedroom with a small, perso nal stu ing the whiny Goth kid style that tends to ment finds out that myself being asked dio, a small assortment of instruments accompany a lot of music in this genre the stately subur an ambiguous and a collection of very well written, nowadays. It is simply an outpouring of ban house he has question at least mournful ballads. Now you have the emotion. brought her home twice a week by a other half of Mordrid, his solo project In comparison to most contemporary to, is, in fact, teacher, my class The Reticent. music, which is born of corporaote greed, owned by his par mates, relatives, The Reticent has a soun d com the honesty in this music radiates from ents, Sue (Kathy even strangers that pletely different from Mordrid's other every word and chord. Bates) and Al overhear me saying band , The Torture Cell. His metal en (Terry Bradshaw). that I am a college deavor is brutal and downright nasty. No matter senior. They all t't'lloi~ .... , ask, "Are you howwoman many timesleaves a .______. ready? " How do Tripp in disgust at his living situation, he you answer a question like that? Have Congratulations to the Class of 2006! remains content, never even considering these four years of college really the possibility of moving out. His best transitioned us into the independent pals Ace (Justin Bartha) and Demo (Bra people that we need to be? Of course, You've worked hard, so enjoy the moment dley Cooper) do not help matters because unlike Tripp, I definitely want to leave they too live with their parents. The men the nest and find out who I am without and know you've deserved it. even make a manly toast to the fact that the security and comfort of parents, but they are "men still living with their par I know the transition from college to the ents." In his parents' desperation , they real world can often be the hardest one Before you get too involved with the real hire Paula to get him out of the house; has to make. So in response to their world, remember to take stock of the world the only problem is, surprise, Paula be question, I often say, "I have mixed feel gins to develop real feelings for Tripp and ings," and I do; it's bittersweet. It's a around you - look for stories to tell and things before she can tell him the truth, he finds huge relief to finish another chapter of to experience. out and lashes out; they break up, then my life and I'm excited to launch for get back together to live happily ever af ward and, hopefu lly, to always be fun ter in true Hollywood fashion. Although damentally in sync with the natural And make High Point U proud! the movie is very predictable , it is still world. 'Grey's Anatomy' addicting, worth watching By Rachel Johnson by Patrick Dempsey, affectionately and more than make up for the disappoint- The romantic chemistry between Staff Writer quite appropri- ments she's faced Pompeo and Dempsey , combined with ately known as in love. As these the talent of the rest of the cast, makes Since "Grey's Anatomy'' premiered Dr. McDreamy five interns work the entire show entertaining from the on ABC's Sunday night line-up in by the fema le under the careful first scene until the last, something that March of 2005, I, like so many others, staff at SGH, only watch of their few other shows can claim. The songs have been hooked, tuning in week after to soon discover resident, Dr . played during the episode are catchy week to watch the lives of the doctors, that there was an- Bailey , they've songs with lyrics so relevant to the interns, nurses and patients of Seattle other Dr . Shep- overcome all the story, many times if I dido 't know bet Grace Hospital unfold an hour at a time. herd , his wife, obstacles they've ter, I would believe that the songs were The show, create d by Shonda and a part of his faced together , written specifica lly for the show. Rbimes , can best be described as a life he had whether it be in I' 11admit it, as the proud owner of quirky combination of the normal hos planned to leave dealing with diffi- both the Season l DVD and soundtrack, pital drama we've seen for years on behind when he cult patients or in and as a person who schedules my time shows such as "ER" with the relation moved to Seattle falling and losing around the show, I'd probably be con ship problems usually found on shows that made him in love. sidered a "Grey's Anatomy" fanatic. such as "Desperate Housewives." anything but Whi le the Norma lly, I'd be embarrassed to With the title character, Meredith "dreamy." storylines,charac admit having an obsession with a TV Grey, played by Ellen Pompeo, and her Although ter development show, but with the high quality of ev fellow interns learning as much about she hasn't been as and relationships ery aspect of the show, I proudly wear love as they are about surgical proce lucky in love as crea ted by the my fandom on my sleeve. Why? Be dures, we've laughed and cried with the she'd lik e, the writers are prob cause, as Newsday is quoted as saying characters as they 've experienced the bonds that have ably enough to on the back cover of the DVD case, you highs and lows that come not only been created between her and her fel make "Grey's Anatomy" popular , the simply can't stop watching. within the medical profession , but in low interns, George, Izzie, Cristina and casting decisions and musical selec their lives outside of the operating room. Alex , as they work together to help tions made by the directors and staff Over the past two seasons, we've each other through the most difficult have also played a significant role in seen Grey fall for Dr. Shepherd, played years of their professional lives can making this show such a huge bit. 8 Campus Chronicle NEWS AND FEATURES Friday, April 21, 2006
A year at High Point University is never long enough ...
PHOTO 8\ PAM HAYNES
Blessing Hall construction is well on its way to completion (above); girls chilling out on a warm, muddy day (right); students enjoying a ski trip with the OAC (below).
Students walking their dog on campus (far left); Earn.moo Portice pitching against Wofford (left); in Washington, D.C., some members of the Odyssey Club enjoy their fourth annual spring trip (below)
PHOTO BY PA\I HAY,ES
PHOTO BY PAM H •\\':";Y.S Friday, April 21, 2006 A&E Campus Chronicle 9
It should always be spring at HPU ... students and faculty flock to the ice cream truck several afternoons a week (left). What's going on in that picture? Students spend their Saturday night not at a party, but playing a nice, calm, relaxing game of 'spoons.' (Below left)
PHOTO COURTESY OF BRITTANY FERGUSON
Every girl deserves to be treated like a princess ... serenades and all. Congratulations to Pam Holley and Gene Galloway, the 2006 Snowball Queen and King! (Above)
About 17 HPU students went to the Winter Conferen ce sponsored by Campus Crusade for Christ over the Christmas holiday where they spent four days fellowshipping, learning, and yes, goofing off every now and then (below).
Will the Student Activity Center be completed soon? Construction remains steady all over campus as the Phillips School of Business gets more and more shape each day while the steel beams seemingly grow out of the ground for the Student Center (above).
Where do the days, weeks and months go? Most of our time is spent not in class, but among our friends, our comrades, brothers and sisters we may never have had. Before we know it, another year has slipped by and we're left scratching our heads, trying to understand bow quickly life goes, and grasping eagerly every opportunity life grants us. Enj oy your summer break - you'll be back here before you know it! 10 Campu s Chronicle News & opinion Frid ay, April 21, 2006 Communications program may revive TV station
By Ja neen Wynn said Bond. essary equipment accessible to students," the HPTV telecasts, believes there is still Staff Writer In addition , there were schedu ling said Wilson. Working at the campus tele opportunity for broadcasting students at conflicts with the production staff, and the vision station inspired Wilson to ga in HPU. "Even though the TV station is no The campus television station shut all-around interest began to decline. " I more professional experience through in longer up and running, the equipment is down about two years ago, leaving hope mean we tried, but it just didn't pan out. I ternships. still available. Students must take some ful broadcasting students without a nest think if we bad more of an interest , then However, A&T is a public university type of initiative. Maybe make a tape for to create productions for their fellow cam it would have helped somewhat. I got too and is supported by state funds , unlike their resume," said Rojas. Wilson also pus viewers. HPTV ran campus sporting busy because at that time I was working High Point. Also, in comparison to HPU, believes that initiative is a major factor in events, announcements, advertisements here [the Academic Service Center] and A&T is much larger. On the other band, the learning broadcasting. ''You get out and interviews with various organizations. The Gap. So my time was always pretty Elon University is a medium-sized, pri- of it what you want. A student can go "I got involved with HPTV my much occupied," said vate inst itut ion that through an entire journalism program with sophomore year," said senior Allyson Bond. provides students a TV station and still not be heavily in Bond, who was the secretary of the pro Many pos itions in with a School of volved," Wilson said . duction crew. "We did an AIDS in Africa the broadcasting field "Nothing can Communications, lo An internship is a great foundation program with Dr. (Jane) Stephens and we require some kind of emulate a real world cated in the campus for gaining experience also. Wilson got did a show with Bob Clark, who is head previous training, even working situation McEdwen building. bis first two jobs at a post-production of security," said Bond. The television at entry-level. Kipling A professional news company and CBS News in Charlotte studio was in the Fine Arts building where Wilson, an associate except for being in set is located in stu through the internships that he completed the new audio production room is now producer at FOX8 that environment ... " dio A on the main in college. "An internship is critical. Noth located. The small room was equipped News, started bis career floor of the building. ing can emulate a real world working situ with three cameras, a television, micro on the campus television Students produce a ation except for being in that environment. phones and a highly-deve loped lighting station at North Caro linaA&T State Uni weekly news show, Phoenix 14, on the It provides you with the opportunity to system. versity. "[ATV station] is essential for any campus station ESTY. The students are meet with outside professionals and, de Putting on product ions was a bit of a institution of higher learning; so many also provided with a remote-production pending on performance, it's a chance for cha llenge for the crew. " I remember we things take place on college campuses, truck to cover live sporting events. All employment. You could definitely learn had to keep the light ing system at a cer and a TV station is a great way to dis broadcasting shows can also be viewed more ," said Wilson. "It's so many ways tain setting because if it got too hot , it seminate information ," Wilson said. Wil on the internet at the viewer's conve to gain experience especially when you would melt all of the equipment," said son would get campus weather shots for nience. The Communications faculty come out of the confines of the univer Bond. "The size of the room was an issue the nightly news show that aired on Aggie embr aces new media technology such as sity." also." Access. "A campus TV station is a semi stream ing video on the web. Paul Parson, With the future comes promise to Sometime in 2004 HPTV ended, af professional environment that gives stu dean of the Schoo l of Communications, Communica tion majors , especially those ter failed attempts to make it an official dents an introduction into televis ion pro states on Elon's website , "The role of who are interested in the broadcasting campus organization. ''When we were try duction in general," said Wilson. During Elon 's School of Communications is to field. Pre sident Nido Qubein plans to cre ing to get the charter, we kept hitting road bis collegiate career, Wilson became fa guide the students to think , write , and pro ate the School of Communications by the blocks. I think the faculty wanted it to mi I iar with nonlinear editing, and by duce meaningful information in our digi fall of '07. This new building will be fur succeed, but it was just a matter of timing graduation he bad completed his resume tal and global age." nished with a television station that wi ll and going through the proper channe ls," reel. "A television station makes the nee- Junior Maria Rojas, who anchored provide students with hands-on experi ence in the production process. Opinion: This generation STDs present on campus is afflicted by conformity News not a surprise to students, staff======~ By Elizabeth Roberts were miserab le because they had a cer Staff Writer By Modu Kamara had no sym ptoms ," said Lindsay. tain image they had to uphold in order to Staff Writer Chlamydia is the second most com make their social standing more concrete. My generation does not define itself mon STD in the nation and the most com I was the target because they were envi by its clothes, music or attitude. Every "She knew she bad it, but she was mon on campus. About three million new ous of my ability to be myself and not thing is merely a reflection of things that scared about getting tested," junior cases are reported to the CDC every year. give into the conformjty high school kids have already happened. The clothes I wear Stephanie Beno said about her fiiend who Chlamydia can cause serious birth com thrive on. I never took their taunts to heart. are reincarnations of styles from the '60s was infected with herpes two semesters plications with women who are pregnant It was certainly difficult sometimes to let and '70s. The music that my generation ago. Unlike Beno's fiiend, most people or are trying to become pregnant. Symp all the criticisms and my anger just roll listens to bas used songs from many years infected with a Sexual Transmitted Dis toms of chlamydia and gonorrhea may off my shoulders, but I knew that, for the past as samples for new beats and hooks. ease (STD) have no clue about the infec occur at any time after infection . Lindsay most part, it would make me strong and But, instead of creating their own art, tion because symptoms of STDs do not said females may experience burning get me farther in life. This did not stop these performers and mus ical "artists" surface for months. while urinating, bleeding between peri the taunts, however. Now that I have been take what someone else has created and According to the Cente r for Disease ods, lower abdominal pain , painful inter out of high school for four years, l run redefine it. Whether this is music or lazi Control's website, one out of every four course, nausea and sometimes fever. And into the people that used to call me a drug ness, I don't know. college students in the country bas some for the males, Lindsay said symptoms are addict and whore. They speak to me now The attitude my generation carries is, form of an STD. In terms of the statistics unusual discharge , itchi ng around the as ifl am their long-lost best friend whom I think, apathetic. We don't seem to re on this campus, Director of Student opening of the penis, pain in the testicles they haven't seen in years. I humor them ally care about what is happening outside Health Center Robin Lindsay, said, "The and sometimes burning while urinating. simply because I understand that my mis our own precious lives. Unless something Health Center does not know the exact The good news about chlamydia and ery was created so they would not be mis directly affects us, chances are we do not percentage of students with STDs because gonorrhea is that "they are bacteria l dis erable alone. It was high school. But I take the time to consider it. I live in a very not every student receives treatment at the eases and when caug ht early, they can be would be naive to think it ends there. shallow, superficial, copycat generation. center." cured by antibiotics," Lindsay said. How I think most everyone in my genera However , I feel the one thing that could Even though this statistic is un ever, in most cases when people infected tion brushes high school off just as I did truly define us isn't something that we known, Lindsay estimates that the per with these forms of STD experience no -kids growing up and doing what they feel should be bragging about, at all. My gen centage ofSTDs on campus is comparable symptoms, the cost of the treatment can they need to in order to fit in. But after eration is laced with problems. People my to that at other universities around the be very expensive. high schoo l the need to fit in grows stron age face a volatile mix of violence , drug country. Genital herpes is the third most com ger. use, sex, alcoho l, intolerance, ignorance "Almost every form of STD out there mon form of STD on campus. Like You are suddenly a part of this much and bigotry. But, in my opinion, there is is on our campus," Lindsay said during a chlamydia and gonorrhea, genital herpe s bigger , scarier world and , in most cases, no bigger problem for my generation than lecture conducted earlier this semester to can also be "asymptomatic. " Its symp you are out there alone. Adults tend to the loss of self. I strugg led through middl e educate students about healthy living. toms are similar to chlamydia and gonor sacrifice their sense of self almost more and high school because my mother and Fre shman Chelsea Wocoski wasn't rhea, including bumpy growths in geni than young people. We, as adults, have father always taught me to be an indi surprised to learn about the presence of tal/anal area and painful sores that often the freedom to alter ourselves any way VJdual. I was consta ntly being told that STDs on campus; how ever she sa id, "The look like cold sores. Genital herpes can we choose, as long as we have the means "it is better to be hated for who you are thought of h::.:ing nll ~()r1<; of STDs m a be treated by three antivira l medications, to do so. There are show<; like "f;- ·-- than ioved for wnu you an:: not." it ·wu:>1, l 1ery SCaT)-." v,hich <;topthe virus from replicating and rviak I until 1 had graduated from high school and , Don ""'m ·1llov. t1'e body to hea l. Unfortu nat ely, t1.. 1 escaped all the abuse that I dealt\\ itb there I w:irts and Lindsay said the virus stays in the body shows on , 1 1 V , tliat I realized the true n1eani11guf\,ltc.1t , a few cases and pericdica lly appears. generation compete wnh on ... am, my parents had always been telling me. , ..,u1 .. .,. ~, 110 HI \. Almost The most severe form of STD is HIY, be someone else's version of their favor All those kids that were tearing into me all of these Sl Os are "asym ptom atic." and few cases of that are on campus. HIV ite celebrity. every moment of every day were doing Most of the students that were tested so because they were miserable. They See My generation, page 12 "pos itive for chlamydia and gonorrhe a See STDs, page 12 Fri da y, April 21, 2006 Section Name Campus Chronicle 11
Kosovo, con't from page 1 Graduation, con 't from page 3 Congratulations to the men's golf damaoswer about five questions based on mg through each year, remimscmg their knowledge from reading seven or about the good times and wondenng if team for coming in third in the Big eight books that Ahmeti described as be I had missed anything important or ing the size of dictionanes. ·•You have to made any major nustakes that I would South Conference championship! be one hundred percent sure of what you change if I had the chance to do 1t all are saying," said Ahmeti. "If you say 'I over again. Sure, I made mistakes like Ryan Wilson was named the Big think,· the professors will look at you and everyone else has. but do I regret any say 'Sorry, try again next year."' Ahmeti thing that I've done? Abso lutely not. South Freshman of the Vear, appreciates the opportunity to express I fl could change anything, it would be opiruons in the American classroom. She that my graduation date be moved back leading High Point to the second also likes that you can easily get through a few more weeks so I can have a little schoo l in four years and start your future more time to spend with everyone here. highest finish in its conference early here in the United States. So, with this being my last column Much of Ahmeti 's belief in education for the Chronicle, I have to leave you history, and junior Marc Issler and comes from her father. He obtained a de with words of wisdom. Freshmen and gree in business administration and owned sophomores, take advantage of every freshman Zach Pranger join Wilson and operated a hotel and restaurant in opportunity you have to make friends on the All-Big South squad. Spain to support the family. Ahmeti was and forge new relationships . The more raised by her grandmother and uncle but meaningful ones you have , the more always stayed close to her father and re you will grow as a person. spected him for his hard work. When the Juniors , I'm sure most of you are war broke out in Kosovo, her father could wishing that your graduation was com not contact anyone in the family and ing much sooner. I felt the same last Final Exam Schedule thought they bad all died. He returned to year, but as the cliche goes, "Be care Kosovo and en listed in the voluntary ful what you wish for." Graduation will Saturday, April 29 Kosovo Liberation Army. The family was come up fast and then you will be wish 10:00 MWF 8:30 a.m. reunited, but her father went on to serve ing you had a little more time left. En as a commander in the KLA, and later, a joy your final year here and make it a 1:00 MWF 1 :30 p.m. crime scene investigator. memorable one. When Abmeti graduates in May, she Seniors, it's been a pleasure know Monday, May 1 will be able to look back on a successful ing you. I wish we had some more time 9:30 TTh 8:30 a.m. career at High Point University and she together, but I know many of you are is grateful for the opportunity. She loves moving on to bigger and better things. 12:00 MWF 1 :30 p.m. Kosovo and misses her family, but wishes As with any organization, group or Tuesday, May 2 to stay in the United States. team, it is the people involved that "America is my home now and here make it specia l; and I know this class 8:00 TTh 8:30 a.m. you can achieve anything you want," said is special. In just weeks, I will Abmeti. "If you are intelligent and want be honored to be called a member of 12:30 TTh 1 :30 p.m. to succeed, America will give you the the Class of 2006. Wednesday, May 3 opportunity." Finally, to all my friends. I will She hopes to pursue a master of pub miss each of you very much. Whether 9:00 MWF 8:30 a.m. lic affairs degree at High Point in the fall. we had class together, worked as Am 2:00 TTh 1 :30 p.m. She wants to work for the FBI or Interpol, bassadors or in an organization to following in her father's criminal inves gether, or ifwe partied together, I con Thursday, May 4 tigation background. sider you a friend and 1 will miss you. '•When the war broke out in Kosovo, To my special group of very close 11:00 MWF 8:30 a.m. we dido 't have any high authority like the friends, I have to say that the good 8:00 MWF 1 :30 p.m. FBI," Ahmeti stated. ··we should have. I times don't end here. They will con want to go on to eventually not only help tinue in our minds and in our hearts. Friday, May 5 my country, but countries facing terror What we enjoyed here will always be 2:00 MW(F) 8:30 a.m. ism and genocide." with us, but the best is yet to come. I'm looking forward to seeing what each all other times 1 :30 p.m. of you do in your lives and going to all Wilson Fellows, con't the weddings. Until then, stay in touch from page 4 ====~ and just know that I'll miss you. papers for the knowledge, read nonfic Inside, con't from page 6 tion for its substance. Write every day Journalism, con't from page 3 ~======The genius behind the film shows to become better at it." Udoji encour than their knowledge and abilities. Of Perhap s a curriculum more tied to world through when you realize the social is aged doing internships to gain knowl course, journalism isn't at fault for the events and the encouragement of bilin sues also discussed during the course of edge of your field. ''Never stop ask average American's apathy toward learn gualism for children is the answer to avoid the movie. There are instances of direct ing questions," she urged. ing valuab le knowledge. I blame school the detachment and callousness with observation about the violence of video Udoji announced that she is leav curriculums, the parents, and the people which Americans often view other cul games in our society as well as more ing the life of an international corre who should be role models to our youth. tures. subtle comments about the view of the sponde nt to become the anchor of a I hope you see things need to change. "average American" toward people from show on Court TV. "It (incessant trav the Middle East post-9/ 11. There are also eling) gets to you after awhile ." There Eltokhy, con't from page 4 ======~ large elements of racism at hand. In fact, are only so many low-pressured hotel ment here is shady. A Jot of things aren't Thomasville as an exchange student. "My it could be said that the entire movie is showers, bland rooms, foreign beds being said but are being done." Specifi family was planning on moving to the based on the racial bias of one man. and RV camps (as was the case with cally, he says, the government's reasons states eventua lly," he says. "I thought it While the story does progress the coverage of Hurricane Katrina) a for initiating wars and occupying foreign would be a good idea ." Eltokhy was en smoothly in most aspects, there are areas person can take in one lifetime. Allen countries aren't usually as valid as they rolled in ESOL classes to learn English of the film that seem to dissipate rather still enjoys life on the road, but Udoji seem. The Egyptian government is fairer and within a year he was taking honors than develop and sections left vague when expressed her desire to settle down in because fewer people are in charge, he classes in school. ''When I was younger, they may not be vital to the overall story. one place. "Maybe it's time to go home thinks. In America there are too many I had to learn Lebanese , so I picked up However , regardless of the lack of clarity and talk about Britney Spears," she branches and committees , and people English rather quickly," he says. Addi at the end of the movie , Spike Lee still said. can't be productive, he continues. tionally, Eltokhy learned Spanish his se creates a story thick with unexpected ac However, America gives people nior year in high schoo l and currently tions and consequences, story-changing Religion, con't from page 5 more options and is the land of opportu speaks four languages fluently. surprises and a sense of humor that serves nity. He says: "Here, you get a 'say' and Concerning life at High Point, not to lighten the mood of the heist at a freshman, but once you find it, it is have more of chance to do what you want Eltokhy feels that diversity and accep hand, but to give life to the characters. enough." Davis agrees that religion is to do when you want to do it." For ex tance are still hindered by certain things. important to the majority of the students ample, good education in Egypt is much Both international and American students This movie may be about a bank here. "We have to recognize that for some harder to come by. If a student wanted to need to be more open-minded, be says. heist, but it's more about the underlying students religious beliefs are not central, get into a medical school, he or she Eltokhy states, "Making an effort to get scandal, which, in some ways, causes the but overall, most students want religion ''would have to have a 99 average from to know them [international students] and robbery. However, there's plenty of ac to be a part of their experience. It may kindergarten all the way up through high showing them around your area" will tion and drama to keep even the most rest not be expressed in traditional ways, but school," Eltokhy cites. improve tolerance as well as life on cam less of us glued to our seats for the entire they want a religious core," Davis says. When Eltokhy was 13, be came to pus. movie. 12 Campus Chron icle SPORTS Fri day, April 21, 2006 Bando Jr.'s boys gain clout in the conference
By Chris Smith ted home-runs in all three games of the Bammon Portice has anchored a solid bases. Staff Writer series, and the Panthers would record the rotation, going 4-4 with a 5.34 ERA after The Panthers have also been helped sweep of their conference foe. Afte r step early season at the plate by Just like the North Carolina spring ping out of conference to top Brown, the struggles. Portice transfer Chris weather, the High Point baseball team has Panthers traveled to Charleston Southern has sett led down Norwood, hit gone from a cold couple of weeks to a where they won two of three to take the and has been nearly ting .345 with promi sing , hot run series. untouchab le with a 5 home-runs through the first few Since then, 1.48 ERA in confer and 27 RBI. weeks of spring. the Panthers ence play. T h i s Led by senior slug drubbed year's team ger Mark Shorey and Duke 16-3, On the offen has a chance to sophomore pitcher and took sive side, success finish above Eammon Portice , the two of three has started at the top .500 for the Panthers have won nine over a VMl for the Panthers' first time since of 11 contests and cur team that batting order. Lead 1990 and a rently sit in second place has already offhitter Jeff Cowan chance to in the Big South, carry wonover20 is batting .320 and make the con ing an 8-4 record. games. has also scored 35 ference tour Coming off of a H ead runs. nament for the stretch in which they lost coach Sal "We go as Jeff first time since nine of IO games, the Bando Jr. goes,'' Bando said of the Big South Panthers faced Radford believes his freshman. changed the in their conference home that the Backing up format to six opener . Portice got the sources of Cowan in the lineup teams. Those Panthers off to a good this recent is senior Shorey, are both goals start in the opener, throw success are who Bando thinks is Coach Bando ing seven strong innings s imple . a strong cand idate for Big South Confer has for this team. and allowing just one run "Without ence player of the year. "Our goal is to first make the confer on five bits while strik question the His stats back Bando's claim, as he ence tournament, and second, finish above ing out seven Highland- key to our leads the team with a .405 batting aver .500," be said. "Our focus is not on our PORTICK WINO~ l lP Puom av PM1HAY" Es i ttl e run ers. I age and 42 RBI. Even more impressive, goals; our focus is on the task, not the re Shorey, in the middle of what wou ld here has been pitching and defense," he Shorey is 71hin the nation with 12 bome sult, and the task is to play fundamentally become a l 4-game hitting streak, swat- said. runs and 4t11in the nation with I 05 total sound baseball while doing the little things." A Final Four tradition My generation, con't from Baseball season page 10 ~=====~ Shows like "I Want A Famous continues ... continues in Indianapolis Face" throw people my age under the By Kevin Lamb knife so that they can look exactly lik Staff Writer place to watch the games, and my uncles their favorite musician or actor. Actres knew every one of them. First, it must be Kate Wmslet condemned the show be 4/21-4/23 vs. UNC The smells, the sights, the sounds, a place that serves food, and to eat food cause a girl wanted to look just like her. Asheville there must be a place to sit. The city was cheers heard all around. A rumble walks Winslet could not understand ho 4/26 @ UNC-Chapel Hill the streets where the home of college bas packed with hundreds of thousands of someone could just deconstruct her in ketball sleeps. The Speed Way silent ly people with one agenda--eat, drink and dividuality like that, in no time at all 4/27 vs. NC A& T waits its tum as the beginning of spring watch college basketball. Finding the right for such a nonsensical reason. I agree. 5/6-5/8 vs. Birmingham means it's time for nets to burn. Four un venue was more difficult than imagined; Of course, these are just a few ex likely teams with glory-filled, net-cutting it involved key strategizing, table-hover amples of how my generation throws it Southern dreams. ing and drink-buying to secure the right bit of self into the mud simply to appea table . The next challenge is to get the sec more beautiful, more precious than th The stage was set and ifl was going STDs, con't from page 10 to bet it would be only on the certainty of ond table; this pisses people off. The others. There are things like eating dis a fantastic finish. The Patriots of 'by tables cannot be just anywhere; they must orders that plague my generation. symptoms differ from other STDs. Lind George Mason,' perhaps the unlikeliest of have televisions in clear view, and a wait Women and men, my age, purge int say said a person infected with HIV might teams to be facing, but the Gators of ress willing to make her $100 tip for the toilets to have the "perfect" body ofJes experience symptoms comparable to Florida had been here before and won the life-altering 12 hours she is forced to deal sica Simpson and the like. What peopl common cold virus. "Most patients with NCAA championship on this very floor. with Lamb Fam. The time was 12:30, my age do not realize is that these peopl HIV first think they have the flu," Lind The purple and yellow Tigers of LSU, game time was 6, and there was only one that they throw themselves away to mir say said. Other symptoms are: fever, swol they made it to the dance but UCLA Wiii thing to do until the fan favorite Mason ror are merely human. They are tlawe len glands, diarrhea, infected throats and test if their destiny is true. The RCA Dome andLSU tipped off, DRINK. For the first as well. They just have the means t purplish spots on skin. Most infect ed in downtown Indianapoli s breathes deep time in my life I had breakfast, lunch and have their flaws erased when the cam people eventually die of AIDS. for the city will not sleep. It is the day of dinner in a single bar. Believe you me, it eras are on. Lindsay urges students to learn more the 2006 NCAA Final Four, and the word was no easy task, but someone had to do I think there will always be peopl about their partners and protect them bracketology means a thing no more. it. If we left the bar as a group, the table who feel they must fall mto the Iife, bod selves when they choose to be sexua lly I recently had the pleasure of travel would be lost, and our work would be for or attitude of someo ne else in order t active. "I say to them, 'yo u can say 'no' ing to Indianapolis for the 2006 Men's naught, so at all times at least three of us get farther and be better accepted in thi if you have to, and if you choose to have NCAA Final Four. For nearly 20 years, it remained seated. From paper football to life. It is possible for me to look back a sex, protect yourself,"' said Lindsay. has been Lamb family tradition to follow betting on horse race s, we were some my high school experience and think i Students infected with an STD are one of the greatest extravaganzas in col scoundrels living the American dream, would have been easier and more en offered counseling and medications for lege sports. This was my second Final good food, good beer and great people . joyable ifl had followed the rest of th themselves and their partners. Lindsay Four, as the old guys say my cousin and I The games came and went without sheep and conformed, but I didn't. I a advised students (especially females) to are just rookies. My father and his five much thrill. First Florida knocked off honored to know that I have stood u get routine medical check-ups. brothers look forward to little more than Cinderella, leaving the underdog George for myself and my beliefs my entire lifi Eventually, Beno's friend contacted a chance to get together, have a round of Mason with heart broken. In the later because of a simple saying my mothe the Health Center for treatment and ac golf, a "few" too many beers, and watch game, UCLA did too much of everything, and father were always sure to tell m cording to Beno, she is done with her some good, old-fashioned college hoops. blowing out LSU. Most people are whenever I doubted myself. I never los treatments and her medical status is good. The going rate for a scalped ticket in the shocked that I was at the Final Four and sight of myself and, if more people m "I hope that others will do the same ... It nosebleeds was $180, a bit too rich for made no effort to purchase a ticket, but my generation bad heard this saying o really helps put mto perspective that there my blood. In my last visit to the tourney, only this year's April fools would have taken it to heart, maybe they wouldn' are many STDs on campus," said Beno. my cousin and I managed tickets some traded my day in the bar with the Lambs have. Sexual irresponsibility can destroy where near the ceiling; I remember a tele for a seat. When it was all said and done, Every generation has its weakness. your body. So treat your body with respect scope would have been useful. the damage was near $500 for five Unfortunately , my generation is wea and "don't let any peer pressure lead you This year the focus was not to get middle-aged roamed men, but the bill because it is only able to define itself a into something that can compromise your tickets; instead we set out early Saturday might as well have been pennies for all indefinable. existence," said Lindsay. to find the perfect bar. There are many they cared, as they upheld a great family contributing factors in finding the nght tradition.