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HIGH POINT UNIVERSITY
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King Day orator urges audience
RIDAY. January 28. 2005
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HIGH POINT. N.C.
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Women's soccer
player honored
High Point's Ryan Hays has been
named to the 2004 North Carolina Collegiate Sports Information Association
(NCCSIA) All-State University Division
women's soccer team.
Hays, a junior defender from
Kernersville, colJected eight assists during the 2004 campaign to lead the Big
South Conference m the category for the
second year in a row.
Hays is the Big South's lone representative on the squad, and one of just
two North Carolina natives to make the
team.
to combat ongoing social ills
By Shane Holman
Staff Writer
phisticated segregation"? The reverend
explained that if all men were treated as
equals, then why do we still have problems of social injustice and economic in-
The speaker at the Martin Luther
King Day ceremony
challenged the nation
and High Point University to continue to
make good on the slain
civil rights hero's
dream .
On Jan. 17, Reverend RobertJ . Williams
Jr. raised the question
"ls it victory or are we
victims?", referring to
race
relations
in
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ANNlJAI MARTl'i I UTHt:R KlNC OA\' CE LlB RAllON
di t ion of African
Americans in the city of High Point.
Are we experiencing triumph
due to King's achievements or are we
vict ims of what Williams called "so-
when he asked the packed crowd in
Hayworth Chap el whether academia is a
victim or a victor when on ly three percent of profes sors in the United States are
African American.
He called on the High
Point University commun ity
to forge stronger ties with city
org anization s to solve the
problems of substandard
hou sing and illiter acy. He
wondered aloud if thi s institution was sufficiently honoring King by canceling 11
a.m. class but not observing
the fuU hol iday.
In addition, he inquired
BY BLTll A'\ THONY
about the recent resistance of
HPU officia ls to a city coun-
eqwty?
Th e senior pastor of Williams Memorial Christian Methodist Episcopal
Church brought his point close to home
New Vear, New President
Six High Point University students
will study abroad this semester at the
Spanish American Institute in Seville,
Spain and La Sorbonne, a university in
Paris, France .
The students traveling to Spain arc
Hannah Lively, Bridget McGrath,
Briana Warner and Paige Welch. Joanna
Meade and Jacob Warner will study in
France .
Dudley appointed
to new position
compiled by Andrea Griffith
Study abroad
leads student to
fabled guitars
By Justin Spinks
Staff Writer
ix students to study
broad this spring
Chris Dudley has been named director of community relations, President
Qubein announced earlier this month.
Dudley's new role will include coordination of commun ity events on campus and communication with various organizations in the city. An alumnus of
the university. he 1s involved with several local organizations such as United
Way, Big Brothers Big Sisters and the
Chamber of Commerce
'Tm honored President Qubein has
selected me for this important position
and l look forward to serving our university and its close affiliation with our
city." Dudley said.
See MLK Day, page 6
President Nido Qubeln, who took office Jan. 3, poses
with the Panther (Mike Tarara) outside of a Carrlbean
Meet & Greet that Qubeln hosted for students upon their
return from winter break. Along with many big plans for
the school,Qubeln pledged to raise $10 mllllon for the
school In his first month In office.
Page3
Two differing
perspectives
onMLKDay
celebration
Page 5
Studying in
Sevi11e:One
student's
nevvs fron1
Spain
For rock fans out there, how would
you like to hold the last guitar J1m1
Hendrix played in concert before his
death in 1970? If you sign up for High
Point University's study abroad nrogram,
then you may very well get your chance.
Junior Dan Carter sat in the Hard
Rock vault in London and played
Hendrix's "Flying V" guitar , which the
master used at his last show during the
Open Air Love and Peace Festival in
Germany. Carter also strummed the
Fender Strat of Duane Allman, another
of his role models. It's the guitar Allman
memorably played while he was in the
supergroup Derek and the Dominoes with
Eric Clapton, and it was used to record
the original version of"Layla:'
''That is probably the coolest thing I
did while I was in England," Carter recollects. "It was like a dream come true.
But the whole experience was really
great."
Carter set out with nine students and
faculty advisor Dr. Andrea Wheless to
study at Oxford-Brooks University for the
See Carter. page 5
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Phoenix
Men's B-balf
Festival
teain excels ,
winners
in Big
...., South '
weigh in on
gain es
their works
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Campus Chronick
EDITORIAL
Friday, January 28, 2005
Celebs: great on MTV,
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Some sugge tlons for poor at the voter booth
our incoming President
A new year, a new semester a new
president. Things are feeling fresh at
High Point Umversity With all the
change comes an opportunity for the
umvers1ty community to evaluate where
we·vc beenand where we're beaded
Dr Nido Qubem 1sthe uni\ersit) 's
seventh president. and he s taken office
"1th big ideas and grand plans His arnval has created quite a sllr--cspec1ally
among the students That kind of enthusiasm is refreshing We can use it to generate further cbang In ,ts 80 years thi
mstitut1onbas co,,ae.very far Here are
some places we,
Claromcle staff
hopert IGel out
-The omvenily
all. for 1t1ltUdcnls CMellil
madeeftb~to~
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Vote or die! That was what most to be just like them. Celebrities are
young peop le were told this past NovemAmerica's Royal Family .
ber, as if P. Diddy was going to hunt you
Political views, in a mostly liberal
down and put his diamond-encrusted 9 Hollywood setting, will, of course, lean
conaiderwaysto change
millimeter to your toward the Demo crats.
Yet does
-Security may be the most univertempl e if you sat at America's Royal Family think their ensal concern on campus. The 1101vers1ty
bome playing with dorsements will make a difference? I do
should consider hiring trame<Jofficers
an Xbox oo Nov. 2. not care what celebrities think about polito supplement those that we already
Paris Hilton
tics; letthemsaywhatevertheysay.
They
have
herself was also a have opinions, too, yet voicing them never
Wlule the hou.smgoptiouson C3mspokesperson for does help a cand idate. Think about it. has
pus ha, e undoubtedly 1mpr0\ ed over the
this campa ign, but Britney Spears ever swayed your opinpast foW' years. many of the accommo
really ion on politics? What does she know
i f she
dat1on are in dire need of rcoovauon
wanted to get 18- about the topic, minus divorce Jaw? Did
A po111t1ve
Ii mg expencncc dunng the
Lauren
24 year-olds to the Willie Nelson really help Dennis
first year of college askey lo mamtam
-Croughan~ polls. she would Kuciruch when he endorsed him? Rheing 1mpress1vc
retcnuon and gniduat101
have had to release
toncal questions aside. the answer 1s no.
rates For the pnce of room and board.
a video tap e for
MTV did not make its quota for 20
student li
tn dorms should have
people to care. Why was John Kerry on million young voters in the election, and
access to nicer louoacs
(with tdeYiaioos stage with Bruce Spnngsteen and Bon voter turnout for the ages 18-24 is stilJ
tbal wouldbdp pr()DW bait umty) ball
Jovi--for fundraisers or for kicks?
the lowest bracket If celebrities are beJurcbal llld NDOVatod
bathrooms
When did Kerry be- r:;::=~~:=~~::~====~lieved
to have so
To compete Withthe cr-evol
come a Bon Jovi fan?
much buying power
maacademic world.lbc mu
will Why do we care what
in busmess, then why
lltOlllldillllP•Y add programsand Arnold
the
does the same princaa't we ba
uat
Gubemator or Jamie
ciple not apply to
INIICallldllminaildlc,olr tudml
polittcs? In business,
Lee Cwtis say about
inmlllWlllll!IWI will ie.d
endorsing Bush?
everyone wants P.
Because we the
Didd y's clothing,
young people of the
Paris's handbags and
United States, who
Michael Jordan's
joined to fonn a more perfect union, think shoes.
You might conclude that politics
that celebrities are the best thing smce the
must be too boring to claim our attention.
internet. beer and MTV.
We cra\e celebrities . We love their However , it might actually be that OW' age
stupidity, we love their money and we bracket does not really understand what
love their bodies. We love their secrets,
goes on in the country during elections or
we love their dmma and we love their
See Celebs, page 4
essence We want to be them . We want
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THE CAMPUS CHRONICLE STAFF
Editor in Chief: Andrea Griffith
Assistant Editor I Layout Editor: Katie Estler
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PETA: terrorist hippies
Without question one of the wildest, most unpredictable organizations on
this earth is People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA}. Certainly
PETA has the
right to protest
the
"sense I es s
killing of innocent animals" all it
wants;
the
freedom
to
protest is a
Joel
foundation of
democracy.
~ StubblefieldHowever. not
Staff\\ l'lh.T
only
do
PETA's advertisements serious ly cross
the line of joumahst1c freedom, their
'protesting' often turns violent in nature.
Recently PETA president Ingrid
Newkirk appeared on FOX News
manded Carter stop fishing immediately.
PETA's argument is that fish are mtelligent creatures who feel pain . I seriously doubt they got any consideration
whatsoever from the former president.
After all.Jimmy Carter ts the same man
who was attacked by a 'vicious rabbit'
in 1979 and beat it back with a canoe
paddle.
The most troubling aspect ofPETA's
actions , however,istheapparentcondoning of violence for their cause. No one
questions the fact that we have plenty o
terrorists to deal with already. Advertisements produced by the Center for
Consumer Freedom (CCF), an organization promoting consumer responsibility
and protecting consumer choice, expose
PETA for funding, supporting and condoning arson and other forms of violence.
For examp le, one spot exposes PETA's
opposition to all uses of animals for
medical research, including efforts to
Channel's The Fae- -------------tor, featuring prominent conservative
journalist
Bill
O'Reilly. New advertisements have
been released by
PETA linking the
mass consumption
of animals for food
akin to the Holocaust. If this is not
ridiculous enough for you, PETA earlier
this month also condemned the fishing
habits of former President Jimmy Carter
after Carter admitted to latc~night talk
show host Jay Leno that he accidentally
hooked himself while casting. PETA de-
find cures for leukemia, multiple sclerosis and AIDS. It also
highlights
the
$70,000 PETA gave
to
Rodney
Coronado, a convicted arsonist who
burned
down
a
Michigan State University research lab.
Newkirk referred to
Coronado as "a fine young man." Yet
the CCF ads have footage of Coronado
demonstrating to student activists bow
to build a firebomb, less than a year af-
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See PETA, page 4
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CROSSFIRE: King Day celebration sparks
debate among Chronicle staff and writers
Williams inspires one student, motivates all
Senior P.J. Daniel, others touched by King Day ceremonies~====~~
There was no extra credit for 21-yearold P.J. Daniel. No requirements to attend.
Yet, for four
years now, on
Martm Luther
King Jr. Day, he
finds his way to
Hayworth
Chape l to be a
part of the ceremony.
On a cloud~ena Smith~ less. sunny JanuStaff Writer ary day that was
deceptively
beautiful, the finger-numbing wind followed Daniel into the chapel. After 10
minutes of sitti ng down on one of the
pink-cushioned pews a little towards the
back, he finally took his black fleece
gloves off and laid them at his side next
to his toboggan. Hi s fluffy Northface
jacket coordinated with his gloves, his
sneakers and the colo r of his skin .
He stuck a piece of Trident Cool
Rush gum in his mouth and said. "What\
up?" to a few friends as the prelude song
" Holy Ground" was being played by the
pianist. His long legs rubbed against the
United Methodist hymnals rising from the
wooden pouch on the back of the pews .
As the ceremony began, he flipped
through the program quickly, and as the
SGA pres ident told everyone to rise and
sing, Daniel cleared bis throat as ifh e was
about
to
belt out his
best for the
hymn "Joyful Joyful."
He moved
his lips, but
not even a
whisper
was heard.
in a while, he'd mo ve each finger as ifh e
knew exac tly what note he' d be pla y ing
if his knees were keys. His mouth poured
out drum-
1 i k e
sounds
The peop le
in front of
him turned
around in a
question ing manner. but he
did n • t
T h c
new presi care.
T h e
dent of the
university
Reverend
said, 'Tm
Robert
privi leged
Williams
to be a part
stood
in
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of a team
the pulpit
n.u BRA1 10, '' IIAY\\Oltlll ( 11\P[I
called High
and to ld
Point University," to which Daniel nod- the crowd to open their Bibles to Ga latians
ded his head in agreement. " I like Dr. 2: 11. Daniel knew exactly where
Qubein 's approach," said Daniel, who Galatiam; was and checked his neighbor
feds Qubein is making the presidency
to make sure he had the right verse. After
more visible.
Williams n:ad tt and everyone's eyes were
Genesis Gospel Choir then sang
on him. Daniel kept his face in the Bible
"Worthy is the Lamb" and "Marvelou~
for n moment, reading the passage a secThings :' During the performances, Danie l ond time.
tapped his fingers on his knees and mim"Victory or \'ictims?" questioned
icked the action with his feet. faery once William-.. in a white dres ~ shirt and a gray-
ish-brown suit. Williams' right hand was
always waving or motioning, as if it belonge d in the air just like a cross belonged
in a church.
Halfway into the ceremony, Daniel
looked at his watch, more out of cunosity than anxiety. Williams quoted I(jng,
"We must learn to live together as brothers or we wi ll all perish as fools." The
crowd seemed to simultaneously say,
"Ummh," like a crowd does when something needs to sink in. But Daniel kept
silent.
Daniel stood and app lauded at a quarter till noon witb the rest of the room as
Williams ended his speech. "Overall, this
is one of the better programs since I've
been here," said Daniel. who grew up with
pictures of King in his house. He remembers first learning in depth about King in
elementary school.
Daniel feels be has a personal connection to the late activist. and said his
favorite characteristics of King are his perseverance and determination. " I'm not a
quitter," said Daniel. "Thanks to MLK I
have a better chance to have a victory instead. and I won't let myself go aroun d
alway:. feel ing like the victim."
Credit doesn't always come from the
classroom.
A disastrous invitation to accept victimhood
ay of hope hijacked by an irresponsible, defeatist message~~~~~!!!!!!!!!!!~
OnJan. 17 I aacndcd
what•• supposedfO be a celebrahOD
orlhc Hfcor
Dr Martin Luther King h The world
hu a way
of uplifting
good mtendons The
dead a long ttme ago W1lbams made
IMIJ)' m'erences
diVI on m the commumty;but somehow teemed hke all
the fioga, po1Dbngf; r that di I on w
di:rcctedII the Un1verany Oneoftbc low
pomts ft
when Rev Wilham& mco
o Afn
oompmd
tiooed th higb number
tbeme o Amencanldblela ID
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I haveto lidmi a cenamIIIIOl1IIIof
trepadat on 1n discus ms tbs topic
openly Whtie HPU bason paper that
we are an open community, something
tell me that Jot of people w,11thmlc I
have no r1gl1t to speak on thus i;ub1cct
Think a ,0111. I know somcthmg about
the lustory of ow country and the poh
tics that have largclv run her course and
as a rchg.1011 maJor I ha, c a few opm1011 about how the mes age of the Bible
1s transmitted m public discourse
I found many problems with Rev
Williams message
I thought tl wa
more driven by a personaJ agenda than
ellhcr the Bible or the memory of Dr:
King SpecaficaU~ho brought up the
atreetrenaminJ
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WU
tutaon invites
someoneto speak
it
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modem Africao-AmcricaDBarc victum
Re Williams what re they vu:tunsof?
has e~er achieved anything poSJbve by
acientJfymghunself as a victun.
I 11offi an altemat.ve suggestion
Do you thtnk Dr. King cons1dcn:d
'l:Slli&Jlt!'.!I tile those of Rev Williams,
himself a v1cttm? He was, of course to
Jacboo andAl Sharptonhave~
us. be was persecuted and died for the
I done noth.ing advancethe cause cry cause that animated bis extStence
f
Amencan m the da s mce But that makes him a manyr. a hero to
DI: K.ma.
In die placeo menof V111oa. every Alnericanand uot a Vldlm No
pawe:rmdbopehascome 11111rationofone who w~ to bw a powerfuland
ielldln
laveDOtlld\llDC,edtbltCIIIIO metain&fbl
life allimsdmt title.
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Boclale tbtQ,a celetnlmll
"Do you think you are a
victim? Even if it were true,
would you want to embrace
it? Victimhood is an absolutely crippling identity. Its
very nature abdicates responsibility and denies the power
of the individual will to carve
out one's chosen life."
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that md1v1duars uncensored opinions, 1t
I for lhal r ason alone that I cnn over
look II ofth·1t and Just dism1 s the speech
as he mi in poor tnstc
I ,;Lill annot fathom, though how
someone celebrates a great man hkc MT K
by telling African-Amencans that they are
victims Are we still lJVing 111the l 940s'1
I won't deny that racism still exists to
Amcnca I don t see 1t often, but I'm not
a mmonty andI m not naive What does
of n.:,·ealmgAfncan Amencan dirty laun
dry lo ,t publu.; th, t houldn 1 be, llo" ed
to sec 11
Do you tl11nk) ou ~re n v1ct1m7 Even
1f 1twere true. would you want to embrace
11?V1ctimhood 1s,m absolutcl) cnpphng
identity Its very nature abdicates respons1b1htyand denies the powe1of the mdi
v1duaJWlll to carve out one's chosen hfe .
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Words mean something. To be a
v1ct1m 1s to have no claim over the d1rechon of your hfe Victorv 1s aclucved
hy tho<iewho ll.lmfor it over and above
rut) obstacles they might ha, e. Haney
FicNtcm an c.,1or nd famous gay nghL<;
ncti\ 1 I, once wrote, 'Ne\ er rllow your.;clfto be made in ictun Al~cpt no ones
dehmtion of your ltfe, define) ourself '
College 1s a time where identities are
often made and molded. I would suggest that there are few 1dent1Ues more
hannful to the spirit than that of a victim As you grow,I encoumge all of you
to embnace a v,s1onof the person you
not exasttJ the syatematwdisenfianchise- Americabaa steppedon a lot of people m
mcot that was legal and acceptable
the coano of tts htstory,l bow dus But are becoming thatwalltakeyou forward.
tbroupout DIICbof our history So If willllia·mAaleric,scr
ken
AO one not holdyov back-
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Camp11sChroni cle
Frida y, J a nuar y 28, 2005
Child exploitation worsens following tsunami
Southeast Asia rampant with prostitution and other abuses of the innocent~===
Num bers. Th ere are pl en ty of them:
80,000 dead in Indonesia. 29,00 0 in Sri
La nk a, 11,000 in Ind ia an d a tot al of
163, 000 , acco rdin g
to
CNN. Nine on
th e
Ri c ht er
sca le. F ivehundre d mph
waves. Thousands missing
and mi ll ions
homeless 10 11
countries from
lndones1a
to
Staff Writer
Somalia .
The numbers vacillate like the waves
of the ocean, except they never recede .
There are believed to be 35,000 orphans
m Ace h province in Sumatra, 1,000 m
Sri Lanka and counting. This eas ily raises
the estimated 34 millio n orphan-count
around the world. In the lands stric ken
by the tsunami, it 1s near ly impossib le
that the orphans will be adopted anytime
soon because of the scare of the sex trade .
Child trafficking ·a term that reduces the value of a child's life to a mere
commod ity, a way of making money has been rampant throughou t Sou th Asia.
even before the tsunami . But, like fishermen happening upo n lucky spots in the
water, predators are prospecting the lands
hit by the tsunami for easy prey .
Thai land holds the title as the prostitution capita l of the worl d, as many chit-
dren are used for sex touri sm- an effec- Umt ed Na ti on s Childr en Fund , came
tive way o f ga inin g money from ot her ac ross a tex t message on Jan. 4 that ofcountrie s thr ough the vaca tionin g Am eri- fered 300 Indones ian orphans for sale. As
cans and E uropeans. An d with p lenty of qu oted in the New York Da ily News, the
childr en to pick from, child expl oitatio n message sai d , "A ll pa perwo rk will be
is hard to prevent.
take n care of. No fee. Please state age and
Th e news sh ow Dateli ne rece n tly sex of ch ild requir ed ."
we nt un dercove r to Cambo dia to ca ll atAutho rit ies hope to find exte nded
tent ion to child pros titution the re. At one fami ly members of the orph ans before
partic ular place, virgins were offered to even thinking about adoption. especially
adopt i on
an
underc over
refrom outside
1•or mor e in ormation on c ii sex
the c o un porter
for
trc{fficking and contributin g to the
tri es. Not
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only is it difto three days :
resc ue and recoverv effort s, plea se
some were5ficult to find
year-olds In
visit the.followmg·
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tourism
have turned
seems to be the best answer for a strug- mto the perpetrators. National Pubhc Ragling family . Other ch ildren are forced dio news reports that there are many "icinto prostitution and if they resist, they tims who are claiming children that are
are beaten . Being offered jobs as wait- not their own in order to cope with the
resses. the children are trapped when they death of their own children .
realize the restaurant is rea lly a brothel.
According to the Save the Children
Child trafficki ng brings in between
webs ite. "The most helpful thing for such
$7 to $12 billion annually, third on the children is to remain within the commulist of biggest businesses m criminal ac- nity they are farruliar witl1and with people
tivities, preceded on ly by drug trafficktl1ey know, to ensure their basic needs for
ing and illegal arms .
food, water and shelter are met and to try
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t rm maqJUm, cocameheroin.
mm: bepa takiq a mcire aeu e role
pbine,and a list of oth« outlawed substances Mostof you reading dus ~
ably
have
trouble bchev
mg that I. a
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IOIImaker did lee fit to ban these
ffll:IIIID
The govemmeot•s role u primmy
andothers, as we saw w1tbthe era of'Prohlbihon wheo alcohol was con.stnuaon. decision maker m our hves has grown.
ally banned. The banning of subs
alfecaingall aspects of our li es. Today,
such as cocame and manJuan h now the ovcmmcnt wanL,; to fon:eevery per-
card-carry mg led to the problem we ha, c with the drug son lo we r seatbelts because we cannot
R e publican , trade Just as law e1tfo rccmcnl bad pro
makethat dcc1 100 ourselves As 10 the
would ar g u e lcm with organ11,ed 1.,;
nm e dunng Proh1
of substance use tf I want to mS ome
b1lJon. Legahzmg dru and heavtl tax creasc my chances o f dealh \\h1le dr'i\thi s.
woutd e ven ing the produ c t10n t1nd sale o f 1hem w11J 10 by not weano g ea1be1tthat 1s my
say 1111is a hbinev1tahly d1~o urage m, n) dm g peddJ
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the uppe:il oJ o trono m11,;a
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My argum e nt mere ly re Is o n the and what \\ e can and cannot do on o ur
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go,erumcnt
premise that
own pnvatc
Staff Writer ha no author - rnd1v1duals
property
"My argument rests merely on the Our lives are
ity to protect 10div1duals from them
the
have
selves truly I a c:omcrvatJveposauon power to deprem ise that individuals have the controlJcdby
government
even though n fallamore on thelihertar- cide whether
power to harm themselves. If i
l&D side of the conservative spectrum
they wmt to
bureaucrats
Many liberalawall probably agree With harm them
me on this issue, but for reasonsdiffer- selves. If I
want to use substances such as
marijuan a and cocaine, I should
have the freedom to do so. My
actions are valid only if I do not
hann anyone else in the proce ss.,,
ent from mmc Since the dawn of the want to use
20 Century and the creation of the New substances
Deal the government has taken an ap- sucbasmanproach resembling a decision maker and Juaoa
and
I
not a protector of freedom , ind1v1duaJ cocaine
nghts and national secunty . lndiv1duals should have
need no Big Brother to assist them wath the freedom to do so. My actloosarc valid
their decis&OD making The highly IC· only Jf I do no&harm anyone else m du:
who make
every dac1-
s1on for us.
And scholars
today argue
cluelessly
over why the
votin8population bu become apathetic Why vote
when a bureaucrat,who basmoreeft'cat
liverole takm by thegovcmmeotm ~ process Forthoselegalscholan l'lldfDa overmy life thin a polilic:un.wil never
tocriq pooplefrom &bedeeiiioo Ibey this hmm will be defined u phylical
IOJlldlouofwllownat9*
how a group of peo ple on Capitol Hill
affects our lives m the h ere and now. Yet,
what those me n and women in nice suits
do will affec t each one of us in some way,
and ye t we in the lowest turno ut brac ket
do not recognize th.tsfact. You might want
to listen at least to the un derlying message of the celebrities: Get out and get
educated on the issues. because the worst
repub lic is an ignorant republic.
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page 2
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ter bis parole expired. Some fine young
man he 1s.
Clearly PETA 1s a group of demngcd pc.:ople. Protest is fine: it's annoying, but it's a cornerstone right of
lhc fre\!dom on which our nation is
built. When protest turns ,·io lent. howeve r, those inciting the trouble are little
better than the terro rists our men and
women are curre ntl y con fro otmg all
over the wo rl d. Get a grip, PETA.
They're anima ls! Wh ile we certa inly
shouldn 't abuse or neglect them, they're
simpl y lowe r in the food cha in. An yone for ste ak?
Sugges tion s, continued from
page 2
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tentia l students shouldn' t be scree ned
based on their past involvement. We want
stud ents who will become a part o f the
campu s communi ty. After all , these studen ts will leave w ith a gre ater sense of
prid e for their uni versity and will be more
inclined to donate to their alma mater so
that the futur e generation s o f stud ents can
benefit.
Th e school 's leadership exp and s beyond the offic es of its admini strators . Th e
new p residency marks a new beginnin g
for all of us .
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ties back into their lives as quickly as possible."
Qui ck is no understate ment. Num bers ha ve become a tidal wa ve in th em se lves. In Cam bo di a a lon e, th ere are
roughl y 30,000 childr en invo lved in sex
touri sm. The UNICEF webs ite says that
1.2 million chil dren are tra fficked each
year. And according to the New York Post,
100,000 of tho se come from Southeast
Asia . The tsunami has brought in numbers hardly believable. Sex tourism has
its own set of disgusting figures . If only
the se numbers would wash awa y with the
tide .
There's no easy equation for the reduction of such numbers. Awareness isn't
the full answer, but it certainly is a start.
Stay aware . Non-profit agencies like Save
the Chi ldren and the Internationa l Justice
Mission among many others are in the
mid d le of the cris is, trying to recove r the
innocents stole n by traffickers lJM uses
undercover investigators, goes straigh t to
the scenes of the crimes and rescues many
children. Financial donations are the base
of every non-profit's existence; but, information can be as powerful as money.
Don't take for gra n ted the information
easily accessible to any college student.
Don't let the numbers overwhelm you .
Just sitting at a desk and stanng at a math
problem on the board accom plishes nothing. Step up to the chalk.boar~ even if you
don't find the answer right away, you'd
be one step closer than you are right now.
NEWS
Friday, January 28, 2005
Canipu.r Chronick
5
Life in Seville: Student studying abroad
adjusts to her disorienting environment
Editors Note: This is the first of several installments this semeste r that will document the authors trip overseas. =======
By Briana Warner
Staff Writer
Tuesday, Jan . 4
I leave for Spai n in one week. Tt
hasn 't hit me yet. I feel like rn be returning to High Pom t for a regular semester
I 'm not yet excited or nervous, but it will
hit and it will hit hard.
Wednesday.Jan. 12
I am flymg over Ireland nght now
headed for H eathrow Auport 10 London
The problem with this flight is that there
as an enormous loss of time. I left Washington, D.C. at 6:40 p.m . and I arrive in
London
at
6:20
a.m.
Due to the
t
1
m
e
qui ckly through customs which simpl y
cons isted of a manstamping my passport.
We went to baggage c laim and what do
you know? No baggage for me. So that
meant that I needed to proceed to the lost
luggage desk with abou t IO other students. They said I will have it in a day or
two or 16. Luckily, I had a fee ling that
thmgs wouldn ' t go as planned, so I
packed an overnight bag. We were then
placed in taxis to our homes. Luckily,
Bridget is my roommate Our place is a
second story apartment with marble
noors. It 's sma ll but beau11ful. Bridget
and I share a sma ll bedroom and have our
own bathroom .
We are living
with Aurora, a
widowed
mother of two
with a very cute
dog. Both of
her sons are
grown, so it· s
just our mothe r
and us.
Thursday .
changes,
that is only
about
s ix
hours
of
travel time.
I basically
lost a night
of
sleep.
Jan. 13
though I did
nod off for
It has been
r1101U,IO\UIIF.DD\OIUA
'H\\All,tJ(
a
lon g da)
about
an
\• R"Ut q,n Er• 1111s< 111wu.o,~ £\II I
Raght after \\ c
hour af ter
dinner and o
went to bed last
night full) exhausted. a mnn :.tnrtcd
movie. British Anway asext1cmclynacc
Food was good ...dmner and bre.1.kfast All
knockmg on the shdmg ghhs door hes11lc
around I'm drowc;y and mad becau:.e this
our beds, ,ind he v. as yell mg m a mix of
Spanish and English I le \\ as a.,king mf
pen just burst all over my hand.
lie could come m, and he was saymg that
Wednesday, Jan. 12
Ten-thirty p.m. (Seville time, ,1x
our house mother needed help. I thought
hour:; ahead of Eastern Standard) 1 am
I wns going to die my first mght there.
finally m Seville. Thie; ha...;been the longV.e both ignored ham for a whale, but he
est day ofmy life . It was great meetmg
d1dn t stop yelling. I finall y "-Cnt Jownup with Bridget McGrath and Paige
"tair:,, and 1t turned out thnt my luggage
Welch, two of the other High Pomt abroad
came around I a.m .• and our mother went
students, in London. J slept through most
down to get it and locked her elf out of
of the flight from London to Se ..,Ue, and
the apartment The man on the balcon)
when I woke up, the ner. ousness hi 1. The was our neighbor and she .isked him to
loud voice speaking a foreign language
wake u up Quuc a first mght in Sevilla'
We cxplorc.d the city today . It reover the intercom added to my d1sonentation .. The flight to Seville was ROperminds me of Ne\\ York C11y wi1h 1hc
cent American students. The) pushed us sights. peddlers und cs-pec1allythe :.mcll,.
Cart
contmued from ront p g
ame
on
ow tbnt ed11cabon
forms
It is also always busy. I have never lived
in a city, so I get exc ited being on the
out that we were in the wrong group, and
we were dropped off at the other end of
the city. So, that was
our first lesson in fmdi ng our way back
bhndly.
We saw an amazin g flamenco show
this evening.
The
dance is so passionate
and energetic. On the
way back we bad a
bite
to
eat
at
McDonald 's .. Dido' t
take very long for us to
crave
American
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call it that. They also
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tRll ,o I o\l RA.
have a Pizza Hut, Ben
same block as a grocery store and two & Jerry's, Burger King and KFC.
block.s away from a park. Wild orange
Tuesday.Jan. 18
trees grow on the streets here. and they
Seven a.m. hit bard this morning with
are beautiful. You can't eat the fruit,
classes starting. It kind of reminded me
though, because the trees grow with the of this: You are walking down a quiet
help of the sewer water.
street in the summer; it· s sunny; you are
All the people dress extremely nice looking up at the beautiful trees and smellhere . I stick out like a sore thumb in my
ing fresh cut grass when suddenly you
Columbia jacket. Oh. well. I'd ,;tick out walk mto a brick wall head-on and are
anyway.
knocked Wlconscious. I had literature, an
Friday, Jan. 14
and an intensive grammar and composiWe caught a tour of our ne1ghboruon class today. They were taught in
l1ou<ltoday and about halfway through
Spanish at a rate that auctioneers ,,.ould
the wur rcalazecl that "'e dado t recogmzc
cnV). J feel lo t, hut e,erybody say» that
any of the stm.lents III our group. Tums tlungs will get easier.
Thornton recalls life in
Morocco as Navy spouse
By Eliz-abcth Rathvon
She found the beauty of Morocco in
the ocean. the northern moWltains. the
constant "'annth of the southern region
As a young girl in Virginia, Donn a and the people She c;aid that most of the
Thornton. the office manager and :.ec- people in Morocco were kind to her.
retaf) for the Behavioral Sc1em:cs De- Some,, ould im ite her to their homes for
dmner. Thornton ,aid. 'They treated us
partment, 1.:ould only read and dream
ahout trn, clang to other coumne:. and with re~pcet.''
leammg ahout foreign culture,. Her
Shortly before the) were stationed
dreams became a reality when she be- in Morocco. Thornton':. daughter Trace)
came what she calls a "N:iv) "ifo.''
w~ born. Thornton did not find tra, clThornton's husband jorned the
ing with a baby difficult. She explained
Na, y in I Q66,lhrec years niter the two that Tracey wm, a well-mannered baby,
were married . Gro"' mg up in Po\\ hatan , and that made things easier.
During the
\'a .• he had hecn her bus ~~~~~~~=====~
driver ,, hen she was in .. The scariest event for three and a half
eighth nnd 01nth grade.Also,
years that her
was
they had auended the same Thornton was when the husband
Moroccan military
stationed in Mochurch Ill Powhatan. As her
bus driver, he was a lways
rocco, the scariyelling at all of the students.
seized control of the
est event for
country and took King Thornton was
''I didn't like htm," she
said.
Hassan l l hostage.
when the MoHt.•r feelings for him
roccan mtlitaT)
changed. Al the age of 19, L:;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;..:.I
seized control of
the colmtry and
she married him and the two
have been married for 41 yea r:..
took King Hassan rrhostage .
Her husband was a communication
··wedido 't know ,vhat was going to
happen to us." said Thornton . The base
technician in the Navy, so then : were
onl), a few select bases where they could
\\ as closed. $0 no one could lea, e. At this
be stationed . Thornton enjoyed the travel time, President Nixon was informing the
opportunities which being a Navy wife
U.S. that no Americans were in Morocco .
offered her . She said, " I loved it I love d Thornton speculates the reason it was
trc1vehng." They were firsl s tationed at kept secret was because they were doing
Pe nsa co la , Fla . and Washington D.C. intelligence work.
and were then sent to Moro cco.
When Thornton's sister-in-law v1s" I loved living m Morocco." said
ited them in Morocco, they took her
sight-seeing
to Casablanca
and
TI1omton . " It had a beautiful countryside."
See Tlwmton. page 7
6
Friday, January 28 , 2005
NEWS
CaMpus Chr onick
Sager departs from Smith Library staff
By Kathleen McLean
Sta.ff Writer
nal articles and essays, som e of whi ch
were in German , French and Chin ese. Dr.
Frederick Schn eid, pr ofessor of hi story,
said that be mad e Sager 's job inte restin g
with reques ts for ob scure books, especially one on the history of Swedish mili tary operations in the Baltic dur ing the
La-Nita Williams , who works in circulation services, said, "She is a super nice person and alwa ys willin g to help
ou t. You couldn ' t as k for a better coworker ." Judith Hit chcoc k, direc tor of
library services, sa id that Sager was like
the social directo r. She remembered all
On Jan . 18, co lleagu es and friends
said go od -bye to Pat Sage r, referen ce
assistant, after 10 years o f hard work at
the Herm an H. and Lo uise M . Sm.ith Library.
Sager assumed her position here
in 1994 followi ng a stint as a teache r
and librarian in Connecticut Whe n
she stopped teaching, she was asked
by a friend to work in the children's
library part-time, which became fulltime work m the main library as a reference and interlibrary loan librarian
for the next 18years. High Pomt University was her first academic library .
"I felt comfortable right away ," said
Sager . "I had a feeling like I be longed ."
PIIO I O 8\ KAIHI u :N MCI EA'lj
While at High Point. Sager ba."
f,'RI\Ull
10,AGLk(Cl!..'llR10'dllk
I ll'jAI \I-ORI,; DA\ .
found interlibrary loans for students tlUL,O'>A .. 0(.(~'I\ORMR."~\
and faculty, worked as a reference librarian and taught classes on library ori - Napoleonic wars . Dr. Peng Deng , pro- the birthdays and was very concerned
fessor of history , stated, "Pat could always with peop le's lives. "I know I'm making
entation, bibliographies and research .
find what I needed and give me an an- her sound like a saint, but she really is,"
Dr . Edward J. Piacentino, professor
of Engl ish. sta ted. "She bas prov ided swer in a few days . Her leaving is a great said Hitchcock. She adde d that when
Sager first came to High Point. Hitchcock
valuable research instruction to my stu- loss to the University because people
called
Sager 's fonner empl oyer who
make
a
library.
and
the
hbrary
is
one
of
dents. especia lly mtroduc mg them to usestated
she
couldn't believe Sager left and
the most important parts of a university ,
ful electronic resources and websites ."
wish
she
hadn't.
Many professors on campus. includ- like a heart ."
Sager has also been frequent ly deSager wi ll be moving to New Bern
ing Piacentino. added that much of their
research would not have been possib le if with her husband to retire by the water . scribed as a perfectionist because she
it were not for Sager. She got them ev- In the meantime, she will miss her co - never gave up on trying to find .someerything they reqwred from books , jour - worker!'., who have become good friends . thing . Although she could be stubborn
or frustrat ed when trying to find a sour ce,
she didn ' t let her feeling s get in the w ay
of helping a student.
"She is very good with peopl e," said
David Bryden, head of re ference services.
"The students warm up to her quickly, but
she neve r interferes. It's a goo d skill that
tak es a while to learn, an d she's flawless ."
Sager said tha t she will miss her
co-workers, whom she said went to the
"n th degree" to help others , and the students, who were always very appreciative. Sophomore Amanda Gillis bas
worked with Sager in interlibrary loan
and said that she'll miss her smile . "She
never stops smiling , even when someone gets frustrated with research or asks
what they think is a stupid question. "
Sophomore Robin Sherman agreed and
added. "She's easy-going and a person
l could talk to. I' m going to miss her
help and her smile."
Replacing Sager will be Mrs. Susan Burge , who previous ly worked in the
president's office. Sager said that Burge
is doing a great job, but Sager added that
she bad to keep reminding herself that
"trus 1s Susan's job." Burge said, "Pat is
wonderfu l and I' m going to mtSS her. I
didn't realize everything her job entailed;
it's a lot. But I love finding out new things
an d looking for books and I am very excited about all of this."
''I've had a really goo d ttme and 1
would stay ifl could," sai d Sager . "But I
guess life is noth ing but change ''
Maintenance man reforms his life to become
a friend to students and founder of a church
By Mar y Math ews
Va.. Danny had to drop out of the etc, enth grade to help support his family when
his father was inJured in a coal-mimng
HPU •s 6th Street residents know job. For Ute next 15years , Danny worked
Danny Keene a s their faithfu l maintcin coal mines us deep as 1300 feet: he
nance man. but behind the tool box and compared such places to underground cttfricndly smile , he is a canng pastor who ics . He performed varillUsjobs in the coal
takes time to show students the 1mpor- mmmg industr y, gaming his coal prepa·
lance of working hard at following their mt1on licens e, and now cons iders hims elf
lucky to have that c.xpcnencc .
dreams .
E,cr since Market Place Mana geHowe ver , thi s positive outl o ok
ment appointed the 47-year-old Keene as wasn 't alwn, s m Danny's hfe. He catcgothe maintenanc e man last July , he can he nzc s himself as a bad boy ,.,hose nickspotted up and down the three new
n a m c
6'hStreet apartments, :.m1hngac;he ,::~~~~~~~~~~=:~ "S11.1k
e ''
Sta/T Writer
fixes almost everything . The SIUdent reaction to this new addition
to the privileges of liHng tn the
apartments has been so positive
that almost all of the Panthers
there are on a first-name basis with
Danny .
"Danny
lS
always
afQUfldand Wtllmg tO fix
everythm g nght when
you ask him to . He
doesn 't on]y care about
our apartment but about
al I of us, ,
and had
reputa lion li.11I o wed
h i Ill
around .
F r O m
Two-year resident Kristen
age 2 1.
Frieburger says, "Danny is always
he had
·
arou nd and willing to fix everyb e e n
th ing rig ht whe n you ask him to. '-===;;;;;=;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;.I
having
Seeing him work so hard at keep ing us troub le finding some thmg substantia l m
happy and safe, all with a posit ive att i- his h fe Although be d1dn 'l learn much
tude, I think puts a smile on all of our faces about church when be was growing up, a
to know that he doesn 't only care about men d o f his invited him to a serm on . In
our apartme nt but about all of us."
the middl e of the serm on, Danny wa lked
As the schoo l ye ar has progresse d down the ais le to the front and started to
and there have bee n problems with dis- pr ay.
"Everyone probab ly thoug h t that I
posa ls and dish washe rs, students have
foun d th at Danny's twis ts an d tu rns was leavi ng. I can't even rememb er what
through life have made him someone that I prayed , but l know that I gave my heart
they can learn from. Danny says, "I just
to the Lord then ," he reca lls.
Danny sta rted to chan ge his Iife. He
got to be well roun ded with a lot of things.
getting to relate to peo ple."
stopped datmg, and he starte d concentra tBom and raised 10 Buchanan County, mg on servi ng the Lord, praying and wait-
mg for the Lord to send him someone . A
year later, he met his wife-to-be , Becky.
in church and has been married for 24
years . He got hts GED at the age of JI
and has graduated from Colorado Bible
College us a pastor . He and his \\ ifo no,\
live m frmity , south of High Point, and
they h a, c been hle.;sed \\ 1th two children ,
Jo,iah , 23 , and fos,iea . 22 , and an 18·:ills "Pooh
month·old grandson whom he <.
Bear." The child can olten be found tag gmg ,1lung with :ind idolizing hi:.;
granddad on the Job .
Off the job here at HPU , Dann) is
fultilhng his drc.un by stanmg a church
m Asheboro . As ofno\\ there b no name
for the church. but he p lans eventually to
tum it into a Bible college. As Danny
waits for his church to develop. he thinks
of his experience here as anotiter part of
his education.
" Most peop le categorize college students to be the same. but working \\'ith
High Point student:-., I ha, e found that it's
not true . It has been a \'ery good expencncl:' becau:-.eit 1sso di, l:'n.e,and I see that
all the .students ' hopes .md dreams are different ," he ohserves . In tum , he has also
become a learning experience to 61h Street
residents ewry time they turn the corner
and sec the smiling man who never ga, ·e
up and came out on top.
MLK Day . contmued from front page ==~=~=~~=~
ctl prop o sal to rename Coll ege Dnvc
to commemorate K.tng-rc sistance that
preserved the n.1me of the street
Ach1evmg brotherhood, tearing
down walls, advocatmg equality, embracmg one another w1lhout attcmptmg to change each other Williams
stressed the importance of these ideals expressed by King .
He added that he has not adapted
to social anequality that he was glad
to be "maladjusted" when it came to
accepting the unjust treatment of minont1es . W1lhams' themes echoed
Kmg 's memorableproclamationin his
"I Have a Dream" speech that with
renewed e ffort " We will be able to
transfonn the Janghn g discords of our
nation mto a symphon y of brother
hood."'
W1U1amsstated that a university
is a place of exchangmg and embrac mg tdcas, a place of progress He asked
bow the High Pomt commwuty and
High Pomt Uruvers1tycan work to exchange and embrace the ideas of Dr.
King.
Are we gomg to allow the continued victimization of "sophi8tlcated segregahon '' to persist. or wallwe as a com munity work towards a society expenencing the victory of fulfill mg King 's
dream?
Friday, January 28, 2005
NEWS
Ca,ap,u Chronicl.e
7
Smith garners awards in poetry and short
story categories at Phoenix Literary Festival
By Amanda Roberts
''Meet me at the bridge, " she believes that
he has returned . She arri ves to find him
there ; be does not explain his absence, and
The 34,h annual Pho enix Litera ry they finally walk across the bridge.
Festival occurred last November, draw "This piece has sentimenta l
ing su bmi ss ions from the University's
value. It 's close to my heart and
depths of literary talent while showca s- it came from my heart," Smith
ing work from high schoo l stu d ents
said. "I dido 't think it would
win. The piece I wrote last year,
around the state.
Receiving the Award of Excellence,
about a homeles s man, has more
senior Gena Smith won first place in the value to me . It took more effort
and imagishort
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nation Evsecond place
eryone ex10 poetry for
periences
the second
relationyear in a row.
ships, but
.. T h e Short Story Category:
I 've never
Bridge" tells
been in the
First Place : Gena Smith
the story of a
position of
Second Place : Justin Spinks
a homeless
girl rememperson."
bering a rela- Honorable Mention : Emily
tions
b Ip
WinMiles
fondly. While
ning first
she and a boy
place in powere dating,
etry
this
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they would alyear was junior
First Place: Rebecca Fleming
ways walk to
Rebecca Fleming
Second Place: Gena Smith
tbe bridge,
with
her
poem
look at it, but
"Walter
Blythe,
Honorable Mention: Lauren
never cross 1t.
1915." It finds its
He leaves her Croughan, Trevor McDonald,
basis
in
L.M .
abruptly, stay- Derek Shealey, Rebecca
Montgomery's
''Rilla of Ingleside ,"
ing away for
Fleming
two years, and
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World War I. In the
working as a
poem. Walter Blythe
waitress, still does not know why. When
explains to his sister why he is len, ing to
she receives a note on a napkin, stating
fight in the war.
A&EEditor
"I didn't lik e the way Walter
handled the whole situation of explain ing why be enlisted - so I took the creative license to chan ge it a little in my
2004 Phoenix Literary
Festival Winners
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poem," Fleming said. citing that as her
source of inspiration .
Smith. winning second place with
her poem, "Drought," co ntrasted writing in academic subjects with creative
writing .
"It's like swimming when you're
used to running . You work more
muscles than you ever thought were
there:· she said.
Both women said they drew msptration from Dr. Marion Hodge 's Writ-
Thoniton, continued from
ing Poetry class.
"I wrote deeper poems when I was
in that class. It showed me that there are
drafts of poetry, like there are drafts for
stories.
Hodge
pressed us
to fix out
poetry to be
the best,"
Sm it h
stated.
Smith did
not write
''Drought"
for the poetry class,
b
u
t
Fleming
wrote her
poem under
a
"looming
PHOlOB\ BUHA!'oTflO .. , . deadline"
set
by
Hodge.
Fleming writes poetry because of a
love of words . ''The feeling you get when
a line or two- or four - come together in
just the right way, the words falling in line
perfectly." inspires her and keeps her writ-
ing.
Junior Justin Spinks won second
place for his short story. ''Stay or Leave,"
and sophomore Emily Miles received an
honorable mention for her story, "Love."
In poetry, Lauren Croughan, Trevor
McDonald, Derek Shealey and Fleming
received honorable mentions .
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erl) parent .
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of sen ,cc
Thorn too 's bus band retired from the
Navv m 1986 and \\ctltto \\Ork for Lea
lndustne m R1chmond. V; (Lea Indu U'les became Ladd ud was then
bought b\ LIU') Boyl
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t1 11 s " thin th l :s The compall) her
husband
"'orked for
''The men did not like a
required
them
to
woman telling them what
mo
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to do. Women couldn't do
Richmond
t
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Moroc..:c In
anything: they belonged to
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did not ltkc their
their husbands and that
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to
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Thornton
ex
phuned that the)
Va.
to
behev d, •A pt~
Martinsville
ture would mean th11tyou bad cap
Va and finally to Greensboro
Thornton felt an added stress beturcd therr souls '
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mg a Navy wife
"You worry about your family,''
lelhng them what to do
'Womencouldn I do anything; she Slid. She explained that she very
they belonged to thell'husbands and
seldom saw her family because it was
expemave to fly The navy would not
tbal WII lt. satd Tbomton.
After hvmg an Morocco
pay torflights to sec family
Thorntons husbandwasstationedm
Tbomton still hopes to continue
traveling She said that one day she
Puerto Rico During that time
would like to go back to Morocco and
Thornton hadto return to the U.S because her father had a second di.ssee some of the friends she made while
ablangheart attack She andher hushving there
bandwere separatedfor seven years
She also said excitedly. "I want to
because she felt 1t was her duty to
go to Australia someday''
stay m Vuguua andcare for her cld-
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Can,pus Chroni.ck
'The Aviator' brings an
American giant to life
DiCaprio shines as the eccentric Howard Hughes
By Andr ea Griffi th
Editor in Chief
Martin Scorsese's "TheAV1ator" may
not provide many ins ights that exp lain the
various idiosyncrasies
of Howard
Hughes. but the film avoids the fornmla1c approach
that many biopics emp loy.
making for a refreshing p iece
of cinema.
The film
depicts the life
of an American
giant-an aviator. a filmmaker
and a playboy.
But little tune is
spent exploring
Hughe~' childhood; io fact,
only one scene. at the film's opening, is
dedica,.tcd to the first 20 years ofhis life.
From there, the film covers the landmark
:rcarsofHughes' life. from 1927to 1947 .
The audience, m effect. revisits the
headline!> ofHughes' day . The film's heginnmg re,eals Hughes incessant work
etluc as he cremes the World Wnr I :ur epic
.. Hell's Angel ." From there , the film
chronicles
the mnny ad, entures of
t lughes as he purchase Trans World Airlines. sets speed records ns a pilot, design,;
stronger noel larger aircrnfts, suf'i 1v~s a
horrendou s plane crash. \\OOS famlllls
actresses ltke Ava Gardner and Jean
Harlow, and battles Sen. Owen Brewster
who accuses Hughe~ of stealing from the
governmenL Hughes' parents do not piny
5tarnng roles, and we do not sec his final
reclu~1ve) ear~ Instead. the film follows
Hughes to the pmnnclc ofh1s success and
uncovers the beginnings ofh1,; downfall.
~e see Hughes' most public years. just
like the general population ofh,s time.
By heavily focusmg on the most important segment of Hughes' life. the film
avoids the predictable approach ofrevealrng a character's life from begmnmg to
===~
end. We learn that Hughes is an obsessive-comp ulsive genn phobic, but we
don't rea lly learn why. Somehow, 1t
docsn 'l matter.
The film does not try to accomplish
loo much The filmmakers rea lized that
both a synopsis of Hughes' feats and a
psycho! o g i ca I
ana lysis of
his personality cou ld
not be accurately
portrayed
in
three
hours.
Forced to
pick a solid
direction,
they op ted
for the synopsis.
In
2005, when many people may not be familiar with Hughes' name, the filmmaker~ recognized that it v.as more important to highlight Hughe:.' life and re~urrect his glory years than to attempt a
behind-the-scenes look that few would
understand the significance of.
Leonardo D1Capno gives a con'i incmg performance ns the starnrncrmg
pcrfcct10111st
Hughes But the stamlout
performance
comes
from Cote
Blanchett. who prm.,dcs a spot-on 1m1tntion of actress Katharine Hepburn . fo
a parade of stars 111supportmg roles and
cameos. the film also features Ake
Bald" m, Alun Alda, fohn C. Reilly,
Gwen Stcfam and Jude l..ll\\, who has
given a contribution to JUSI aboul every
successful film th,s year .
The film's three hour mnnmg time
i,eems a guaranteed gate to boredom. hut
the time is short as Hughes' eccentricities accumul.ite and his sanit) ,, uhcrs.
Inn year that has.embraced U1chiogmphic film genre, ..The Aviator' pro\'CS
that renltty can sometimes captivate
more than many 1magma11ve \\ork~ of
ficuon.
Friday, January 28, 2005
Hansel & Gretel
An hour long children's show with
humor for all ages in the Hayworth
Fine Arts Center
Dates:
Friday 10 a.m.
Saturday 2 & 7:30 p.m.
Sunday 2 p.m.
Thursdays at 10 a.m.:
Feb. 17, March 17, April 21
Tickets:
Students $5 Adults $10
Seniors & Staff $7
Next Copy Date!!!
February 11@ Noon
Next Issue coming to
a stand near you
February 18
'K 1nsey
.
... ' receives no conservative acclai m
Conservatives deCI)' movie, stating data accumulated for movie affected laws relating to sex crimes~==
By Sam Shepherd
Stat{Wnte,
The movie ''Kinsey, Let's Talk
About Sex'' offers nn unofficial biography of Dr. Alfred Kinsey, who some say
..saved America from the Victorian tyranny of sexual ignorance." The researcher is praised for founding the
Kinsey l nstitutc for Research in Sex,
Gender, and Reproduction at Indiana
University and for his hooks on the
sexual behavior of Americans, which
sh(icked and enlightened readers in the
mid-20'h cen tury.
Both the fi lm and Alfred Kinsey
himse lf have come under furious anack
by conservative commentators who
maintain that the doctor was a pervert.
This review is based primarily on evidence from those sou rces.
Ma ny agree that Kinsey's work
benefited science and medicine al a time
when doctors cou ld not even answer
questions from married couples with
sexual prohlems. But they questi0n the
scholar's motives, contendmg that tt was
Kinsey and lus wife's own sexual prohlems
that
prompted his research.
Conscrvati\ c
scholars
have
complained that
the movie does not
show the true
Kinsey, nor docs it
reflect
that
Kinsey's conclusions have bee n
proven false during the past decade. Liberal lawyers and the Kinsey Institu te have
praised the movie, referring to Kinsey
positive ly as the .. father of the sex ual
revol ution,''
The film presents Kinsey as a hero
ot young morned couples with sexual
problems Yet many la\>.'enforcement
agcnc1c..;would consider him a criminal.
und somi: in the science commw1ity call
his work biased. The movie shows
Kin:.ey and his
team interviewing
average citizens
such as teachers,
housewi\'cs
and
factory workers.
However,
rightwing commentators insist that
Kinsey relied on
statistics
from
pedophiles, sex offenders, pimps. and
prost itutes. referring to them as average Americans.
Dr. Judith Reisma n . author of
"K insey, Sex and Fraud," has stated
"Kinsey and his associates ... encouraged
the rape and mo lestatio n of childre n in
== ~=~
the name of science." The movie pictures
Kinsey mtervie\\ ing a man who bad a
Journal of thousands of sexual actint1es.
It docs not mention that the man was
Fritz Balluseck, a Nazi pedophile later
arrested for the rape and murder of a l 0year-old girl m 1956 According to conservative scholan.. Kinsc, 's data led to
the elimination or reduction in penalties
for sex offenders. including rape and
child abuse. The American Legislative
Exchange Council reported that "52 laws
designed to protect women and children
from sex crimes \\ ere over-turned or
watered down."
James Jones' biography. "Kinsey· a
Public/Private Life,'' dep icts Kmsey as
a "sadomasoch istic bisexua l, who used
his study of sex to justify his homosexua lity and promiscuity ." Jones claims
Kinsey's books conta in biased infonnation p us hi ng his agenda to create a
"sexual utopia," whose infl uence has
harmed the nation.
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Friday , J anuar y 28, 2005
'Pi' spurns reality,
surprises readers
"Life of Pi" by Yann Martel. Harvest
Books, 2001. Paperback, 319 pages.
By Josh Farrington
Staff Writer
A deadly 450-pound Bengal tiger, a
savage hyena, a matnarcbal orangutan, a
wounded .tebra. and an Indian boy; these
arc the main characters of Yann Martel's
novel. ·'Life of Pi." All five are the i.ok
survivors of a shipwreck in the middle of
the Pacific, and all five arc stranded
onboard a single lifeboat. Martel manages
to make this wild ly implausible scenano
become rea l to even the most skeptica l
reader. However, Martel is even bolder
in bis claim that this story will make the
rea der "be lieve in God."
Pi Patel is the son of a zoo keeper and
bas a soul that yearns for God In his
searc h for GO<LPi ofte n prays to the Virgm Mary. Jesus Christ, Allah and Vishnu.
believing them all to be paths to God. Pi's
father. upset with the domestic politics of
Indi~ dec ides to move to Canada. The
Patel family, along with their animals.
boards a poorly kept Japanese cargo ship
in hopes ofa better ltfe. In the middle of
the Pacific Ocean . the ship has a mysterious internal exp losion and quick ly sinks
to the bottom of the ocean. Hours later,
the only evid ence the gian t ship had ever
even existed was a tiny lifeboat with one
boy and five wild animals aboard.
Initially, the unconscio us tiger has
little influence abo ard the lifeboat, and the
hyena dominates the small vessel, killin g
bo th the zebra and the orangutan. Once
the tiger awakes, however, he qu ickly
devours the hyena. cutting the list of survivors to two: one tiger and one boy.
The rest o f the novel brutally details
Pi's struggle to survive with not only little
food and water in the midd le of a salt-
water desert, but also his constant struggle
to escape beco ming the next victim of a
hun gry tiger. Pi is constantly on the verge
of death, but is also cons tantly on the receiv ing end of countless miracles, ranging from a school of fish jump ing right
mto the lifeboat. to a miles- long floating
island of nutnt1ous algae. However. this
is not a Just a story for those \\1th big
imaginations who can image a floating
Garden of Eden made of algae. The vast
maJOrtty of P1's time aboard the lifeboat
is spent surviving perilous weather, hunger and thirst and, when Pi is lucky, cat·
ing "food" that wou ld make even the
bravest winner of "Fear Factor" wince.
The concluding chaplen. of the novel
star kly contrast with Pi's struggle aboard
the lifeboat. In fact they provide a "surprise ending" that leaves even the most
astute reader somewhat shocked and
transfonns the work from a mere story
of survival to somewhat ofa modem parable that attempts to prove the C)(istence
and necessity of God.
Not many novelists claim to have
written a story Uiat will make their readers be lieve in God . Yann Martel's "Life
of Pi" boldly pronounces from it, preface to its conclusion that 1tis a novel that
will make be lic,crs of us all. After reading -.uch a remarkable claim in the first
five pages. I expected a powerful. moving novel that would reaffirm my own
faith in God. What I actually received was
a powerfu l, moving nove l ot odds with
my faith in God. Although I was initially
disappointed by Marte l's ultimate conclusion, which essent ially red uced God to
mere fantasy and human conjecture. I
found the "surprise ending" to he a profound statement for the necessity of God
in an evil world. Unfortunately, the God
that is needed isn't the "God" offered by
Martel.
Campus Chr onicle
9
Rice a rare jewel in
overproduced industr
By Andr ea Griffith
Editor in Chief
towar d the ove rpro duced . He rece ntly
ex pr esse d his di sa ppr ova l o f the
industry's standard of boo king studio
Singe r-songwri ter Damien Rice time in advance to record albums ; Rice
may have released his album O
recor d ed O at
in 2003, but Mike Nicho ls' film
home.
"C loser" bas recently brought furR i c e
ther atten tion to the critically acproves
that,
more often than
claimed fric;h artist.
Rice's baunlmg ballad "The
not, less is
Blower's Daughter'' is played in
more.
He
dazzles
and
its entirety at the beginning of
"Closer'' and again at the conclucaptivates with
sion. The song's conveyance of
just the basics:
obsession fits perfect ly with the
his passionate
film's theme of predatory lust as
v01ce as well as
two couples become engrossed in
tha t of soprano
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Can,pus Chronick
GRE EK/OR GANIZATION S
Friday, J anuary 28, 2005
SGA Vice President hard at work
with plans for spring semester
By Ma nd y K u h n
Staff Writer
Showing pride in HPU, accommodating student's opinions and bringing all
organizations together are what drives
Nicole Anner to do her best as VJCepresident of SGA. Dedication and time management help her to achieve her asptrntions as an officer and fellow Panther
"1 was always really involved in SGA
in high school, and I wanted to contmue
to be a leader in college." said Armer. As
a freshman in 2001. Armer was a class
officer and student senator, helping her
to become more involved with the school
and students. In 2003. she was elected
\ice president and has now been an active leader for two years . Past goals she
has reached include successful Family
Weekend programs and new student orientation in 2004, which is remembered
by many freshmen and staff members as
the most successful orientation ever.
''I spent two months on designing the
staff orientation shirts because I wanted
to please everyone and make them feel
like they were part of the Panther family; · she said . The shirts were a \ ibrant
kelly green with palm trees on the front
and back . The message on the back of the
shirt read, "You've got questions. we've
got answers," followed by orientation
staff 2004.
All students who have ever attended
the Homecoming
dance have seen
Anner's enthusiasm and hard work . From
by a well-known band .
"I hope it will be the biggest charity
fundraiser to hit High Point. It will bring
everyone together. Greeks will work
alongside independents, and college Republicans alongside Democrats . Everyone will be working for the same cause,''
said Armer.
As a leader on campus ,
Armer has to work with her
fellow officers . "The HPU
senate is made up of a lot of
people who hold important
1taQelllberto be
leadership roles , but those
roles come with strong opinions . It's hard to please evt
get
eryoue. so you have to please
m,ognized."
the maJority while trying to
accommodate to the minority," said Armer . In the past
Another dance Nicole plans every winter
SGA has wanted to have groups such as
1s Snowball. Tbis year the 4' annual
Outkast perfonn for Homecoming, but the
Snowball will be held Feb . 19. She wants school lacks funds . Anner stated. " We
to get more people to attend "I want stu- are a small school, so we don't have as
dents to sec that Snowball ,s just as big much money to have huge concerts ."
an event as Homecoming except for that
Nicole has one more seme~ter to
it's a dance for the students, not the serve as vice president and wants to offer
alumni ,'' she said
advice to the student \\ho fills her posiN1cnle has many goals in store for tion :" Remember to be organized, responspring 2005. Armer stated that , "In Apnl
sible and don't feel bad if you don 't alI'd like to hold a campus nnd commun1ty
ways get recogni7cd . As vice president
wide fundraiser to misc money for kids you will do a lot of bchmd-the-scenes
with termmal illnesses ." The event will work. Remember that you will be reprebe called "Cards for a Cause '' and a poker
senting the entire student body and not to
tournament will be played throughout the take everything personally. You can't
day followed by a kid'~ carnival, \arious
plea"e e, el)·one Most importantly show
campus-wide competition,; and a concert
pride in your school and have fun!''
the confetti and centerpieces on the tab les
to the good food and bus rides back to
campus, Armer is recognized as being an
excellent social event planner.
"The Homecoming dance is for all
students and alumni to show their pride
and support for their school,'' said Nicole.
OJl'IN,ed,
~ible,
anddon't feel bad
1fyou don always
Alpha Gamma Delta
Alpha Gamma Delta would like to
welcome students back to school, hoping
everyone had a happy holiday! We would
like to wish all sororities and fraternities
good luck on spring recruitment, as we
are looking forward to the opportunity of
meeting new potential members this
week. We are installing new officers ,
which p laces Nicole Harper as our new
president for this calendar year. Alpha
Gamma Delta would like to wish Sister
Paige Welch a wonderful semester abroad
as she travels to Spain. Good luck,
Paige! A couple of our sisters can be
seen around campus this next week working hard. Sarah Dixon is taking on the role
of"Papa," and Keller Lindler is working
as technical director in High Point
Theatre's production of "Hansel and
Gretel. " We hope that you can come and
see Sarah in one of her many upcoming
shows. Alpha Gamma Delta hope s that
everyone has a great first few weeks in
this spring semester and prays for warm
weather to come.
Alpha Phi Omega
Alpha Phi Omega is holding Rush
week for the 2005 Spnng Semester the
week of Jan. 31 The kickoff event will
be held Monday the 3 I st with pizza and
fellowship . Alpha Phi Omega is a coed service fraternity that is involved
with many campus service activities
like paper recycling and outside service
like Habitat for Humanity and working
with the Red Cross. For more information or any questions, please contact
Ashley
Jessup
at
Jessua04@highpoint .edu
Ka ppa Delta
Sport and Physical Education
Club to hold Movement for Heart
event for Heart Association
strengthen the Movement for I leart program on campus
[n 2002-2003, Eric Staples took over
the organizational efforts and enlisted the
aid of other campus organizations to help
make the event an even bigger success and
raised $1,000.
Eleven hundred dollars was raised in
By Bethany Davoll
Says Dr. Bell, "So far, we have not
been beaten by another college or university. Hopefully we won't be beaten
On March 23 the Sport and Physical
U1isyear."
Education Club (SPEC) will be putting
This year SPEC will be running the
on an event to raise money for the Amerievent with the help of the Sports Studjes
can Heart Association. For the past three
graduate program and looks to continue
years, High Point University bas won an
its trend of raising more money than the
2
0
0
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previous year.
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and students can pay $5 each to walk laps
award for the past two years.
by another c v e n t around the Millis Gym, with the chance
The effort began in 2000,
moved
to wm door prizes including t-shirts,
when HPU was the first univerco llege
over to the water bottles. gift certificates and more.
graduate
sity or college to hotd a fund-rais- Hopefully we won't be
Orgamzatwns arc encouraged to
school
ing event for the AHA. Led by
beaten this year.,
contact SPEC president Sarah Haak if
senior Mirva Maenpaa who was
where the they would like to participate and help
doing the fund-niiscr as part of a
-Dr Martie BelI
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raise money for the American Heart AsStudies
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nar project , $150 was raised
program
The fonds raised will go to the AHA,
through a Jump Rope and Hoops for Heart put on the fund-miser and introduced door which puts much of the money back into
event. With more experience for the fol- prizes, which helped make the Movement
North Carolina to help support cardiolowing year, Misti Ward took over tht: for Heart the biggest success yet with al- vascular research . The pace-maker was
cause for her senior seminar project. ex- most more door prizes donated than they invented in North Carolma by funds
panding the venture to Movement for could give out tn the event.
given from the Al IA, and HPU hopes to
Heart and raising $800. HPU won It!>first
Dr. Martie Bell has overseen the continue its award-winmng efforts to
fund-raiser, which has grown from its first raise money for the cause.
award from the AHA that year, the 'Highest Percentage Increase' award and would year of $ I 50 to last year when it raised
use many of the new ideas to continue to $1,100.
Sport.,;Editor
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beaten
Or un1versity.
After a much-needed wmter break.
Kappa Delta Sorority is heading into
spring with a lot of anticipation of the
many things that are planned. We have
been busy preparing for formal rush and
look forward to meeting all of the girls
who will be participating this year. We
wish all the sororities luck during the
stressful but rewardmg week.
February will bring our annual
Crush party at Triangle. so, boys. be
ready to break out those ties! The entire
month will also be spent organizing both
this year's SO"'Anniversary celebrations
and our annual Shamrock SK Fun Run.
The sisters are looking forward to our
White Rose Formal this year, which will
observe our 50 years here at High Point.
All are excited to meet alumnae from
years past, including our first 1mtiate!
Fundraisers for this event are being
planned for the next couple of months,
and any help would be greatly appreciated!
Our Shamrock Event will be held
on April 2, so mark it in your calendars
now! TI1is annual SK run brings both the
campm, and the community together to
raise awareness for Prevent Chi Id Abuse
America. A lot of hard work is being put
m by our chair Connie Wicks. and we
are grateful for everything she has done.
Please come out and offer support!
Meanwhile, Kappa Delta is enJoying the indoor intramural soccer season,
going to the basketball games, having a
few mixers here ~d. ~ and gearing
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ORGANIZATIONS/SPORTS
Theta Chi
College Republicans
The College Republicans would
like to welcome everyone back to
school. Wt: hope that everyone had a
restful break.
This is going to be an exciting semester for the CR 's. Our mauguration
party celebrating the re-election of President Bush was outstanding.
On Feb. 8 at 7:30 p.m. in the Great
Room. we will be hosting a short video
viewmg to honor and celebrate Ronald
Reagan's birthda).
Pizza will be
served'
Also , we will be hosting a lecture
by Reginald Jones titled, "Betrayal:
Sold Out by the Civil Rights Movement"
that will take place on Feb. 22 at 7 pm .
We will inform you of the location at a
later date .
Everyone is welcome, so mark your
calendars for these must-see events!
Help us support President Bush for four
more years!
Theta Chi Fraternity would like to
welcome all the
students back ....----------:
from break! We
hope that everyone enjoyed
the time off and
the holiday. As
we rapidly approach Recruitment Week for
Greek
Life,
Theta Chi en courages anyone interested to
attend the rush
events Find out
what Greek Life
is about for
yourself, not fromothers . See you there!
We would hke to congratulate our
new executive members of Theta Chi ;
President: Dan Wolff; Vice President:
Joshua Jackson; Secretary: Chris Conlan;
Treasurer:
Teddy
Gamache ; Marshal:
Josh Shiflet. Theta Chi
would also like to congratulate all the other
newly elected positions being held , we
know everyone will
do a great job.
Recently, Theta
Chi had a fundra1sing
car wash for the Tsunami victim s a nd
we'v e raised nearly
$300 for tbe cause.
Help support
us,
along with other organizations on campus in raising money .
Panther in the Spotlight:
Katie O'Dell is excelling
Zeta Tau Alpha
Toe girls of Zeta Tau Alpha are
beautiful, classy and intelligent. Their
contributions are not only towards HPU
but also to the community of High Point.
As with any sorority or fraternity
these girls are closer to one another than
you can imagine.
Before Fall Break, 1 bad an opportunity to interview the president ofZTAK.atie Martine.
Katie named some of the community programs that her sorority participated with in the Fall, and gives us an
idea of what to expect ID Spnng 2005.
She said, "Our orgaruz.ation including others on campus participated in service projects, wherein she said "we went
to local high schools, and spent two
hours helping and mentonng disabled
kids."
In addition, she said in October
2004 they painted the street path, in an
effort to raise money for Breast Cancer
Association.
In the Spring, they will be hosting
their annualgolf tournament, which will
be sponsored by local businesses and
HPU families.
She indicated their academic standard is very good, and that the best thmg
about their organization 1s"we arc very
diverse.. I mean every sister has thetr
own individuality that they bring to the
orgaruz.ation."
When she mentioned diversity, I
decided to ask her about ethnic diversity. She said "We are open to all people
with different
background
and
ethnicity."
She mentioned that being a member of ZTA will give you an opportunity
for leadership in their executive council.
Also pledges instantly gain friends,
a good resume and most importantly the
possibility of a scholarship. Their last
scholarship was given to Angela Garvin.
Katie's advice to those who wish to
rush in the Spring semester is "every organization on campus is outstanding and
unique in their own way, therefore it will
be betterto pick a sorority that is good
for you or one that you fit into, and you
connect with."
-Mo Kamara
By Bethany Davoll
Staff Writer
pushed upon O'Dell is a main reason
why she is an All-Conference player and
why ,;be continues to be a player opposWhen junior Katie O'Dell takes the
ing teams focus their defenses on . 0 'Dell
floor on the basketball court , you know
was named the first Big South Conferwho is in control. The 5' 10'' All-Big South
ence Player of the Weck of the season
Conference guard represents both herself
and 1scum~ntly averaging 16.3 ppg and
and her family when she takes charge
9.0 rpg, both second m the Big South .
during the game, showing an aggressive
Although O'Dell is under 6' she doesn't
nnd consistent style of play that hasearned
let that stop her from pulling down tough
her accolades all throughout her ball-playrebounds and leads the Big South in ofing career.
fensive boards per game with 3.29 .
K a t i e
O'Dell's
faO'Dell was born
ther also played a
in Bristol. Tenn ..
large part in her
and grew up in
style of play and
Sullivan
perseverance. "My
County. on the
dad taught me to be
outskirts
of
hard on myself, to
Bristol. O'Dell
always strive to do
started playing
the best I can," she
organized bassays. "Even though
ket ba II when
I did get criticized
she was four
a lot when I was
years old, on a
younger, looking
YMCA team,
back I realize be
where she first
was doing it for the
started to domibest. It took about
nate on the basl O years to figure
ket ba II court.
that out, but I
She also parttc1wouldn't be the
pated on baseplayer I am today
ball, volleyball,
without my fatrack,
cross
ther."
PIIOTO COURTtSY SPORTS INFORMATION DEPT.
country
and
O'Dell knows
softball teams,
KAnio•o1:LL
not to take success
and in high school she was an All-Confor granted and continues to work hard.
ference volleyball player to go along with
Her mother makes sure of that. O'Dell
the numerous accolades she won as a basrecalls that "(she) taught me to be a good
ketball player. For O'Dell, family bas alexample for those who watch me, espeways been an integral part of her playing
cially the younger ones ... to not curse
career,and a close-knit family is one thing
and be mouthy. She also taught me to
she takes with her wherever sports carry
not take my athletic ability for granted,
her.
to thank God for everything ... You never
When she was growing up, O'Dell
know, one day it could be taken away."
shadowed Andy, her older brother by 18
With the guidance of her family
months, saying, "Playing with him in the
members, Katie O'Dell continues to
backyard, I always wanted to be like my
train bard and improve her skills. "I've
brother ... He had a lot to do with how
always bad a lot of pressure on me from
rough and bow aggressive I am today."
the very beginning. I've always been
O'Dell often shares stories of the fights
expected to go out there and play my
and pranks she and her brother, a fonner
best," she says. And as this All-Conferathlete himself, would get into when they
ence guard has shown, with the help of
were children.
your family and perseverance, great
The aggressive style brother Andy
things are sure to come.
Campus Chronick
11
'Tis the
season for
football
By Rebecca Fleming
Staff Writer
Caution . The following scenario may
be shocking and/or disturbing to some
readers .
It is a chilly Sunday afternoon , and a
fruruly is gathered in its living room . From
the outside, they look like a "normal " family - a mom and dad, a sister and a brother.
Oh , and a couple of cats. There is a book
in the girl 's lap, open but unread . I want
you to watch the girl for a moment or two .
Everyone is looking toward the television,
and in the next moment the girl snaps to
attention and the book slides to the floor.
"Go baby. go baby, go! Throw it!"
she exclaims . Now, for an interjection by
the omniscient narrator . What you have
just "witnessed" is a scene from my o~
life. Saturday and Sunday afternoons ID
the faJJand winter find my farruly crashed
on the floor and in the chairs of our living
room. The object of our devoted attentions? Football, baby.
A professed girlie girl, I am also an
enthusiastic fan of football. This interest
often surpnses people, as I am not athletic by any stretch of the imagination. I'd
much rather curl up with a book and one
of my kitties than participate in a game
of pick-up ball. I'd rather play the piano
than go jogging In short, I do not do
sports or other events of athletic proportions .
Toe question arises: why football?
What is it that makes me squeal and clap
and groan as my team labors on the field?
Even I cannot answer that question completely. However, I can trace the growth
of this love.
Three years ago, my dad started
teaching at a local high school. He had
several football players in his classes, so
Friday nights found us at the games cheering on "Mr. Fleming's boys." At first I
was only mildly interested, findmg it more
amusing to give mental makeovers to the
people around me. As the season continued, I began to watch with more interest
asking questtons about plays, calls and
rules By the last game, I was well on my
way to a new appreciation and enjoyment
of this thing.
The years since have found me
watchmg every football game that comes
on my TV. I keep up with high school
games - pulling for friends' schools and
sometimes against them. College games
are always fun: the Volunteers, Gators,
Seminoles, "Dawgs" and Auburn are frequent favorites. And the NFL? I catch
every Panthers game I can. I also puJl for
the Colts, Falcons, Bucs, Titans and, depending on whom they're playing, the
Patriots. If my team-selection seems a bit
random, it is. I would attempt to explain,
but my sports-fanatic friends would shake
their beads in despair. rugbt now, they
have hope I might amount to something,
and if I were to reveal my selection process, well, it wouldn't be pretty. Instead,
I will give them something to hold onto
and remember the next time they see me
giggling about a dress or some other
girlie-thing: This girlie girl is a die-hard
football-girl who can keep up with stats
and miscellaneous trivia facts. She will
cheer her chosen team on its way to the
Super Bowl, and she bas been known to
call a penalty before her armchair-announcer dad
12
Ca,.pus Chronicle
SPORTS
Friday, January ZS, 2005
Men's team starting to live up to expectations
By Jake Lawrence
Sta.ff Writer
The men's basketball team entered
the season with lofty expectations, as various publications chose them to finish first
or second in the Big South Conference.
Through the first five games of the conference season, they have matched all
expectahons. After enduring over l 0.000
miles of travel and a sluggish non-conference start, the Panthers have fought
back from a 3-8 record and won six of
their last seven to push their record to an
even 9-9, as of Jan. 21.
The conference season began Jan. 3.
and High Point celebrated the new year
with thr ee strai ght hom e wins over Lib erty, Birmin gham Sou thern and UNCAsheville. As many remember, Liberty
was the team that thoroughly embarrassed
HPU last year in the conference championship, and Birmingham-Southern wa s
the only other school picked to finish
above High Point this year The Panthers
welcomed them all appropriately and sent
all three back home with a loss after running them out of the gym.
The team then took off for a twogame swing against Charleston Southern
and Coastal Carolina and came away with
a 4-1 record in the Big South, with the
Panthers' fan finds
other teams to root for
against the Patriots
could boost morale, but what if they play
cautiously
against the solid defense of the
A &E Editor
Patriots ?
The experienced teams dominated
I don't want to watch Super Bowl
the championship games on Sunday .
)C(X lX. But I will.
Ben Roethlisberger of the Pittsburgh
When the Carolina Panthers lost
Steelers had an amazing first season. His
seven games in a row, I almost stopped
caring about football completely for the quarterback rating wa,; 98.1 , fifth in the
NFL: of the teams who made 1t to the diseason. The Panthers arc my team; I've
,·i,ional game.;, only McNabb had a
followed them for IO years. When they
made their nm to the Super Bowl la.styear. higher rating . \\11il c Hrad y had more
I was disappointed in their loss, but that pa!>smg yards and more touchdowns, Ju:,
close defeat fueled my dislike for the Pa- rating \\a::. 92 .:! for the cason .
I he Steelers sparked my interest tins
triots.
season.
Watching them while fn:tting
The Patnots arc a good team no,
over
the
fate
ot m) ' poor Panthers , bruthey arc a great team . There 1s a good
possib1lit) that the Patriot... with 8111 tally wracked with injuries. brought me
Bclichick and lorn Brady\\ 111
be rememto reali7jng that there are other teams m
bered as one of the great dynasties. We th<.'world of the NFL worth watching .
Nm,. the Pac~crs .. that's one team
could be seeing history m the making .
But to get to that point, they have to l'\c liked for a long t,mc, except \\hen
they were playing the Panther:. . And you
make it through the Philadelphia Eagles
with Dono\'an McNabb. This marks the know. I don't think 1Cs the te:im I like ,
fourth time Philly has been to the Ni;C
it's Brett Favre . How many quarterbacks
can throw the footbnll 70 miles
championship
in the past four
years, but its sole , 1ctory
per hour'? I' J hate to be
on the receiving end
came in this title game
of that ball
against a strong Atlanta
Back to Ill) prcFalcons team spearheaded hy Michael
c1o us Panther s
they m.,dc n valiant
Vick. any team that can
stop Vick deserves to be
effort the last half of
the season.
Jt
in the Super Bowl.
Vick played as
seemed like once
the) re,il1zcJ that
McNabb had 111previous
Stephen Davis and Steve
cliampion.,h1p ga,nes The
Sm ith were not com mg back this season.
frigid temperatures, snow and\\ md gusts
affected l11sability to play hkc himself.
they started wud.mg to win, making ways
to wm without those t\\o on the offense .
Vick ran over 1.000 yards this season on Sunday, only 26 . Last se~1son, Vick
The improvements astounded me
they made amazing plays, utilized the
broke his leg and the Falcons· performance was abysmal. The team has made rookies and second {and thlfd) string playa 180 this year; by going lo the NFC
ers. John Fox, in his third season, did not
give lhl.!fans a winning season; however,
championship game, they will be expected to perform as well, if not better, with the de\clopment of lhc players. In)
hope for next sca,on is high - the differthan this season.
Last year, f detested the Philadelphia
ence between this year and last i~ that I
Eagles. Now. they're the only team left will not go around hoasting of the Panstanding in the way of another Patriots
thers, saying tha1 they'll make it to the
Super Aowl ring. If~ not that I' m going
Super Bowl. I learned that lesson watching the seven straight losses, the loss tn
to be cheering for them; it's mon! that I'm
rooting against the Patnots.
the Falcons and the excruciating los:. to
Terrell Owens could prove a key to the Saint-;. lflhcy had won that one game,
the Eagles oflense. If he plays. he has they would have been in the playoffs. I'm
1hc po:;sibi lity of reinjuring the ankle he not bitter. At least. not yet - if the Patribroke Dec . I 9. Without him, the Eagles
ots win the Super Bowl again, just don't
talk lo me for three days ; I'm gomg to
have won each of the ir games - bringing
need
the time to sulk
him back into the mix could foul up the
team dynamics that have built up over the
Next season. I won 'I boast. ln fact,
past six weeks. His presence on the field I' m not boasting until the Panthers wear
their Super Bowl rings Go Eagles!
By Amanda Roberts
o n e lo ss com in g to leagu e- leading
C harl eston Southern. They reb ounded
two days later against Coasta l Caro lina
and defeated the Chanticl eers 79-64, led
by Mark Wilson's 21 points and Titus
Byrd 's seven assists. The Panthers also
made 13steals on their way to forcing 25
turnovers. They held Coastal Carolina,
the league's most efficient three-point
shooting team, to only 4-20 from behi nd
the arc and Just 36 percent shooting for
the entire game.
That st ingy defense is a growing
trademark of this year's team, as it has
enjoyed numerous double-digit victories
in recent weeks, although that was not the
case in the first part of the season. Back
then, the team struggled as 1tendured one
of the toughest schedules in the Big South.
They did not play agai nst a Division I
opponent until they amved in Anchorage ,
Alaska to participate in the prestigious
Great Alaskan Shootout, where they
opened the first two rounds against Oklahoma and Utah. They left a week later
with three losses including a one-pomt
defeat to the host school, Univers ity of
Alaska-Anchorage
After 1t was all said
and done, the Panthers had played three
games m 39 hours due to the tournament
brackets and scheduling of games. They
then came home and promptly flew to the
Midwest for another six-day road trip to
challenge Creighton and Michigan. The
result was two more losses, the effect of
tJ1ctraveling havmg a deep impact on the
outcomes of those games.
The team returned from Christmas
break rejuvenated, cohesive and as hungry as ever to prove to people that they
are even b etter than advert ised. Jerry
Echenique , one of the Big South's most
underrated low post pla yers, provides a
giant target inside, and often draws double
teams in the post, leaving shooting guard
Zione White , who is sinkin g over 43 percent behind lhe arc, open in the comer to
knock down the three. And of course,
Danny Gathings, the Big South's reigning Player of the Year, often draws the
opposing team's best de fensive player , but
is still averaging 14 pomts and seven rebounds a game. Important contributions
are also com mg from starting point guard
Titus Byrd, post player Issa Kooare and
the rest of the Panther squad.
The Panthers have entered conference play as one u nit and continually
strive to unprove and play unselfish basketball In what might also be the deepest team in the league, Akeem Scott, Chris
Meeks, Pat Hilliman and Landon Quick
all provide assistance, with all four averaging more than l O mmutes a game-a
stat that is uncommon on many teams.
Mark Wilson, a transfer from North Texas,
bas also proved to be a tremendous spark
off the bench after sitting out the first semester due to NCAA transfer regulations.
The casual fan wou ld think all this
playing time leads to friction among the
players, but the recent results haYe proved
otherwise. For the momenL it seems to
be the magic formula for a team that could
not buy a win a few months ago.
Women's hoop season
full of ups and downs
By Bethany Davoll
Sport'i Editor
The women's basketball team
faced lugh pre-season expectations, and
although they stmggled earl) in nonconferencc play. tl1ey currently sit at 21 m the Big South after\ ictoncs O\er
Coa 1al Carolina and Winthrop and a
last-mmutc loss to Ch,1rlcs1on Southern
On Jan 24. the team tr:n ekd 10
Myrtle Beocl1 to take on the Lady
Ch,mh oud came <1Wa) " 1th the ISpomt victor), 65-4 7. Freshman Ra, en
fruslm, scored 16 points and pulled
' down <>r~bounds \\ lule Jlllltor Katie
O'Dell ( 16.4 ppg, 9.2 rpg) added 15
point:s and 6 rebounds to help leRd I !PU
l1\ er Coastnl Carolina. Truslo,,
has
mo, ed her way mto the slarttng lmeup
and has continued to show impro\ed
pl:ly, while being nominated numerous
limes for Big South Freshman of the
Weck honors. Although the Panthers
were only up by three at halftime. 23·
20. they went on n 42-27 tear in the second half to put the game away. Candyce
Sellars had nine points in the game.
while senior bmily Mills helped to shut
down the Coastal Ca rolina post players defensively and cleaned up on the
boards ,, ith mne rebounds.
In their only conference loss oftl1e
season, Katie O'Dell. Shorty Martin
and Raven fruslow all scored 11 points
to front the effort in the 53-50 loss to
Charleston Southern Truslow also
added a career-high seven steals. while
O'Dell pulled down a career-high 15
rebounds in the game. The Panthers
struggled to get on a roll in the game,
unable to find a consistent pace on the
oftcnSI\ e side which has been a problem for much of the season. HPU led
by as many as sc, en in the second half,
but Charleston Southern went up by one
"1th 5 7 seconds left in the game and
v.ould comert a layup with eight seconds remaining on the clock to seal the
win.
Sophomore Candyce Sellars ga, e
the Panthers rm exciting 62-61 win at
home O\'er Gardner-Webb when she
com ertcd on a running jumper with
one-tenth of a second remaining in the
game nfler the Uulldogs had just
dratned a ,, 1de·open three-pointer on
the pre\ ious possession to gh e them
the lead \\ 1th five seconds remaining.
Sellars had 15 points in the game to go
along ,, ith five rebounds and three
steals. while Kalie O'Dell added 22
point~ and two rebounds. Point guard
Shorty Martin ( 12.9 ppg, 2.5 apg) had
six assists and live points in the game
as well.
The Panther!> will be looking for
Raven Truslow. Candyce Sellars and
Emily Mills to continue to score pomL~
and take some of the pressure from opposing defenses off of All-Conference
players Katie O'Dell and Shorty Martin. The team will need to have more
balanced scoring and better shooting in
order to finish where they hoped to be
at the beginning of the season--atop the
Big South Conference standings. finally
putting Liberty out of its nine-year
domination in the Conference Championship.
In Sports: Martin leads women 's basketball team
HIGH POINT UNIVERSITY
Camgus Chronicle
_,,_ 'He never complained about work' :
RIDAY. Feb ru ary 18, 2005
Campus raises
tsunami funds
The American Red Cross received
$1.000 toward tsunami re lief that the
umvers1ty raised at the Texas Hold 'cm
Poker Tournament on Jan. 29. The event
was sponsored by the Office of Student
Life and Aramark . lo other relief efforts ,
Theta Chi raised the most for relief
funds, collecting $277.
In addition, the Campus Crusade for
Christ raised $2,637 for Save the Children. The Save the Children Fund has
helped refurbish a school, scraping away
waist-high layers of mud from classrooms and cleaning up playground
equ ipment outside the school. Save the
Chi ldren provided boots, shove ls. sand ,
paint, paint brus hes and other equipmen t
to support the clean-up effort.
American Red Cross relief workers faced unprecedented challenges in
delivering Red Cross aid to tsunami :.urvivors . As of Feb 8. the American Red
Cross had distributed relief items to over
100.000 tsunami surv ivors 10 Sr i Lanka
- reaching just over half of their inittal
goal. The Red Cross e.'<pectsto continue
distnbutions for another month .
By Sum Shepherd
Two new staff
members come
to campus
Kay Meekins, former editor in
chief of BizLife Magazine, has been
named director of commu nication on
campus.Meekins is the first to ho ld the
position, which was created when Nido
Qubein took office as president of the
unJVersityJan . 3. Her responsibi lities include coordinating marketing. advertis ing, public relations and external communication for I fPU. M1.:ekinshas spent
more than 20 years in thl! corporati.:
communications 'world, holding posi tions with major U.S . companies, includmg Magnavox, Sara Lee and Lucia
Ladies Sportswear . She joined the staff
of BizLife in 1999, after six years of
o p era ti ng h er ow n freelance
copywrit ing business and two yea rs as
director of marketing at the Greensboro
Area Chambe r of Commerce.
Lmda Schumac her has been named
new ma rketi n g coo rdinator for th e
Eve ning Degree Progra m. Sc hum acher
is responsib le for promoting EDP by orga nizi n g special eve nts and crea ting
marketing materials. Sch umach er is a
1983 grad uate o f App a lachi an State
University, where she earned a bachelo r
of science degree in commun ications.
She was previo usly empl oye d in the
Triad at Gui lford Technica l Co mm unity
Co llege, American Express, Bran ch
Bank ing and Trust Co. and First Citizens Bank .
Compiled by Andrea Griffith
HIGH POINT, N.C.
Relatives give loving tribute to
Aramark employee 'FoFo ' Fulford
By Ge n a Smith
Stt1;0 Writer
Jimmy 's trademark shades were another sign of bis stylin ' .
"It was hard to find any pictures with"Jimmy had his own style, " said his out those sunglasses on ," said his sister.
niece Benita Pierce, 32 . whom Jimmy
Frances Pierce. 57. "He always had to
"Fofo" Fulford always called "Bee ."
look good for the women," said Bee .
That style was imprinted all over his "That's why he wore those shades .. .lt's
house. It's in the silver and black patterned
like he never left 25 ." But FoFo was 30
couches , the ceramic ducks and elephanLc;. years older than he thought he was . And
a dinosaur from Jurassic Park in a frame on Jan . 29, 2005, FoFo died of a heart atnext to the "Footprints in the Sand" story tack at High Point Regional Hospital.
wrinen on a background of the ocean .
For the first time in IOyears. Fofo 's
Seashell decorations hang from the ce 1l- couches are missing a piece of his style :
mg, and there's a blue plastic clock on the plastic coverings . His relatives took
the wall.
1hcm off lo host the number of visitors
since his death . The two black sofas look
brand new . To those who knew FoFo well ,
it feels almost wrong to sit on them and
sink in comfort . Cassandra, one ofFoFo' s
nieces whom he called ''Suki, " sat down ,
looking at the couches . "His picture fell
down upstaITs, and we swore it was his
ghost ye lling at us about the plastic coming off the couches," she said .
Even his answering machine had
style .
"You have reached Jimmy FoFo. better known as Big Daddy Grip ... leave a
See FoFo, page 5
Qubein unveils strategic Alumnus
plan, raises $20 millio
becomes
By An dr ea Gr iffith
Edllor 111Chief
program<;. Qubein said , ''J'm not losing
any sleep about our academic programs ."
He .said he,, as concerned\\ 1th.secuPresident Nido Qubein raised $20 rity on l."ampus. "That's my No. I priority
million in his fir.,;t29 days m office, dou... You ought not be afraid when you walk
bling the goal he set on Jan . 3 to raise across this campus ...
$10 million in 30 days .
Another concern for Qubein is the
Qubem announced the fund-ra ising number of students receiving non-funded
progress before student
scholarships
.
leaders, faculty, staff. maEighty-five perjor donors, trustees and
cent of the 392
freshmen entering
community leaders at a
la st August regathering
on Feb . 3.
whe re he outlined p lans
ceived some form
for the future of the uniof financia l aid versity.
a number
that
"Working together,
Qube in wants to
we can make good things
lower by recruitcomc to be." Qubcin said
ing more students
moin n, 01111 ,11;n10..,, who ca n pay full
Qubcin 's rlans in . o f ljlllllN\UIIRV.,,h(ROWIJ(Nr\l
,IINJ
tu,·t,·on. L
i e c1'ted
c Id
u e d tl1c construction
1111"RJ ,.. o. ,
,a business school when: Memonal Auditori um now stands and a student fitness
center where Harrison Gym now stands.
He also discussed his intentmn to renovate donn itories. Slane Center and Cooke
Hall, so that it can house the graduate
school.
In addition, Qubein said he pl ans to
buil d a communication/educat ion school,
Stee le Field Ccn ler and one or two parking decks.
Ackn ow ledging that his plans pa id
more atten tion to buildin gs than academic
the admiss ions process as the university's
biggest challenge, saying that students
must be more carefully chosen based on
their grades, character and their ability to
pay.
Qubein said he inte nded to go forward with all of his plans now. He said
he viewed the university as a product that
must be sold, so that it can com pete wi th
other unive rsities and emerge as an institution of instant recogni tion.
"A t the end of the day, we must market this produ ct," he said.
Page2
Page 5
Qubein responds Campu s crime
to staff suggesstat islics for
tions for
Jan uary
added progra ms,
revealed
hou sing
IT director
By Nick Ham mer
Sea.ffWriter
Wellington Oliveira DeSouza. director of the Information Technologies department , bas a
face that may be
new to students.
but it's fam iliar
to faculty who
remember him
completing his
u n dergraduate
degree here. Regard less, both
students and faculty need to
know Wellington
DeSouza and the
\\ Fl Ll" :' I ON l)lSOl /, \
goals he ·has for
the IT department.
It may not be apparent. but there is a
piece of IT in every build ing on campus.
For examp le, Slane is now a wireless
bu ilding, whic h means that the Internet
is accessib le wi thout a compute r 's having to be p lugge d in to anything. 1l is
DeSouza 's goal to make every bui lding
on ca mpus wi reless.
Hi s large r sca le goa ls for the IT de-
See DeSouza. page 6
Page6
Page 8
FoFo 's angels: Runner Hess
breaks her
The story
own record in
behind tw o
~ race
campu s hero es mile-Ion .....
2
Campus Chronicle
EDITORIAL
Friday,February
18, 2005
Letter Box
The real deal on hippies, Pres. Qubein responds
their lifestyle and culture to staff suggestions
To the Editor:
Last month's issue featured an article
criticizing PETA and its sometimes illog1cal efforts to protect animal rights. While
the article did not pose a problem, the
headline \\hich deemed PETA members
"tcrronst hippies" struck me as somewhat
in:iccurate. "Hippie" has become a word
used so freely that no one seems to know
what it refers to anymore. and most people
only care about the subculture that hai:.
been created around it rather than about
the movement itself:
True hippie" composed a counterculture movement in the 1960s based primarily on political views that renounced
corporate nationalism and stood against
the Vietnam War. Corporate nationalism
is a poliucal and economic philosophy
centered on the belief that private enterprise works for the national good rather
than for profit maximization and that national policies should be made in the interest oflarge corporations rather than individuals . Corporatizarion is a large part
of corporate nationalism and was perfected in Italy under the rule of Mussolini.
Opposition to the warm Vietnam wa:-.
a result of most hippie ' feeling that U1c
war was destroying Vietnamese independence or Ulat11\\as n foreign war of\\ hich
Ule US should have no part . The death s
of American troops (eventually reachmg
almost 59,000) and the high loss of ci\ 11ian life in Vietnam angered many and
sparked huge protests , including one during Ule Democratic National Conventton
of 1968.
In addition to their political views.
most hippies chose to embrace aspects of
Eastern religions and culture, primarily
Buddhism and lhndu1sm, also taking aspects of Native American c11ltureand incorporating those beliefs into their lives .
They were against what had become the
norm and put themselves al odds with traditional middle-class values . They were
antt-estabhshmenl, seeing the government
and traditional social mores as part of a
created institution which ultimately had
no legitimacy in their own lives.
Today, many nco·hippies exist , and
part of the Bohemian sub-culture still remains, but it is not found in PETA members\\ ho applaud arsonists and terrorists.
Nor is it simply people who are proponents of marijuana or those who wear tiedycd shirts and follow their favorite jam
bands on tour . While this docs not exclude anyone from the hippie or neo-hipp1e movement. 11does not automatically
include anyone eiU1er.
To minimize such a defining part of
American history into mere stereotypes
and generaJizations based minimally on
fact, if at all. is to feed into the very system hippies were against. Hippies wanted
to break the norm and go against Ule pal·
tern, not l'rcntc a new pattern to follow.
They wanicd 10 move away from "'hat
~as mamstream and challenge the idea
of a p,1temah.;t1cgovernment The commcrc1aliz.at1011of their movement dc'-troyed tt in many of their eyes . or at the
\Cry least made it harder 10 tell who wa-::
following their com ictions and ,, ho ,...as
following a crowd .
So \\.ho's followmg the crowd now?
Sincerely,
Megan Powers
THE CAMPUS CHRONICLE STAFF
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To the Editor:
ditional locations are currently being
equipped with cameras. Jn the last weeks,
additional lightmg has been added to
First and foremost, I am deeply
Robert s Hall, Finch Ball, Milli., Hall
grateful for the wann reception that you,
tho students, have extended to me as your Wrenn Building. the ( hapel garden and
new prcc;1dcntYour s:mahng faces and vanous parking lots. We will continue
words of encouragement have mode my to upgrade lighting ~cro~s campus and
fin.t dny,; here Joyful J remain mindful welcome your suggestions regarding
that th," umvcrs1ty exist! for the sole other arc-as that need nttcnt1on. Var1ou~
purpcise of education your cducot1on
trees and shrubbery have been removed
and l comnut to 1.hcv1g1lantpursuit of 01 tnmmed to increase visibthty and sccunty Much more 1 being done to imthat goal
The opm1on l:Olumn m th last 1 - prove safety and we will keep you updated
sue o1 the Compus (1U'Omch::wai; gcuu
2. Housing Without question, adme and direct ft rt&.ked
..,omc very pert1
ncnt qu 110 1
and you desen c an- equate housmg is a challenge I have seen '
~e.n; The following 2esponse I wnt- • the problem firsthand and am working
ten from my heart to the e.nttre tudent hard to find solutions You have my word
body 111hopes that we can c.stabhsh and to remam se11ous about tlus.
3. Prognms & f•cilities. Through
continue open two-way commun1cat1on
I. Security Several steps have been the generosity of many donors dunng our
recent fundr.usmg campaign, we are curtaken to addre: s ecunty
rently
dcvelopmg plans for additional
In th1 1 sue of the Campu
Chronicle 1s the first rn an ongoing se- programs and facilities We wdl keep
nes of campu cnme reports This report you mtom1ed a,;;specifics arc finalized.
4. Admissions We recognize the
1 1 ued by our secunty department m
an attempt 10 lceepstudents mformed ot need to rccnut top-notch students We are
any actr. rty that might ntfect hfe on cam- looking 01 way,;;to fme-tunc the admispu lt w11I be ccompamcd by l1mcly sions process to 1dcnt1fyand more agtip on how to maxmuze your afety and gress1" dy recnut students who are comm med to the v lucs and attitudes of mcomfort
mcr ncy 111 I, lion bav been vol vemcnt committed service a nd
urd;.itcJ tu h I U
I 1b) and e !lJCf (c
gr wth There are many, many changes
toklllgpla e a1lhgh Pomt Uruvcrsity ..
op t Adchtwrut!
some you see 1mmed1ately. and some
t lied m
which are les& obVJous For UISCaoce.l
hope you have eDJoyed the addiuon of
See Presidem s Response. page 3
PETA not the true threat
To the Editor:
I read an interesting article in the last
issue of the Chronicle with the headline
"PETA : Terrorist Hippies." It caught my
attention almost immediately . I read it
over and O\'er, thinking to myself. "This
has to be sarcasm. No one could seriously
believe these things." But it turns out that
this opinion is shared by quite a few individuals. I was even told by another staff
member that the Chronicle has published
three PETA-hashing articles.
PETA was referred to as ''one of the
wildest, most unpredictable organizations
on this earth." I fmd it quite curious that
anyone could possibly think this true. I
mean, recent events (9/ I I , Patriot Act,
Anti-Homosexual Marriage Amendment
attempt, a war based on lies) should at
least indicate that there are far more dangerous and radical groups in this world
than a group which feels that we overlook animal rights more than a little . And
how can anyone dispute that ? Modem
society, and especially Western society,
has been bramwashed into thinking that
our inherently unsustainable way of life
is the only way of life . We've bred apathy into our specie s, a quality that certainly shouldn ' t be as celebrated as it is.
Even worse, the pn ces our society 1swtlling to make the Earth pay for just a small
amount of comfort are extremely disturbing .
As it stands, humans are the most
destructive force this Earth has ever seen,
competing with world-changing events
(the lee Age) in the number of deaths and
extinctions we cause. Scientists have reported that humans have caused the ex-
tinction of24 percent of mammalian and
reptilian species. 20 percent of amphibian species, 30 percent offish species, J 2
percent of bi rd spec1es, and countless
plants Our destructive nature bas mcreased exponentially in the past 50 or so
years, and we are bringing the Earth to its
knees.
The problem lies in the way society
views the world. We caJI an organization
like PETA dangerous, but how so? Oh,
no , they condone property damage! I'm
sure you can be happy with all of your
material things while your childr en walk
a wasteland that we created through our
inactton. Yes, our inaction. the apathy that
I wrote of The startling fact that we could
bear the slaughter of millions of animals
to make a new lipstick. The frightening
realization that humans would rather have
scores of living creatur es suffer behind
closed doors than to go without extra flavor in their food .
I salute PETA with pride . Just because we think of a creature (or even a
person) as lower than we are doesn't make
it so. They are trying to get people to understand something simple : What hurts
one ofus hurts all ofus , even ifwe don 't
see it at first . That doesn 't just apply to
humans or to animals. Every living thing
on this planet is part of a delicate web.
You can only pull so many "insignificant"
threads before the planet is destroyed .
And, despite Dubya 's claims , it cannot be
rebuilt. By anyone .
Sincerely,
Trevor McDonald
Campus Chronicle
3
'Take 3' is out-dated at Questions raised about
best, irrelevant at worst America, past & present
Recently the university held a viewing ot Dr. Judy Isaksen s documentary,
·'The Birth of a Nation· Take 3 " TI1c
film Isaksen cnticized in her documentary was D.W. Gntlith's "The Birth ofa
Nation"
Without a doubt, Gnffith's
1915 film is
greatly My perception about her comment assumes 1hat lsak.r.en still believes
we arc living m the time ofD.W Gnflith.
A quick glance at our campus proves
sucl1an idea 1snom,ense . All cthmc and
rncm1 groups ate welcomed here, mcludmg Afncan-Amcn~ns
Black md whil ·
studcnr 1nterm1ngle "11hout a second
thought In tocfay'.;sllctcty. more blad.s
attend college md own bous"'s than e\ er
before Their slnndard of hv111gcon1111
ues 10 mcr\!l e. and more bind. hold
ra i t b cause:,t
glorifies
the
nsc of the Ku
Klu~ Klan and
contu111s v1
c1ou1- stereotypes of African
Americans.
I have no
doubt thal "The
Birth of a N.i•
t1on" a s1steJ
===Miller=== with the revl\al
Staff Writer
of the Ku KJLL'>;
Klan in the
1920s howe t.:r th film,._ 90 ycat'li old
lf we were lmng m the l %0 when egrega11on ruled 1he doy on r Cl'-m
re.ached all time lugh s, I wcmld ny nt1ClLIDg th1 hlm "ru. pcrtment Tod:iy the
Klan I dt o~,tnucd m~m r htp h
re ched II time low nd u ,al
re
t1on has been exp lied from the books
Equ I protection und r the la
nd ual
rights forc\ery c1uzen rule the day Yes,
rac sm still extSts and lways \Hll llow
C\ er, cont111u111g
to bn.mbe..11n time m
histllry th.1th s long passed u will never
1ety of racism
help urc
Before the documentary began
I aksen stated thnt the effect.-. ot lavery
can .till be cen today I can only peculate I to what that vague statement
meant because no time v.a allotted for
question • which d1suppoanted me
Jonathan
Her documentary is the result of true
inspiration , detennination and creativ ity.
We should all take notice.
Dr. Judy Isaksen, who JOmed the En..__..., glish faculty in the
fall, happened upon
a performance by
hip-hop's
DJ Spooky
last
September
in
Andrea
Winston-
Isaksen JUSl saw Griffith's silent film
for the first time this fall and described it
as a "painful, sickening experience." "I
just couldn't sha!<e those images away,"
she said as she presented her project on
Feb. 8 in the Hayworth Fine Arts Center.
Those images portrayed member.; of the
KKK as heroes and Southern blacks as
villains and vio lent rapists .
Perhaps even more disturbing than
the images was the fact that when
Griffith's film opened 90 years ago, it was
a blockbuster, despite the fact that it
charged a heavily inflated admission price
of $2 per ticket. It was the fin,t film ever
=-=Griffith Salem. She screened in the White House. and Presihad heard
dent Woodrow Wilson reportedly said,
Editor in Chief of
him and
''It's like writmg history with lightning.
was cunous to sec him in pet son . He had And my only regret is that it is all terribly
been troubled by the racist l 915 D.W. true ." Griffith was hailed the father of
Griffith film "The Birth of a Nation," so American cmema. Even years later. in
he remixed it. adding ,=~~~~~~~~===~~~:, l 998, the film
musical ~ounds to the
was voted among
medium of film as 8
.. Isaksen JUSt saw Griffith's
the
top
I 00
form of protest and
performed
it th:11
night .
o, er the nc .xl
°'
Sec Lnokin Bar/...11,
m d pag«:4
silent film for the first time
this faJI and de~cribed It as a
pamfuJ sickening
expenence'. those mtages
d
b
f h
portraye mem ers O t e
KKK as heroes and Southem blacks as villams and
StaJtHhter
Forty-two years ago, Martin Luther
Kmg's ··1 Have a Dream" speech clcctrilied million s because Ins words were a
poignant battle cry directed towards the
injust1ce and racism of the limes . Now,
as we enter 2005,Americans can take noticc of the changes
that emerged m the
aftermath of the C ivil
Rights Movement.
K111g'sdream has become a reality
many ways.
The number
in
of
black homeowners in
this country is at alltime high. Minority
racist past. This i:. a very encouraging
sign of the progress we've made 111 accepting our differences. as people and recogniztng true humanity .
With all this 111
m111d,l still can't help
hut wonder what King would have to say
abou1 the America of today,\\ ith its prom1smg aspect~ and more troubling social
trends . It's not fair to ca ll Kmg the grcat-
r:====~==~======1
King would encourage
" •..
blacks tO become involved
in their communities and
work to decrease crime and
violence by providing
young people with all of
the vital resources that
build motivation and selfconfidence.,,
enrollment
in the
nation's best universi taes has mcrcased dramatica II y. The reopening oflhc Emmett Till and Freedom
S ummer homicide cases, two major
crimes from the '50s and '60s that gen erated much outrage but a complete lack of
jushce for the victims, seems to suggest
that this country is willing to confront its
est c.:iv1l·rightsaeon
who everlived. but
he was th e mo st
universal . Whenever activists and
politicians . of all
co lors ,
debate
moral and social
matters, they frequenlly attempt to
u-;e King 's phi-
losophy. Suspend,
if you will, your
disbelief and imagine that Kfog had
not died, but had survtVed a close assassination attempt, recovered and continued
to be an achve champion of social refonn.
Here's my version of King's ··extended" dream for a better America . First,
King would encourage blacks to become
films
(it ranked No. 44)
by the Amencan
Film Institut e.
fc" n11.mths,Isaksen
What does tt
would create her l)Wn
say when "e. a, a
society, honor a
multi-layered docufilm like thi~ tomentary that would
u:,e commcntary from
day? It says that
Gntlith's cnt1t·s and
the struggle is not
violent rapists."
; yet o, er White
A fr1con -Amcrican
protest music w resupremacy
still
fute Gnffith's claim that the abolition of exist:,., and anyone who say, our world is
,Javery led to ,octal disruptions and the free of racism li\es in true denial.
justificataon for the creation of the Ku
"lt's dangerous. 1f not immoral, to
Klux Klan . Accordmg to Griffith , ' 'the deny sla\'el)•'s effect on u:. to this \ ery
hnnging oftheAfncan toAmenca planted
See A Memorable Film. page 4
the lirsl ,ecd of disunion ."
What would Dr. King tell us today?
By Derek Shealey
American
invol\'cd m their commun itie s and work
to decicasc crime and , iolcncc by providing young people\\ 1th all of the vital
resource:- that build mot1vat1on and !-elfconlidcnce I think that he would reach
out to the hip-hop worl<l, which is filled
with 1,.rrcattalent, and challenge more artists to use their gitts to produce songs
that have mc,;sagcs of hope and respect.
mstead of the more common themes of
animosity and materialism.
Finally I
think King would try to bring together
prominent world leaders am] create a
conference where the participants meet
to conceive new, innO\ alive\\ ays of promoting peace without resorting to war.
These, however . nrc only my ideas. They
arc solutions inspired by King's vision
l hke to look at the world with optimistic eyes, but optimism can also suggest
a desire to bring about change. This genera ti on has to face old fears and
struggles, as well as new ones like AIDS
and terrorism. If we allow them to, these
things will divide and destroy us in the
same fashion as racism. When we think
the spirit
outside of the box. and do 11111
of love, we come much closer to eradicating modem problems and keeping
Kfog's dream alive and strong.
residents Response ,
ontinued from page 2 ~
li" e music during the dinner hour at
Slane Dining Hall . This is just one small
way in which we h:ne tried to emphasize quality of life . It 's also likdy that
you noticed the addition of several flags
throughout the Greensward. This is
done in an attempt to celebrate our diversity and to add some color and excitement to our campus
In closing. there are \cry exciting
days ahead at High Point Un i, ersity.
With the recent announcement of $20
million in fw1d-raismg gifts, we no,\
have the resources to make thmgs happen. We have a vision; we have enthusiasm: we have a team of staff and faculty dedicated to High Point University.
It i~ my pleasure to join with them and with you to journey forwnrd toge ther.
Please continue to ask the tough
questions. I promise to listen, and will
answer as quickly and completely as
possible . . because I care. Because rm
here as a steward. And because l love
you. Together, we can transfonn High
Point University into America's finest.
Thank you for all you do.
Nido Qubein
President
4
OPINION
Campus Chronicl.e
Friday, February 18, 2005
Christianity marred by divisive right-wingers
;
Christianity brings out both the best
and the worst in people. It has the power
to cross national and ethnic boundaries
and unite diverse social groups behind a
single cause, and it has the power to further divide an already divided
world.
Jesus
preached the philosophy of selfless love for all,
but his modern
day followers often follow the
philosophy
of
moral superiority
-----'
and exclusion.
Josh
And, as is appar-Farringtonent rouowmg the
recent elections,
Staff vYritcr the once radical,
revolutionary religion has found its home
in the conservative movement.
Of course. probably most Christians
do not see themselves as members of this
fundamentalist, t:vangclical wing ot
Christianity.
However, this far-right evangelical
movement has become one of the most
vocal and active forces in modem politics. Sadly, it has gained its platform
through the shrill cries of moral outrage
by leaders such as Jerry Falwell , James
Dobson, Pat Robertson and the countless
pastors across America preaching the
same sermon of division.
Dobson has gained publicity as of
late for his wild claims that SpoogeBob
Square Pants is gay and is indoctrinating
our children with pro-homosexual ideas.
Moreover, in an interview with The Daily
Oklahoman, Dobson claimed that Vermont Senator Patnck Leahy "hates God 's
people" for his attempts to block Bush's
judicial nominees . Followang the 9/ 11 attack. Jerry Falwell claimed lhat feminists,
homosexuals and "pagans" were to blame
and has recently descnbed the Prophet
Mohammad as a "terrorist." Of course,
neither Dobson nor Falwell is representative of all evangelical Christians . but
they certainly are the one...,\\ ith the loud-
As May 7 draws nearer,
reality begins to set in
One Jeni or reflects on her ambivale11£.
e about life after he,
impendmg graduatw11
Erin
===Sullivan
Staff \Vriter
m classc
A
a se
mor I am con
staolly faced with unansweredquestions
• What do you ant to do 1th the resl
of your hfe?
Do you bav a budg t
plan worked oul Whenar you gomg
to get mamed ' and "Did y, u tak oul
thegarbage OK that last question me
from my roomm t but th I almost
mor of a d~t ion lh n I c handle It
s m hke mv future l! JU t moment
away, nd I n, faced with th1 no ion
v.hen I wake up ve momm I ~allt
be th on1v one v.ho i cl thi It's that
feelmg that Vl u want to duat ·, but at
the same time. you don t Moreoi,, r you
want the classes to end, but you don t
want this xpenence to end
1rne time
I dun t expect ll o
u \\ho
cmon: to understand All I can
lhal ) ou k ep tJus III the b ck of y, ur
mind until 1t tune for you to lc11\ 1.. High
Pmnt nu I the ttmi::wh1.:nthe chch
we all h<1,cto grow up wmctJrue' rangs
true But, lh l doesn't mean J m ready
to say goodbye
A Memorable Film, continued from page 3
day," Isaksen said. "Slavery in America
has existed longer than freedom."
Isaksen, who spec,ahzcs in race
and rhetoric, was a self-proclaimed
amateur when she began the project,
which she titled ''The Birth of a Nation:
Take 3." Her knowledge of filmmaking was practically non-existent. Yet she
used the resources around her and help
from her friends to create a powerful
documentary. Imagine if we all persevered to change the world in such ways,
in spite of our limitations.
Isaksen acknowledges that great
progress has been made m America
when it comes to race relations. but says
there is much more to be done. That
agenda should include ending de facto
segregation in our neighborhoods and
churches, ehminating unequal sentencing for equal crimes in our courts and
making a massive commitment to reform in our public schools.
Black History Month serves as a
great reminder of the remarkable
achievements of African Americans. Let
us also be reminded that there is much
work to be done.
est microphone, and many of their followers have the same divisive political and religious orientations.
I say all this not as another "God
hater" or "secular humanist," as many fundamentalists tend to describe their critics,
but as a Christian who grew up in a Southern Baptist church. The Church is too sacred an institution to be scarred by the venomous rhetoric of some members of its farright wing. Christians should be worried
about far more crucial issues than
SpongeBob's sexual onentation and judicial nominees. World hunger, poverty, the
diseased and war-tom areas of Africa
and countless other tragedies have all
been addressed by evangelicals, but are
overshadowed by the constant focus on
the so-called "culture war." There is no
"poverty war'' or "war on hunger and
disease," but only a war on SpongeBob,
feminists and secularism . If fundamentalist Christians shifted their focus away
from these trivial issues of"culture" and
became preoccupied with the far greater
issues of poverty, hunger and disease,
then the Patrick Leahys of the world
would have nothing left to criticize.
The State of our Union
is tragically Republican
The symbolism was powerful. Emotions were high as the Iraqi woman and
the dead soldier 's mother embraced and
cned together in
front of the nation . Preo:;1dent
Bush had water
in his eyes . The
women showed
the solidarity and
maybe the utter
irony of the situation ; the son
lhat died so that
Lauren
woman could
--Crougban-- , ote. But it
wasn ' t
only
Staff \Vriter those
two people
~bedding tears
over the State of the Union addr ess ;
Democrats like me\\ ere probably crying ,
too.
The Pre::.1dent is cutting 150 program!,,, 45 of them an education , to try to
reduce the:-deficit by 200Q. Yet he did not
rclca'-e the specific cuts during the address. After the fact, he increased the
Pentagon\ funding and raised eyebrow::.
when he promised $350 million to Palestinians to try to build peace . President
Bm,n said he wanted to create community health centers m the poorest areas to
help the lower class get good medical
care. He said that he was going to increase the a, ailability and funding of Pell
Gr.ints for college students and improve
America's community college system . He
said that the state of the union was "confident and strong ." I lowcve1, that is only
whm he said.
What a politJcian says and \\ hat he
doe s arc two different stories He \\ ants
to crnck Jown on "frholous" asbestos
suits, but asbestos is a high-level carcinogen and affects many people even to tlus
day. He mentioned that Syria and Iran
needed to stop aiding terrorists , as if be
was hinting at action . The speech was
also full of tidbits of arrogan ce such as
railing against "activist judges,'' then
winking at the Supreme Court, and saying he is going to build the "moral character" of the country as he renewed his
commitment against Gay mamage. He
even had the audacity to quote Franklin
Delano Roosevelt when he was talking
about mangling social security by privatizing it.
It made me cry to realize that we
elected Bush to a second term. and now
he repays the nation by uppang the
military's resources while forgetting about
o;chools. When he is not upsening the order. he is making empty promises to a
nation of sheep.
Random Sightings during the State
of the Union :
I .A nun sitting in Laura Bush ·s box
2.A garl sitting behind the First Lady
and wearing fishnet stockings was quickly
moved .
3.There "as a member of Congress
doing a crossword puzzle, someone unrecognizable after research.
4.Dick Cheney was looking at something lo his left almost at all times.
5.The Speaker of the House looked
like he had had either too much Vicodan
or too many shots of Tequila.
6.\\lhco the emotional moment between the Iraqi woman and the mother of
that dead soldier came. the Iraqi woman's
necklace fell off.
7 Why were the Afghani and Iraqi
Muslam women wearing makeup and jewelry'' That goes against their religion .
8.Pcople 's fingers were colored black
to sho\\ solidarity with the Iraqi voters,
but when they raised them to President
Bush. it looked like a fascist salute
Looking Bac/.:1-1
ard, continued fr01n page 3
1
Segregauon ."
Throughout most of Malcolm X's
career as a spokesman for the Nat10n of
Islam. he considered Caucasians to be
evil He urged blacks not to turn the other
cheek lo abusive whites. However, after
a revelatory trap to Mecca, where
Malcolm X saw all races harmoniously
mingling, he dropped his separatist stance
and drew closer lo King's dream.
Isaksen 's inclusion of racists W.E.B.
DuBois and Malcolm X leads me to believe she advocates the use of hatred to
stop hatred. In other words, two wrongs
make a right.
On Tuesday, Feb. 22, another program regarding race will occur on campus. The College Republicans are hosting Reginald Jones, a black conservative
who speaks about the failings of the Civil
Rights Movement. He offers a unique
v1s1onfor the black community Jones'
opttmist1c plan represents a refreshing
change to lhe outdated rhetoric of Jesse
Jackson and Al Sharpton. He recognizes
that we have moved beyond the days of
rampant racism, and the only way blacks
will continue to prosper is through selfpromotion and personal initiative. Blaming problems on racism no longer remains
a viable option. We must never forget the
burden racism placed on society in the
past, but obsessing over the past will never
lead to progress in the future. Thanks for
openmg the dialogue, Dr. Isaksen., and
please attend Reginald Jones' lecture.
Opposing viewpoints are always welcomed.
NEWS
Friday, February 18, 2005
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Campus Chronicle
Diary from Spain: Warner visits cities of Ronda
and Granada wh_ileaway from class schedule
By Briana Warner
Staff Writer
Jan. 24- Today's cultural activity
was visiting the Parque de Maria Luisa- by far the most beautiful place I've ever
been. Avenues lined with palm trees lead
you directly to the Plaza de Espana, a
huge palace that was used as the Spanish pav1lion durmg the lbenan-American Expo of 1929. Part of the most recent Star----------------------.
Wars movie
was
also
filmed
there.
Today
we also visited Tnana
that is a section of town
across tbe
river that is
known for
il<iceramics.
Triana
1s \\AR.'l[R\l~IHD
IU>"iDA. \C'JI\ ot
also where
the World Exposition of 1992 was held .
Many huge buildings were created for
the Expo. and today most of them are
abandoned. We were there on a Saturday afternoon, and it was like being in a
ghost town. We did not pass one person
or car on the road. Apparently, the builders believed that they would be able to
rent these huge arena, after the Expo,
but that bas not been the case.
We ended up in downtown Triana
hopeful that we \\ ould get to look at
some ceramics, but v. e hit it during siesta time, so nothing was open .
Jan. 26- Today the school took us
around to some restaurants to sample local tapas or hor d'oeuvres. Every restaurant will post a list outside its door of
all the tapas that they offer for lunch and
dinner. We sampled pork in whiskey
sauce. olives, Spain's version of potato
salad, fried calamari and chicken with
pesto. All were incredible. In Spain, you
have the option of standing at the bar to
eat or sitting at a table. If you sit at a table,
you pay around 20 percent more.
Jan. 30- This weekend was our trip
with the school to Granada. After a threehour bus ride, we were greeted by below
freezing temperatures. I still don't know
how to convert cenhgrade to Fahrenheit;
maybe I should learn that. Anyway,
Granada
is beautiful because it
is at the
base of
the Sierra Nev a d a
mount
a i n
range .
Siding
was an
option.
1SI0£0l
'>l.\ 111 F
hut I decided not to go because I had a cold. J
realize now that I should have risked death
or the flu JUSt to say. ··1 have ~kied the
Sierra Nevada.''
Friday we toured The Alhambra.
Granada ' s main attniction, which is a J 3&11
century Mooric;h palace . The Alhambra
is far above the city, und there nre amazing views of the area . Saturday, instead
of sknng., we were true tourists and took
the sight- seemg tv.o-.;tory bus around the
city. We ulso walked through the ca1hedral and shopped a bit.
The street gypsies in Granada were
especially bad . We have them in Seville.
but they aren ' t nearly as aggressi\c They
are ladies who hold up spngs of rosemary
and tell you that you arc beautiful. hoping that you will take a leaf. As soon as
you do. they proceed to read your palm
and then ask for money. l saw one of the
gypsies stick some rosemary down a
woman's fur coat. The woman definitely
did not give the gypsy money.
Feb. 4- Class is class here. We definitely need our siesta break after waking
up every day at 1 a.m. for our 8: 15 intensive grammar course. I enjoy my art class
because we take field trips to different
places in the city to look at different styles
of architecture. Our first round of tests
is in two weeks.
Today we went on a day-trip to
Ronda. The city is about 40 miles outside of Seville and is up on top of a huge
hill. The city itself is separated into two
parts by a deep gorge, and they are connected by a bridge. While there we visited a small palace with a panoramic view
of the fields below and the mountains in
the distance. We also visited the oldest
bullring in the world still in use. It was
small with only 5,000 seats. Apparently
there is a bullring in Mexico with 50,000
seats. Seats at the ring in Ronda cost anywhere from 65-600 euro, depending on
whether you sit in the sun or in the shade
and whether you buy them from a scalper
or not. Bullfights run every day in Seville
starting in April, so I'm sure we will get
to see one.
Feb. 9- This evening we went to an
Ash Wednesday mass at the main cathedral. It was an amazing experience. The
cathedral in Seville 1s the largest Gothic
cathedral in the world and the third largest in the world m general. The largest is
The Vatican in Rome, and the second largest is San Pablo Cathedral in London.
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FoFo, continued from front page~============~=================~
mcssage ...arrivederci. sayonara'' recited
both Bee and Suki, rhythmically swaying and pretending they were FoFo .
"You're old. Jimmy," said Bee to
him one time.
"I ain't old," he replied. "You're
mamma's old. but I'm not." Her mamma
is two years older.
Fofo moved to High Point from
Lake City, S.C. when he was 15 with
his five siblings and his mother. Before
working at I ligh Pomt Umver.;ity~or
College when he first came--FoFo
worked at High Point Memorial Hospital in the operating room. "He just got
ured of seeing the people be knew die,"
said Bee. "So he stopped working there.
He never complained about work. We'd
be sitting on the porch-we nicknamed
it the beach, and we'd be complaining
about our jobs, but he'd never complain
about his."
Gardening, painting, sports and
cooking were FoFo's hobbies. So, even
though the living room is now covered
with baskets offlowers from the funeral,
it's not altogether foreign to how his
home was before. Flowers always decorated the outside of the apartment in
front of the beach, and if anyone stepped
in them, they would deal with FoFo's
turkey. "It was so moist and tender," she
wrath. He would get hot if someone broke
said shaking her head in reminiscence .
one ofhi:. ceramics as well, but even broAll three relatives recall a time that
ken, he wouldn't throw them awny. lie
was a p.,ckrat. and after his ceramic elsome of FoFo 's friends came over and
asked them if they had any of his homeephant was broken, he turned 1t around
made "FoFo biscuits."
so the broken face couldn't he seen and
"He wouldn't ever gi\c us any,"
left 1t up as a decoration.
s:uJ Frances. as the) all laugh . "They
FoFo played basketball and football.
were only for his friends."
Everybody at the 1ligh Point recreation
B u t
centers km:\\
family was
him,
and
'He first got lus mckname FoFo
big
in
while he was
at Andrews
FoFo's
from school ball games where the
High School,
mind. too,
announcers would pronounce his
he was feawith
or
tured in the
without
name wrong... Gardenmg, paintmg,
biscuits.
sports section
sports and cooking were FoFo's
He moved
of the newshobbies ... 'He loved cookin and he in with his
paper many
times.
He
mother
lovedto fatten you up ,
first got his
about 15
nickname
years ago
so he could take care of her. "She was
FoFo from school ball games where the
his 'boo,'" said Bee. His mother is in
announcers would pronounce his last
name wTOng.No one ever could get the
the early stages of Alzheimer's and still
expects him to come home and doesn't
name right, so everyone just started callcompletely understand why he's not
ing him FoFo.
FoFo knew bow to cook. "He loved
there.
"I don't think she wants to undercookin' and he loved to fatten you up,"
stand," said Suki. "He was still trying to
said Frances. Suki still remembers one
make her young," said Bee.
Christmas where FoFo made a barbecued
''No! [You] did not buy grandma
some leopard print sheets!" Bee once exclaimed to Jimmy. FoFo answered.
"She's still got it.Ain't that right. boo?"
Summer nights were always for the
beach . He and his extended family
would sit out on the porch and talk and
laugh. One time Bee and her mother got
up to leave, and FoFo scolded. "If you
don't stay longer than this. don't come
at all.'' They had to stay there until dark.
and after complaints about being eaten
by the mosquitoes. FoFo bought Citronella candles to make them stay
longer
He had hls own style in giving presents. Scotch tape JUStwasn't for FoFo.
At Christmas time, he would wrap presents in masking and duct tape and newspapers and brown bags. He came bearing presents from "Santa's big black
bag."
Frances said she'll miss all the fun
they bad, and of, course, his bald bead.
"Fo, do you have any gray in your
beard?" asked Frances once.
"You'll never know," said FoFo.
Just as Frances, Suki and Bee knew
he plucked out the white haITSin bis
beard, maybe somehow FoFo will know
how much he is missed.
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Camptts Chronicle
NEWS
Friday, February 18, 2005
Brave act: Two Panthers work to
resuscitate Fulford upon his collapse
running in and out of the cafeteria, so I
decided to check It out for myself."
FoFo had fallen outside. He lay unIt was a Friday, so many students
conscious on the concrete between the
looked forward to relaxation. For some, cafeteria loadmg dock and the post office .
there would be massive amounts of alco- He had been working there in the 30-dehol, a little unnecessary sma ll talk that gree weather when a heart attack flung
would never be remembered and a hook- him down. His shades rested against his
up. But Andrea Moller and Chris Hooks motionless body.
Andrea and Chris Hooks, a resident
were different, and this Fnday would be
one of1he most sign ificant of their lives. director on campus, were both certified
CPR assistants. They rushed to FoFo.
At lunch-time, Andrea. a freshman,
"We raced through the kitchen,
entered the caf. For her, eating there was
less a pleasure than a means of survival. jumped off the platform and notified the
She had her l.D. scanned, took a tray and others there that we knew CPR." Andrea
says.
got in line . Jimmy "FoFo" Fulford
"It was my first
awaited her behind
the counter. He was
time ever having to
a popular cafeteria
perform
CPR. I
\\ orker, hut his sixwasn't scared; it was
foot, 275-pound
justsomethinglhad
,tature and rapid
to do . Preparation
\\ :iy of inquiring
kicked in," says An·
drea .
about one's food
preferences could be
"Andrea didn't
hesatate,"saysChris.
intimidating. An- L=::::::::::::::::::::=========~====-l
drea en Joyed his talk. bow he often
who is one semester shy of being an offi··cracked'' un students or gave them com- cial paramedic . "I would have done
plimems She liked his deep Southern ac- mouth-to-mouth if Andrea wasn't there,
cent, pimp-style walk and shades. The but l wouldn't have wanted to, probably
beads of sweat on his forehead came from because I knew [he would] thro\V up."
his hard \\ ork and sometimes from putAndrea breathed hfe into FoFo while
ting up \\ ith the snotty attitudes of a few Chris pounded compressions upon his
srudents
chest. After four cycles, there was no
When Andrea reached FoFo, they pulse . Then arriving firemen relieved
pas<.cdthe time of day, and she received
Andre.a and Chns. Andrea di sappeared.
her food. It was the last time she would and~me ofthe firemen recognized Chns
<.eehim tandtng. Andrea got up for more and kne\\ about his tranung, so he ...tayed
until the ambulance came
food and .su\\ ~ome panicked-lookingstudent.-;andworkers. ··1wasn'tsureofwhat
On the way to lf1gh Point Regional
wa going on." she recalls . "I saw people Ho~p1tal,the paramedics stabilized a pulse
By Andrea Laing and Gena Smith
Staff Writers
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long enough for loved ones to visit FoFo .
Back at the cafeteria, "The serving line
was crymg and upset ," says Chns. "I
went m, washed my hands and started
cooking French fries and grilled cheeses,
along with other Student Life staff."
Andrea describes her fight-or-flight
situation as a humbling moment. She was
filled with regret, but she also ''felt God
had given me peace about what I had
done. It was weird ... I did what had to be
done."
Chris says, "When 1twas done and I
was washing my hands, I was like, 'wow,'
thinlang back on what Just happened "
He rides in an ambulance l 60 hours each
semester and is surrounded by these experiences everyday. This was the first
time he had found someone unconscious
and not brcathmg without his preceptor
( mentor) next to him . But he wasn't
scared.
"'It's what I'm trained to do. It' s no
different than people who are trained to
build houses.'' Chris says.
Nol until a week later dad Chris and
Andrea meet again . On an Outdoor Activities Club ski trip, the two were casually talking, not realizing who the other
was. Somehow Chris mentioned that he
was studying to be a paramedic, and Andrea said, "Oh. you're Chris!'' to which
he replied, ''You'reAndrea!
The day was lake no other Friday.
Their re:;ponseto FoFo" attack happened
so fast, but the impact "111la t so long .
Andrea and Chds rcCCl\cd many phone
calls of gratuude.
They and so many others will never
forget the man whose life they helped to
prolong.
0
Volunteers are key to winning war on
terrorism, according to CAP leader
take picture~ of disaster area,;,
emergency services, cadet programs and
CAP planes were the first non-miltaerospace education. Thousands of
tary planes allowed tn the aar after 9 11 young people are invoh l'd in the cadet
The war on terror is not easily won , and were responsible for taking the first program., - learning how to be good citiand it does not appear to be ending any- pictures of Ute horrific anermath. When zen,; and stewards of they country they
time soon.
the hurricanes hit Florida last fall , CAP call home . CAP is responsible for the
Major General Dwight H . Wheless , pilots flew 486
publication of
national commander of the Civil Air Pa- sorties and had
aerospace edutrol, spoke on this subject Feb. 3. His lec- 813 flight hours .
c u 110 n books
ture, ''Volunteers in the War Against Ter- Most of the imtaught
sn
ronsm," was not a boring spiel defend- ages the Amerischools across
ing the actions the U.S . has taken thus far
can pubhc saw of
the nation . And
Rather, it was his attempt to make u1> the damage came
FEMA relic:-.
"grasp the concept of the future of from CAP camheavily on CAP
America ."
eras.
to run disaster
He shared statistics from a governThe Civ il
relief
and
ment council's findings regarding the fu- Air Patrol
search-and-resture of terrorism in the world. As global formed just days
cue missions afpopulation continues to increase , there before the attack
ter a natural ur
will he greater chances of terrori st attacks on Pearl Harbor man-made di- even cybe r attacks. "The face of was established
saster .
tomorrow's terrorist is a mirror." Maj. to
defend
Maj . Gen .
Gen. Wheless said to emphasize his point. America's coastWheless urged
In the future, terrorists will come from all lines
durmg
students to get
corners of the earth and will not neces- World War rr All
mvohcd . There
sarily fit the stereotypes we have today.
military per sonare hundreds of
As terrorism changes, so also must nel were stavolunteer orgathe means of deterrence. The Civil Air tioned overseas.
mzations domg
\1 \J. t;t I'<. Wiii• ii'~\"
Patrol works with the Department of leaving only ci- ANnttu ,,11u,
.,., Tiii ORO 1111R OJ l'Rlll I ,,oR
good worb for
Homeland Secunty to protect the citizens vilian pilots to fly patrols. CAP planes the benefit of soc iety. He stressed the imof the U.S. Its highly sophisticated imag- flew along the coastlines. looking for
portance of being part of the good thmgs
ing systems are able to capture accurate and eventually bombing - Gennan sub- bemg done and of playing an active role
images from 2000-foot elevations, even marines. Their Job was to protect the na- in the care of our nation. Volunteers are
of objects as small as two and a ha) f tion and prevent a German mvasion.
just as important as paid officials and
mches. These imaging systems can be
CAP was successful m World War 11, it is our civil responsibility to do all we
used to find specific targets as well as to and its success is now earned over into can to benefit and protect our homeland.
By Rebecca Fleming
Staff Writer
DeSouza continued from
frontpage----;;;;;;;;;;.;;;;;;;..;;;;;.;1
pnrtment arc to enhance lhe lines of
cornmumcat1on with the rest of the university.
DeSouza said. ''One way lam doing that 1s working more closely with
the SGA." Mc m:skes an appearance at
the SGA meetmgs to get a feel for the
<itudentbody's compliments and complaints with the technology they have
access ro.
The IT department 1s also responsible for supplymg the computer paper,
which 1sfree for students, to the computer labs across campus. To give an
idea of how much paper that 1s, one lab
in Cooke directly across from the IT
depanment uses about 47,000 sheets a
montla. DeSouza hopes that we can
learn to consene the paper and better
use the electronic re ources.
Al o. he want to teach mStructwn 1te~hnolog.1cslo faculty He said
that the average tune for a professor to
get h1 technology ready for class is
bout five minutes Thotmeons it takes
up a s1gn1ficant rortaon of cluss-ttme
to boot up a computer and c.1ccessthe
progr,1ms or "ebs1tes needed
He
hopes to get that down to 30 seconds
with the proper trammg.
Nonon Hall as the latest and greatest ofbutldmgs on campus not because
atis the newest but because of the hightech electronic it houses Thanks to
the JT department there arc top-of-the
line computers "htclt manage everytluag from the light mg to the en\ nonmcnt l control StuJents and taculty
CMt ev 11\ 1dooconferencc\'> Ith ease rn
th f. ( ltty
Wi Jhngton' i. yboardmg ,kill
re not lm11tod10 the computer Dt rng ht.ssnot HPl. D Souza ~ playangkeyboards, for Deep Water bluesb cd J m band that used to ex1st on
c mpu
In fact, u was music that
btou •ht together the group of friends
he l<l\.m ly refers lo as Ins family
H1 p 10nfor music and fnends
ha taken him .:ill over the United
States DeSuuz.t recalls the pact whtch
he and h1Sfnends made years ago smtmg that afJ:tZ.Zp1amst Herbie Hancock
ever played a V\'!nueclose enough they
would tll go to sec him pl y They
made the poet come true recently by
d.n\ angUJ>to Ne\\ Jersey ond catdnng
the maestro " act at the Kunmel Center Another venue took Wellington to
Califonuo tl, 1,ce the last t\l.o Plush
shows before the band :;tcmpotruy luatus.
DeSouza LS no stranger to tmvelmg Born m Rto de Jnoe1ro, Bmza~ he
makes the p1lgnmage back home about
once every two years. DeSouza said.
"Let"s say (ti) I went back home 1
\\ould miss my farmly here as much as
l nuss my family in Brazil nght now "
When asked v. hat he liked the
most about this institution, he quickly
responded "I lo\ c the facult) at l hgh
Pomt L nivers,ty."
Aud it 1s obvious. He enjoys his
lunches \\ ith 01 Michael McCully.
lo, es to read and discuss Dr Manon
Hodge's poetry and to talk about Jazz
\\ 1th Mr Michael Gaspeny Ile even
got d11cctt0n 111 life from Dr. Roger
Shore.
Desouza imparted his final
thoughts w1th confidence from hts own
expenences· "If students took the hme
to enJoy their education, knowledge
and resources at High Pomt they would
be very :successful I ligh Pomt Umversaty prepares you to become a full
cttizen.''
A&E/ORGANIZATIONAL NEWS
Friday, February 18, 2005
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Smith charms audience;
screen chemistry sizzles
By Amanda Roberts
A&E Editor
Mendez plays the commitmentphobic woman who is in no rush to
settle down: her career comes first.
What happens when you get an trAnd Smith is the one who cannot do
resistible Alex "Hitch'' Hitchins (Will nnything right when it comes to this
Smith) to aid the hopeles'-, lo,elom ingul. On two dates with her, he manvestment counselor Albert Brenneman
ages to ruin the date in '-Orne way (Kevin Jame~)?
once by un allergic reaction to seafood .
A hit, especially on a Valentine ':,;
Now, if you knovi. you 're allergic
weekend.
to something in a way that makes your
The opening scene sho,, s a, erage
face-blow up - do you cat it'! Well, if
Joes attaining their dream girl with the you're so dic.tractcd by the girl you're
help of Hitch - whose motto is: "Any
wtth, you vi. on ' t even notice what 's go·
man has a chance to sweep any v. oman
ing on . When Hitch 1s doped up on
off her feet . He just needs the nghl
Benadryl, we see him let down his barbroom."
riers to Sara, always an endearing scene
Hitch gives excellent advice to the
in a movie .
men who are referred to him, and it genSara's barriers come do,\.n: when
erally works. He holds to certain stan- she sees a couple in love, a soft smile
dards when giving advice - no
comes over her face, lighting it up . The
sleazeballs should come to him for ad- banter between Mendez and Smnh is
vice; he will not help men just so they strong. and the screen chemistry comes
can get in bed with a woman.
across well - for the most part . There
Smith gives a light-hearted, charisare some scenes where it seems very
matic performance in this romantic com- contrived.
edy, which is a change from the action
The flashback scene m which we
genre be so excels in. James has a tensee why Hitch is the man he noVI is
dency to steal the scene with his spastic
does not further the plot. Sometimes
dancing and clumsiness as he slowly
the transitions between scenes arc not
courts and wins the affection of the beau- smooth, and the lighting too dark. And
tiful Allegra Cole, played by supermodel yes, sometimes the lines feel forced.
Amber Valleta.
But they're exce llent Imes. Any girl
Smith and James make a good pair- would want to hear them herself .
ing with their mentor-student relation "Hitch" is one of the best movies
ship - and as often happens, Smith teams
I've seen in a long time - romantic
from James a little something about love comedy or otherwise. It's by no means
towards the end of the flick.
perfect, but it's perfect for the season .
Of course, the date doctor himself
Smith is probably the only actor who
has to fall in love - and who better than could have pulled off that role and
gossip columnist Sara Melas (Eve
he does it amaz10gly well. By the encl
Mendez), who follows the lifestyles of the movie seems to drag, but it's worth
the rich and famous, mcluding that of watching the last fifteen minutes, if
Allegra Cole, who seems to top the list only to see the smooth, suave Smith fall
of New York City's most eligible
flat on his face.
bacbelorettes. When Cole is seen with
Hollywood has found a great date
the none-too-famous Brenneman, Melas movie at the time when all of the reis determined to find out how it happened
cent ones are unredeemable, with little
- and so ends up investigating the mys- plot, no action and bad actors of the
terious, nameless date doctor .
week.
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to anounce our largest Phi (pledge) class
that we have known. Congrades to
Stephanie Beano, Jackie Bonsper, Melissa Clark, Kelley Donohue, Ally Eckart,
Amber Hayes, Pam Holley, Lyssa Jacobs,
Julie Johnston, Gillian Keller, Meg
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Student Activities Board
Students at High Point University are
never without action or a place to go because the Student Activities Board (SAB)
is alV1-aysready with a plan . Jfyou like
bingo, SAB has t\\.o bingo night, planned
for you ; the first is Feb . 20 at 8 p .m .. and
the second is March 30 at 8 p.m . Both
bingo nights will be held in the Slane Center. The board 1salso sponc;onng a "Movie
Night" on March 18; you must sign up and
pay $3 m the Student Life office. The movie!>begin about 7 p.m: the bus will leave
Slane Center around 6·45 p.m. The Skate
Excursion 1sanother event hosted by SAB,
and it "ill be Feb. 25 at 7:45: again you
need to ~ign up and pay $3 in Student Life
office between 9 a.m . and 5 p.m .
Do not forget the Snowball Dance is
this weekend; it is being sponsored by
Student Life. The tickets are $5 in Student Life office and can be purchased
between Feb. 14 and 18 or for$ IO at the
door. The Dance will be held on the J 911>
at the Radisson Hotel from 9 p.m . to I
a.m . Dress will be sem.i-fonnal.
Interested in additional events?
Visit the Student Life office or its web
/
site at http://www.hi~hpoint.edu
campuslife/and click on the activities
calendar for times and locations of the
men's and women's basketball games,
the Hansel and Gretel performances and
other activities.
Most important. keep your eye on
the Spnng Break schedule; it's right
around the comer.
International Club holds
fourth annual Food Fair
By Miki Ikeda
Staff 'Writer
Each year in the fall during family
weekend, the International Club holds an
International Food Fau. This year was the
fourth time the International Club has bad
the fair which was held Nov. 6. The
weather was exceptionally beautiful for
that month as it has been on all previous
occasions, and the international cuisines
were delicious.
International students enjoyed preparing some of their native foods for the International Food Fair and displaying their
tradit:Jonalgarments like the Japanese summer clothes, Yukata, and traditional Pakistam apparel. More than 400 people enjoyed themselves by having plenty of international food like grilled Italian sausage;
lasagna; spicy, well-seasoned Japanese
curry and rice; Chinese egg rolls with mellow dog sauce; Mexican saffron rice;
sticky, sweet Greek baklava; French crepes
which people could build by choosing the
fillings; home-baked German apple pie;
Spanish flan that is ring-shaped pie full of
Mu
Mitchell, Ashley Neilson, and Amanda creme caramel; and cream puffs . Also,
Roberts. We look forward to this breeze many people got excited at seeing Japaof fresh air through the Phi Mu lounge . nese letters (Kanji, Hiragana and
We hope all the other sororities were as Katakana) and native African letters; some
pleased with formal recruitment as we got their names wntten in those foreign
were.
languages while enjoying lunch .
"Phi Mu Rocks My Socks!" Amanda
The International Food Fair had many
Roberts , Phi.
activities in addition to the foods. Some
Japanese students taught bow to make
cranes. frogs and boxes with colorful
Japanese paper-origami. The fair offered
international music, face paintings, a
Latin dance lesson without regard to age
(everybody, even little kids, enjoyed it),
a raffle and tables full of little items creating a free market-like . The International Club also sold Christmas and New
Year's cards and advent calendars with
German chocolates inside.
Dr. Barbara Mascali, the faculty advisor of the International Club, said. "We
were very happy to see so many people
come and enjoy themselves alongside
international students. The International
Food Fair is our way of saying 'Thank
you' to the campus for welcoming international people."
Over the years, the International
Club bas appreciated great support for
the Food Fair from the SGA, Student
Life, the Modem Language department,
International studies, the cultural events
committee, the Business department, the
Athletics department and the Multi·Cultural Club.
The International Club is planning
to have an International Treats Fair on
April 28, the last day of the class. The
International Club welcomes all students,
faculty and staff to this feast for all the
senses.
8
Camp11sChronicle
SPORTS /ORGANIZATIONAL NEWS
Friday, February 18, 2005
Men's team pressured to make final Track team
games of regular season count
excels at
Va. Tech
By Jake Lawrence
Staff Writer
across the floor for the loose balls, and
they outrebounded Coastal by gathering
50 boards as opposed to 38 for the Chants.
The men's basketball team found a This also marked the first time in the
much-needed win against Coastal Caro- team's history that HPU has swept the
lina over Presidential Scholars weekend
season series against CCU.
and hope they can contin ue to add
This win
to the win column in the final four
came less than
games of the season. .
48 hours after
the team reLed by Jeny Ecbenique's 20
points and nine rebounds and freshturned from
man Arizona "A.Z." Reid's first caBirmingham,
reer double with 10 points and 12
where
they
lost a hardrebomtds, the Panthers were able
to finally win a game decided by
fought contest
single digits. The Chanticleers, led
to Birmingby freshman standout Jack Leasure
ham-Southern
with 23 points, kept it c lose
in a game
throughout the second half, never
broadcast on
allowmg the Panthers to blow the
Fox Sports
game wide open. But when it came
South. Howto the final minutes, High Point
ever, instead
was finally able to do what it hasn't
of blowing a
been able to do the past three
lead late in the
weeks-get defensive stops.
game,
they
While the team is in the
battled back
middle of yet another tough stretch,
and cut BSC's
playing five games in nine days, it
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the closing minutes in games .rtaJIY lCHl..'IIQl "E
before
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against Charleston
Sou th ern,
buzzer
Radford, Liberty and UNC-Asheville.
sounded. While they walked off with anThis time there was not even a hint of other defeat. they held their heads high
another meltdown as the Panther:. finally afterward, knowing that they finally put
showed the heart to go along with therr together a performance in wluch they
talent, diving on the floor, getting the key knew they played for a full 40 mmutes
and notjust 33. They di:.played tl11usame:
rebounds and showing clock managekind
of attitude against CCU, and w11h
ment. Throughout the game players slid
four games to go, HPU fans may have reason to believe that this team can go to the
NCAA's.
With two home games remaining
against Charleston Southern and Radford
and two road games left to be played at
Winthrop and at VMI, there is still no way
to tell where HPU will finish in the standings. The only things that are certain are
that Winthrop will wm the regular season
and enter the tournament with the No. 1
seed, and VM1 will finish last and not participate in the conference tournament.
After that, nothing is clear.
With four teams tied for third and
seven teams still able to reach second
place, it is going to be a wild finish. HPU
will likely finish in the top four, which
allows them to host at least one Big South
Tournament game, beginning on March 2.
In case you have forgotten, in the Big
South, the tournament games are hosted
by the higher-seeded team. This year
Winthrop will host every game they play.
If HPU finishes second (like it did last
year), they will host at least two home
games and then likely travel to Winthrop
for the championship. If the Panthers finish third or fourth, then we host at least
one home game and will likely have to
travel tc, the rest of the games.
The road is something that has not
been kind to the Panthers this season, but
their past fe" pcrfom1ances hint that they
arc finally leaming. While it has been an
up-and-down season. this team is still
more than capable of meeting expectations
come March.
Women's basketball team bags two
Big South Conference victories
By Bethany Da voll
Sports Editor
21 points to go along with four assists nnd
freshman Raven Truslow with eight
pomts and two assish. Katie O'Dell
The women's basketbalJ team con- pulled down 12 rebounds, while sophotinues its roller-coaster ride season with more guard Katie Ralls was 4-of-5 from
its latest stretch of conference games. The the foul line in the final minute of the
Panthers' record is l 0-11 overall, 5-3 in game to help seal the win for HPU.
Big South Conference play which leaves Sophomore Timherly Jones had a good
game off the bench,
them tied for second
place with UNCcontributing
five
Asheville,
whom
pomts, seven rebounds,
anu live hlm;k:,,,
they
square
off
against on Saturday,
Against Radford
Feb 19.
on Feb 9, the Panthers
came away with the 75High Point is
comjng off two con61 win, led aga111by
ference wins, the latpoint guard Shorty
Martin with 24 points,
est against Charleslive assists, five steals
ton-Sou th em
at
home, 60-56. The
and five rebounds.
Katie O'Dell contnbgame was an exuted
l5
points,
amp le of how the •
Panthers have been
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up-and-down, with a
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lack of consistency.
The
Pa n thers
In the second half High Point was up 40- again had a large double-digit lead in the
20 with 17: IO left in the game, but CSU second half, 53-35 with 16:43 left to go,
would go on a 19 point run before the but couldn '1 bury Radford. who pulled to
drought was broken by a jumper from w1thm eight points with 8:47 left in the
Shorty Martin at the l 0:27 mark.
game, at 59- 51 High Point pull ea things
Charleston-Southern cont inued to back together however, and held off lhe
fight back, and went up by two, 47-45,
Highlanders lo win by the final margm
before High Point regained control of the of 14.
game at 48-47 and led the rest of the way.
Ear lier in the month, starting sophoThe Panthers were led by Martin who had more guard Candyce Sellars was named
Lmil-.••
the February Wachovia Woman of the
Month. which honors High Point University female athletes. Sellars is currently averagmg 7.3 points per game and 2.10 steals
per game.
Kapp a Delta
First and foremost the Sisters of
Kappa Delta W'Jntto l·ongratulnte our newest members: Emily Moreton. Kaytlin
Magaha. Joellen Finkb111c, Courtney
Smith, I lolly Johnson, Brittany Boller.
Kori Barnes. Laura Carroll, Laura
Kirkman, Jmene Enders, Melanie Strok,
Mary Lynch. Amy Anzovino!!
We are very happy to have 13 new
Kappa Deltas and look forward to all the
mcmones to come. Congratulations to all
of the other Greek organizations on a successful rush!! We had a great time at our
annual Crush Party last Friday and had a
fun time surprising Rob Sa lerno with our
KD Swee theart Award.
Now all of th e sisters are preparing
for Snowball this upcom ing weeke nd.
After break, we also look forward to our
50 11' anmversary ce lebration which includes our Wh ite Rose Formal. A lot of
hard work has been put into this event by
Ashley Cox and we are all very thankfol
for all of her time and energy!
We wou ld also like to thank everyone who came out to our fundraise r at Triangle! All of the sisters had a great l1me
and Wt hope that everyone in attendance
did tool
By Kevin Scola
Staff Writer
The High Point Indoor Track and
Field team competed in the Virginia Tech
Challenge at Blacksburg, Va. on Feb. 12.
The team was led by sophomore Jemissa
Hess, who won the mile ma time of
4:46.1. Her time was good enough to earn
her a provisional qualification to NCAA
Indoor Nationals. Hess also broke her own
school record, set three weeks ago, by
over two seconds.
In the women's 800 meters, freshman
Cathy-Anne Docteur finished in 811,
place,
running a time of 2: 16.62. Also on the
women's side, Angelique Diamond and
Ca.c;ey Gillingham tied for J l lh place in
the high jump, both leaping 1.58 meters.
The men's squad was led by junior
Ishmael Josiah, who set a school record
in the400 meter dash with a timeof49.65.
Josiah placed 15"' m the event., followed
by teammate John Young in 50 .17. Young
also placed 15 in the 200 meter dash,
running 22.24. In the men's 3000 meters,
both junior Matt Goodale and senior
Derek Nakluski achieved personal bests,
with Goodale running 8:25.28, finishing
in 40,place. Nakluski finished seven spots
behind him in 8:30.88.
The long jump was Jed by Chuck
Cooper's jump of 6. 77 meters, good
enough for 11•h place. He was followed
by Kishaun English in J311,place, who
jumped 6.75 meters. Gene Galloway
doubled, fimshing 23rd in the long jump
and 1211,
in the triple jump. with jumps of
6.45 meters and 14.03 meters. respectively. Other results mcluded Stephen
Knight who placed 26'h in the 55 meter
high hurdles. running a time of?.86 seconds, Matthias Ewender in the mile ( J7lh
place, 4:22.91) and Jeff Fauman in the
mile (4:24.16).
For the women. Cheryl Guiney
placed 23n1in the 3000 ( 10:48.60). She
was followed by Jaime Vetten (28 1h,
11:11.69),
Melissa
Caudill
(30 1h,
11: 15.50), Tracy Warring ( l l :30.14) and
Kate Atkinson (11:33.65).
This meet was the team's last tuneup before the Big South Championships.
which will also be held at Virginia Tech.
Both teams hope to improve on last year's
finishes. Afterwards, several runners will
continue their quest to qualify for NCAA
Indoor Nationals, to be held March 111~ at the University of Arkansas.
Alpha Gamm a Delt a
Alpha Gamma Delta would like to
congratulate all of the other sororities and
fraternities on campus on your newest
members. Congratulations to Jennifer
Ford, Nata lie Ragan, Shannon McKenna,
Autumn Ca llison, Nina Licketto, Kelly
Pnce, Lean ne Chinn, Brittan McCluskey.
S han ah Fahey, Tiphani Kuhl, Tabitha
Wilson, Miche lle Tallman, and Helena
Harris, as our new members of AG D . We
are excited to welcome them to our close
family! We are currently planning on
some ph ilanthropic fundraisers for the
Alpha Gamma Delta Foundation, supporting Juvenile diabetes research through
carwashes, comm.mtity walks and campus
clean-up days. After the death of FoFo,
the sisters of AGD wou ld like to pray for
his family and friends at their time of
loss.
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HIGH POINT UNIVERSITY
Camgus Chronicle
RIDAY, March 18, 2005
ongressmen to
peak on campus
Two former congressmen
will
speak to students about their lives as
public servants on March 21 and 22.
Earl Hutto, a Democrat and former
Florida representati\e,
and William
Zeliff Jr., a Republican and former New
Hampshire congressman. will speak
March 22 at 11 a.m. in Hayworth
Chapel. They will also meet with political science classes during their visit.
Both Hutto and Zeliff retired in the
1990s. Their visit is sponsored by the
Congress to Campus program.
on Shain to
erform March 23
Smgerisongwritcr Jon Shain will
perform March ::!3 at 8 p.m . 10 the
Pauline Theatre . Shain is known for l11s
imprO\ isational style on the acoustic
guitar that combines Piedmont blues
with bluegrass, swing an<l ragtime .
He ha~ shared :stage:. \\ 11hthe M cs
of Da\e Mauhews Bnnd and Da\itd
Grisman as a memberofthc Chapel Hillbased rock group called Flym' Mice . He
is no\\ a solo artist who ha:; performed
with Robert Earl Keen and the North
Mississippi All Stars. Admission to the
performance. which is sponsored by Student Activities Board and Student Government Association, is free.
Maintain e-mail
accounts regularl
Fellow students; With the arrival o
spnng, it's time to do some very important housecleaning. The Office of Student Life reminds students to truce the
time to manage their e-mail accounts so
that important notifications about upcoming campus events reach all intended
recipients.
Ewing named EDP
assistant dean
Shelley Ewing has been named assistant dean of the Evening Degree Program.
Ewing bas served as ass istant registrar and academ ic adv iser smce June
2002. As assistant dean, Ewmg will
evaluate transcripts for ED P students, interview prospecttve stu dents and he lp
p lan graduat ion activ ities.
As one of her first dut ies as assistant dean, Ewi ng trave led to Myrt le
Beach, S.C., recently to part 1c1pate m the
Southern Association of Co llegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers Conference, which featured workshops on a
variety of topics ranging from preparing for the next generation of college
students lo creating successful open
house programs.
HIGH POINT, N.C.
Rudy Giuliani announced as
speaker for May 7 graduation
the president's post Jan. 3
Giuliani 's leadership and determination guided New York through the deRudy Giuliani, the famous former
spair of 9/11 and placed him m the mternaltonal Jimehght.
New York City mayor, will deliver this
Dur, ng
year's t;Ommcncement address.
Giuliani
Crystal Cathedral minister
's
Dr. Robert A Schuller Jr. will
time spent as
mayor, New
deliver the baccalaureate adYork was recdress.
Graduation will take place
o gn izcd by
May 7 on the lawn in front of
the FBI as the
the Wrenn Bui lding. Evening
safest large
baccalaureate services will be
city
in
America
.
held May 6 at Wesley Memorial
New York ' s
Umted Methodist Church .
"Our students and their
law enforcement stratefamilies deserve the best speak er. 111Amcnca, nn<lour fine unigies havc be\ er,it) desen cs recognition
come models
from border I,) border and coast
for other citru,i 1tH 111111' ~\ rn '"" ' 11'.t " 1!'.' ics around the
to coa:.t .md countries beyond
Ml 11\1,ll I l\!11 , IIH tclll\HKM\\IIKIH
our shores,' ' said Prc:.1dcnt Nido
,n, '"RK1 11,
\\ orld, parQubem , who will be uver..;ceing
ucularly the
!us firs t commtncement ...mce ns ...
-ummp
CompStat program, which won the 1996
Innovations in Government Award from
the Kennedy School of Government at
Harvard Umvers1ty.
He was named Person of the Year
by Time magazine, knighted by the
Queen of England, dubbed "Rudy the
Rock" by French President Jacques
Chirac and presented the Ronald Reagan
Presidential
Freedom Award from
former first lady Nancy Reagan.
Schuller can be seen on the televised ''Hour of Power'' and currently
serves as the co-chairman of the Crystal
Cathedral Mmistries.
He delivers approximately 20 messages annually to international television
audiences of more than 20 million viewers .
As part of commencement. Qubein
will also address graduates and guests .
Wl1ile graduation ceremonies will
not be open to the public. they will be
available for viewing on the university
website at \l.'\V\i\,highpoint.edu ""ithin 48
hour~ of the e\'ents.
Plans for campus radio
station await approval
Student juggles
schoolwork and
family duties
By Audrea G ri ffith
Etl1tor III Clue/
By Justin Spinks
StufJ Writer
Finally after nearly a year and a half
to be shakolTthe air, 90.3 WHPU se<:m!-i
ing off the dust and coming slowly back
to life . However, the r.i<lio station will
not be following the same footsteps of its
predecessor, but instead taking a step in a
new direction .
Smee October 2003, when Hurricane
Isabel damaged the transmitter on the
lower that sits on top of the Slane student
center, 90.3 has been nothing but a
memory, but thanks to fresh faces and
energy, efforts lo not only restore the radio station but create a much better station are underway. A committee spearheaded by Dr. Judy Isaksen, associate
professorofEnglish, has been plotting the
new route the radio stat1on needs to get
back on th e air.
" I love the medium," says Isaksen.
"It's the theater oflhe mind."
When Isaksen joined the faculty last
fall and discovered HPU's non-functioning radio station, she immediate ly took
interest . As a volunteer at WMNF m
Tampa, Fla .. ..;hehas bad experience with
radio before. Though she has no technical radio background. she is very excited
to be involved in crafting the future of
WHPU .
"There's a really great radio station
ready to be set up," Isaksen says. "Our
goal is to be up and runnmg by August."
Members of the rad io committee include Mr'.>. Elizabeth Vidrine from the
media scrnccs center, director of campus
activities RogcrClodfolter. vice president
of administration Dr. Don Scarborough,
Welhngton DeSouza and Stephen Devoid
from the Information Technology department and chair of the Eng ltsh department
Dr. Jane Stephens.
Stephens sees the loss of90.3 WHPU
as an opportunity lo start fresh w ith new
ideas to better campus radio. "We wan t
to go forward rather than just prop something up," she says. " It was gett ing to the
point the rad io station could only be heard
1fyou driv·e around Cooke Ha ll."
Sec Radio, page 6
By Pame la -Montez HoUey
Stqff Writer
With a sharp eye, a speedy hand and
an attentive ear, a young-looking woman
wrote down anything Dr. Akin Akinade
srud or wrote on bis dusty chalkboard.
She
per....--------fectly answered every question
Dr. Alanade
asked Her
hair was all
in curls, she
had a petite
figure.
beautiful
bright
brown eyes,
flawless
C"R\ ST\L LOGGINS
b lended in
w ith all of the other students in the World
Re ligion class.
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Page4
Could
Iran lead to
another
military
draft?
•
I
Pages 5&7
Page8
Two
seniors return
from
memorable
Stu dent
describes
struggle
with
bulimia
trip to Kenya
Sec Loggi ns. page 7
Page 12
Track tean1
ends
successful
season
....
2
EDITOR.i~
Canrp11sChroflicle
Friday, March 18, 2005
Letter Box=======================~
'Birth of a Nation' critique Isaksen responds to Miller's
erroneous, short-sighted recent editorial about her film
was stealing a motor vehicle· a week earTo the editor:
Recently in the Campus Chronicle , lier, a young black male was hcaten to a
columnist Jonathan Miller shared his dis- pulp by while police officers with their
agreements with Dr. Judy Isaksen 's docuflashJights . And let's not forget James
mentary, "The Birth of Nation: Take 3 .'' Byrd Jr who was dragged to death in
Miller stated that Isaksen 's film is out- Texas from the back of a pick-up truck .
dated and irrelernnt at worst Well. I have Miller calls this equality? I think not.
Another thought of Miller's that I
plcnt) of disa1,rrecmcnb about many of
the things that Miller ,aid .
disagree\.\ ith is that a quick glan ce at our
Miller seems to think that the Ku campus proves that the effects of slavery
Klux Klan is disorganized and memher - can ·1 he seen today . I can count nUJnershtp has reached all-time lows. \.\hen. in ous times when I've been stopped by po lice and scnmty because I look liken sushll 'I. membership has reached all-time
highs. The Ku Klux Klan has members
p1c1ous person walking the campus . I
Miller say), that all
all around the U.S mamly in the -;outh. wonder why
'{he Klan has an organized
ethnicities ure wel\\Cbs1te (www .kkk .com)
come<l
here , and , yes ,
"Miller understand\\ith news and an racist
tha1 may be !-.O,but the
ably and unfortuminority students are
internet show, now beginhere because they are
ning its fourth season. "The
speaking
knight's party" produces
athletes,
ex.
out of ignorance
..." ception ofwithverythefew.
professional videos chat
There arcn 't many miKlansmen. Klanswomen
and supporters. or anyone else can obtain, nonty professors or minority advisors,
as well as a monthly magazine called the and there are no black history courses or
Crusader and its own public access chan- black fraternities. Now President Nido
net. To top it all off, the KKK website has Qubeio wants more studems who are able
the numbers of all U.S murugratJon de- to pay the full tuition \\ ithout scholarpartments so its members can report ille- ships, which I fear will eliminate the magal immigrants . Does this seem like your jority of minority enrollment into High
Point Unhersity . No. ow High Point
typical disorganized Klan? I think not.
Then, Miller says that "Equal protec- University is not really working to the
tion under the law and equal rights for advantage of minorities .
every citizen rule the day." In what world'!
The most disturbing
aspect of
In this world minorities arcn 't treated
Miller's article j,_ his lr1beling Malcolm
equally. 1fso what about my felhm Afri- X nnd W.E.B Dub01~ al>rcprc scnta11,c~
can-American Rodney King hcmg be.iten of the same ideology a D.W Griffith .
by the LAPD , or fello" Afro-American
Malcolm X J1J oppose Mar1111Luth er
De, in Brown who was lJ years old and Kmg Jr.·s non-, 1olence tactics , but it \\ as
gunned down on Feb . 10, 2005 by white
polil:e officers because they thought he
Sec Take 3, continued on page 4
nately is
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vacates rac1aJequality; m fact, 1tas.mmes
racial equality for all. We no longer have
Chi onicle both Andrea Griffith and to deal with matters of race because in a
JunnthnnMiller reVJewed my Black I lis- "color-bhnd" r.oc1ety:everyone is equal,
tory Month lecture and documentary film right? Wrong.
entitled "The Birth of a Nation Take 3."
In reality such a "icnsib1lity 1s no
I'd ltke to thank them both, once ag,un, more than a subterfuge-- a tnck that
for taking the time and energy to re- allows for denying literally turnmg a
spond their review were engaging and
blind eye to-the salience of metal diftastefully written. While Ms. Griffith
ferences and the material racial mequifound mcnl in my rroJect, Mr. Miller t1esthat still Liveon, despite lhe successes
flatly panned It, with t11sheadlme declar- of CondJ nod Oprah. Buymg into the
111g11"out-dated at best, irrelevant nl color-blind sensibility not only relieves
worst" I'd be lying tfl . aid such words
the white rnce of any responsibility for
d,dn 't d1sappomt me, but n the old Hol- understanding the history of our counlywood s ymg goes· "A bad review 1s try nnd working to create equahty rn all
b tter tluin no rev1ew
facets of our society but it also preserves
wlute pnvtlege by denying racial differS1t1cethat pubhcatton date. Mr
Miller and J have had several e-mail ex- ences. Indeed, this ideology appears
race-neutral. but 1t ultimately and silently
change:;, all of wluch have been enthuSJ stic, kind and mformauve Based on
reinscribes white upremacy: in other
uur m101mal rel:11ioosh1p,J find him IO words,1t's racist
be a passionate and mtelligent young
Another mtcresting but disturbmg
man And yet despite our mutual gra- aspect of this ideology 1s this. the rbeciousness I sull disagreewith his pos1- toncal spin-that racialequality has been
lloo on matters of race and I unagmc he achieved and we now hve in a colorwould state the same toward me. I feet blind soc1ety-has to be contmuaJly recompelledto respond to Mt: Miller s cn- inforced for it to appear natural and inuquc,oot to start a one-upnwulb1pvol- sntutionalized And JI has worked-it js
ley but because I beheve m Dr Marun working. Thesens1bdtty tw become so
Lulhcr Kmg 's scnbment that lo rcmam
uoconsc,ously eogramed JD the belie
~tlcru lS 10 taally condone a problcm- system of so many Americans and the
au pos1t1on, and I can't stand by and let cmot1ona1 investment 1s so deep that
t11athappen Thu.$, what I'm about to when people do i..-peak
out favorably for
expres as not oeccssanly 11direct attock rnc1nl equnhty. they rundoubtedly face
on or rebuttal lo Mr Miller's Hew , but havmg their views attacked, as were
:rnther a counter position to~ hat ha be- mtne
come, I fear. a prevulent bebef among
To ay that our society is "color
m:iny Amen ans of all age . nnd Mr: blind'' is to "hlle-wash with one broad
Miller I ~u'lpect. might fa1l into this stroke, an) race that 1sn't white. Tiusrru:~
•roup
1sm-no-longcr-ex1sts rhetonc simply
Abroad hccofour Amcncanpopu- 1sn'ctrne. Ask any African American mla
and 11'spnlllil 1ly n white shce--cludmg Condi and Oprah Equally imhas bought mto the ncocon<.ervat1\e be- portant. takmg such n stance will prevent
us from enJOYJng. understanding and
lief th t \\C no\\ lhe lil a ''color-blind''
oc 1cty nus h ~ been quite an opre.ilmergmg with the i.:ibrant colors. cultures
mg ideology, for 11 appears to affinn
and cth01c1lles that make up our societ).
equaJ oppor1wut) and an equal playmg And I for one run not'\.\ 1lhng to nuss out
fic:Jd· morcO\ er, ti appears to focus on on all that nchness.
rnd1v 1duahsm givmg credence 10
mcntocrncy On the surface level. such
Dr Judy Isaksen
a tai.:k ts ostensibly honorable, for 11ad- Dept of English and Commumcallons
fo the editor:
fo the last issue of the Campus
Cheap shots taken at Bush's
State of the Union address
To the editor:
Last month's issue featured an article
that criticized President Bush's State of
the Union Address. To read the article
puts the address to shame. The author
obviously missed the overwhelming
theme of the address that freedom is advancing around the world and that
America 1s strong at home. Democratic
elections were held in Afghanistan, Iraq,
Palestine and Ukrame. At home the
economy is on the rise, more people own
homes, the unemployment rate is down
aod more people participated m this last
election than ever before.
The author spoke about irony in one
of the most moving moments I have witnessed on TV. The true irony of that
speech is the fact that the Democrats continually complain about tbe size of the
deficit but when President Bush offers lo
cut 150 programs to save the nation from
more wasteful government spending, the
Democrats cry foul.
I am disappointed at the author's
"random sighting" refernng to the purple
paint on the fingers of some of the Republican members of Congress as "looking like a fascist salute." Millions of Iraqis participated for the first time in any
true democratic election. For many, their
lives were at risk just for voting. We
should applaud the Iraqis' courage to vote
instead of comparing a simple gesture to
a "fascist salute."
The author stated President Bush was
going to "mangle social security by privatizing it." President Bush quoted numerous Democrats who bad said that reforming social security was needed. President
Bush said all ideas were on the table and
all be wanted was a voluntary system for
younger workers to invest a portion of
their social security.
President Bush's State of the Union
gave depth and detail to his positive
agenda and our state of the union is truly
"confident and strong."
Jason Walters
Friday , March 18, 2005
OPINION
Campus Chr on icle
3
Confessions of a proud member of High court
reconsiders
he 'Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy'
execution
Regardless of all the imperfections
of our political system, Americans are
still ob ligated to participate in it. This
rule applies
as much to
the
HPU
community
as it does lo
American
government: ifyou
do not conDrew
tribute, you
do not ha,e
~Mcln__9'!e~
the right to
.._~~~~~~~~_,
l•)OMM
,@UMI
complain .
And despite
the messages of campaigns such as ''Vote
or Die." merely ,oting 1~not crwugh to
count oneself as a responsible citizen . lnfom1ed voting should insh.:aJ be our aim ;
with that in mind. I am going to infom1
you . What follows 1s why you, as a potential(,•informedpote11tialvoter. should
,ote Republican .
After 9 ' 11, I believe national security to be our top priority. and thus it is
my first consideration as a voter . This is
actually no contest. A Democratic president hasn't been strong on national security since John F. Kennedy. who today would be a moderate Republican .
Can you see Bill Clinton, Al Gore or John
Kerry standing up to the Sonet Union'!
Reflect on the fact that Jimmy Carter, Mr.
Human Rights himself. was utterly pow·
erless to rescue our hostages from the
radical Iranian regime dunng his tenure .
The fact that this humi liation ended liter- This trans lates to fewer and lower taxes,
an emphasis on personal liberties and a
ally the hour that Rona ld Reagan was
elected should tell you why ours is the limit on government entitlements. Make
a note to yourself not to listen to whiny
party that takes foreign policy seriously.
Republicans can have effective for- liberals (or Pat Buchanan) who say Bush
is not a 'true conservative', because this
eign policies because they aren't afraid
would be like letting The Joker tell you
to take a stand, right or wrong; the only
that Batman isn't a 'real' superhero. The
time Clinton would take military action
was when he got a phone call from the Joker is just angry because Batman beats
U.N. 's Kofi Annan or when news about a him all the time.
Economically,
Republicans
are
certam blue dress was about to break. Inlargely business-friendly . This 1sbecause
stead. in a strange twist of fate, Republiconservatives recognize that businesses
cans nre now the 1dealtsts when it comes
employ our citito international re
zens and fund
latiuns . We sec tor'"The Left has becom
what is still the
ture chambers and
enemy
of
industry
and
,..,
.....
arsenal of democrape rooms and
rac y. The Left
think something
prise because, at its co
has become the
can nnd should be
libera] movement de
enemy of indusdone to such evil.
the free market syst
try and enterpnse
\\'('apons inspector
because . at its
Hans Blix dol.!sn't
core. the liberal movcml.!nt despises the
enJ despotism . In place, hke Afghamfree markcll>ystcm . Republicans recogstan. lr..iq and nov. Lebanon. 1.kmocracy
has c1chance to take root 111a region that nize that the jobs our economy relics
upon are provided by small businesses.
most of our educated elite del.!tned imposThus, the party tends to advocate prosible . The Republican Party is now, more
gro,\ th policies such as decreasing the
than e\er. the party on the side of hope
capital gams tax. My parents were :-.mall
and freedom .
I belie, e we ha, c a monopoly on business owners for most of my life .
When they sold the business and cashed
sound domcstrc policy as" ell . Decades
ago. JFK made a \Cl) ' conservati,e stote - in on years of hard work, tht: government
ment when hc extolled Am1.-rican, to "AsJ..: got to tnkc a little over 20 percent of what
not "hat your country can do for you ·• thl.!y received; lowering this \\ould con:-.tnute what John Kerry called "tax cuts
Republicans traditionally advocute ,mall
go,emment because , in the tradihun of
for the rich." [Note : to a Democrat .
the Founders . we believe md1, 1dual c1uSec Right, page 7
1em, arc best lcfl to go, cm thcmseh cs.
p1
First Lady sets trends ;
fashion goes lady li ke
By Rebecca Fleming
Staff Writer
Spring is slowly creeping into town
- stealthily rounding the comer , almost
as 1fshe were ashamed to ,;hm\ her face .
Winter stubbornly resists the advances ot
his little sister , but he is slowly losing
ground. And aren't we :ill thankful! Sign s
of spring are appearing C\ erywhere : from
the dcl.!ppurple crocuses in my lfowcrhed
to the lingering dusk 111thee, enmgs . Perhaps the most vi,,ible and practical sign
of spring is the arrival of the season's
clothing in store, .
Gone are thick , l.!ozy wool sweaters.
knee socks and corduroy pants . If you
look hard enough, you may be able to find
some on clearance, but it'll take some
looking. Instead, racks and shelves are
filled with the garments of warm weather :
shorts, l-shirts, tank tops. capris, even
bathing suits.
I've spent several days at the mall this
month, and as I've shopped, I've noticed
a trend in ladies' clothmg. Feminmc 1s
back! Hurrah! OK, I'll stop cheenng and
explain. The boyish grunge look. is fading into fashion history as delicate detail
work and ruffles move in. While I welcome this move with a glad heart. my especial joy comes when I look over the ne\\'
skirt!, and dresses . It is there that this fresh
wave of feminine detail 1s most apparent
As if the light, airy fahrics that swish and
swirl were not enough , the cut of these
skirts and dresses i~ nattering and ddighl-
fully girly .
At this point I would like to interject
u hypothl.!sis of sorts . TI1e changl' m ladies ' clothing is not ncccs~anl) ''sudden ."
It ,tarted four years ago when First Lady
Laur.t 8u..;h moved into the While I louse
Suddenly Aml.!ncn h,111a l·irst l.ady who
dressed hkl.! a lady! What n 11Mel concept. After e1gh1 year s of II 1laf) Cl111ton
and her pantsuits und mthcr " nnti-1.iJy' '
cl11thtng chrnccs . thl' d1.1ngc w.1s drastic .
I he-fashllln W(lrld \\ as so shocked that
1t's tnkcn thi.; long tnr ll to catch up "ith
her thus thc nrri\ nl thi s sprmg t•t tmlurcd, d:1,sy looks and ullra-g1rl) dresses .
Please unJcrst.111J, I'm not saying
thts just hecausc the First Lady 1, my hero;
I'm saying it because it\ an idea that I
believe contains some truth . Tal..c a loo!..
around; take a look through history books
You 'II fmd that thc fashion regularly renecL'>the personal tastes of the powers that
be . In areas where monarchs rule. the
queen is generally the leader of ladies'
fashion; since Amenca 1s a democracy,
the First Lady fills the role of queen for
us J ler personal tastes arc reflected 111
what we wear
Dolly Madison was a popular First
Lady, and her empire-waisted,
floorlength dre,;ses were admired by American ladies. Of course, she was First Lady
at a lime when the populallon that would
actually be abk lo "cop\" her style was
minimal. Jackie Kennedy was another
style-setting First Lady. Her look. was one
Sec Fashions, page 9
The recent Supreme Court decision
Roper v. Simmons, which overturned the
death penalty for minors, is a step in the
Josh
~Farrin!!_on~
right direction
for America, but
it was a step
taken for all the
wrong reasons.
In the majority
opinion. Justice
Kennedy cites
immaturity and
international
law as the basis
for the decision.
Simmons . the
minor involved
in this specific
&ffiifidii§W
case. robbed a
female neighbor
for a mere handful of dollars. and then tied her up and
threw her bound body into a ri\'er-while
she was still alive. Kennedy·s opinion
minimizes this genuinely evil act by implying its cause was mere "immaturity."
Furthermore . our entire legal system is
bac;ed on the Constitution. not international opinion and foreign laws .
Howe, er, it 1sdue time the U.S. abandon the medieval "eye for an eye" punishment associated with the death penalty .
I don't deny that most murderers deserve
-
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· --
See Court, page 4
in recaps exciting
us developments
New
l,ghting among improvements
••~black
from Sprm, Break'
enJoyed v1srt1ng with
nd are cncrgued to
IIIIM11111111tdown
begms tow rd
t cuI r • duatwn
lhlMllli,
been en hanced , n
and lo the fronts uf
dings
U flags are bemg
to complement the
m the grt.'Cllsward
ve been added to the
and wnbrcllas are hcSla ne pa tio
oulillliltllrcbcmg constructed m
both o
tn front of the hbrmy
~~~~
-A disc gotf course llas been added
to campus
-Landscapmg efforts lm, c enhanced
the campus and improved c;afct)
C'ontmuat1on of the bnck and iron
fe111.:111g
h.is begun to the penmeter of
campus
The field hous1.:ha,; been emptied
m prcpnratJon for demolrhon to nocommod t1.:the Stedc Sporl"- Com1>lex
-A po111on of thi: :soci.;cr stadmm
\\ 111
be demoli hed to iccommodate the
Stt.:eh.:Spon Complex
-Out e-mail :spam S) stem has been
updated
-Suggestion boxes ire poppmg up
eve!')'\\ here
Exc1tmg thmgs are happcnmg on
campus. And it's just the tip of the iceberg. Tius summer. major construction
will begm. and improveme nts will mult1ply. Yourexpenence here 1s of utmost
importance. and we approach th is task
with grea t JOYand antic1patmn.
In closmg. consider this ''Competence leads to co n fidence C'onfidence
lead,; to commitment. Comnutmcnt
leads to excellence." At Jhgh Point U111ven-at). we arc committed lo excellence
... m all are,l!i Jom us in the commitment Together, we can 111.:cornphsh
great
thrngs
Dr Nido Quhem
4
OPINION
Campus Chronicle
Friday, March 18, 2005
Hersh article reveals strategy for
Iran; Bush's motives questioned
By Justin Spinks
cials did not deny that U.S. troop:. have
been on the grotmd in [ran.
The nation does not seem too concemed with the admmistrauon 's plans for
No" that Saddam Hussein's regime
thetr future engagement W1thIran. I lowhas been overthrown and lrnq has had
evc1, what if an invasion of Iran meant
its first democratic elccuons our troops'
the remstatement of the dratWWould the
engagement "ith the Middle Bast will
subject interest you as college student s
he finished once polttical order is estaband potential U S troops?
lished in the new Iraq. right?
During their visit to Hl,ghPoint Uni
Wrong.
vers1ty, I nsked Woodrow Wilson FelInvestigative Journalist Seymour
lo\\s, tamedJoumahst" and Middle East
Hersh mnmtamed rn Januury in the New
Yorker that the Bush admm1strnt1on has
experts Rick Davisand Deborah Amos.
to respond to
secret plans to m, ade Iran,
ne1ghhoring country to
Hersh's article.
Amos stated
Iraq, \\hich ts allegedly en'' ...with our troops'
that Hersh s
gaging in nuclear enrichengagement in Iraq,
sources were
ment programs. The arttclc.
''The Conung Wars "acindeed
reliwe lack the resources
able, however.
cuses the Pentagon of conto invade Iran, which
ducting se1.ret missions in
JUSt because
is three times the size
there 1s a plan,
Iran to find e, 1dence of
docs 001 mean
these nuclear act1v1ty outof Iraq."
it ~ill nccc
s1de the knowledge of the
C.l A. Hersh wntes that
sanly be .icted
"the President and his nationnJ secunty
upon Take forexample, Iraq ThcBush
advisers have i.onsohdatcdcontrol over
adm1rustrat1on had plans to mvade Jraq
the mditary and mtelhgencc commumbeforc9 ll, bur there may not have been
ties strategic analyses and covert opera
enough -supportlO foUO\~ through
bons to a degree unmatchedsancethe nsc
Davis sa,d with our troo()6' engag~
ment m Iraq, we lack the resources to mof the post-Second World War natJonalvadc Iran which ii three
the 12.C
security stale "
Stu(( Writer
tun
Hersh asa Puliti.erPnze-wumang oflraq with muchmoreurufied upport
Journalist famed for revealmg the abusive pnctic:es 1nthe U S. nuliwy' Abu
Qbraibpnsoa m h8'} last year. su he ,.s
definitely to be tabn tcnously but how
much pubhcaty has the art1cle received?
Very little The Pentagon responded b}
cl11mmgthat Henb s report 1sriddled
with macatr8C1ts Howevei: army ofti
Take 3, continued from
page2~~~~~~~
because he was fed up with the white
man's brutality and hatred towards blacks .
Malcolm says. " I believe in the brotherhood of man. all men, but I don't believe
in brotherhood with anybody who doesn't
want brotherhood with me. r believe in
treating people nght , but I'm not going
to waste my time trying to treat somebody
right who doesn't know how to return the
treatment." I don't think this mirrors D.W.
Griffith's ideology at all
As for W.E.B. Dubois. he acted in
support of integration and equal rights for
everyone regardless of race, but his thinking often exhibited a degree ofblack separatist-nationalist tendencies because he,
loo, was frustrated wtth racial oppression
Overall, Griffith supported violence because of his hatred of blacks and quite
conversely, Malcolm and DuBois supported violence m our defense against violent whites; they reacted to aid our quest
for freedom and equality, not out of hatred for whites.
Dr. Isaksen 's documentary isn't saymg that we live in the same time as
D.W.Griffith but that we live in a time
where racism is tragically evident and
alive. Miller understandably and unfortunately is speaking out of pure ignorance;
be just doesn't know because he can't experience what it's like to be a minority.
For Miller to even think that slavery hasn't
affected our world today shows how misinformed he is. Dr. Isaksen was trying to
inform, but it obviously didn't register to
Miller.
Travar Hoyle
However, should the adnumstrat1on gam
support for an anVU1onof lrnn then
draft would be mevitabl ,. b
1d
He b
rtl le u e
lbat tbe
plans for in ading lmn arc underway. as
troops have been there for at least a year
searching foreV1dcoce of nuclear eon h
ment facllu1e The pl
hove been
modified since our occupation of Iraq .
He says that before the Iraq invasion. (he
only way to invade Iran would be by sea,
but now that y. e have troop~ stationed
in Iraq and Afgbarustan, we could easily launch a full grom1d and air invas10n
oflrun.
ls the president playing a chess
game with the Middle Eost? I hs pieces
are positioned m haq and Afg]rnmi;tan.
Is he owaitmg the right opportunity to
scLze the king piece, Iran, and then
checkmate?
What about peaceful negotrnt1ons to
halt Iran's nudear enrichment programs?
The European Umon has attempted to
persuade Iran to dismantle 1ts nuclear
machinery to no avail The Union bas
been beggmg the U S to JOin m thci.c
negotiations becau.<Je11needsthe leverage that only the U.S. can prov1<lc, but
President Bush refuses He would rather
'lit idly by and watch the negotiations
fail and intervene at lhe last minute and
say. ''All nght., we have no chotl.C but to
bomb"
Bush needs more evidence this
nmc, though, than he did for Iraq, because the Amcncans won't go for another ·weapons of Mass DestrucUon''
ploy Thal is why troops are currently
cngagmg m search operations in Iran
But even if al s found lhat Iran can pro-,
due nuclear weapon u wdl not be for
another threeto five years given their
curreat resources
Hersh c1aimlthat the S
ment has pardoneda known adi 1st an
aowm
lhe nud~r black market Palwitam A
See Iran, page 9
No death
penalty for
under-18s
Court, continued from
page 3
death, but following the same logic, don't
convicted rapists deserve to be raped,
rather than face mere imprisonment? Call
me a weakling, but the idea of state-sponsored execution just doesn 'l appeal to me.
Fox News pundit Bill O'Reilly,
who's not exactly an idol of the left. bas
long argued for the abolition of the death
penalty. O'Reilly's v1s1onof punishment
for convicted murderers is imprisonment
in bard labor camps and guaranteed sentences oflifc without parole. I'm not sure
bow practical these camps would be, but
they certainly are more appealing than
execution.
The problem with the death penalty
issue is that most conservatives focus too
much on what the criminal deserves based
on the ancient notion of Old Testament
justice. Most liberals are afraid to even
call murderous acts evil but are sometimes
quick to call the death penalty evil. Like
most issues. this will never be solved
without a compromise by both sides. The
left needs to acknowledge that people like
Mr. Simmons are evil and must be dealt
with severely and not allowed to ever even
have the chance to commit an equally
horrendous act on an innocent citizen.
Conservatives need to acknowledge the
logical inconsistency in punishing killing
with killing and acknowledge that life in
prison or life in a labor camp as suggeste d
by O'Reilly are viable alternatives to the
death penalty .
Reginald Jones' message more of
the same divisiveness and labeling
"If we're not m Jail, we're oo our
way there . That's how they look at us."
said Reginald Jones in a shiny green,
snake-skinned pattern suit. addressing a
crowd 111Norton Hall Feb. 22.
Jones is a Republican, and his
speech was to
express how
conservative
and
thought
black skin can
come together.
However,
it
was one of
those "we" ver"they"
sus
~ena Smith- speeches. and
we
Staff Writer every
meant black
people; every they. whites
I suppose I will continue asking thts
question for as long as I live, but can
someone tell me why the co lor of our
skin is so definitive of who we are'? Jone s
sees the current black community as one
that bas lost its focus. There are more
sports professionals and entertainers
than there are black teachers and professors. Swoosh. But after such a good
point. the rest of the game was a let
down .
Jones said that people on Black Entertainment Tonight "are more readil y
accepted as black" lhan he is. People's
perccptton of who black people are now s
straight from the media, according lo
Jones. Media playa huge role. but BET
isn't the only mediwn. When I was in
Nicaragua, the people there were fascinated by me because I dido 't look like
Britney Spears. They questioned me if all
Americans were like her. Up until their
interaction with an American, their definition of an American was skewed; and
certainly J am no measure of a "normal"
American because such a person does not
exist. Ignorance lies in the hands of he
who questions nothing . And therefore if
someone's true perception of a blact.. person is only what he sees from BET. fault
is not m the black man's bands.
When Jones was traveling first class
on nn airplane, a white woman leaned
over and asked. "So what team do you
play for?" The fact that she was so sure
he was an athlete only emphasized to
Jones the role black people play in our
society. But as a listener. I hear a story
like that and I focus in on the ignorance
of the woman rather than the role of the
black man. Ignoran ce has no spec ific targets, it hils all ages, races and sexes.
"People who look like me paid the
price so dreams could come true," said
Jones. It seems as though in this journey
to step away from the differences of race
and become a more unified America, race
becomes its own stumblmg block. What
purpose docs a comment like that have?
It only divides. Automatically when Jones
said that my mmd reverted lo my grandparents who are white Italian s and how
they paid a price in coming to America
to chase therr dreams. in essence. so their
children's dreams could come true.
Those words pierced me. and in trymg
to mentally reply to them, I assumed the
defensive position
The same defensh e mode went
through my mind when Jones said that
he feels he bas a tremendous advantage
over his white competitors. who were
born in the suburbs. "I didn't have a rich
daddy , and when I graduated, I didn't get
a Mercedes. I didn't cat caviar," said
Jones.
Jones doesn't like the generalizations made of blacks because be is one
of many exceptions to those generalizations. But then he stoops to the same
level. My suburban butt would bet my
1990 Volvo - I swear it's a Ferrari under
the hood - that not every one of his
"competitors" (whoever they may be)
got a Mercedes or the like upon graduation.
Step back from your political party.
Step back from being black or white, Italian or German. We all have labels, and
we're going to live with them whether
we want to or not. I support Jones for
trying to communicate that not all successful blacks are in sports. But if anyone is ever going to prove that labels
don't define a person, he can't do so by
putting his audience members m categories they don't fit into. Assumptions often pave the path for ignorance.
F ri day, March 18, 2005
OPINION
Campus Chronicle
5
In Kenya, rays of hope shine through the dark
Senior columnist shares her experience as a visitor to AIDS orphanage========~
By Gena Smith
Sta.ff Writer
It was as though an elephant sprayed
the contents of a thrift store on them. The
random. dirty clothes that decorated about
50 orphans from ages 2 to 8 were direct
reflections of the effects of AIDS on the
economy - and the future - of Ebus,ekwe
Esibila Bunyore. a "illage in western
Kenya.
In the dirt-floored sanctuary of New
Hope Outreach Ministries. where the
rafters and beams are raw tree branches
that hold up a tin roof. the children greeted
the six visiting Americans - seniors Andrea Grinith and I: Judy Isaksen. associ ate professor of English; John and Jean
Corey, who are living in Kenya while their
adoption process goes through with two
Kenyan babies and Katie Holland. director of Amani Children's Foundation, a
non-profit with a mission to help orphans
m Africa . As we poured out of the \an.
the children showered us the songs "Welcome to Kenya" and "This Is the Day the
Lord Has Made " They jumped, stamped
and danced to the beat of homemade
drums. and they honored us with poetry
and Bible verses as well as their self-produced. comedic play ..llliteracy is a Disease.''
Their round, dark faces beamed as
bright as the 95-deh,rce sun. and their cluysoiled, bare feet were almost camouflaged
by the dirt floor. Because the children
were filled with pride in themselves and
us. I fell in love over and over within the
hour and half we were there.
New Hope Outreach Ministries was
founded by Bishop Thomas lmende 12
years ago with a plan to help the indigenous people of Kenya, Soulh Africa,
Sudan and Tanzania.
lmendc has close ties to the Triad
area. All four of lus adult children have
graduated from local schools including
Wake Forest University. Salem College
and University of North Carolina at
Greensboro. His youngest daughter ,
Elizabeth , is ,m adjunct professor in the
English department.
In Kenya. lmcnde has planted about
20 churches . TI1epurpose of the outreach
is holistic : to meet the needs of the community l>pmtually. economically and
physicall) as well as to build full-fledged
churches. hospitals and schools with dormitories . Many of the orphans ha\e no
official home but stay witl1 memhers of
the surrounding community . One 79year-old man houses eight of the children
himself .
..We don't just teach them God and
then leave them on an empty stomach, "
i;aid lmende . It is hard for the outreach
bccam,c there are so many hungry mouths
to feed . ''They take the Word of God htcrully when it say s in the Lord' s Prnycr,
'Gi\ e us this da) our daily brc.1d... Some
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[of the orphans] go for days without food .
They have to trust God for the next meal."
said lmende .
To these tribal children. we are the
sun, c:ven 1f only for a moment. Treating
us like dignitaries, the pastor's wife gave
us Fanta Orange soda and Coca-Cola and
set out plastic plates of banana bunches .
In a dry and thirsty land, they thirsted
more so we , with full stomachs. wouldn 't
thir;t.
Funcml, arc a dail) aeti, 1ty in the
villages of western Kenya due to AIDS .
"People die hke no man's business," said
Pastor Geoffrey Ernisiko, the main pastor
of the-.: illage church . Death is just as common as the banana trees growing throughout the countryside. "The government
doesn't care," said Imende, "The church
has to do something now .. . We need to
break the spirit of poverty ."
In addition to the orphans, New Hope
See Kenya, page 9
Respect the military; let GOP is far from perfect,
recruiters do their jobs but Dean spells disaster
recru11s da p c to
et tl1e11t m1lI
for the first bm m I w; ek.s Though
only a J1ort remony nothing lS more
Jonathan
and m rched
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111
Staff Writer prcparauon for
this day Each anx10usly Jong for the
end but each know~ that one fin I tusk
await them C'ompl tll)n of the r11radc
march 1gnals the conclusmn of basic
military 1nunmg and the begmnmg of
achveduty military serv ice Graduation
for most ofth c recnuL-icuJmmate wtth
the reception of the first 'stnpe, 'wlle s
the recruit ha part 1c1patcd rn a RO'R
program . One tnpe on the umfonn de
note that md1v1dual' rank as A1nnan
thus g1vmg the new recnnt official talus a m1htnry pcn.onnel
With all the anbc1pat1on nd anx1
ety pre enl, these yowig men and women
perform with II professional almncss
usually witnessed in chise led veterans.
Yesterday my farmly and I observed the
future Ainncu part1c1pate ma ceremony
known as retreat The squadrons march
onto th1: parade grounds to honor what
they will def; nd the American flag A
well
band play the national anlh m
w the Atr Force anthem The ceremony
last roughly 20 mmute and then the
mbody our nation nuht. ry
Wolchmg tho e young men and
\\Omen m,1'kc me not ouly proud of our
great country hut proud ol our uwesom1:
m1btary Recent!), ont1-rmlt1ary groups
have protested tbc prescn ·c of m1lttnry
rccrmtcrs on high school ind college
campuses Though these people hovethe
nght lo protest more TcSp ct 'Should be
gran ted to our natmn anncd scn1cc~
Military personnel make such protcsL.,
po 1blc through their sacnfices
TI1ese protester claim they merely
w nt to tnfom1rcoplc about 1111
their op
t1on before Jmmn the m1htary, yc11hc1r
acuons signa l a pos1t1on that attempts to
fnght n people from -;1gmng up They
hover around rccnuters shoutmg chonls
Ill d hopmg th 1t people ~ 111 stay awny
from the tC<..'T'tlltcrs
1 bcse protesters also
clam, that recnutcrs lie to tudcnts w1shmg to 10111,but they spread hes about the
men and women s rvmg m the m1htory,
cla1mmg that racial nnd scxunl d1scnm1
nation nm rampant that only barbarian
who s ck to kill everyone JOm and 1hat
1gnmg up for the crvtc con htul lhe
s1gmn, of your death certificate Noth
See Recn111mentpage 8
Recentl y fom1cr pre s1dcnual candi date Howard Dl!nn accepted thl! chairmanship of the
Demo c ratic
National Comnuttcl!. Among
hi.; promised
reforms . the
former
Ver mont go, cmor
has vowed to
rebuild
the
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Staff Writer
most conservative regions of
the nation, re·
turn
to
gr.issroots politics by de,cloptng state
and local organizations and allow Democrats on C'.apitol Hill to form party polic) .
Ccrt,11nly Dean has his work cut out
for him. Since the 1996 election when
the Republicans gained control of Congress, the Democratic party has appeared
to spiral downwards, culminating in the
2004 defeat in the presidential and congn.:ssional elections. Former Republican
Speaker of the llousc Newt Gingrich
even went as far as describing Dean as
the perfect leader for the Democratic
Party if they had a "death wish" Dean,
however. welcomes the challenge. statmg, 'Tm looking fonvard to the opportunity to prove Newt wrong."
Despite the growing strength of Republican support and increasing number
of red states, especially m the South and
West regions, the GOP is not without
fault. Since tl1e Republican reign began
111 1996, federal power has increased tremendously. As a result, many unfunded
federal mandates are fordng the '-tales to
~ompromhc policy initiatives to finance
the new Jaws. This is just one of the man)
example, ofan expanding central go\'emment. an idea that stands in direct contrast
to a hallmark \alue of the Republican
pan y : stronger state go, emments .
Additionall y. the Bush administration
has practiced anything but conscr. ati, e
economics . Despite the general assumption. echoed b) Dean, that Republicans
create deficits, un idea sponging from the
Reaganomics of the 1980s. consen ·ative
economics seek to cut spending and lower
taxes . The Bush administration. howe, er.
has onl) done part. cutting taxes while
increasing federal spending . ln all fairness to the current administration, much
of the current deficit is due to the prolonged War on Terror, and war under any
administration. Democratic or Republican.
tends to cause a budget deficit. However.
several of Bush's other programs. such as
"No
Child
Left
Behind."
the
adrnm1stration 's educational refonn, are
also responsible for the deficit.
Please don't misunderstand me. rm
not suggesting that educational refom1 is
a poor wa) to spend tax dollars and funding war is the best. Rather, I feel there are
other ways to finance such programs other
than mcreasing the sk)Tocketing deficit.
For example, most conservatives would
argue for a thorough refonn of our welfare system. lending a helping hand to
those who honestly need it, while eliminating the derelict and the sluggard who
simply live off the system since that's
easier tl1an getting a job This again is just
one example . Many federal programs are
See Dean, page 8
6
Campu.rCl,ronicl~
NEWS AND FEATURES
Friday, March 18, 2005
Teacher recalls leaving Africa to Feb. crime
attend college in North Carolina statistics
By Amanda Meadows
Staff Writer
Ms. Elizabeth Imende does not find
happiness through material ble ssings, but
rather through a strong sense of self which
she shares freely with others.
The adjunct English
instructor was born in
Ca hforru a, but at age six
her parents moved to
Nairobi. Kenya Her father was raised in Kenya,
and her mother grew up
an Uganda. Both parents
were ed u cated in th e
United States but decided
to return to Kenya to ra1se
the ir fami ly. ln Kenya,
most people are poor.
Referring to the Jack of
matenal possessions in
Kenya, lmende stated. "It
was so tempting for my
parents to stay in the
U.S." By moving back to
Kenya, they instilled in
their young daughter the
va lues of a broad education and followmg your
heart .
In America wealth is outwardly np·
parent. but in Kenya \\ca lth is hidden
\\ ithin the people's sptrit. Imende explained that .." hen you ha, e ,o littlc, life
as we ll as relationships with family and
friends becomes important."
After high schoo l in Kenya, she pursued her dreams by accepting a full seho larship to Wake Forest Umver ...ity at the
age of 18. Leanng Kenya with $83 anher
purse. Imende amved in North Carolina
to find her appointed guardian, Dr. Jan e
Stephen s, waiting at the airport for her .
Stephens is now the chair of the English
department at HPU .
lmendc described arriv ing at Wake
Forest as a cultur e shock, and said that "it
took time to grasp th e notion of material
inequality
in
the
wo rld ."
lm ende stated,
" I just remember bemg so
an1azcd at what
students bad at
the ages of 18,
19 and 20.
Most people I
knew in Kenya
with cars were
40 years old.
Al Wake Fo rest there were
students dri ving St., V's."
Wake
Forest became
a t\vo-pronged
educational experience,
in, olvmg academics and kammg ,tbout American cultun: . lmcnde believes thnt Win ton-Salem
wa,; U1eperfect place for her trnns1trnn lo
American culture , bccaw;e , ns a mcdiu111s1zcd city, it,, nsn ' t O\ CT\\ hdrnmg While
the atmosphere \\.a, helpful , lmcnde adm11.;that friend s made m college helped
her adJust the mosl .
Though she cn1oyed hanging out .
eating fo.;t food and soaking up J\men can culture , hnendc '., college cdt11.::1tion
became her major purpose m the Unated
Radio. continued from f10nt page~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Stephens behcvcs that the former
med1a/commumcat1ons track the English department offert.-dlimited the radio station However she believes the
new comrnumcat1ons maJur ' makes a
great fit.
The radio committee has decided
that to fut the old tower and restore the
fonner radio station would be a lost
cause The prototype for the new sta
uon WJIIbe one that broadcast~ entirely
via internet The disadvantage to thi
format 1s that WHPU can only be heard
on a personal computer or laptop, but
there are several benefits To broadcast
on the web an PCC license 1s not
needed, which ts qurte costly each year.
Also. there 1s no end to the extent of
the broadcast. People m Antarctica
could liaten to High Point radio tf they
can plug m a computer Parentscould
hear thetr ch11dreo'1 programs no matter where they lave. and alwnru could
rune m no matter where thm CIIICel'1I
Sta tes. She graduated from Wake Forest
with a bachelor's degree m Eng lish. She
then turned to edu cating others, teaching
English at a high schoo l. Th at path Jed
her to Hi gh Point University, where she
works part time.
Asked why she chose this career,
lm ende said she felt there was a lack o f
humamty in other professions, where the
em ployee works with a computer, memos
or charts all day. "As a teacher you wo rk
w ith hearts and minds," Imende stated.
There is never a day when lmcnde
enters her workplace feeling bored. She
realizes that each class and each stud ent
bring something new to the text. Describing the university as a think tank. she said,
" It 1s the university's job to shape or produce what the rest of the world does."
Dwelling in the possible rnstead of
the impossible each day. lmende opens
her students' eyes to the world within and
around themselve-, She stresses the importance of leammg about people's differences , describing literature as "a nonthreatening way to learn about ourselves.''
lmendc believes that literature becomes
a way of keeping us m touch with being
human Each day , lmcnde rcflcct.s on her
experience ,ind the places she has been
fur her classes . She often makes students
fonn n cm:lc with desks and leads open
d1,cussmns asking ,tudents to pull experiences from their lh cs "hich could up·
ply to the n:admg li.u that da) . lmendc
understands the importance o1 education.
but also ,tcknO\\ ledges the lcammg done
outside the classroom .
She focuses on "here she has come
from , a-. well n-.where ..;he is headed , to
open her student-.' eyes to all the possibilities m life .
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mdex asp) for reporting reqmrements
and definitions Cnme ,;tat1s11csfor all
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HPU RADIO SURVEY
dak technology
fhc propo aJ waits
adm1mstrat1on approval Ifoy,C\ er the
nlcus and format for the ncy, WHPU arc
ready and wa1tlDg to be sprung.
Isaksen wants to put more emphasis on wntten rud10shows 1n lead of Just
i;trie1lvmusic how w11h ome 1mproV1seddiaJogue as has been the tn:nd m
the past .. lt'Abizarre but 11make!! sense
tor the station to be under the English
department becalL'lc 1t's another fonn of
rhetoric," says l al.sen Her goal ts for
next semei.1erlo offer cuul1iiesfocusmg
on wntmg for radio as weJJ as a radio
practicum and an audio broadca.itmg
course which would be open tor anyone mtercsted m wntmg for radio or
anyone who JUSt wants to do a music
program.
'We want this to be as much about
the mUSJc as 111s about the word." she
says
Stephens says of Isaksen, "This
would not be possible af rt wasn't for
her energy " Anodu:r boost to the sta-
In anticipation of the return of our campus radio station,
via webcasting, we want your feedback.
Please check off ~s~rything below that you'd like to hear on-air.
__ Jazz
World Beat
__ Sixties Music
Dance
Techno
__ A Request Line
Radio Theater
__ Talk Shows
Rock n • Roll
__ Poetry Readings __ Live interviews
__ Rap
__ Hip-Hop
__ Story Hour
__ Comedy Hour
__ Country
Classic R&B
__ Irish/Celtic
Neo-Soul
Jewish Music
__ Reggae
Funk
__ Native American __ Spanish Music
__ Caribbean-salsa
__ Christian rock __ French music
Jam Band Music
Asian music
__ Gospel
Blues
Middle Eastern __ Folk & Acoustic
__ Bluegrass
Gothic
Alt Rock
__ Trip-Hop
__ Experimental
Metal
__ Bebop-Swing
__ Sports
__ Classical
__ Daily HPU Announcements
News
Tiie radio comm,necwouldalso
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NEWS AND FEATURES
Friday, March 18, 2005
Campus Chronick
7
Students, professors witness the effectiveness
of New Life Home during recent trip to Kenya
Founders Clive and Mary Beckenham to visit HPU April 7
just have to do whatever 1t takes to make
it through," said Juliet, a young Kenyan
woman who helps manage the home.
Bab y Hans waves his arms as he sits
The program that began as Chris tian
in his wooden crib as if he is about to ad- missionary work in 1994 by Clive and
dress a crowd of top diplomats from
Mary Beckenham of Britain has become
around the world. It seems impossible that a model for orphanages in Afnca . Three
only six months ago, he faced almost cerNew Life Home s a lr eady exist. The
Beckenhams
tain death as an orphan in
hope to eventuKenya.
Hans is just one of
a ll y build one
670 infants who have
home m each of
Kenya's eight
been rescued from an incom parable crisis by
province s so that
they can conNew Life Homes. which
tinue to improve
cares for babies who are
the outlook for
abandoned in hospitals
the country's l.8
and pit latrines as a result
of the overwhelming
million orpbaus.
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The sophisticated home is sustained
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weeks.
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years ago. Crystal Loggins entered WinAfter some readJustmg. 1hmgs at
ston-Salem State Uni"crsity as a fresh- home began to smooth out, and the girl
man hut later decided to drop out. " I just
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10 do in college bel!ame u sclt:ussured
went because my sister who is ten
woman\\ ho kne\\-Jllst v.hat she,,., anted
months older than me went. My dream
to do with her life.
was to work in the Air Force, but my
"When l got here, l started mttJOr·
grandmother encouraged me to go to ing m psychology, but It v.as nothing but
WSSU. but my heart wasn •t 10 it, and
work ba.c;cdupon work, and e-.erything
everything I did to get into that school
is just business. Then I decided to be·
was last minute. I got accepted at the come a religion major and I just felt so
last minute , J got my room at the last comfortable there. I fonned close rela minute and I
tionsh1ps \\ ith the teachdido 't even have
ers in the department, and
a maJor ." Bethey are just some wann,
"When I started
cause her heart
caring pt.!ople.''
school, my family Iife
wasn't in it, she
Akinade
quickly
decided to quit
was really
took notice of Loggms
school and get a
and began to admire her
disrupted ...but my
job.
for what she has accom kids as well as my
Over
the
plished . 'Tm very proud
next 20 years.
of Crystal She s an intelhusband really
Loggins
got
hgt.!ntwoman and she will
stepped up. We a11had go farm whatever she demarried, had two
ch ildren
and
cides to do."
to make sacrifices.''
worked, worked,
Loggins is set to
worked until one
graduate this May. So
day she decided to make some major
what plans does she have for after graduchanges m her life. " I was in a position
ation? "Because my heart is in religion,
where I wasn't getting anywhere. I was
I want to become a counselor for our
working at a home fashions plant and I youth. My 17-year-old son 1son his way
Just felt like I was in bondage," she ex- lo college, but I also want to come back
plained.
to school to gel a degree m psychology
Loggins decided to go back to because I only have four more courses
school. "I really felt out of place when I to go. I also want lo get my master's
got here. l just felt WeeI dido 't belong.
degree because times are getting hard
I really felt out of place in my religion
and a bachelor's just isn't enough."
class because there are so many kids in
lt bas been a long journey, but
it. But I knew that I bad lo stay focused,"
Loggins believes anything can be acLoggins said.
complished 1fyou're dnven to be sucComing back to school after so Jong cessful. "I want to encourage all stusure wasn't easy. Not only did she have dents to go as far as you can. If you
to try to fit in with the people surroundlook over the generations, they arc geting her in her classes, her home and fam- ting better, but life 1salso gettmg harder.
ily life would also change. "When I Leave the parties for the weckel}d and
started school, my family life was really
get your work done. But most impordisrupted. I also worked ten hours a day, tantly, don't let anyone distract you from
so when my family came home, there
your goals. Follow your own mtuition
wasn't any dinner on the table. But my and just gel your education while you 're
kids as well as m husband s1e ed u .
oun " she said .
•
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and plays on the same schedule.
Over spring break, the schedule
stayed on track despite the many visitors
coming and going , including Libba
Evans, secretary of cultural resources for
North Carolina; Jane Stephens, English
department chair and proud mother of two
Winston-Salem lundergartners who are
former Kenyan orphans; Gena Sm ith and
myself, both seniors at HPU; Katie Hol land, director of the Amaoi Children's
Foundation in Winston-Salem; and Judy
Isaksen, associate professor of English at
l lPU . The 10-day excursion to Kenya was
sponsored by the A.mani Children's Foundation, which works to create educational
opportunities in the U.S . for awareness
about African orphans while auning to
support sustainable care for them . Student
Government sponsored the students' trips.
"It's become a tradition ... When
A.mani visits, they go back with babies,"
said Juliet. laughing . Following this
summer's
Amani-sponsored
trip,
Stephens' cousin and sister decided to
adopt from New Life Home. After uprooting their American life, they are staying
in Nairobi, anxiously awaiting their adoption hearings so that they can take babies
Robbie , Maya and Eva home.
Seventy percent of New Life's infants have been adopted. The home has
changed many of the country's perceptions about adoption , said Holland, who
studied the home through her undergraduate and graduate work at Salem College
and Harvard University. TraditionaJly,
adoption bas been a taboo topic in Kenya
as 1t was viewed as a threat to tribalism.
But in the wake of the AIDS cris is,
Kenyan families have adopted 80 percent
of New Life 's babie s.
"New Life is a model that is not only
sustamable but could also be replicable
at the national level." Holland said. "It's
already changing society here."
Republicans hold a monopoly on
ideological diversity, not the DNC
Right, contmued from page 3
"nch • de crihc
1hn1 actually
Re
public n are 001 bu<.me -fnend y bep r1yof and for th nch
-fr• ndly
be
he,c people hould get 10 keep Ywhat
they e.:imwtd becau e lax mg producttvc
c1t1zens and compJ111cs to death 1s
counter pmducll, c to a healthy aat1onal
econom) Tite Democrat~' solution. as
propo cd b) John Kerry •~ lo increase
la>.e on the· \\Callh) 'and redistnbute
tllctr carumgs m Muno t fashion , m
government enutlements and programs
Socially. Republicans tend to he trncht1onabsts Only recently has the term
tr.id1uonal become a negative but that
is a ubJcct for a different day The idea
that mamage ts 11msututron between
a man and e woman 1s controversial
now trad1t1onahsts such as myself are
repeatedly confused at being labeled
'close nundcd .and 'tntole:rant' by the
ume people who tlunk Michael Moore
loves America nnd chant "Bush ts a
Nazi Here 1s an area where Republican possess omcthmg that liberals do
not value at all mtcllectual d1vers11y
Repubhcans span the gamut on gay
marriage, from Rdvocatmg a Const1tu~
tional Amendment to ban the practice
to approvmg c1v1l unions to complete
There ts even an entire
legahzauon
group of gay Repubhcans called the
"Log Cabin Republicans" that you bave
probably never heard about, be.cause
Republtcans are only portrayed as
homophobes by the elite liberal media
anyon
cams enough mcome to be tax blc
ber of the Vast RJght-Wmg Conspiracy.
I nm also proud to sa) that my part} welcome a vanet) of people nnd ideas.
Reflect on the party com ent1ons from
last year: the speaker's Ii ts tell the story
\\ h1ch 1smore di\ ersc and balanced the
RNC ticket of Bush Cheney. G1uhan1
and Sch" arzcnegger or the DNC 's
Kcrrv, Sen. Clmton and Al Gore? ReOed also th:n lhe pany placed Michael
Moore ne.xt 10Jimmy Carter tn the presidential box and that Howard Dean
(whose wife conftnni. that he is indeed a
screamerl is no\\ chamnan. This make:s
it ob1.'1ouswhere llte Democrats now are:
trapped 10 the '60'> angry at having lost
their stranglehold on the Amencan political system, a "National Party No
More" that 1sdetermmed to slander Bush
and America m an attempt to regam control The fact that moderate Democrats
hke Joseph L1ebennan have no place m
the party leadership 1salso md1cat1ve of
the recent hard-left tum.
Politics is not e\erythmg. but 1t is
undeniably a vttal part of our social fobnc Republics such as ours only work if
1l~dtiz.ens vote and vote\\ ell; this is all
I ask. Amenca 1s only a democracy to
the degree that we participate m lbe system. The pohttcal state of affatrS right
now is a bit wifortunate. A large nwnbcr of us are apathetic. For those of us
who are not. 1t seemsthat civil political
discourse is nearly unpossible. I think
the media's term 1s 'polarization'
I do
believe this 1sa critical time for America,
as we face bothunprecedentedperil and
lilDltJCSSposs1bihties.If our DllbODfails.
many-..,~
RepublicanpoSJtionson
sues. such as drug lcgalizatioolUMIIIK>r-atwill be because we have failed it. Let
t1un, also show a simtlar divem that III all make our voices heard in the on1s found only rarely m the DNC
gomg conversation that is the great
This IS by no meansIID CUlllmtive American expenmenl. We are still the
discussion of why you too sboald be a greatest nation on earth.but we will not
conservativeor of the issues thatditrer- remain so automatically. With dedicaenhate
us from
liberals
(or
tion, hope, and perseventnce
andvot'progressives'.as they usuallyprefer). mg for candidak:s with the letter 'R' next
The reason that I believe the Republi
to them on the ballot the United States
can Party 1s wmnmg every elecuon in
sight is because we are truly a 'b1gtent'
party. though I am a card-carrymg mem-
will remain a light to the world for eentunes to come.
8
Campus C/ironicl.t!
NEWS AND OPINION
Friday, March 18, 2005
Jones deplores Civil Rights Movement as a
gateway to victimization, criticizes Democrats
By Am a nd a Roberts
A&E Editor
Reginald Jones claims one of the
most significant events of the t\ventieth
century - the Ctvtl Rights Movement betrayed the very people it was to help.
The College Republicans and the
Young America Foundation sponsored
this speaker. billed as an entertainer, en trepreneur and lecturer, Feb . 22 . Jones
deplored the victim1zat1on as presented by
the media, the Democratic party , and those
who advenise For Blad, History Month .
"There's nothing about the great (AfncanAmcrican) lO\ cntors. those who built
things we take for granted today - trallic
lights. lamp posts. even open-heart surgery," Jones said.
Jones attacked the Democratic party
heavily, claiming that Democrats never
mention ta.xes unless in the context of tax
cuts for the rich. ''Al Gore and Bill Bradley, two of the whitest white guys were
trying to out-black each other at the
Apollo Theatre during a debate in 2000,"
Jones stated. "They see us as , ictims or
protestors: that's it. We can't stand on
our own two feet. can't think for ourselves
and have no contributions to society except for sports."
Bill Clinton has been hailed as the
first hlack president and was inducted into
the Arkansas Black Hall of Fame .
"Chnton s11:,JJ1ed
a death \\arrant on a retarded black man and there wa s no media
uproar . Bush wa, asked Ill pardon Garrett
Discussing the future of children,
Byrd for his killing another black man.
It is the media's Job to make us think a Jones said, "God forbid some young black
children get ideas to make something of
certain way," Jones said . "If a Republitheir lives . When they hear mucan
had
done what
sic on the radio, the image being
sold is that of the tough, angry
h
e
man, famou s for surv1vmg after
[Clinton]
had done,
bemg shot by another black man .
he'd
be
The message is that they have to
have street ' crcd ' and many of
run out on
them are dymg . A black life is
a rail."
Jones
as cheap as a quarter .
"ls there anything that says
S p O k C
about the
a child born in the ghcttu can't
learn as well a!>a white or Asian
first time
Ile~
child '? In the early nineteenth
he
first class .
century, people expected black
men to he good at science and
He
describe!>
technology. Why don't teachers
people
expect more of students these
Rt (,I, \IO JO\I ~ ,POt.l \ I IIP II ()\II 8. 2l
looking at
days '? Social promotion is sethim, doing double lakes, other black men
ting children up for failure ."
nodding at him as in recognition, and one
Jones posed the question : "What if
woman sitting next to him, leaning over
five years ago Nick Lachey and Justm
to ask him for which team he played . He Timberlake had been murdered?"
He
complained, ''She never thought to ask
contmued , saying that their murderers
about bow I use my brain . I'm five-eight , would have been found; however, the
180 pounds soaking wet.
murderers of Tupac Shakur and Biggie
" I tend to be a lot hungrier and work
Smalls roam at large to this day. "Courts
harder because 1 don ' t have a rich daddy
pass hate crimes even though nine our of
ten black men murdered are murdered by
or a trust fund. Iv. a, either going to succeed or starve to death . I ,.,.·a,n 't gomg
fellow black men ," Jones declared .
back there . I d1dn' t get a Mercedc for
Greenwood Street in Tulsa was called
graduation : I was told to get a j oh and get
the black Wall Street h) Booker T. Washmgton : this urea had the best theatre s and
out of here llus home). TI1e mo:.t powcrlul card in my pocket 1s rny Bame and
,chool s Jun es s tnted that once mtegrnNoble disc,1un1 card."
t 1011occ urred atlcr Brown \ , Board of
Anonymous student describes
struggle with eating disorder
8) Alexis \\ toning
Staff Jl r,t r
Education of Topeka, Kan., the people
who had built the area up went elsewhere
to conduct business, which led to the dilapidation of this once renowned section
of Tulsa.
Jones complained of being told he
acts and talks white. "ls trying to be white
bemg courteous, standing up when a lady
enters the room? To be black, do you have
lo speak terrible English , kill a few of your
own , make babies, sign a [NAACP] card
you receive in the mail and vote Democrat ?"
"Thate the word 'diversity .' We tried
aflirrnative action already and got Vanilla
Ice and Eminem . Integration and affirmative action arc not empowering ," Jone s
said . "When you see me , see a black man ,
that's what I am . We need to get over
political correctness. I don't want to get
pity, 1 want respect and admiration."
Recruitment, continued
from page 3
~====
ing is so blatantly false.
The recruits I saw were a mix o
black, white and brown. Females an
males intermingled, and many drill instructors were female. I did not see an
recruit who resembled Adolph Hitler o
Joseph Stalin . People join the milit
for the gratification of serving thei
country and to hold a meaningful job
with great benefits . Lastly, young
people are more like!) to die in a ca
accident or commit suicide than be
killed whil e sen ing m the military .
The actions of the anti-military
groups are d1sresJ>ectfuland despicable .
People willing to jorn the armed forces
.should recci\ e our utmost respect. Military sen ice is the most noble acth ity
an) Amencan can do . I know of no
pen;on \V ho regrets their service to the
United States . A person only grows
better because of it. The protesters see
themselves as bearers of good will ;
ho\\ C\er , scaring a person from a lifcimproving choice serves no one . We
all should seek to promote those who
def end our freedom . That ,s our ser, ice to those who have served and to
those who have paid the ultimate price .
Crystal Smith (ficuuow nam ) r members e, CT) bit she t
the mell
that cep out of the food rhc I xt, re
on her tongue and the feehn of b mg
full After a c1 arcttc, the u1lt }.:ick m.
tmg anth c fet n I more oftc:n than
and be nms to the b throom lo et v
u ual Sh
cs lhcrc h , been t
cry bu of food she was awmng out of
mendou po 1t1,c ch.1nge m lh food
her body
b mg en d m the cafdena. "h made
Dean. continued from
It wasn t unlll Snuth
ccond se
11 nst r \\ h\!11 (lh food) v.a n"t
page 4 =~~~~~~
mester a a JUOIOt
here that she rcali1e<I
h • hhy not that v. ha1 I do 1s either "
he had a problem. 'P1rs1 1t started out
Sm ith s disorder 1s a penuancl\l
out of control.
that I ate too much. Smith said • Once
The bottom line, however. is this: if
part of her day " It doc n't really mntnothing else. the Republicans arc trying.
ter 10 m that v.hat I am domg ,._ bad
11(purgmg) became I routme 1tre P.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!~
for me'' she said l ucktly fut Smith,
A perfect example 1sBush's proposed really didn't c hange anything·
"It's gotten to the
Smith throws up after every meal
lugh ~hoot
form of Social Security . When the proth1 ob es 1011has not threatened her
or nack. but she contmues to cat
point where I don't
didn't catch
gram started, 16 workers paid into the
health
She schedules hmcs after
fund for every beneficiary. That number
meals 10 o 10 the bathroom to elimi
an) of th e
more, particularl y from the menu even have to stick my
ofa local charn restaurant. She sail
clue Smith
has dwindled to threeand continues to denate any food Smith said ''It's got
eats the two thing she loves the
finger down my
tho ugh l ten to the pomt where l don't even
crease steadily While Bush ·s reform may
mo t, egg rolls and chicken
throat anymore."
were more
not be the exact answer. at least be 's bringhave to slick my finger down my
ing
light to the situation and attempting
throat anymore '
nachos 'It s always depre tng to ~iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii,,,iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii:I
n b" 1 o us
throw up $14.14. because that'!!
•My room
Buhm1a 1s an eatrng disorder
to address the problem.
male al o d1dn l notice that I brought my
how much 1t cost , ' she said
For the last several elections. the
common among young female!:, charShe has se<.--n
enough Lifetime: mov
toothpaste and tootbbru b 11110
th bath
Democrat ic Party has failed to establish
acten:,; d by bmge catmg lhat is fol,~ to k'Tlowwhat bulrnu 1 and to know
room every time I did it ' she said Wh n
clear and fixed party \ alues, simply standlowed by gudl or depression that le ids
1hat what she is domg 1s a clear 1gn he
her second college roommate d1 co, ercd
to self mduced vom11mg, fastmg or
ing in opposition to Republican proposi'- affi1cred w1lh wh I can potentially be
her secrel she felt mbarra ed but con
als and offering few or no other suggesd1etmg A many as IO m1lhon fea hfo-threalenmg disorder. But Smith
tmucd g1vmg m to her obsessmn
tions . Dean claims Democrats don't cremales 111lh Unned State arc diag
feels she 1sn t hke the girls m those LifeShe 1sn·1 trying to fit to with the
ate deficits, but be fails to mention that
nosed with an eatmg disorder such as
time movies featunng
lmg d1Sorders
other girls: she ha.i plenty of fnends
they often increase the tax burden to stay
bulimia.
Nmety-onc
percent of
and said 'Tho c girl don't have ba(;k
I lowcver Smith doe w ml to look hkt'
in the black. Dean says the key to revampwom 1 surv\!yed at one college camfat · What Smith doesn't ce 1 how
them • I slart~'<1
domg 11hccau:se every
ing the party, especially in the red states.
pu.'i hav alt mpt d controlh ng theH
s1m1lar he 1sto those 1rl m ll10se g1rli; one was •cttmg kmny, and my birth on
weight by d1ctmg For help with an
is "to show up and say what you think."
n the movies Her body type ts one
trol was makmg me toL' he wd Much
c 1tmg J1 order
ple,,sc v1s1t
If that's nothing more than a condemnamany girls would call skmny Smrth nool Smith's moti, at,on w her m b pp1
www,nntwnatcat1oadi,iordcrs,u[¥ tion of the Republican platform, the
Democrats agam will fail.
NEWS AND OPINION
Friday.March 18, 2005
Camp11sChronicle
9
Spanish culture emphasizes strong family ties
By Briana Warner
Staff Writer
Over the weekend we trave lled to the
Canary Islands, and before I talk about
the fact that we rode camels, I want to
talk about the atmosphere of comnnmity
that I experience here in
Seville and in Spam.
Spanish culture is inherently based on the strength
offamily and pride in their
culture. It kind of reminds
me of the openmg theme
song to "Full House." You
know it, go ahead and hum
1t to yourself . What DID
ever happen to the milkman? We all know that the
world bas become more
complicated, more fastpaced and hectic. I realize now that though society has progressed in a
s1m1lar fashion here in
Spam, it has kept some
crucial elements intact. It
has shown me that sometimes we just
need to go back to the basics.
I guess I have more time to notice
this element of commumty now that 1
have the time I would be spending watching "The Apprentice" and "American
Idol" free . But, it's more than a visual
observation - it· s a feeling . When we were
in the Canary Islands this weekend , the
town ofMasapaloma~ bad its yearly carnival. Such festivals are taken very seriously here, and it's not because of a national holiday. but because people are so
incredibly proud of the place that they live
that they want to show everyone. Every
person from the town it seemed participated not because it was expected, but because they all enjoyed it. It was amazing
to see so many people get excited about
the same thing .
As I sat there watchmg the parade,
which lasted six hours. I realized that U.S .
cities rarely ha, e such events lhat bring
people together Sure, we have town pa rades and cook-outs for the Fourthof July,
but this was something different, All in
costume, people old/young, black /white,
straight/gay , amved ready to have the best
hme they would have all year . The best
part for us was the free lunch.
Speaking of I.lining customs , fami lies here cat together c, cry· d.1y. Every
sing le day our senora ·s 30-.somethmg son
comes to lunch, not because be has to .
but because he want, to spend time wuh
his mom. I can ' t imagine being 30 and
going to my mother 's house every day
lo eat lunch, but I really admire this .
I've talked before about lhe ritual
of the siesta, but talk about going back
lo basics. Why should on ly 5-year-olds
gel naps during a school day, and why
does it have to be on a
mat ? Why shouldn ' t everyone have a nap rn
their own bed? Students
and businessmen alike
all have a one -to-three
hour break in the afternoon, and if they don 't
return home for a nap
and lunch they \.\ tll
gather outside at restaurants or bars lo socialize
with co-workers. family
and friends.
Americans
work
more hours and take
fewer vacations than almost any prosperous
people . A nap-break
would be laughed at in
the U.S., but think about how much more
productivity would result from one! I 'm
pretty sure that Spaniards live longer
than Americans, and if not, at least they
are rested and less-stressed when they
are living.
I'm not saying that Amencans are
wrong or that I ·m going to become a
Spamsh citizen, but simply that \\e
should thmk about the basic things in
lifo that make us happy like family ,
friends and love . America is so diverse
and all people ·.sopinion ,beliefs play into
one culture and maybe that's the big dif-
Wilson Fellows present testimony about Iraq
By Elizabeth Ratbvoo
Stafl Writer
A lecture on Feb . 16, given by
Woodrow Wilson Fellows, Deborah
Amos and Rick Davis, gave listeners a
detailed account of the recent elections
in Iraq from the unique perspective of
foreign correspondents .
Deborah Amos was the main commentator She began covering the war m
Iraq in May of 2003. When she arrived,
reporters could go anywhere and stay in
hotels. Now, however, as a result of the
increasing danger, reporters must hve m
houses with bodyguards and high walls
to prevent people from seeing into the
area. Amos said, " l 'm getting much more
nervous about doing lhis (job) .'' In fact,
she must dress like a Muslim woman to
protect herse lf in the streets.
Of the 7 ,000 candidates for the Iraqi
election, one third were required to be
female. Amos met a woman who operated a water treatment cente r and also ran
in the Iraq election. The woman did not
know anything about the party she was
representing. She told Amos that the party
bad called and asked her if she wanted to
join because they needed mor e female
members.
Man y o f the parti es in lhe Iraq i election were set up in the same manner. Amos
said, "For the most part, those 7 ,000 candid ates were invisible," because they
feared being killed by insurgents. Only
35 of the candi dat es in the election were
known to voters. Because these candidates bad bodyguards, they could go out
m public. In reference to the cand idates,
Amos said, "You were asking to be assassinate d if your name was known."
The election 10 Iraq was centered
around religion. not personality . People
voted according to which branch of Islam they subscribed to . The Friday prior
to the election, a sermon was broadcast
through one city supportmg the l 6Qparty,
also known as the candle or the clencs '
party . The announcement claimed that
people would go to hell if they did not
vote for 169. Amos said the mo:,que lead-
so they would all die together if anything
happened . Most people Amos spoke to had
made calculations like the dean and his
family . Others voted separately to ensure
that there would be a -,urvi, or to care for
the children.
Amos said. "None ofus had any idea
what was going to happen in those polling areas ." Many families came together
to ,ote . " I .saw three generations coming
together to vote in the
first free election,"
said Amos .
Security
was
hca, > al the voting
sites . Each person was
required
to walk
through three lines of
heavily armed guards
and was then separated according to
gender and scanned
for weapons.
In
Baghdad, a st11cide
bomber tried to walk
int o the polls; however. a police office r
stopped him and embraced bun so the two of them would die
together without killing anyone else
The Sunnis boycotted the election and
any Su nni caught voting would be punished. Voters marked their ballots by dipping their fingers in ink . Assailants cut off
the fingers of some of those voters. Amos
sa id, "Peo ple were scrubbing their fingers
wi th bleach" to avoid detection.
Many Iraqi s demonstrated their patrioltsm on e lect ion day. The p eople
showed the strong relationships they have
with their families. Amos said, "On votmg day, I was truly moved."
PII OTO UV BHII AN 1110 "1,
AMO....~l'lA"S
IN IIA\'W Olff lf CIIAPFl
ers told the people, "I remmd you, no one
knows when you will die. How will you
exp lain lo God you did not vote for the
clen c party?" These religious leaders denied promoting a particular party because
they never specifica lJy said, "I sup port
the cleri c party."
On the day of the election, people
were scared to vo te beca use they were
afraid they would be killed. Amos spo ke
of a dean at a law school who sat his family down and told his sons that they <lid
not have to vote the same as he. The family decided to walk to the polls together
ference , but we should still just think
about why eating with parents every day
would seem so odd. And about those
naps ...
I promised I would talk about the
camels , bul the picture I've sent speaks a
thousand and two words. Hope you enjoy!
Iran, continued from
page4 '~~~~~~~
Q Khan, m return
for his
govcnuncnt 's coope ration m pro\ 1dmg the infonna 11onconceming Iran's
nuclear act1\1ty.
So I the Bush adm1mstration really fighting a"' ar on terror, or is this
all JU t an excttc;c to ga in con trol of
the Middle East'/ What is reall) at
stake here, and how many more li\:es
will be lost? AJIPresident Bush needs
is an excuse, and beforeyou know 1t,
the U S. will be mvadmg Iran wtd you
could be nght there with them .
To read Hersh's artide. go to.
htlJ),#ww),gneW\'Orker.co,n(jactlcon-
tent!?0.50J24fq
fact
Kenya, continued from
page 5
cares for about 25 widows. "We don't
have enough room for them all," said
Pastor Florence Kuya, dressed in her
own version of a thrift store's finest,
"(but] we thank God for them."
Despite death being all around,
Imeode looks at the children as the future leaders of Kenya and the world .
"The people who have been great leaden; have come from rough homes," said
Imende, "I see a different Kenya after
these kids grow up . They will ask,
'Where did I come from? Why was I
helped?' The questions are coming." But
it's not just the blacks who should be
asking the questions. To Imende, these
types of projects are "knitting together
the white race and the black race like a
piano. You can't just play the white
keys"
The sun is one, but it hasmany rays.
Each of these children is a ray, and they
are what I can't get out of my mmd. I
want those children to have a story of
grace all thelf own And the right story,
the story they deserve must be a p iano
melody played by both black and white
fingers .
Fashions, continued from
page 3
of ''soph1st1cated casualness'' - an effortless attainment of beauty and grace.
while still managing to be human.
American women longed to be Jackie,
so they imitated her dress.
Dunng Hilary's stint as First Lady.
ladies' clothing became more professional in the sense that it resembled the
businesslike dr ess of power-players.
Pants were "it," and if you wanted to
dress down, go for it! Laura Bu sh
ste pped into the picture and brought us
back to tradition al Southern charm - refined and lady like at all times.
So as spring arrives in full-force
and you go about your way, take a look
around. Look at what people are wearing. Remember sp ring s and fashions
past. These changes toward the traditional lady like loo k are due to the taste
of our First Lady. For a few more years
these looks will be around, and then,
when we get a new F irst Lady, they'll
change again. I wonder how.
10
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Campus Chronic~
Friday, March 18, 2005
Suspense and comedy seeks, finds 'Rebirth' is
perfect balance in Foer's debut novel mediocrity
'Everythin g is Illuminated 'reveals Holocau st horrors juxtapos ed with lifes innate beauty
By Greg Smith
Sta.0· Writer
"Everythin g is Illumin ated," the debut nove l by Jon athan Safr an Foer, is a
fearle ss attempt to expose the atroc ities
of the Holocaust whil e simult aneously
reve aling the beauty of life.
This nove l, whi ch has many laye rs
and lesso ns, is wildly lyrical and written
with an inno cence that would tum even
the most stoic cheek p ink Th e basic outline of the stof)' concerns a Jew ish Amencan. also named Jonathan Sa fran Foer,
\\ho wishes to go to the Ukrnme wllh the
aid of a travel agency run by three generations of men named Alex, and in the
company of a decrep11 dog named
Sammy Da, 1s Junior Jr . Foer the
character·s goa l is to find a woman ,vho
sa, ed his grandfather from the Nazis .
The novel. unl ike the traditional
method, 1s not hnear in context, but consists of three different angles of interpretation as the story as not told from
Foer's (the cha racter) perspecti\'e, but
through bits and pieces of the author's
imagined creation llfwhat shtetl (village}
life would have been like for his ancestors commented on by the younges t tm, el
gmde, the teenager Alex Perchov . \\11at
makes this compelling 1s the broken English Alex uses and the confes!lion he sets
himself up for m the end .
Beg inn ing with the first of a series
of letters exchanged between Jonathan
and Alex, the reader 1s given a sna pshot
of not only the l!.Jst!at which Foer manipu lates language , comparab le only to
Anthony Burgess· masterp iece "A Clockwork Orange," but also the friendship that
develops between Jona than and Alex .
Betwee n the prodigiously rea listic
acco unt of shtetl life that leads up through
generation s to the birth of Jonathan and
the letters exc hanged betwee n Jon athan
and Alex, there is the account of the search
for the woman, told thr ough the a ltem ating perspectives o f Alex and Jonathan. On
this jo urney, they stumb le on answers that
have treme ndous mea ning for Jonathan
and grea t conseq uence for Alex to deal
with concern ing his own famil y and what
he was led lo believe.
Foe r finds the perfec t blend of suspense and come dy to keep this nove l imposs ibl e lo pu t down . From co ver to
cover, with U1e bes t con clusio n I've ever
encoun tere d, Foer continuous ly crosses
lines and ra ises bars in his dauntle ss effort to change wnti ng into perfection and
read ing into expe rience.
Storytime at High Point
" Hansel and Gretel" heralds the debut of the Panther
Storybook Theatre , the theater department 's commitment
to performing a play each year directed specifically toward
elementary school students . Freshman Sean Scurlock and
sophomore Jennifer King star as Hansel and Gretel . The
physical humor , audience interaction and improvisation
create the atmosphere for an enjoyable experience , described as havin a "Loone Tunes " feel.
'Hostage' utilizes multiple plots, strong
lead for an unpredictable conclusion
Bv Drew Mtlntyre
Opmwn l: du ,r
tlm t I
1nglt:
ha d dly 1mes thi s film wluch ould
t
be hoke and numbm •I o dm ry I not
for h1~prc:-,c.;c Dir clcd tyhsb1y by
a relative unlmown Ito ta e combmes
multiple plots ma unique and entcrtammg manner and leads to u 1,;onclus1onthot
1s ]e!!S than predictable bul more thanwe
are usedto
Wilhs tars as Jeff Talley, a former
LAPD SWAT officer who basmoved 10
the suburbs takmg a Job as chief of po
lice 10 a small town to avmd the stress
that com with Los Angeles He respond 10 a burglar alann at a house
owned by Walter Smith (Kevan Pol
lack). a wealthy widower shanng his
high tech mansion on a hill with two
children Tommy and Jennifer Pollack
known best forh1 role in "A Few Good
Men '' "Grumpy (and Grumpier) Old
Men'' and "The Usual Suspects ,'' play s
a conccm1:d father we ll. Smith' house
ts taken over by three juvemles who m1
ually only want to steal an [~scaludc
an tu murd e r h1 k1dn,,ppcd "1~and
c:luld tfTallcy do n I help th m ct11 "
an ttem from the hou.._<rc
It tum out lhnt
Waltt.'TSmuh ,s m busmes with ome potenttally unsavory charact
and tfTalley
wants to see his family hvc. he will have
to bend or break lhe law all the time trying to also end the standoff before two
other cluldren are murdered All of this
unfolds masterfully and unconvcnbonally.
Dtrector Florent Emaho Sm. who
preV1ously has done a couple of foreign
films and two Tom Clancy-based video
games , deserves a great deal of credit here
Nothing is sup<..-rfluousWe gel 10 kno\\
the chardclers just enough :sothat we care
nbout them, but enough 1s also left up lo
the 1magmolmn to keep one guc ss mg
Withs isn't qu11eal lus best here , though
that is more a statement of my hrns than
o f Ins kill as an actor I thmk qumtcs
sent1al WilliR 1sthe Brw10I love from the
" 11h ho ~ cd h1 ,1 1hl) o
tum o lTlhc hann. nd JU I pl y 1th rd
·1lo t ge I umtnr e xcept Bruce
is more , ulncrable and hunum Al lbs:
end ot the day like m my pohce offic
crs I i=xpect, Talley Just wants to go
home t<>his wife and kids Wslhs deserves much of the credit for the succei.s of this 1ilm, as he is able to play
both hard and human a eombmatton
that reveals weakness m many acbon/
adventure stars llerc, Wilhs stands
above most of bis peers by makmtt
Chief Talley work as a family man
pushed to the edge. \\ ho hos to nsk everything for the chance to see h,s wife
and daughter ag111n
.
Do yourself :i favor and see "Hos
tngc" and then look for Withs next m
1hcgrnpl11
c no\ cl .ul 1ptallon "Sm C'tty..
and (if Santa got mv letter) soon in a
fo1111h
111stnllmcnl ot the " Die I lard ''
sen cs.
at •itst•Inest
50 Cent maximizes celebrity
pull and The Mars Volta is
p sychedelic ~~~~~
By Lauren Crougban
Staff Writer
Pop
J Lo. Rebirth
Upon this day, March 9, 2005 I
crown thee, Jenni fer Lopez , Queen of
Med iocrity! (App lause goes here)
Some people get famous for actually
being good at something. and thi s new
al hum from J Lo is indeed proof of her
newly be~towcd title . Her music is
mostly hip-hop inspired pop , but
there 's even one song with pure Cehne
Dion formula , choirs and choirs which
smg better than J Lo . Her love songs
are sweet. " I would pawn my ring just
to feed you," says one of the lyrics from
her album . He would be bener off eating the ring then owing anything to this
wannabe d iva . I was high ly disappoin ted as I gave her majesty the benefit of the doubt, but she proved again
that being famous mea ns that you can
do anythmg , badly and still make tons
of money off 11.
Final Grade- CJ!ip-Hop
50 Cent The Afa.uacre
He's back! With Eminem, Dr. Dre
and himself as the producers of this album. you can bet that the beats are conlag1ou~. the lyric-, are thug and the star
power 1s huge . Guest starring on this
album is now Oscar av.-ard wmner
Jamie Foxx, Eminem and a girl who
sounds a lot like Ciara named Olina.
This :!I-track CO set plus one bonus
song . has the typical 50 Cent formula
that made him a star to begin with . It is
fairly \\ di done and is great album to
chill to.
flnal Grade- B+
Rock
Jack Johnson In Between Dreams
fh1s fi.,rmer surfc1 turned singer /
songwriter comes h,,ck with an album
full llf faux indic st) le music The ,oc.11..;
an: not bad. nnd the l)Ttc, are intcrcs1tng m the lighter sense , as there
1s ,1 song n.1meJ ''Banana Pancakes, "
nnd full ofwann ~ummcr rhythm that
might he a hit Ir the ,, eat her here \\ os
not so bipolar. The music \\ill melt you
out of the \\ mter and make you want
lo put on vour flip-Oops . h's typical
Jack, he 1snot nC\\ in the business, an d
old fans will be satisfied.
Final Gradc-B
Hard Rock
The Mars Volta Frances the 1\f11te
And I thought this arllcle was gomg to be a was h-out! Thi s album is supe rb, like Belg ian truffics. The album
has a uniq ue layou t. in on outline sty le
with a centra l theme, with heavy guitar and drums and abso lutely amazing
,oca ls. Some songs are hke mini horror mo,·ies, whi le other~ are~ retu rn to
rock's roots . There is one song with the
jazz sax. Psychede lic m !ls approach,
this album has to be one of the best I
haw heard m awhile. Beautifu l!
Final Grade-,\
Friday, March 18, 2005
Phi Beta Delta
By Miki Ikeda
Staff Writer
The mduction ceremony for Phi
Beta Delta. the Honor Society for International Scholars , occurred Feb . 22
in the Westminster Room of Slane
L'mvcrs1tv Center . This was the first
meeting of the High Point Unjvcrsity
Chapter of Phi Beta Delta
Five international students were
recognized and received a bronze
medal and certification from Dr. Barbara Mascali , president of Zeta Beta
Chapter of Phi Beta Delta . Also PresiLlcnt Nido Qubein congratulated the
inductees . Many faculty members attended the ceremony and oftcred tl1cir
congratulations for the students· outstanding academic achievement. After the ceremony. c,·cryonc en JO) cd
German lunch and punch .
Phi Beta Delta was founded at
California State University in 1986 to
recognize scholarly achievement and
leadership in international education
and exchange. Membership in Phi
Beta Delta is extended to junfor and
senior undergraduates who are studying in the United States on a student
visa. The inductees here bad to
achieve at least a 3.0 grade point average and had to have studied at High
Pomt University for at least three consecutive semes ters.
ORGANIZATIONAL NEWS/ A&E
One high)~ influential hlack American passed away recently. Actor Ossie
Davis
was
found
dead
Feb. 4 in a hotel room in Miami
Beach,
where be "as
filming
a
mo\ ie . The
cause of death
was natural.
Davis was 87
years old
Davis was
a highly-acclai mcd performer
best
known for his
roles in a series
()',',J[
0 \\ 1,
of Spike Leedirccted films , including "Do The Right
Thmg" ( 1989), "Jungle Fever" ( 1991) and
"Get on The Bus" ( 1996 ). His career dates
11
Provencher and Bozman named
2005 Snowball Queen and King
By Sylvia Harwood
Greek Editor
For the ntnth consecutive year . High
Point llmvcrs11y's Student Government
Association hosted the annual Snow Ball
dance on Feb . 19, a night where the attire
was scmi-fom1al but the atmosphere was
all fim. Upon arri, ing at the Radi'lson I lotel in dcmntown I ligh Pomt , studen1' , faculty and guest,; were brought mto ,t win ter wonderland . a theme dcc iued on by
the dance decoration and design comn11ttcc , co-chaired by semor Ashley Cox and
Rans Triplett , director ot residential life.
Penguins and glittery blue sno\\ flake s
adorned the tables where guests sat tu rest
their feet after <lancing or to grJb a hitc to
cat from the appetizers offered . Midway
through
the f'cstintics , Virgrnia
Pro, enc her and Jay Bo7man were
crowned this year's Sno\li Queen and
King . Both arc seniors and\ cry ncti, con
campus
This year\ Suo" Ball dance was the
fourth and final event planned and prepared for by Cox and SGA Vice President Nicole Armer .
''They have consistently worked hard
and have been amazing considcnng the
Acclaimed actor dies
By Derek Shealey
Sta{l Writer
Campus Chronick
back to the 1940s and pcrformmg on
Broadwa) . where he met his wife , uctrcs s
Ruby Dec .
Da, •~wa ...clo,ely linked h> the t. I\ ii
Rights scene . mamtammg fnendly ties
with Martin Luther
Kmg and Malcolm X .
I le perll inncd the eulog y :it M,1lcolm X 's
funeral . and II \\ a rerecorded for use m the
1992 monc .
D:l\ is and Dec appeared together m numerous film s, <.omc
race-related . others
not. and dc\'otcd much
of their tune and
mom!} to n vunct) of
cducatwnal and ,;ocial
causes They received
many awards and were
inducted
into the
Kennedy Center last
year for their work in the urts. Davis will
be remembered as a talented actor. tireless acti\ 1st and a humamtarion .
work load and commitment it takes," said
Triplett.
Their dedication proved to be successful as everyone had a great night mingling with friends. shaking it on the dance
floor and nmning down the hall to take
the occasional picture either with dates
or large groups offncnds . President Nido
Qubein was seen having a good time
dancing and sociahzmg with the guests.
Though the dance was filled with decorations reminiscent of winter. students
enjoyed a warm night packed with memorable occurrences and can only look forward to another enJoyable Homecoming
dance in the fall.
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12
Friday, March 18, 2005
Panthers finish season with Football
success in Big South tourney missed
well earned. The neat thing is, I think
we're just beginning to tap her true potential . I think we '11see some even greater
The men's and women's track and things from her soon."
Hess finished fifth in the finals of the
field teams competed at the Big South
mile run and
Indoor Conference Championwas named an
ships on Feb. 18. Four women
NCAA
Alland five men were named to the
American over
all-conference team.
spring break at
The women's team was led
the
2005
by sophomore Jemissa Hess,
NCAA Indoor
who was named the Performer
Track & Field
of the Year for the Big South.
National
Hess finished first in the mi le
Championships
in a schoo l record tim e of
in Fayetteville,
4:46.5 and also won the 800 in
Ark. She be2:12.64.
came the first
Hess was followed in the
P
anther
All800 by teammates Cathy-Anne
American
track
Docteur and Swniyya Hunter,
& field athlete
completing the sweep for HPU.
Coach Al Barnes said of Hess'
at an NCAA
race, "Running the times that
national event
she did is hard enough in a tight
placing ahead
PHOTO COllRHSV: SPORl' INfORi\HTIO'< of runners from
race, but to go out there and
By Kevin Scola
Sta.ff Writer
Jt\11!,S~ HLSl.
lead from gun to finish makes
her accomplishments that much more impressive. Her winning the Women's Track
Athlete of the Meet was well deserved and
Brigham
Young, Idaho, Washington, Stanford and
Villanova in the l 0-person fie Id.
At the conference championships,
Derek Nakluski led the men's team , finishing second in the 5000 in a personal
best of 14: 16, and third in the 3000 in
8:35.32. He finished just behind teammate
Mattias Ewender who ran 8:34.48. The
3000 was one of the highlights for the
men's team, as Jeff Fairman and Dane !
Slaydon joined Nak luski and Ewender in
placing four HPU runners in the top six.
"Doubling back in the 3000m after
running a personal best time in the 5000m
is difficult enough but to gamer another
All-Conference spot in the event speaks
volumes about DK 's fitness, drive and
detenninahon," Barnes said.
''Matthias Ewender ran a very smart
race in the men's 3000m., biding his tune
for a late charge at a top two spot. All the
men in the 3k performed very well and
the 23 pow ts we earned in that event alone
made up one-third of our tota l team
score ."
Stephen Knight and Gene Galloway
each added a third place finish for tbe
Panthers. Knight's 8.33 earned him third
in the 60 meter hurdles. Galloway leapt
14.09 meters to place third in the tnple
jwnp event where he was joined by teammate Ktshaun English. who finished sixth.
Baseball team holds its own
against ACC and NCAA teams
By Wayne Watterson
Staff Writer
nity, and we want to go where they have
been"
On March 2, the Panthers once again
The High Point Panthers continue the nea rly pulled off a tremendou~ upset , takrebuilding process this season, led by ing Wake Forest mto extra innings at a
game in Winston-Salem
The Panthers
Coach Sal Bando Jr. in his third season .
have shown early on that they can comComing off of an 11-win season,
Bando and the Panther's recruiting team pete with some of the best opponents in
bit tbe market bard in the off-season, and baseball.
ln addition to giving ACC teams
brought in some of the nation's finest recru its. Collegiate Baseball ranked this tough competition, High Point has had
year's recruiting class as 43"' best in the some enonnous wins tbis season . The
first blowout ca.me on Feb. 20, when High
nation.
Bando says about the new ta lent,
Point beat NC A&T on the road 18-3.
"W ithout question I think
Perhaps
we have a talented freshthe most imman class that we believe
pressive vicwill become the core of
tory of the seaour program. Standouts
son came at
are pitchers
Eammon
home against a
very
tough
Portice
and
Matt
C a m p be 11
Schlanger, and infielders
Rand y Schwartz
and
t e a m .
Bobby Brown. I think all
E a m m o n
of the freshmen bring
P o r t I c e
some thing to the table, but
showe d excepthese four will contribute
bonal potential
immediately."
from
the
Despite the changes
mound giving
in schedul e this season to
up two earned
include 11 NCAA opporuns m seven
nents in addition to five
tnnin gs
of
ACC games, the Panthers
work.
Also
have got off to a promispitching well
ing 6-10 start. High Point
for High Point
began the season with a
is Brandon
1'1101 O {'OUIU F.SV: SPO IU S INH) ll\Hfl ON
Moore, w1'th a
three-game series aga inst
M iam1, ranked No. 4 last
' 0 ' 11c:onoN °"l n F.MOUND
2-0 record and
year by Baseball America. High Point a strong 1.0 ERA m 9 innings pitched.
The super-fast High Point offense,
played the Hurricane tough in a 7-6, 11•h
inning loss in a road game in Miami
ranked I4d' in the nation last year in stoIn the Extra-Innings
newsletter,
lcn bases, has picked up some new talent
Bando says, "Some people will say we as well . The biggest offensive addition
arc crazy to be playing against Miami, but in the off-season was third-baseman
the young men in our program don't see Randy Schwartz. Randy was rated the
it that way . They'll see it as an opportufourth best player out of Canada, and 1sa
•
tremendous acqwsition for the baseball
program . Schwartz hasn ' t been able to
return to third base since ha, ing surgery
on a tum labrum on May 2R, 2004 , but
should be I 00 percent by playoff time .
Randy says on why he chose High Point,
"I've been on many teams that have done
the 'worst to first' thing, and I am not
afraid of being the underdog. This year
we come in with a fresh squad who want
to wm ball games and do whatever it talces
and that's something that is very common
to winning teams, regardless of the sport."
Schwartz ts batting .333 as the designated hitter. Other players having sohd
years at the plate are Chn<; Ramirez. who
is leading the team with 23 hits, and freshman Bobby Brown who has started the
season with a strong .368 batting average. Anchoring the offense for his final
season as a Panther 1s Josh Cotton, who
is leading the team with four home runs
and a solid .333 batting ave rage.
It certainly appears that the ingredients are m place for the Panthers to put
together their first win ning season since
1990 . ./1asked Bando what his thoughts
are on compet ing for a championsh ip in
the next few years and he said: " I tlunk
this team and hopefully future teams will
be ab le to compe te for a cha mpion ship .
However, our focus has to be on playing
aggressive, fundamentally sound baseball
one day at a time. Wins, losses and cham pion ship s will take care of themselves.
There's a baseball say ing, you can 't
stea l first base ... That's our approach."
Coach Bando did mention two important
factors for success to keep an eye on this
season-- Randy Schwartz getti ng healthy
enough to return to third base and Josh
Cotton continuing to be a force in the
middle of the lineup. Look for this High
Point team to make some noise in the Big
South Conterence tlus season. Conference play begins this week.
during off
season
By Kevin Scola
Stq/JWriter
I consider myself a weJl-rounded
sports fan I will watch almost any
sportmg event, at any time (sorry, I
still hate soccer). But above all else,
I'm a football fan A full-out p1gskm
junkie. And while I love watchmg
basketball. both college and pro, the
first couple weeks after the Super
Bowl are always depressing, and not
Just because I'm an Eagles fan
Football provides somethmg that
I don't get during the ~1 ofmy life·
hitting I'm one of the nulhons of
guys that enJoy nothing more than
seeing some poor quarterback (preferably a Cowboy) gettmg blindsided
b} a blitzing linebacker (preferably
an Eagle) . The John Chaney '"goon''
incident aside. basketballJustdoesn t
provide the brutality of football
I have tncd to fill that void, usually with hockey.Thi was madeeven
easter by the fact that my team of
cho 1 c wn the P111ladelph1aFlyers,
once known a the Broad Strecl Buihe In uutb, the Flyers and tberrfans
do care about what the final score 1s.
but most of the ttme. it seems that
they're much more concerned w 1th
how much they beat up the opposmg
team
Bol(mg bashelped too.Any time
Arturo Gatti step mto the nng. you
know you're about to see one of the
greatest shows m sports.
Gatti's fights WithIvan Robinson
andbis arDaZ1ng
tnlogy with Mickey
Wardare some of the greatest contests ever.m any sport,and have made
many an NPL offileasongo by Just a
little qu1ckc:r:
And maybeI'm too hard
OD~
ketbal.lbecauseI do enjoy the gime
A well-played basketball game JS a
thing ofbeauty However, my tdea of
welt-played tends to differ from those
around me.
l consider a Penn-Pnncetoa
game with a final score of 38-35 to
be one of the best, most excttmg
games around. Most people call tblll
bonng I, on the other band, have
great dafficultywatching a game m
which both teams tum the ball over
18 or more times.
So wbcredoes all dus leaveme,
thefQOtballfan?
Back wbereJ started.Whiletbe
NFLdoes havo someintriguma off'season stones (Will thePatriots break
up? What will 81UParcells do wath
Drew Bledsoe? Whowall be1beNo
l pick? Will Jake Plummer shave?),
I am stuck Just waatmg. enJoymg the
mis:smg the
NC AA tournament.
"Stanley Cup Playoffs and watching
baseball start up And then, m Jul),
JUSt when 1t looks bleakest, right after my beloved Pl1111i
es haH; taken
thcm~clvcs out of contention agam
the NFl starts tram mg camp \nd all
J:snght w11hthe world .
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Music
In A&E: Toccatatones record album, prepare for concert
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HIGH POINT UNIVERSITY
Camgus Chronicle
Bryden assumes Hitchcock's
post as director of Smith Library
RIDAY, April 15, 2005
Women's golf
team excels
The women's golf team shot a final-round 305 to capture the biggest
win in the program's short history last
month at the Northern
Illinois
Springlake Invitational at the par- 72,
5,850-yard Springlake Golf Resort m
Sebring,
Fla.
The Panthers (311-305-616) bested
Creighton by seven shots and Mercer
by nine strokes. Other teams finishing
behind HPU included Tilinois, Bowling Green, St. J oho 's, Appalachian
State, Gonzaga and Old Dominion.
The following
week,
the
team finished fifth out of 14 teams at
the 54-hole Shamrock Invitational at
Tega Cay Golf Club in Tega Cay, S.C.
Alum Martin
wins Fulbright
Scholarship
Alumnus Justin Martin, class of
2002, has been awarded a Fulbright
Scholarship and will study in Jordan
during the 2005-06 academic year.
Martin's political commentary appeared in the Chronicle and bis poetry
in Apogee.
Sponsored by the U.S. Department
of State, the Fulbright U.S. Student
Program offers opportunities for recent
graduates, postgraduate candidates,
and developing professionals and artists to conduct career-launching study
and research abroad.
Following graduation from HPU,
Martin earned his master's degree in
journalism from the University of
Florida. He plans to pursue his doctorate in communications at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,
where he has received an all-inclusive
fellowship.
Smith Library
to .extend hours
during exams
In order to make studying convenient for students, Smith Library will
offer the following extended hours during exam week.
Friday, April 29 (Reading Day) 8 a.m to 2 a.m.
Saturday. April 30 - 8 a.m. to midnight
Sunday, May 1- IO a.m. to 2 a.m.
Monday, May 2nd through Wed.
May 4- 8 a.m. to 2 a.m.
Good luck on your exams!
compiled by Andrea Griffith
By Kathleen McLean
Staff Writer
HIGH POINT, N.C.
research, and it was a relatively small library," said Hitchcock.
Hitchcock, with the library staff. led
the way in improvements. In the early
1990s, the system became fully automated
and integrated
to
include
online
catalogues and databases access i b Ie to students and faculty. "I feel
like I turned it
around
with
the help of my
staff,"
said
Hitchcock.
Electronic
books also be-
On March 31, David Bryden, head
ofreference services, took on the responsibilities of Judith Hitchcock,
former director of library services.
Hitchcock's contract was
not going to be renewed for
the next school year. Dr. E.
Vance Davis, vice president
of academic affairs, declined
to comment on the situation.
And although she appreciates
students· concern for her,
Hitchcock cannot make a
statement, either. She no
longer works at the library.
Hitchcock first came to
High Point University in
PIIOTOBYBtlll',
.. 1'110"\
came
avail1984 from Alabama to be a BRVm\lSTH£FORMlRHl:ADOF
able, and the
RUFRENCESERVICF.S
library's volreference librarian.
She
served in that position for three and a half ume increased from under 100,000 to over
years and was promoted to director in 300,000. Smith Library was also the first
I here
l 988 when her predecessor left
building on campus to have e-mail.
was no active mterlibrary loan program.
Elizabeth Vid.nne, media resources
There were only print indexes to aid in librarian, said that Hitchcock fought to
Down with the old, up with the new
improve the library . "A lot of people
might think that being library director
would be an easy job, but it's not because
of the balance you have to keep between
departments, people and staff," said
Vidrine.
She also mentioned that
Hitchcock worked to get professional development funds that allow staff members
to receive training and attend conferences.
Many members of the library staff
agreed that Hitchcock was a good boss
and person. La-Nita Williams, circulation services, slated that Hitchcock was
responsible for the computers, electronic
resources and leisure collection. "Ifit was
good for the library, she worked to get it,"
said Williams. Julia Kendall, evening circulation supervisor, added that although
she had little contact with Hitchcock,
Hitchcock always treated her with respect.
"She was very sensitive to the needs of
the staff," said Kendall. "And there were
a few times when she recognized the night
See Library, page 8
Graduation
information
revealed
By Andrea Griffith
Editor in Chief
l'HOTO BV ui,.'Tn ANTHONY
The field house was demolished on April 6 in order to make room
for the Jerry and Kitty Steele Sports Center. The new 24,000-squarefoot facility will include training and weight rooms, locker rooms,
an indoor practice area for golf, an academic services room, offices
for athletics administrators and coaches and a conference room. Construction on the facility, which will be named for two former HPU
coaches, is expected to be completed by the fall of 2006.
Page 3
Page 8
Before the excitement of graduation
begins, students should first be aware of
all the details surrouncling it.
Those details include securing tickets to two commencement events. The
commencement luncheon, to be held in
the Millis Center on May 6 at 11: 30 a.m.,
will feature President Nido Qubein as a
speaker. Each graduate is permitted three
tickets for this event--one for the student
and two for guests. Seating is limited and
will be provided on a first-come basis.
Tickets can be picked up during normal
office hours from April 25-May 3 at the
Office of Student Life, the Evening Degree Program Center and the North Building on the Maclison Park Campus.
Faculty and staff who wish to attend
the luncheon should also secure tickets
in advance.
Due to space limitations, faculty and
slaffwill not be granted tickets for guests.
See Graduation, page 6
Page 9
Page 12
Photo special
Baseball
Editors bid
A look at
shows the
teain has
farewell in ho1nelessness
sights on
final columns in High Point evolution of
HPU
playoff spot
2
EDITORIAL
Campus Chroni.ck
Friday, April 15, 2005
Staff Editorial~~
g
on lead
n, waves and wlld horses
Superb job,
-Dr.Wray!
Godfather. That's what we called him
at the Chronicle office.
Dr. Morris Wray always sensed what
we needed before we did. Renovated office? He waved his wand and the hideously mismatched orange carpet and
walls and the ramshackle furniture were
transformed into a cool workplace. Newspaper racks? They simply materialized.
Good will? It was always there in abundance. A spirit of reconciliation? In our
clashes with the administration, he treated
us with respect.
But the Wray touch radiated far beyond Slane Center. The truth is that he
played godfather to every student here
during his 13 years as vice president for
internal affairs. He worked his magic behind the scenes, in a gentlemanly style,
never calling attention to himself, always
deflecting praise in the direction of others.
Here's a partial list of his achievements. He brought better food to the caf
and Blimpie's to the Point. He conceived
the Indigo Room and Java City. He improved the student handbook, orchestrated the Cultural Enrichment Series,
lured such luminaries to campus as
Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Leonard
Pitts, Sister Helen Prejean, author of
"Dead Man Walking" and the Oxford debating team. Almost singlehandedly, he
created a full-fledged Onentahon program. He established the relationship between HPU and the Woodrow Wilson
Fellows program so that cutting-edge reporters like NPR 's Deborah Amos and
Newsweek 's Eleanor Clift spend five days
See Advocate, page 5
ByW.,.,
WAtttnoll
Lataintheaftemoon
wost.oppedcm
StrJJf
Wrtter
Ctaot Island to eat md rest, andOleawe
split up to explore. CarriqtQD Dabiner,
On 1111
Basterweekend lwnpeted wbom we were forced to eal1Crooodile
with. ilreout of beavy rim and thun- Dundeebecause of his yellow btmdana
CtBfutJla;I ubd mytelf lfl sbcmldpeel andcowboy bat, led three of us to a spot
IA)'IOli' tway lom MaJcliMadness
and where he had found a massive gathering
of thouaandsof soft-shellcrabs.
pcm,pmawilb4beOACartfay.-,ood
Afterhanaingout with the crabsfor
oVIIPUallllwstcbtllebiJldy IIQticipaled
Sweet 16. A moftlti:r of a decistonto a little whde and getting some funny
say die leut, but JAa ~ cell, it video, we -------------------eontinued
wu-!Olfto e.ufort, s.c
IDa wa,llai&
lriPWU 1ikea pod 8- arounc! the
9 lead 1Uidl-up; HCOllldgo ei1herway. back end of
If the fonieast WIS aa:urate, the camp- the island
en couldbe tent-bound all weekend We walked a
seekiag refilp from thunderstorms,but. little way,
on theother band,with a bttle help &om and at the
nature, it could be a great weekend of
kayaking and eDJO)'Ul8 the outdoors.
Theftmtday in Beaufort we drove
down to the Inter Coastal Waterway,located in the heart of lhe CroatanNational
Forest. It was a sm:my65 degree day
wtth not a cloud m sight, and l have to
say putting on sun-screen never felt so
great.
After bnefkayaking mstruction, we
were in the water, paddhng upstream
agamst the wind. After 30 minutes of
kayaking through the waterway, tnp coordinator Kelly Norton spotted some dolphins. Our group of twelve. which httd
been stretched out by about the distance
of a football field, paddled together to
observe the dolphms, as they dove and
rose and seemed to enJoy the sllllshme
I have seen dolpluns before m aquanums, but it was most f.-iscmatmg to see
them in nature.
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other end of
the island,
we
saw
what
appcared to be
a group of
wild horses
moment bocause you couldn't help but
feel a comtectton to nature
I believe
Heidi sud it best "I
c:mewhatbappens for the rest of the weekend, this
made it worth commg.••
l(.a.yakinsback to the van with the
wind and water direc:tioom our favor
don·,
madeit much.,....and moreenjoyable.
and we made 1tbackm half the time. At
the campsite, we built a fire and roasted
marshmal-
lows.
I
was
so
caught up
in the Jokes
and
fun
t
i m e s
around the
fire, the
events o
the world
of sports
had slipped
C'~llRJNGTON DAHMER
As we got closer, we realized it was
10-
deed a gathering of at least 20 of them.
1 assumed that the island horses
would flee as soon as they saw people,
but, sure enough, they d1dn 't Heidi
Waibel, Gena Smith, Carnngton and I
made our w oy to the bank. getting as close
as possible without spooking the horses.
They didn't seem to mind us bemg there
at all and even began to mteract with us
as they watched us closely, some commg
wllhin feet ofwhere we knelt The horses
appeared tame. l felt mclined to try and
nde one, but my bet1er 1udgment kicked
111.nnd so ) Just watched nnd enJoyed the
Thank God for cell phones
Several people complained about
haVJng trouble sleeping the first mght under the stars. but after a day filled wilh
the great exercise of the kayak. we were
soon out like lighl'>.
Sunday mommg came, and with the
sun beaming 1hrough the trees. 1he notion of bad weather seemed a thmg of
the past. Some ofus got together for un
Easter Service at the campsite. and then
we look our last paddle on the calm,
brucktsh waters of the White Oak River.
See Kayaking, page 5
End-of-the-semester
blues emerge in April
changes awaiting me. Not only is the campus going to be undergoing changes, but
I will be, too. In the fall, I'm going to be
With final exams looming before me, coming back to a campus I belong to. I'm
I am reminded that Commencement is just more involved today than I was this time
around the corner. Last year, that told me last year. In the fall, I'll get to keep exI'd finished my first year of college. This panding my circle of activity; I'll meet
year, it tells me I'll soon be saying
more people, make more friends and do
goodbye to some really great people and more things. I'll also have a lot more
even better friends. I'm not looking for- classes - but I'm actually looking forward
ward to that. The ~nd of the semester also to that; all I have left are major classes. A
serves to remind me that when I come lot of my graduating friends I met in my
back to good ol' HPU in the fall, things major classes. History and English mawill be very different - and I don't mean jors rock!
finding freshmen in my friends' seats.
As I begin to plot my Finals Week
Fall 2005 will mark the beginning of study-strategy, I brace myself for the
President Qubein 's first full academic
goodbyes that will come. I remind myyear here. That holds a lot of promise.
self when those last few papers are due
We've all seen the changes taking place and pray that May 7 is sunny so I can aton campus since January. Just think what tend Graduation. I recognize that I canit will look like when August arrives. I not keep the semester from ending, even
can't wait to see what else be does. So I as I admit to myself that I wouldn't want
have reasons to look forward to next se- it to keep going indefinitely.
I want to take this chance to offer a
mester.
huge
"Goodbye!" to all graduating seBut, I still have a case of end-of-theniors.
You've worked long and hard, and
semester blues. This year has been great
for me. I met a lot of people, made a lot you deserve your degrees. Kudos to you.
of friends, had a lot of fun and did a lot of We'll miss you, but I promise not to snarl
work. The flip side is half of my new at innocent freshmen that sit in your seat.
friends are seniors who graduate May 7. They can't help it; they weren't here to
I get lonesome thinking about it. Sure, I' 11 know. But remember: You're the ones
have my non-senior friends, but there's
who are losing the most. We, the "un-sesomething sad about saying goodbye to niors," get to witness and experience the
people who've walked, talked and stud- changes that President Qubein will bring
about.
ied with you for a year.
And yet, I keep remembering the
Congratulations, Class of2005!
By·Rebeeca Fleming
· Staff Writer
OPINION
Friday, April 15, 2005
Campus Chronicle
3
Veteran editors offer parting thoughts
Rnalwo~fivm~eoWgua,~~~~~~~~~~~
Graduation opens up a 'We are the future': the
world of opportunities cha~lenge of tomorrow
This part ofmy journey is almost at
an end. High Point bas been good to me;
I' ve learned a great deal both about the
w o r I d
around me
and about
myself.
I
hope that,
in
some
small way, I
have been
._________
__, able to add
a little bit to
Drew
Mcintyre -
a university
hands with congressmen, explored Highland cas tle s (and malts), given more
cam pus tours than 1 can remember, won
some great poker games, and - most importantly - been blessed with the friendship of more people than I deserve.
. But co llege, like everything, is not
alJ smiles and laughter.
I've also squandered opportunities,
missed classes, procrastinated,
lost
friends and disappointed or angered
more than a few people who deserved
better from me.
The good news is that God grants
us second chances. We have run this race
to the finish only to begin a new one.
Each mistake we have made here is only
a mistake ifwe do not learn from it. And
that is what co llege is about: learning to
live to the best of our ability. Your
coursework merely ensures you have the
proper base ofknowledge to pursue your
vocational goals; the co llege experience
itse lft eacbes us to be more fully human.
High Point, I be lieve, does a better
l•)HmMii•UMM
~~~n h:~
much to me already. I left politics for
the last issue; my Iife and my time here
have been defined by much more, and
thus I want my last column to reflect that.
How does one sum up four years of
a college experience? I doubt it can adequately be done on so few pages. Ycurs
and mine are probably different; I do
hope that all of you reading this have had
as much fun here as I have. While at
HPU J've seen a residen twice shaken
See Drew, page 11
Chron improvements come
courtesy of superior staff
In many ways, this issue of the Campus Chronicle marks the end of an era.
Many of our senior staffers have been a
part of the newspaper since they arrived
on campus, and the publication has been
vastly improved by
their dedication.
When
I returned
to school in
August to
work
on
this year's
Andrea
first issue, I
outlined
a
~~Griffith
list of imEditor in Chief
provements our staff wanted to work toward. I
purposely published the list knowing that
the more public our goals were, the more
committed we wou ld be. Looking back, I
think we've made great strides.
We called for fewer errors, more liberal opinion, more features, more attention to campus and student issues, more
focus on international students, an improved Greek and organizattona l news
page and more art. We've seen improvement on all counts.
No issue of this year's Chronicle bas
been perfect, but we've been pretty errorfree for the most part. The contributions
of columnists
including
Lauren
Crougban. Justin Sprnks. Megan Powers
and Derek Shea ley have helped balance
our opinion section by countenng arguments of veteran conservat ive columnists
including Dr ew Mcintyre, Jonathan
Miller and Joel Stubblefield.
A healthy supply of feature stories,
which helped readers become acquainted
with alumni, professors. students and
staff, contrasted with some serious news
stories that addressed campus issues.
Indeed, the events of the year led to
some tough ass ignm ents for our staff -but from campus crime to delays in the
rebirth of the campus radio station to
mourning the loss of a beloved food service employee, our unrelenting news reporters had it covered.
Our coverage of international students improved with stories written by
Ada Hernandez and Miki Ikeda . Our
Greek page featured man y news storiesnot ju st briefs-that highlighted the work
of campus groups. Our photography significantly impr oved in the hands of Beth
Anthony and our editors who gained a
better und erstandi ng of photo placement
and sizing.
But it's certainly been a labor oflove.
We've had our share of complicationsmo stly those inevitable and pesky technological ones.
As I reflect on my Chronicle contributions, I hope that HPU wi ll continue to
embrace this vita l part of campus life.
Nurture it, so it can continue to nourish.
As thi s university continues to change, I
know that the Chronicle will also, and I
see great changes in its future-a more
frequent publication schedule, capabilities to view our writers' stories online and
a bigger staff. I look forward to witnessing this transformation, even if it is from
afar.
But the Chro nicle wouldn't be in that
position for growth without our entire
staff and the active readers who provide
us feedback. So as my time as editor expires , I say thank you. It's been·an honor.
By Katie Estler
Assistant Editor
''We are the future" -- an idea that
has been pushed on us since we are little,
and it was only recently I realized how
true that phrase was. Now you may just
think I am getting nostalgic in my senior year, and you are probably right, but
I want you to think for a moment how
scary that phrase is.
That's right: The guys hammering
down beer bongs, the girls dressed like
'naughty school girls' headed up to the
frat houses and the kids that came to class
once or twice drunk for kicks are about
to become the driving force in America.
That's right: In only a few years the doctors, elementary school teachers , politicians, lawyers and business leaders of
our country will have been the kids that
sat next to you in a general educat ion
class trying to 'b.s.' the quiz on the book
they forgot to read.
I have seen soon-to-be teachers
'b.s.-ing' a paper and tilting dangerously
close to that fine line of plagiarism and
also skipping classes for the worst reasons. Seen the future religious leaders
so dead drunk they could not stand or
walk five steps. I've seen the next age
of actors at th eir most basic and sometimes painful level of performance. My
name should also fall into several future
politicians' hush money lists because the
stories I could leak to the press could
make George "W'' look like a bookworm
in his college years. I've seen the next
mastcnninds of the business wor ld argue over whose tum was next with the
video game controller.
I will try hard to bite my lip against
laughing, as I watch my college friends
try and persuade their children against
underage drinking, sleeping over at boyfriends' or girlfriends ' places and in general dumb stunts . As my own kids roll
their eyes, because I never was their age
and never knew what it meant to be
young, I'll laugh to myself because I
know I will be able to put their childish
antics to shame with the amount of fun
See Katie, page 11
Straight talk from President Qubein~~~~
Exciting changes on
the horizon for 2005
My dearest students:
It's hard to believe that the end of
the school yeur 1s in sight. It's been an
exciting semester
and more is yet to
come. With the many physical changes
happening on campus. the announcement of speakers for the upcoming Commencement events and preparation for
major construction, we are entenng a
time of great transition and great anticipation. Let's collectively celebrate the
fact that we're part ofa dynamic family
here at HPU, and recommit ourselves to
excellence as we spend the summer as
ambassadors of High Point University.
When you retwn to campus this fall.
se,eral new buildings will be w1derconstruct1on, including:
Jerry & Kitty Steele Athletic Complex
Business Buildmg
Communu.:ationfEducation Building
Wellness Center
Renovations to Cooke Hall
Fountams
And more ...
There will be completed improvements, as well, including a totally wireless library and mteractwc security poles.
F'!r those planning ahead to next year's
coursework., I will teach a special seminar on Life Skills thBt will help students
prepare for a wonderful future e, en beyond college
Fnends, we are in the midst of great
momentum which bas not gone unnoticed by the world. Last month. the
Michigan Daily the mwspaper of the
lha"'8#Y of
Mi.Ph.,..
,.,.w
to
the announcemenl that their commencement speaker is John Seely Brown ,
(alumnus and former Xerox scientist)
saying, "Some schools ,vith less. prominent reputations hoasr speakers who are
household names, including High Point
University in North Carolma (former
New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani)
.. .'' The world is watching us, and we
must show them what we 're made of.
In closing, it has become more and
more evident to me that students are the
pulse of this university. Over the past
weeks, I have been contacu.>dby several
parents of potential new students, expressing the same-sentiment: "We toured
your campus recently, and were overwhelmed at the enthusiasm, hospitality
and friendhness of your students.'' Personally, I have had the great honor to
hear some of you speak to potential new
students and their parents. and nearly
burst with pride at the mature and professional way in which you handle yourselves. You make the difference. I am so
very proud of each one of you.
While I wish you all a very relaxing and enjoyable summer, I do so witl1
some sadness that the energy you bring
to campus will be gone for a season . But
August will he here before we know it,
bringing our upperclassmen back to
campus, along with a brand new freshmen class
To our graduating seniors. \\t! will
miss >ou. and send you into the world
with our prayers for a life filled with both
success and s1gmftcance.
Sincerely
PnllidealQJmaila
4
Campus Chronicle
OPINION
Friday, April 15, 2005
Conservatives not tolerated by the
radical left on university campuses
By Jonathan Miller
Staff Writer
"Conservatives
need not apply"
should brand signs hanging from the halls
of academia. Study after study shows that
few conservatives teach at colleges and
universities today. The most recent performed by Smith College, George Mason
University and the University of Toronto
states that only 15 percent of college professors label themselves conservative,
while 72 percent say they are liberal
(1,643 full-time faculty at 183 four-year
institutions were surveyed). A similar
study performed by three students here at
High Point University, myself included,
found strikingly comparable results.
How does this affect the classroom
and the overall learning environment? At
Bowling Green University in Ohio, a
Spanish ·professo r dedicates 10 minutes
of every class to a "political parenthesis"
or a tirade against anything Republican
or conservative. On the day Pat Buchanan
was scheduled to speak at Western Michigan University, a woman's studies professor stole posters a<;lvertising the event
and then pushed a student when the student asked for the posters back. The professor even encouraged students to swipe
the posters; and the hostile environment
she created resulted in a student throw-
ing salad dressing in Buchanan's face. tested a professor on grading technique.
Lastly, I need to only say the name , Ward I wrote a paper from a conservative viewChurchill. If his tirade did not prove that point and received a "C," and then wrote
college campuses overwhelmingly lean a paper from a liberal viewpoint and rebard Left , then nothing will. How does a ceived an "A." No college is free from
Ward Churchill get hired at the Univerliberal btas.
I see no end in sight to liberals domisity of Colorado and become chair of a
nating campus faculty. Thomas Reeves
department if colleges are not teeming
of the Wisconsin Policy Re search Instiwith liberals?
One might maintain that these are tute bas said that "conservatives are dismerely isolated incidents occurring un- criminated against routinely and deliberder very exately" in factreme circumulty
hiring.
"'Thomas Reeves of the
stances and do
Again,
our
not represent
campus is no
Wisconsin Policy Research
typica l profesexception. As
Institute said that 'conservatives
sors.
Yes,
long as college
are discriminated against rouW a r d
curricula conChurchill is an
tinely' in faculty hiring. Again, tinue requiring
"multicultural
extreme case,
our campus is no exception.''
but not rare by
studies," which
is a politically
any
means .
Just read the book, "Welcome to the Ivory correct for indoctrination, conservatives
Tower of Babel " by Mike Adams, a pro- will be brushed aside because how many
fessor at UNC-Wilmington who docu- conservatives are "race theorists"?
Maybe the tolerant Left would allow
ments the antics ofhis "progressive" colfor
affirmative
action hiring of conservaleagues. Even High Point University is
not immune to such extreme Leftist be- tives, since diversity is their mantra?
havior. My friends and I have witnessed
Sorry, the re-education camp refuses to
professors step on their liberal soapboxes
be an equal oppommity employer. Only
wasting crucial class-time. Some have those open-minded enough to believe in
even. been threatening toward students
homosexual marriage, abortion and glowearing military t-shirts. I have even bal warming need apply.
News of graduation
Democrats
roadblock stuns senior also value
morality
By Erin Sullivan
Sta.ff Writer
I was thinking, "I have a little over
a month left 'til I graduate. I'm ready to
coast." As senioritis kicked in, I embraced it with open arms. I had worked
my butt off for almost four years and I
was ready to reap the benefits.
"Erin, your advisor wants to see
you," said one of my psychology professors, pulling me out of my trance.
An hour later, as I sat down in the
mahogany chair in my advisor's office,
a train hit me. "Bad news ," she began.
My heart stopped. "You 're two hours
short of graduating." Breath ceased inside my chest.
"Umm," I began, intelligently.
"Umm," and the intelligence continued.
I felt like she punched me in the gut.
Actually, I would have preferred that.
She went on to tell me that a mistake
had been made and I needed to take another class to be able to graduate in May.
I felt like I just entered hell. Actually,
with the mention of taking yet another
class , I felt like I was in heU and then
asked to wear a sweater, as if it wasn't
hot enough.
"Luckily," my advisor said with a
sympathetic smile and matching eyes,
"the night classes for the last session just
began."
Oh, yes, I thought, lucky me. I've
taken a night class and I wasn't a huge
fan. Cramming a semester's worth of
work into half of a semester three nights
a week made me have a new respect for
evening degree students.
"Or you can take a directed study,"
she said. Anything but actually going to
class was 1;1ppealing.I wouldn't have to
go to class, but I would still need to read
the book and take the tests.
"Anything to get me across the
stage in May," I said, with a reluctant
smi le. I thought ofmy family, which has
already purchased plane tickets and
made hotel reservations for the ceremonial event. Somehow I don't think they'd
be too thrilled to spend all that money
and then find me sitting next to them
instead of with the other graduates on
May 7.
I thought this would be my biggest
hurdle before graduating. But as it turns
out, leaving is the hurdle. I found myself wallowmg in my problems when l
was interrupted by my roommate.
"All we have in the pantry is maple
syrup and trash bags. Which one do you
want for dinner?"
These are the things I'm going to
miss. All of the relationships I've created in the past four years won't be the
same after May 7. It's nice to think that
they will, but they won't. I won't see
these people every day, plan spring
break trips with them or skip class with
them just because it's raining outside.
Next year I won't be able to discuss
weekend plans with thetn or share stories about what people did, or can't remember doing, the night before.
I almost wish my advisor had told
me, "You're two years short of spending time with your friends. You can't
graduate until those years are completed." I think I would have been OK
with that.
l always thought that the hardest
part about college was the classes. 1n a
sense, that's partly true. But really, it's
everything else. College is about all of
the ties you make. Two hours short of
graduating? No big deal.
By Megan Powers
Staff Writer
In recent years, the dividing line oetween political parties bas grown wider
and wider, and the image of both parties
has changed dramatically. Many have
claimed the Republican Party to be the
moral right , w1th Democrats targeted as
immoral, irreligious Liberals. However I am a Democrat because of my morals
not due to a lack thereof.
The Democratic Party seeks to give
equal opportunity to everyone. Democrats do not give the unbalanced advantage to big business as the Republicans
do, and they do not reward the wealthy at
the expense of the poor. They want to
keep as many jobs here as possible, allowing for more Americans to get work
and stay off of welfare. They seek to limit
spending and control the deficit, rather
than increase it. Overall, they work for
the benefit of a majority rather than a
minority.
Socially, they uphold the rights of the
individual. While views such as supporting a woman's right to choose may seem
immoral to some, that view is not saying
that all Democrats agree with abortion,
but rather that they agree that a woman
should be able to make her own choice. I
think abortion is wrong, and those who
make that decision will have to deal with
the consequences for the rest of their lives ,
but it is not my decision to make for anyone but myself. As far as civil unions are
concerned, I feel that a committed monogamous couple should be allowed the
same Constitutio nal rights regardless of
Schiavo an
unecessary
loss of life
By Joel Stubblefield
Stajf Writer
Through the entire Terri Scl.Jiavo
situation, many of us often found ourselves struggling to form an opmion. I
usuall y have no problem forming an
opinion on practically anything; but this
situation proved especially difficult for
everyone. There arc. however, some
certainties about this confusing fiasco.
First of all, the United States Con&>resshad no business in this. I agree
the situation was devastating for the
family members and that the courts were
of no help. However. Congress has a
duty to the nation to make laws and debate national issues. As caw,."ticas it may
sound, Tern Schiavo should have never
become a national issue. It's extremely
disheartening that Congress can assemble from all over the nation in a
matter of a single day to discuss the
Schiavo situation. In reality, truly meaningful legislation hasn't passed the halls
of Congress in the past decade, and yet
most members of Congress are content
to travel throughout the nation on
fundraising trips or other excursions for
the benefit of their constituents. Certainly Congresspeople should be access1hle m their districtc;, and fundraising
1s an important reality in elections today. Nat ional policy, however, is for
more important and yet appears to be
anything but a top priority.
As for the two factions: 1t was
tough to decidl! whose side to take. On
the one side were the mother and father,
pleading for the hfe of their daughter.
There are countless examples of people
throughout the nation that are sustained
by feeding tubes and respirators. Skeptics immediately question the quality ol
hfe for such people, but family members are usually quick to defend their
decision for life. On the other side was
Michael Schiavo, whose morals are suspect. He claims that Terri's wish was
for the tube to be pulled, that she confided her final wishes in him and desired death over life as a vegetable. The
problem, however, was that Michael had
a senous conflict of mtercst, with another woman and his ch ildren by her
waiting for him. Yet, despite the pleas
of Terri's parents, the Schindlers,
Michael refused.
Further, contributing to bis suspect
status, Michael refused to let the
Schindlers visit their daughter in her
dyfog moments. Despite their efforts
through the court system, they were unable to secure power of attomey from
Michael and were forced to stand idly
by as their daughti:r starved to death.
Now in the wake of her death, Michael
has announced that the Schmdlers Wiil
not be allowed to attend Terri's funeral,
saymg through his brother that they
wouldn't come "in peace'' and that he
did not want a media CU'Cus sunoW1ding the services.
Clearly the decision 1sa tough one-respecting the supposed WtShesof a patient or acknowledging the conflict of
mterest and 8DIWeringthe pleas of tba1
patimt's parents. As thepresident said
reaa,rding the a1tuauan. pc,rbaps we
WDD.ldbav,deno..,..•ea•lleliiclc
See Democrats, page 12
iflf.lilei
Campus Chronicle
5
Biased reporting in Iraq Mass media a pawn to
neglects positive news Bush and the right-wing
to the.public Here are some examples:
Schoo} 8*ndaoce lS 80 percent higher
from the levelsbefore the war, and girls
A letter to tho editor in the News & are now allowed to attend schools, most
Record headlined "Media should report of them for the first time. Over 1,500
goodand bad in Iraq" caught my atten- schools have been renovated and rid of
tion a few weeks ago.This was the first the weapons once stored m the classtune I had heard the public speakout for rooms. Saddam Hus.sein is no longer proour troops directly to the media. Little pagandized m the textbooks and cunicuinfonnation has beenpublished about the tum.
good that our troops and our government
In addition, 4.5 mil hon people now
have proVJded to Iraq. A friend of mme. have clean drinking water for the first
Staff Sergeant Aaron Whitty served in time in their lives. In one year, 400,000
Iraq for over a
kids received upyear beforebeing
" ... Aaron Whitty served in dated mununizainjured.Hewrote
Iraq for over a year before
tions A report
to me, ·•only
provided by SFC
about 20 percent being injured. He wrote to me, Reynolds, indi-
'Only about 20 percent of their cated JOOpercent
stones are right.,.
of the Iraqi hosHe laterwrote, "I
[media] stories are right.' "
pitals are open
see the news and l:.iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiil
and fully staffed,
wonderwherethese media people get the compared to only 35 percent before the
stories they tell the American people...
war. In the schools. students are being
It makes me mad.''
taught sanitation skills to prevent the
·In addition, SergeantFIJ"StClass Ray spread of germs and bacteria Yet most
Reynolds, a member of the Iowa Anny of the stones covered by CBS, NBC and
National Gunrd who recently returned other news outlets only point out the pofrom fraq,wrote, "Don't believe for one Ii ti cal arguments, the accusanous ofbulsecond that these people do not want us lying and the Abu Ghraib pnson torture
there J have met many people from Iraq; scandal.
they want us here. They say that they will
I wish to end with a quote that an
never see true freedom we talk about but Islamic friend provided me; be is half
they hope their children will . We are do- Iraq 1. ln the Koran (9· I J) ,t is written.
ing a good job in Iraq.•·
"The wrath of the Eagle would be felt
Bad news from Iraq usually ends up throughout the lands of Allah and lo,
on the front page, while any good news while some of the people trembled in
that is reported 1son the back pages. Al despair still more reJ01ced; fur the wrath
times both the good and bad news have of the Eagle cleansed the lands of Allah;
been skewed by report:; as our soldiers and there was peace.'' Many Middle
have documented above. Furthermore.
Easterners have associated that eagle
some information about the good that has with America and our bald eagle a~ the
been done in Iraq has not been presented
symbol of our freedom .
of their [media]
By Justin Spinks
· Staff Writer
To my surpri1le I have beard several
voices claiming the media have a liberal
bias. This opinion, increasing in popularity, probably originated from ·popular TV news anchors such as Dan Rather,
Peter Jennings and Tom Brokaw who
have dominated broadcast news for over
20 years and are libera l. However, w ith
heated issues such as the war and elections in Iraq , not to mention the CBSDan Rather snafu about President Bush's
time in the National Guard, the alleged
liberal bias in the media bas become a
hotter issue.
It all takes me by surprise because I
have ·never found the media to be dominantly liberal. Rather when 1think of biased news, Fox News Channel comes
immediately to mind. Most Fox anchors
would proudly admit that the majority
of their stories do include their own opinions, and they are usually conservative
ones. This has simply become an accepted fact. So the rest of the American
media is liberal? I find this not to be
accurate at all.
Consider the initial coverage of the
war in Iraq. Who could give me an example of liberal media during that period in history? If by liberal, I mean
people who either clid not support the war
or the way the Bush administration was
handling the war, then I seriously doubt
you could find any. The major networks,
ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox, all acted like
cheerleaders for Bush's war. Wellknown newscaster Connie Chung on
Oct. 7, 2002 scolded Democratic Representative Mike Thompson for criticizing President Bush's claim that Iraq was
Sam Walton's empire: exploiting the
masses, both at home and abroad
By Trevor McDonald
Staff Writer
As I listen to the latest news stories
on some random Clear Channel-supported radio program, I realize that many
of us are concerned only with the sins of
a few individuals. I suppose it makes it
easier to give evil a face if we're confronted with a picture of the latest burglary or murder. We 're so afraid of what
one guy might do to us that we're completely blind to the sins of corporations
that exploit us daily. One of the greatest
offenders is Wal-Mart.
Plenty of Americans shop and work
at Wal-Mart. How many of them are unaware that they are contributing to the
downfall of our economy?
Perhaps "downfa ll" is too strong of
a word. But Wal-Mart's low price s must
come from somewhere. In fact, most of
the goods that one finds in Wal-Mart have
been imported from China. Workers in
China can be exploited easier for much
lower prices than in America, where there
are little nagging things like minimum
wage and child labor laws. Then Wal-Mart
abuses the free trade ag reement with
China to bring these goods en ~ass to
stores in America. With the refusal to
pump money back into local economies,
Wal-Mart has given China a great many
of our assets. It is predicted that China
will have the most powerful economy in
the world within the next 20 years, due in
no small part to Wal-Mart's actions.
Wal-Mart workers are exploited as
well, though not to the degree of the Chinese. They work long hours for low
wages. Worse than that, Wal-Mart makes
it practically impossible to gain benefits
and raises. To earn benefits, you must
work a full 40-hour week, but managers
will allow you to work only 39 hours per
week. Moreover, Wal-Mart has fired
people just months short of retirement.
Why don't these exploited employees find new jobs? There simply aren't
any. When Wal-Mart finds a suitable spot
to open up business, it will expend any
resources necessary to crush all local competition. Now they've got an army of
people with no jobs that will work for
minimum wage for as.many hours as they
can get. Wal-Mart creates dependence for
an immediate threat to the United States.
So our newscasters were insinuating that
to disagree with the president would
make a person a Saddam Hussein supporter or a terrorist. Where is the liberal
bias
m
this?
Voices in the media have since become
more critical during the war's controversial outcome; however, as a rule the liberal voice is Largely underplayed in the
meclia. Take Seymour Her sh's article in
the New Yorker on the possible American invasion of Iran. How many of you
hao even heard of that story prior to my
March piece in the Chronicle? Not
many, I'll bet, because the major networks underrepresented
dissenting
voices concerning bow this administration bandied the situat ion in Iraq.
Take Deborah Amos and Rick
Davi s, the Woodrow Wilson Fellows
who recently visited the university. They
were correspondents in the Middle East
for many years, and they believe that the
elections held in lraq were a great step
forward. As Amos said, "I was truly
moved." But both, especially Davis,
have criticized how the president has
handled post-war Iraq and what he plans
to do in the future.
So the question comes down to this:
ls any attempt to criticize the commander-in-chief objectively as a journalist viewed simply as liberal bias? T'll let
you answer that question for yourself,
but before you do, bear this thought in
mind: Perhaps Americans, and not just
news people, should learn to think more
critically and not be ruled by persona l
biases.
Kayaking, continued
from page 2 ~~~~~
As the trip neared its end, a bald eagle
soared over us, canying a branch for its
nest - a perfect conclusion
With a little help from nature, this
turned out to be an amazing weekend.
The Outdoor Activity Club will most
likely be doing this trip again in the fall,
andfor$20, you canexpenencethe lfellt
outdoors. I would recommend this trip
to anyone.
the poor populace. Slaves have been bred
in simi lar fashion.
·
At the Wal-Mart near my home, I've
seen officials exploit racial tension and
Affirmative Action as well. Their strategy is simple: hire more Caucasians than · Advocate, continued
is allowed by Affirmative Action. When
from page 2~~===~
enough people complain, fire all of the
of Caucasians and hire all minorities at on campus every year. Perhaps , more imlower wages. Then, when the minorities portantly, it was Wray who, year after year,
leave because they're working long hours ceaselessly campaigned for the new comwith low wages, change them out slowly munications major . In addition, be was
for Caucasians. When the equilibrium is deeply dedicated to the welfare of interbreached again, another switch occurs. national students.
Few people know, however, that he
This allows executives to have fresh
workers at new worker pay without fac- sometimes made loans (read: gave money)
ing a lawsuit for laying off employees. I to students who could not have returned
have seen this changing of the guard to school without his gener.osity.
This summer, Wray, 63, will enter
twice now.
semi-retirement.
In typically selfless fashI won't suggest that Wal-Mart is
ion,
be
is
returning
tq his native Virginia
solely responsible for all of our economic
to
care
for
bis
elderly
parents in Emporia
problems. I would be lying if I said that
and
perhaps
to
do
part-time
work for a
the American consumers would be
lucky
college
in
the
Old
Dominion.
blameless for the problems that Wal-Mart
We will deeply miss this kind, caring,
has caused. But would I be wrong to sugunfailingly
optimistic man. No one here
gest that Wal-Mart should be held responhas
ever
done
so much good for so many
sible for the suffering it has caused and
students.
will cause yet?
6
Campus Chronicle
NEWS AND FEATURES
Friday, April 15, 2005
Business professor seeks thrills Shoeboxes
by riding motorcycles, skydiving collected
By Br a ndctn Wr ig ht
Staff Writer
would pale in comparison to his other
career choices.
Dunham rapidly advanced in the
business world and went on to work under the title of corporate cash manager for
both Hammermill Paper Company and In-
Financial management professor
James Dunham has not allowed success
to slow him down or keep him from doing what he loves. He is a man
of great character, integrity
and dedication. But first he
had to find his way.
At first glance, Dunham
may look like just another
older man teaching at HPU .
But when you talk to him, you
find out that this assumption
is incorrect. Mr. Dunham is
an oddity among older men.
He is a thrill-seeker.
At age 17. Dunham was
a high school dropout living
in his hometown of Galeton,
Pa. He lacked direction, but
he found it in the United States
Army. "The Army made a
man out of me," Dunham said.
If it hadn't been for the Army,
he doesn't know what would
have become of him.
Dunham achieved the
rank of captain, earned a
Bronze Star and became a
qualified parachutist and helicopter pilot. "They taught
PIIOTO B\
ot,NH.\M JOINFll THf'. HPU f·'I\Clll n IN 19RS.
me how to jump out of airplanes," he said lightly. But
temational Paper. "I was responsible for
obviously, this is not all that they taught
the mvesting and handling of three bilhim. He also spent one year in the fierce
combat of Vietnam and some enlisted
lion dollars each year," be said. He bad
time in Germany. Dunham said that the this job from 1980 to 1991, until he purArmy built his sense of responsibility.
sued his true passion. teaching.
The fact that he bad other people's lives
"You guys are my fix," Dunham said,
in his hands forced him to mature. The as he spoke about his students. That's why
he comes to class every day. "I don't have
Army gave him leadership skills he could
not have attamed anywhere else.
to work. I'm retired," he stated. DunAfter the Army, Dunham allowed the ham is truly passionate about his teachlessons he'd learned to carry over to his mg and, above all, his students.
professional life. He graduated from the
Dunham started teaching here in
University of Cincinnati at age 32 and hit
1985 as an adjunct professor. He was not
the ground runnmg. His first job was as able to be a full-lime teacher because of
an accountant for a steel company. It his business schedule. Once he was able
(1raduate,; who are un 1ble to pick up
uckets m the manner listed abo, e should
call 841-9130 to ammge spec1,1l deli,erv
Graduates should attend commencement rehearsal. which w11lbe held
May 6 at 2 p.m in Memonal Auditorium
Baccalaureate,
featuring guest
speaker Or. Robert A. Schuller Jr of
Crysta l Cathed ral Ministries, will be
held May 6 at 6 p.m. in Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church.
This service is not open to the public. Tickets arc not require d. Atte ndees
will be seated on a first-come basis.
Grad uates should arr ive for Boccalau,eate at 5: 15 p.m. dressed in full academic regalia. Gue<;ts should note that
flash photogiaphy aud video cameras arc
not pe,mittcd inside the church during
the service.
T'he grnduation ceremony, wl11ch
will feature guest -.pcaker Rudy Giuliam,
fom1cr mayor of New York, will begin
at 9 a.m. on the Roberts Hall Lawn.
J1cketr. w111only be needed 1f the
ceremonv I', moved to the Millis Center
due 10 inclement weather.
Dec1s1011sregardmg the rain plan
\\ i II be mnde by noon on May 6 ,tnd ,, 111
be announced at
www.hiclµm:ed.05
commencement.
ln the case M bad
weather, students
will be permitted a
maximum of two
guests who mu~t
have a m in-only
ticket for entry.
Like the lunch eon
tickets,
these l1ckets ca n
be picked up dw·ing norma l office
hours from Apri l
25-Moy 3 at the
Office of Student
Life. the Evening
Degree Program
Center and the
North Building on
the Madison Park
Campus.
Chns Dudley. dtrector of commu1111yrel3tions, said that tluo,;year's rain
plnn wou ld hove involved the same
to teach full-time, be was able to use his
experience as a business leader and U.S.
Army captain to mold himself into a great
teacher.
But his most impressive characteristic may be his dedication. "My life is
wrapped up in teaching.
It's what I like and so I do
it," he said. He is a dedicated husband and father of
two: Laura, 33 and John.
36. He is also grandfather
to one child, and another is
on the way .
Many teachers suffer
from stress on the job.
Dunham escapes this by
using his spare time to seek
freedom riding a motorcycle. "Every JOb has
stress. Stress doe sn't overcome me,"' he explained.
He doe s a lot to get his
other fix, being challenged
by dangerou s situations,
for instance, as a skydiver.
He also goes to the mountains nearly every weekend
to relax.
Dunham does not fmd
it bard to get through his
days of teaching because
his students seem to give
BE1 II \N T 110'1\ '
him the energy he needs to
get through the day.
"You kids are a lot more important
to me than any of you would ever think,"'
he said He loves to watch those whom
he seems superior to go on to be smarter
than he 1s. That is what be worked to do
in business, and the same can be said for
bts teaching career. He may not realize,
though, how much his students truly enJOYwatching him, "at work," in class.
Dunham said that the one lesson
he'd like his students to leave with is that,
"everyone is important and everyone
matters. from top to bottom." He'd also
liJ...ethem to pursue as ethically and morally correct a life as possible.
ticket po hey C\ en 1fGiuliani hadn ·1accepted the uni\ ers1tv 's m\ltat10n lo
speak.
In
the
past two ceremonies hlne
been held in
M11l1s Center
when 11rained,
but Dudley
said that tlus
scenario left
tnany feeling
cheated.
According to Dudley,
university officials decided
to
pursue
G1ulinn1 and
Schuller
as
speakers because they felt
the g1aduates
descn ed to be
rev, orded for
four yea.rs of work
••Jiopcfully, graduation will be a
day you 'II never forget ·• he said
for troops
in Iraq
By Mo Kamara
Staff Writer
Neither Kim Soban, director of counseling, nor Robin Lindsay, director of student health , bas a relative fighting in Iraq ,
but they believe that the soldiers m Iraq
are there for a mission and this community needs to support them.
They recently acted on that belief by
initiating a campaign to show troops that
HPU cares. They collected shoeboxes
filled with toiletries, cards, snacks and a
variety of other items. Kim said.
"Shoeboxes were from students, faculty,
staff, alumni and family members." She
also said, "The university family is very
giving."
One hundred
and thirty
shoeboxes were collected, and Student
Life paid for postage.
The shoeboxes were mailed to SPC
Michael R. Barnhart who is stationed in
Iraq. In his thank-you e-mail, he wrote
that he distributed the boxes to his fellow
soldiers. Barnhart also wrote that "personally, I think the thought and act of you all
doing this is priceless." Some students
received personal letters from the soldiers
who received shoeboxes. They greatly appreciated the efforts, thoughts and prayers
that the university community extended
to them.
The original idea for the shoeboxes
troops can be credited to Robin Ltndsay. After watching ..60 Minutes, " she
learned that the support of our troops
abroad was decreasing due to the Tsunami
disaster. She mentioned that "as a commuruty, this 1sthe best time for us to show
our troops that we love and care for them." .
Kim Soban agreed to work with Robin
after a staff/faculty meeting.
The two women are pleased with their
work and promised that programs like this
will be seen frequently on campus.
for
Dudley :-;aid that the Greensboro
Cohseum and Lawrence Joel Veterans
Memorial Coliseum were also cons1dcrcd for ram venues, but usmg these fac1hues \\ ould require changes m the
ceremony's scheduled date and llme
'There wasn't an ideal situation at
any of these spots:· Dudley .said "Knowmg everything that we know, having it
here is the best sci::nano "
Rain or shme, the ceremony will be
broadcast live vm closed-circuit television at the Hayworth Fine Ar1s Center,
l laywo11h Chape l and Me morial Aud itorium. Tickets will not be required at
these locat1011s.which collectively seat
about 1500 people.
The graduation breakfast will be
held at 6:30 a.m in the Panthe r Commons on May 7 Graduates should line
up for the ceremony on tlie lntemallonal
Promenade al S· 15 a.m.
Guests are encouraged to take a
shuttle to the ceremony. A shuttle ,, ill
contmuously run from Oak Hollow Mall
to Robem Hall bcgmmng at 6•30 a m.
~ore mfomrnt10nconcerning commencement
can
he found
at
www h1ghpornt edu conunencement.
NEWS AND FEATURES
Frida y, Ap ril 15, 2005
Campus Chronicle
7
Fu·rniture capital of High Point sounds off on
competition as Vegas holds inaugural market
By Me lissa Ca udiJJ
Staff Writer
"Furniture capital of the world" is
synonymous with High Point. Every student, who enters HPU is bombarded with
that phrase. Those who have never heard
of High Point before coming here know
within their first few weeks of that fact.
Twice a year, the city of High Point
has around 80,000 visitors - buyers, exhibitors, manufacturers, retai lers and
members of the press. Students compete
each October and April for Jobs at Market. The hours are long, but the pay is
good - and sometimes it is not even
taxed.
Some carry heavy boxes of furniture,
lighting . rugs and accessones up flights
of stairs and unpack boxes for showrooms to be set up. Others stand on a
street comer for 10 hours passing out
magazines or flyers. And some stand in
the street directing traffic and momtoring parking. Whatever the job, students
are assured of one thing - money!
With 11 million square feet of showroom space, High Point has the largest
wholesale home furnishings show in the
world. Now, there's a new market in
town. On July 25 -29, Las Vegas will
host its first market at the World Market
Center. Five million square feet of show
room space is available this July in permanent and temporary locations. On
April 1, expansion plans were announced
with total showroom space to reach 12
million square feet by 2015. The new
Las Vegas Market will rival High Point's
already established market.
"The Las Vegas market is definitely
being watched by people in High Pomt.
It has gotten some people concerned,"
said Denjse Becker of the News &
Record. The effect Las Vegas will have
is impossible to predict. The ripples
could take five. 10, even 20 years to be
felt by High Point.
With all the attention and anticipa-
tioo, the inaugural market in Vegas will WMC. And Vegas is known as the "Conprobably have more attendance than what vention Cap ital of the World" with an inyou'd expect from a trade show. "Peop le ternational reputation for entertainment.
are going to be curious," said Becker. The nightlife Vegas is famous for includes
"Our original projections were appr()xi- many casinos, restaurants and bars that
mately 35,000 attendees representing all stay open all night. "Those strengths mirbuying channe ls," said Dana Pretner, di- ror High Point's perceived weaknesses/
rector of marketing and pub lic relations said Becker.
for the World Market Center. "This atSo what chance does High Point
tendance figure is expected to increase stand against the Sin City? For starters,
significantly now that we have expanded
its name. Over nearly 80 years, High
the scope of our show."
Point has established itself as the FurniThe newly released plans have eight ture Capital of the World, a title which
phases over a 57 acre sight in the heart of won't be easy to shake. "lfyou 're going
Las Vegas. "Our growth plans are a re- to be anyone in the market , you have to
sult of buyers' and exhibitors' avalanche go to High Point. Las Vega<;isn 't going
of support for the Las Vegas Market. The to shake that in one year," said Becker.
industry strongly believes in our Ion~ tenn
Despite the size of the WMC. it curvision of a world-class market in the rently doesn't reach the ll million sq uare
world-class
feet capacity of showroom
city of Las
space here. The first Ve"The furniture world's
gas market will be oneVega-i,bringing together
fi fth the size of High
ties to High Point are not
all facets of
Point. And the many furthe home fur- as strong as they once were
niture companies invested
nishings inbecause many c<_>mpanics 10 High Point won't be
dustry," said
able to just pick up and
moved their production
Co-Managleave. Furniture compafrorri the Triad area to
ing Partner
nies own showrooms in
J a c k
High
Point, but at the
overseas locations."
WMC only leasing opKa s h a n i . L===========================::::=.i
"We continue to be approached by mul- tions are avai lable. "It is not easy for
tiple segments of the industry and are con- someone like Natuzzi to just pick up and
tinuing our efforts to address the needs go to Vegas. They have an investment
and wants of the industry. Based on ex- here," said Becker.
tensive mput from the industry. we are cerTo some, the busy nightlife ofVegas
tain a diversified mix of products located could be seen as a distraction to the buywithin a convenient, integrated campus ers and manufacturers, who are there to
represents the way of the future."
work, not play. HPU senior Alexis WinLas Vegas has some obvious advan- ning said, "O nce the buyers at the Vegas
tages over High Point. Vegas offe rs more Market go out and lose all their money in
hotel rooms and a better rate than High the casinos instead of purchasing furniPoint's sky-high market rates. There is ture, they'll come back to High Point."
also an abundance of free park mg along
Another challenge the Vegas market
the Vegas strip. a perk which High Pomt faces is the heat. Vegas in July can be
lacks. Transportation to and around the stifling. WMC plans to offer misting
market in Vegas wiJJ be simple - mono- hoses and hassle-free shuttles to alleviate
rail (under construction), taxis. rental cars the discomfort of market-goers.
and a free shuttle service provided by the
The furmture world's ties to High
NBC News producer speaks about
challenges of broadcast media
By Nick IJamml'r
& Alexis Winning
on the air After ~chwe1tz. r how~d a recent news stor) h produced .1hout
",ra{f W, 1Le1~
Blockbuster's No L,1k Fee poh1.y he
said, · I counted I ~ clements that 1t took
Murray Sch\\cliz.er . .i producer for Just to !.!Ct thm
NBC New'i in Washmgton D C stressed tl II ng up there. '
the importance of !;(orytelLingm broad- Among other
castmg dunng a speech 111Norton I loll thmgs. he wrote
March 28.
the copy that
Schweitzer has done media work was heard, the
Stnce 1968, mc ludmg the fast 23 years Lag that was
with NBC. He smd, "l have never seen seen,
transmy business in so muc h trouble," cit ing posed the words
such scanda ls as CBS's use of false when
somedocuments m a report about Preside nt body was talk· Bush 's Nat ional Guard experience and tng unc learly
New York Tmmesreporter Jayson Blair's and ordered the
fabricated stones about oldier Jessica Blockbuster
Lynch
comntcrc1al'i
Schwenzer called for TV news pros that were used
to reinvent their product. scrapping p1c- as part of the redictablc formats and •n mg VJcwers a pon--all for a
menu of stones to wat h ,It any time of story that lasted lwo mmutes and fortyda} Ile may not be happy with his m- fi,e second .
dustry. but he does ~n1oy hi'S Job as a
Schweitzer s lecture was filled with
consumer 1mestigat1ve producer He 10.S1ghton bow to break mto television,
said. ''The role people like me play is to the most crn.;tal ~l;tlls to have and ho\\
make unportunt stones mtercstmg.' So storytdlmg 1s the qumtcsscntml e lement
man things are re uire<l to •et a story m all journalusm. I le nlso mcludeJ live
.------·-- --
brondcao;tsegments that lie produced to
,IJu<;trateJus work Bemg an off-air re
porter was ·hard to exp! 11n It• some of
his fmmly l lc related a story about how
his g1.111dmothcr c1lways
asked him obout why she
never saw him on the
broadcasts. ''I'm the behind the scenes guy,"
Schweitzer told her.
''You cannot be on TV
if you ca n 't wnte:'
Schweitzer emp hasized,
ca llin g writing the most
important skill in broad casting, on or off came ra.
Schwe itzer is most
proud of creating ''Does 1t
Really Do That?''. a segmen t that appears three
times a year rnvest1gatmg
products advert ised on
intomercrnls After presenting a lnlanous segment about the Perfect Pancake
Maker, a contrapuon that claim~ to make
the perfect pancake every time.
Schweuzer laughed and s:ud, "On my
tomb:stone it will read I was the creator
of 'Does ll Really Do That?' '
Point are not as strong as they once were
because many companies moved their
production from the Triad area to overseas locations. Nevertheless, it won't be
easy to shake the title of Furniture Capital of the World from High Point. The new
expansion plans for Las Vegas create more
reason for High Point to improve and update its market.
Pretner said, "All oftbe national and
regional markets have their unique characteristics and features, and as Jong as
they deliver a unique purpose to the buyer,
such markets can co-exist. I ligh Point has
been an important national market for the
last l 00 years. and there is a significant
amount of showroom buildmgs and ownership in High Point Our aim in Las Vegas is not to duplicate or replicate what
already exists. Rather. we are focused on
seizmg the opportunity with respect to
building a world-class, comprehensive,
state of the art complex for the 21'' century. One campus. One management. AIJ
segments. In the world's most dynamic
trade show city.''
Students to
teach in China
By Miki Ikeda
Staff Writer
An organization called Camp
China came to school and called for students who want to teach Engl ish in
China. The candidates bad to be Christian and had to ha, eat least one year in
college. They would spend a week in
California to get training, then leave
America for China. Khou Xiong, a
freshman, and Paul Hannam. a sophomore, have been accepted by the program and are going to China to teach
English.
Khou is Hmong born in Laos. He
came to the U.S. when he was three in
1989. While his ancestors were Chinese,
he's never been to China. His relallves
are not the only reason he has an interest 10 Chma. He loves bds and teaching. "I want to influence people, make
a difference in people's life, so that will
be a great opportunity,'' he said. He
hopes that his Chinese students will
learn not only English, but also how
American culture 1sdifferent from other
cultures.
Paul Hannam is from lall'\aica and
has been in the U S. for seven years. I le
is the one who mtroduced this matter to
Khou. He has traveled many places
around the world but not to China. He
loves kung fu movies that spark his interest in China. Like Khou, Paul loves
to teach. He said, '' l want to be a doctor
in the future, but if the occasion arises,
T won't miss the occasion to be a
teacher." From his expenences m foreign countries, he knows that is very important and intereslmg to get to know
about other cultures and their languages.
Of course. he wants his Chmese students to learn new things while they're
studying English.
Both Khou and Paul are excited
about gomg to China, but it will cost
them $3500 each. They're trying to call
people for donations and also selling
egg rolls and beautiful Japanese
Ongamj works made by Japanese students to help pay their expenses.
8
NEWS AND FEATURES
Campus Chronicle
Friday, April 15, 2005
Two students disprove stere(?types about home state
By Erin Sullivan
Staff Writer
While they recognize that their
home state isn 't extremely progressive,
two Panther women feel the need to dispel the myth that people from West Virginia are less intelligent than those from
other states.
"Because I am from a small town
in West Virginia, to many I meet I am
assumed to be dumb, toothless, shoeless
and incestuous," said Andrea Griffith, a
senior English major from Lewisburg.
Griffith pointed out that she is just
as intelligent and ambitious as people
from other states.
"I want to do a lot of different
things," she said, citing magazine and
newspaper work, speech-writing for
politicians and becoming a non-profit director.
Griffith holds a GPA of3.86 and has
served as editor of various campus publications,
including
the Campus
Chronicle. During her junior year, she
held five jobs at once, ranging from giving campus tours to serving as a public
relations specialist for the school.
When asked about her workhorse
attitude, she recalled helping her parents
run their bed and breakfast when she was
a child.
"Among other tasks, I would take
down reservations on the phone," she
said. "When the guests arrived, they
couldn't believe they were speaking to
a seven-year-old at the time."
Fewer than two million people live
across 24,000 square miles in the Mountain State. Griffith finds this fact comforting since it allows a commonality for
its inhabitants, whether it is knowledge
of a town or a shared acquaintance, like a
family member, friend or neighbor.
"We all stereotype," she said . "But
stereotypes that surround a place like West
Virginia are accepted in society. West Virginia jokes are among the last accepted
forms of discrimination."
Kristen Kelps, a senior biology and
math major and fellow West Vrrginian,
shares a similar frame of mind. Kelps
wants a Ph.D. in pharmacology, combining
the
skills and
knowledge
she had acquired by
being
a
double degree student. She
noted that
she could
h a v e
graduated
in
three
years had
she only
studied under
one
major.
CRfFFl11f AND KELPS
Kelps
was valedictorian of her high school in
Ravenswood. "I always did well in high
school," she said. "But, I just thought,
'Well, it's just a small school."'
After attending classes at High Point,
she found that she was just as intelligent
as her fellow classmates. She found the
fact that she attended a small high school
to be to her benefit , since the majority of
High Point's classes contain under 30 students.
Kelps is a Presidential Scholar, with
her entire tuition covered. She bolds a
GPA of3.97, landing her a spot in the
top IO percent of her class.
Along with winning the chemistry
Cardinal Award, she was accepted to
two competitive interpship programs
during the past summer, ultimately
choosing a program at the University
of Georgia. She was one of 15 people
chosen Qut of 200 for the Fungal
Genomics and Computational Biology
internshipprogram.
Wtfh
everythingshe
has ace om plished,
she still
fee Is
hindered
by the
West
Virginia
stereotypes.
She rePROTO BY ERIN SULLIVAN
called
freshman year, when along with all of the
tribulations of being a freshman, she
also worried about what others thought
about her background.
"When I'd meet someone new, the
.worst two questions to get were 'What
year are you?' and 'Where are you
from?'" she said .
She said she would always receive
a joke about being a freshman and then
another joke about being inbred.
''There are definitely times when I
Inside the life of a homeless woman
By Gena Sm.Ith
Sta.ff Wnter
have to catch the chicken,'' swd Lester.
Once 11man asked her if be could use
the shower. She told him he could tf he
Four pairs of gloves and two tobog- fetched the water, which you have to find
gans. TI1ose were her Christmas presents Jugs to carry 1t in. built the fire, which you
last year from well-wishers driving along have to find firewood and matches for.
found a towel and a wash cloth. which are
Main Street.
Not far from the old Gulf gas sta- not always avatlable as you dig through a
dumpster. She told him that by tbe time
tion, about I 00 feet behind a furniture
show room and within SOfeet of a rest- he gathered everythmg needed, a year
dential area.lies a litdcWDOdeclareanear would have passed by.
Busmess 85, and the oampsite where
To the left, there is a camping tent
that houses jugs of water, all of which
Patricia Lester, SI, lives.
Lester has
Her tanned and r.==========================:::;i
"Homelessness is no fun. The
retrieved
aged face, long, uncut brown and grey
herself. In
hair and bar di~
worst thing about it if you do it thecenterof
fingernails
tell 6i
story of street h"ta
Among her fiienda
the word .. homoless .. doesn•t reallv
,
e:xast; and sb.e
W1Sbed1t didn't ex-
istin the public's vocabulary, either.
well, is it's far too easy to stay
homeless. It has a certain
amount of security because you
· you to
have nothing to tie
society's standard ...It can be
addictive."
1!::=============::=..1
wom
thing that am happen la to let someone the trash.
"The
the grounds,
there lies a
small table
with oil, an
old
bathroom cabinet mirror
and other
co II cc ted
1iems from
know I'm hOll)C)ess,becaUleimmedi-
ately tbe1r attitudechanges.
saidLester.
"You can't get over: undet, around or
through to anyone that you an: Just another pc,nonin need of asStstaDce."
Smeet 994 Lesterbaslived on and
oft' at this well-established campsite
Bverydnog there was found from a
dumpster. Lester hasa shower - an upStdo-downbucket with a pulley system
anda whitetarp stretched across a triangle of trees for pnvacy "Taking a
shower JS like killing a chicken; first you
The kitchen is to the right of the
shower,and a lme of aboutfive pms bangs
on a bar between two tree posts. There's a
pile of trash on the ground of the kitchen.
There's a pile of alummum cans mostly
beer - near the center; there's a ptle of
heaJthy green and red peppers on a small
tarp across from the water jug tent. And
there are clothes banging from every lme
of rope there is, almost like a fence, to the
left of her room.
Lester Sllld drinking problems caused
her homelessness, her divorce and her los-
ing custody of her children as well as
an affluent lifestyle.
"Homelessness.'' she said, ''is no
fun. The worst thmg about 11 1f you do
it well, is it's for too easy to stay homeless. It has a certain amount of security
because you have nothmg to tie you to
society's standard. Titere are no bills to
pay It can be addictive."
People offer to help Lester every
once in a while. But "their idea of helping 1sto go to BoJangles and buy you a
dinner. They think one roll of toilet paper last'>you six months."
She doesn't like the conventional
shelters in High Pomt and Greensboro
because they have too many restrictions. There is a shelter she knows of
in Georgia that takes people m without
any drug or alcohol screening and gives
them food stamps. If the people do not
get up on their own two feet after that,
they can never Tetum to the shelter.
..l:ve heardhorror stories about the
shelters here. People have to sleep with
thetr clothes tucked under their head,"
she said. "It's enough to make anyone
who 1s trying to come off alcohol go
right back to 1t "
A personcan•tjust go throughthe
sbeher and its alcohol program and sud.
denlybecured."He bas to learn to function in BOCletyagam, •• sbe said.
Lester
wouldn't
wish
homelessness on anyone ... It's very,
very lonely. I had pneumonia last week
andI could have died; andno one would
have cared .. .It's not safe. I sleep With a
recfhook, with a pitch fork, with knives
-and I don't sleep well ..
think, ' God, it. would be so much easier
not to tell people I'm from West Virginia,"' she said. However, she bas never
lied 13boutit.
According
to High
Point
University 's web site, West Vuginia residents have one of the highest graduation
rates at High Point University. In May,
Griffith and Kelps will add to that number, helping to prove the West Virginia
stereotypes wrong.
"I don't think it's where you're from
that determines bow successful you're
going to be ," said Kelps. "It 's the opportunities you decide to take. "
Library, continued from front
page~~~~~~~~~•
staff and our contributions to the library
in appreciation of our efforts."
Hitchcock stated that she will miss
working with "such fine people," but
will also miss tbe students. "To me, an
institution is made up of both students
and faculty," said Hitchcock. "That's
our whole reason for being there and
that's what I loved the most. And I liked
working with the students because
working with people that age keeps you
young.I'
Students express similar sentiments. Juniors Rebecca Fleming and
Daniel Holland, who also work in circulation, remember Hitchcock as a
good boss and nice person. "She always seemed to be happy," said Holland. "It was rare to see her without a
smile on her face ."
Bryden will also mi ss working
with Hitchcock, but is eager to start
changing and improving the library.
Bryd en will be taking on dual responsibilities as he will continue his work
as head ofreference services. "It would
be disappointing ifl couldn 't work with
students," said Bryden. In addition to
teaching classes on research and citation and working in reference, he will
be in charge of coordinating and organizing staff, purchasing electronic
sources and printed materials and giving guidance to the goals of the library.
Bryden came with his family to
High Point in 1958 when his father
came to teach at the college. Bryden
was hired in 1990, but previously held
positions in business. "Working in retail was a real help in library work,"
said Bryden. ''If you don't treat the customers right, they don't come back, and
here the students are the patrons. They
are the ones who are footing the bills."
Williams stated that Bryden will
make a good director. "He'll look to
the needs of the students and be 's already asking for suggestions," said
Williams. Sheri Teleha, serials and
cataloging librarian, added, "He'll be a
good director and he'll bring in a new
perspective."
Bryden is considering extending library hours to fit the needs of the students since many study during late
evening and early morning hours.
"There are not a lot of places to study
on campus that are quiet, and I would
like to get more students to walk
through our doors," said Bryden. Plans
are being made to make the library
wireless, and Bryden hopes to expand
the journals and electronic resources to
suit the needs of the various departments on campus. He also hopes that
students will offer suggestions as to
how the library can be improved .
Friday, April 15, 2005
PHOTO SPECIAL
Campus Chron icle
9
Gart Evans during the
mustache
years
(above).
The
Hayworth
Chapel
much different than
how we know it now
(left). An actual High
i?oint University track
(below).
Ever notice how
much the Greensward resembles a
street, back when it
was (above)? A more
'70s stylin 'Haworth
Science (left). Dr.
Janzes Stitt circa
1980 (right).
Thefashions may have changed but
at least the atmosphere at school
dances hasn't changed with the
times (top). Our school Panther
before his much deserved
makeover (right). Back when the
'90s grunge ruled (far right).
10
A&E
Campu s Chron icle
Frida y, April 15, 2005
Toccatatones record first CD, tour East Coast
Two remaining original members to graduate May 7
By Amanda Roberts
A&E Editor
That victory led to appearances at Orientation and Presidential Scholarship
weekend and in the chapel. Last spring,
they held their first concert. The fall semester, they performed with an Appala-
Four years ago, the Toccatatones
burst onto the High Point University
scene. The time: the talent show.
The prize: first place, $150. Of the
original five members, two rema in,
Mike Maykisb and Josh McAfee;
this year, they're graduating.
Mayk ish, McAfee, Chris
Ho lmes, Adam Caoavazzi and
Baron Heinemann brought the
Toccatatones to life, a dream uniting the five guys. The style of music and a desire to perform led
these guys to form an a capella
group. "It's bard lo say bow it began, but it did begin," Maykish
said.
The Toccatatones found their
inspiration in Todd Owen Carter,
former director of the music department It had been his dream
to start an a cappella group on
campus . He contracted cancer and
died in 2001, before Maykish and
lO(C\lA
I ONF.S P[IHOR\I fOR \', \DORI',(.
{ RO\\D
McAfee entered as freshmen. ''We used chian State a capclla group. "What 's Yer
his initials and found a music term to fit," Pleasure?" and this spring, in addition to
McAfee said.
their concert, they will be releasing their
"At the beginning, we only knew first CD."
one song," Maykish said . "The talent
This year's Toccatatones lineup inshow was the first place we sang before eludes Nick Adams, Adam Duncan, Bob
an audience. We won, and we thought it Haviland, Gabe Herhnger, Daniel Homey,
was pretty cool."
Dane Jackson, Maykish, McAfee, Adam
COME SEE THE SHOWS
'Tbe Deatb and Lift of Sneaky Pitcb'
(A Wutern Conutly)
April 15 &16 7:30
April 17 2:00
Students $5
Adults $10
Children and Senior Citizens Discount
O'
'.2'
(• drtalUIalHna the Nllnllll,erg 'Inah)
April 22 & 23 7:30
Black Box Theatre
Free to All, but pick up tickets before show
ACTORS ADAM
rno,. JOn
OFTEN RU!\IOROliS "l"
HODGI::ANO JOF ZITO PERFORM \ SCE'll: rno,11·HE
DRAMA1 IC, TIIOUCII
Troy and Joe Zito.
The boys practice about two times a
week, no more than three hours a week.
Recruitment occurs most often by
Maykish or one of the other members,
New Jersey, concluding their trip with recording the first two thirds of their album .
"Our first stop was supposed to be Bob
Haviland's house." Maykish said. "However, Bob didn't know how to get to his
house. We spent three to four
hours trying to find it."
"I tell the guys, 'Don't
think about it, just sing,' when
we perform," Maykish stated.
The Toccatatones have
bonded as friends as well as
singers. Over spring break,
they performed with Chapel
Choir at Carnegie Hall, having
fun by dancing during their
routine, most notably, "The
Robot."
"The Toccatatones is a
good outlet for being able to
get
away
and
have
Toccatatones time. I've been
here since spring 2003, and the
practices have gotten more organized, and we have received
more notice," Duncan said.
PHOTO 8\ BETH A','THO~Y
"I love the Toccatatones
pulling other guys they knew could sing because the ladies love the Toccatatones,"
and would be dedicated. "We've had au- Haviland said jokingly.
ditions in the last two years, with about
The group will release its CD on April
four guys showing up at each . Some of 30. Many styles of music, from traditional
them are now members , which speaks doo-wop to classic rock, choral music to
highly of the quality of the performers
a Mozart fugue , appear on the album.
we have," ¥aykisb said.
Their spring concert is April 30, in the
Last fall, the Toccatatones toured Hayworth Fine Arts Center at 8 p.m.
Beck scores another
alternative rock hit
Thrice, A Static Lullaby good rock albums; Smith switches
===~
over to music (again)~==============
By Lam:en Croughan
Staff Writer
Blige.
Final Grade- B
A Static Lullaby- Faso Latido
Beck- Guero
Well, the Loser is at it again.
Classic Beck sassiness, mixed
with a bit of a Spanish flavor,
makes this album incredibly interesting to listen to. The alternative rocker has some alternative
lyrics and some definitely alternative :mm.mer beats. Ingenious
and genuine, Beck is one of the
foremost arti~
our time. Savor him.
Final Grade- A
of
Will Smith- Lost and Found
With his continually switching career, Will Smith moves back into the music scene with his new album featuring a
contagiously
danceab le
song called
"Switch."
The album
.
.
1s surpnsingly clean
in content,
compared
with some
other artists, and he
delivers a
commendable performance in his own way. I had
the feeling going mto listenmg to the album that it was just a marketing tool, but
it actually was worth the time. The album features Snoop Dogg and Mary J.
Rock,
in 1tsevercbanging
form, bas
found ano t h e r
great band
to
discover. A
Static
Lullaby, a
new band
who rose
from the
underground of St. Louis, Missouri, has
many a good quality in its music. It is
energetic wilhou~ being deafening, but the
singer's vocal chords have to be strained.
The powerful lyrics and guitar
definitely could raise your spirits.
Final Grade- B+
Thnce- The Artist in the
Ambulance
Now this is rock that sings
from the heart. This popular
band's new album is full of
well-written, from-the-inncrsanctum lyrics and guitar from
the soul. The album reminds
me of most rock bands in the
mainstream section, but there is
something about Thrice that stands out to
me; and I am not sure what that thmg is.
Thrice makes great music, and The Artist
in the Ambulance is further evidence.
Fina l Grade- B+
Friday, April 15, 2005
ORGANIZA"TIONAL NEWS
Graduating Greeks
leave behind a legacy
By Sylvia Harwood
Greek Editor
On May 7, all seniors will be closing
the chapter in their life known as the college years. For Greek seniors, this end can
mean so much more. As soon as they receive their diplomas, they are no longer
active chapter members. They are alumni
which means they no longer attend meetings , pay dues or attend mandatory philanthropy events.
To those who have spent four years
doing so, these duties will not be missed.
But it is.not only these things that theseniors no longer participate in. Themed
mixers, formals and date parties , random
sisterhood and brotherhood events, specific tables at lunch, the "rock ," fraternity
apartments and Millis dorm , houses on
O.A. Kirkman, car washes, nights at Triangle, Ham's , Cbumley's and Cleary's,
rush parties, millions of photo ops, beach
trips and spring breaks, Greek Week,
Derby Day , the list of things which will
now become memories goes on and on.
Throughout their college careers,
these students have given all of their bard
work to make their chapters the best of
the best.
The dedication and commitment go
beyond the simple duties of being a
brother or sister; th~ feeling is a deep connection that derives from knowing that
they were part of something special and
exclusive. These seniors hold the knowledge and experience of Greek life, and
even though they will soon move on into
the real world , their influence on each
chapter and on the High Point campus will
forever remain.
From all of the underclassmen
Greeks , we wish you the best, and assure
you that you will all be missed.
Katie, continued from page 3
and number of bad decisions I made in
college.
Does this mean impending doom
for our future as we know it? W.ith that
melodramatic question aside, college is
one of our last chances to be a kids. College is a world of its own where we have
the freedom to do what we wunt but not
have to suffer the consequences we
would in the real world--one last hurrah, 1ou might say. We can go out und
get hammered one night anJ still manage to make 1t to our test the next day.
We can indulge in as much bad behavior as we want and still barely pass
cla,;ses.
College is the time to make the
memories that years from now you will
tell to friends and won't be able to believe yourself what you were willmg to
do in college for a good time and a laugh.
And though l will m.1ss1there. it IS a good
thing college is only four years long because l don't think many people could
live their life at the pace of life we live
here. College is the chance to hve your
<lays with disregard to how it will affect
you the next day. but it also gives you
the chance to figure out hc,w you can
managc that next day.
College is chance to ltve and have
fun like you never will again m life. I've
had my fun anJ am ready to go on and
grow up, but I will always have some
Drew, continued from page 3==============~•
j ob of this than most uni versities. Why ?
Because HPU is a co~wi,ty.
I'll grant
that it is a community not without its
squabbles and inconveniences, but these
are far outweighed by the caliber of individuals that attend class, work and
teach here. If my word isn 't good
enough, the example set by our new
president should be enough to assure anyone that HPU prepares us to achieve
whatever goal we have the courage to
pursue.
I would not trade my experience at
HPU for anything. If you are willing to
get out of your dorm room and diligently
seek opporturlities for growth - both social and intellectual - you will never be
idle for lack of something edifying to do.
I refuse to believe anyone that says HPU
is a boring campus. If you're bored here,
then it only means you are unwilling to
step out of your own small box; you are
blind by choice. HPU is not a place to
be if you want to get lost in the crowd
and spend all of your time killing brain
cells in new and innovative ways. Such
people deserve to stagnate.
Now is a time of great excitement
concern for many seniors. I don't know
where I am going to be this time next
year. Many friends have not bad all of
the opporturlities they wished for come
their way. But life has a way of opening
and closing the right doors. Sometimes
Providence has to take the wheel if we
are not driving in the right direction; this
is especially true in an age when most
people do not know what they are here
to do.
George Washington Carver once
wrote, "No individual has any right to
come into the world and go out of it with-
out leaving behmd him distinct and legitimate reasons for ha v ing pa ss ed
through it." For most of the big questions and aches that we have in this life,
especially at this stage, the answer usually has something to do with knowing
what we are here to do and how to make
that happen. It is easy in college to just
try to make it from one weekend to the
next, having a good a time. Many of
our greatest thinkers remind us, however,
that life is not about being happy; happiness is a fleeting emotion, and living
for nothing else puts you on a roller
coaster, constantly seeking new thrills
but never getting anywhere. Life is, instead, about finding what you love and
pursuing it with passion.
This is not the end, but it is an end.
Surely whatever we lose in leaving this
place we will gain back, and then some,
in the next stage of our lives. These four
years have been faster than any others,
and this year has definitely been the fastest.
To everyone that has ever extended
a hand in friendship, shared a laugh or a
dramor taught me, I sincerely thank you.
Each of you has added to my life in some
way.
Seniors, we can no longer pretend
to be carefree. Let us run our races with
purpose and passion, and hopefully our
paths will cross again. I leave here excited about what is to come for all of us,
but sad about leaving what bas been
home for the last four years.
For those of you not graduating, I
say that HPU is already a great place,
and it is about to be taken to the next
level. I suggest you get on board, and I
promise that it will be one hell of a ride.
College Republicans
Thanks again to everyone who
came out to Support the Troops Day and
Conservative Coining Out Day! · We certainly appreciate all the support and we
hope you enjoyed both events!
The College Republicans enjoyed
a very fine semester and year. We
helped deliver President Bush for the
state of North Carolina, aiding in his
overall re-election; we assisted with
Richard Burr's successful U.S. Senate
campaign and we hosted two fine speakers, Daniel Flynn , conservative author,
and Reginald Jones, a black conservative who addressed the campus during
Black History Month. We also held a
wonderful Women's History Bowl competition to celebrate Women's History
Month.
We look to continue our successes
during the next academic year being led
by newly elected Chairman Wayne
Rampone . Jonathan Miller, the current
chairman, stepped down after two years
at the helm. We wish him the best of
luck as he travels to Scotland to study
abroad at the University of St. Andrews.
The College Republicans would
also like to extend a sincere thanks and
best wishes to six fine seniors and one
solid advisor. Jason Walters 1 Drew
Mcintyre,
Denise
Sealy , Chri s
Michener , Joel Stubblefield and Audrey
Cecil were dedicated CRs who definitely impacted the organization for the
better. Good lµck to you all!
Finally, we would like to thank our
advisor , Dr. Larry Simpson, for being
such a terrific advi sor. He graciously
accepted our offer, and we are eternall y
grateful for his kind deed . We certainl y
ne ed ed a p ro fess or as solid as Dr.
Simpson to take the role .
Farewell to all the graduating seniors, no matter if you 're Democrat, Republican and any other political persuasion. To e best of luck with whatever
path you may choose . To everyone else,
enjoy your summer and please join the
College Republicans in the fall!
Alpha Phi Omega
On March 18th, the brothers of the
Mu Xi Chapter of Alpha Phi Omega
welcomed in excess of l 00 of their
fellow brothers from Section 79 to their
conference for the weekend, held at
High Point University. That night, fellowship and preparation took place in
the Pauline Fine Arts Center for the
following day. On Saturday March
19th, approximately 100 brothers in
Alpha Phi Omega walked the
Greenway to Kirkman Park Elementary school at 9 am. For the next 3
hours, the brothers divided up and took
on several tasks; picking up trash,
planting and gardening at the front of
the school, but most importantly miraculously placing, nailing and hamming together a 96 foot long bench.
This bench is currently still at the elementary school and is to be hailed the
Western Hemispheres longest bench.
The Mu Xi Chaper would like to thank
the sections in attendance for their bard
work and dedication, the task could not
of been completed without them. Also,
the chapter would like to give their
great appreciation for the Student Government Association, High Point University faculty and staff,, Kirkman Park
Elementary and all those who provided
support for their conference.
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11
Kappa Delta
As the year draws to an end , the sisters of Kappa Delta would like to thank
everyone who has helped us out and supported us throughout our fundraisers and
philanthropy events. Our Shamrock Sk
fun run was successful once again, once
the rain cleared and the blue sky arrived.
We will be proud to present generous
checks to both Prevent Child Abuse
America and the Hallelujah House .
Many thanks go to Connie Wicks for an
of her time and energy.
The SO'h anniversary of Gamma
Gamma chapter was an amazing event
filled with many years of sisterhood and
memories. It was exciting to meet both
the fust initiates and our national president. The last few weeks of this semester will be spent mixing with a few of
the fraternities and trying to spend as
much time as possible with our KD seniors. Girls, you will all be missed
greatly, but we know you all will be successful in every aspect of life! Good luck
on finals , everyone , and have a great
summer!
Alpha Gamma Delta
Being that this is the Gamma Eta
Chapter of Alpha Gamma Delta 's 50th
year here at High Point University, the sisters of AGO have celebrated throughout
this year with many sisterhood activities ,
philanthropic events and campus-related
activities. We recently had an advisor appreciation dinner at Liberty Steakhouse
and Brewery that we won from participatin g at coach 's night. Alpha Garn supported Juvenile Diabetes by walking and
donating funds at Paramount Carowinds
in Charlotte on Saturday , April 9. Imm ediately following the walk, we headed to
sunny South Carolina for a sisterhood retreat for the remainder of the weekend .
Earth day is on April 22, and we are planting a tree in the chapel garden as well as
enjoying the wonderful day by taking the
cafeteria outside on the greensward. Come
by and see it!
Roseball this year is going to be extra special for our retuning alumae for our
50th anniversary at String and Splinter. All
the sisters of Gamma Eta are looking forward to reminiscing with them when they
return. Congrats to our graduating seniors,
Nicole Armer, Beth Baker, Maureen
Delauter, Connie Gyftakis, Jenna Hill and
Mandy Kuhn.
We will miss you!! Congratulations
to Nicole Armer and Hillary Cole for
nominations into Order of Omega. Also
to. Hillary for the seat of executive vice
president of Student Government Association 2005-2006! Alana Esposito, Caitlin
Stroczkowski and Laura Wolf are preparing to study abroad in Oxford. Have fun,
girls! Hope everyone bas a safe and happy
summer! Love, the Alpha Garns!
Phi Mu
The sisters of Phi Mu are proud to
announce our new additions: Ashley
Stan.field and Mo Kamara.
Best wishes to our graduates: Katie
Estler, Trish Mitchell, Kelly Brown, Kelly
Rushin, Emily Stillwell,
Virginia
Provencher, Clark Henderson, Megan
Brown, Kristen Via, Amanda Troy, Heidi
Bitler and Lindsey Blanco. They leave the
chapter in good hands.
Thanks to all who supported our volleyball tournament, we had a great turnout. The proceeds went to Children's
Miracle Network.
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Campus Chronick
SPORTS
Friday, April 15, 2005
Baseball team cont.ends for Big South playoff spot
By Wayne Watterson
Staff Writer
With a little over a month remaining
in the '05 baseball season, it is a shootout
to the fimsh for playoff position, and for
the first time in years, High Point is a
major contender in the conference. As of
April 8, the Panthers were 15-18 overall,
and 4-5 in the Big South. Considering
the ACC giants High Point played and
nearly toppled earlier in the year, being
on the door-step of a winning record is
not a bad location.
Conference play opened up this season with a series against the three-time
defending champion Coastal Carolina.
Hurler Eammon Portice was sharp in
game one and held the Chantic leers to a
single run in eight innings. High Point
was unable to capitalize, took a l-0 loss
and went on to drop the next two against
Coastal Caro lina.
The Panthe rs would win six of their
next eight games. On March 22, following the Coastal series, an invigorated High
Pomt team handed Elon an l 8-0 loss.
Bubba O'Donnell pocketed the shutout
and got great run support from thirdbaseman Seby Renta who went 4 for 5
and freshman Bobby Brown who drove
in 5 runs.
High Point went on to take one of
three from L iberty in a home series and
then come from behind to beat a tough
Wofford team. Brett Lazar got things
going with a two run singl e in the e ighth
inning.
Most recently High Point played a
three game series against UNCA. After
winning the first two games, High Point
found itself down 2-1 in the ninth inning ,
when Randy Schwartz stepped up to the wins and losses. The improvement made
plate. "Big Canada" delivered a solo shot is in large part due to our pitching staff.
over the right field wall to he the game At this time we have three freshmen in
and start the Panther uprising. Schwartz
our four-man rotation. While that may be
said after the game, "When I stepped up scary from time to time, it also makes the
to the plate, I
future
look
knew I needed
very bright.
to do something
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could When my
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run started
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su lted in a win,
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have
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from last year
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to this year."
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come a long way CHRIS RAMIREZ IS SECON D PLACF IN BIG SOUTH FOR
with
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fro m last yea r 's
homeruns, and
11-win season. When asked what po si- Chris Ramirez has 41 hits on the year,
tives will come out of the year, Coach Sal only 5 shy of being the Big South leader .
Bando Jr. said , "The most obvious po si- Chris said about winning the bits title:
tive from this year is the improvement in "Leading the confere nce in bits is defi -
Fan makes early Fall Classic predictions
By Justin Cobb
Staff Writer
The last time an out mean t anyth ing,
Doug Mientkiewiczwas leaping into the
air and the Boston Red Sox were wo rld
champions. A lot bas happened since that
time, not that long ago, last October.
Since then, players have been dodging questions on steroid u se. Mark
McGwire was dragged out ofretirement
to face high and tight que stions from
United States Senators; Washington is
back, it seems, not just in the stan dings
but also in the game itself. Sammy Sosa,
the other guy from '98, long-time loser
with the Cubs, gets a fresh start in Baltimore. He bolsters the always potent Oriole lineup , featuring Miguel Tejada and
alleged Steroid Man number three,
Rafael Palmeiro . Unfortunately, Baltimore figures to be on the wrong end of
many 11-8 scores as its pitching remains
an abysmal trial by fire misadventure
like something out of a Step hen King
horror novel.
Barry Bonds, the biggest and most
tarnished name in the game, is seriously
contemplating not even taking a swing
this year, due to surgery and media scrutiny so intense that the reclusive Bonds
may well leave the country and hide out,
maybe even go to Japan to try and set
home nm records on two continents, the
biggest star of America's Pastime being
driven from the Land of the Free because
the owners and player reps wouldn't
buckle down on the steroid issue.
When an institution turns its back
on a problem, is it fair to punish those
who take advantage of the situation?
Jose Canseco thinks so. So do many bighpowered movers and shakers of the
American Political Machine.
But, enough of this foul exploration
of the devious nature of professional athletes. The Boston Red Sox are the defending champions for the first time since
Babe Ruth was a regular pitcher and the
home-run rec ord for all of baseball was
less than the average team total from one
year ago. With the curse out of the way,
the new hurdle for the Red Sox is figuring out who can pitch. Pedro Martinez and
Derek Lowe, two lon gtime and popular
Bostonians are gone, Martin ez to the Mets
and Lowe to the Dodgers.
Are the Mets a serious contender? It's
hard to take them seriousl y. They 've tried
the money game and lost ; they 've tried
pitching and defen se and lost; now they're
throwing around Yankee-style money in
a last-ditch effort to compete with the
team from the Bronx. The rotatiCln is vintage 2000 with Pedro and Tom Glavine
anchorin g a competent and veteran staff.
As long as Kris Benson 's wife doesn't
sleep with the team, as she has threatened
in the past, it's hard to see any serious
clubho use problems, but it's hard to bet
against the Atlanta Braves who have won
the division for more than a decade consecutively. The Braves once aga in have a
stac ked rotation featuring fom1er starter,
then closer, now starter again John Smoltz
and the man from Oakland Tim Hudson.
The latter may not be all he's advert ised
to be (he's never been a big-game pitcher
in the playoffs), but then again when have
the Braves ever done anything in the playoffs? Their fix is the regular season, and
they're very good at what they do--win
95 games and then fold like hockey in
October.
You can't look toward October
without factoring in the New York Yankees and their Third-World GNPpayroll.
After failing to win the World Series yet
again, the Bombers implod ed the pitching staff, dumping Javier Vazquez on the
Diamondbacks for the ultra-dominant
Randy Johnson.
Car l Pa vano joins the staff from
Florida and first baseman Tino Martinez
brings his Yankee uniform out of mothballs as he tries to resurrect his career;
and what better time for it than Easter
seaso n? The big question mark, however, is Jason Giambi, whose 2004 season is the definition of just what steroids
can do . lo Giambi 's case, the nightmare
will be setting foot on the road as his
tumultuous stint in the Bronx enters its
next and possibly final chapter.
When the smoke clears, the gig is
done and playoff insanity returns with
autumn, who will be left stan ding ?
Look for the Yankees, Red Sox,
Twins (w ith Cy Young winner Johan
Santana baffling opponents all year) and
Ran gers in the American League. ln the
senior circuit the Bra ves, Cubs (the return of "No-MAH" to the big time),
Dodgers and Reds. The Red s are simp ly
an impulse selection; in the World Series how about the Yankees and the Cubs,
with the team from Chicago taking it in
SIX.
If the Red Sox can do it. why not
the Cubs? They certainly have all the
pieces, a potent lineup and dangerous
pitching. It's a risky pick, but there's no
use in going conservative now, right?
nitely something l 'd like to do but it's hard
to anticipate doing it because you can't
control exactly how many hits you get.
One day you could hit four line drives and
go 0-4 by hitting it right at someone. "
"Remi's" hitting has improved substantially from last year's .280 average, and a
complement to his hitting is Chris's ability to get the extra base. Ramirez leads
the conference with 14 steals.
It doesn't get any bigger than when
the Big South tournament arrives May 2527 in Conway, S.C. The double-elimination showdown bas been dominated by
Coastal Carolina which bas taken the title
the last three seasons. This year, however,
the Panthers have proven they have the
talent to knock off any team on any given
night. A major weapon on the mound is
freshman Eammon Portice, arguably the
best p itcher in the Big South. Portice is
5-1 on the season, and is 2•din the conference with 57 strikeouts. It has been years
since High Point has had a true ace to bring
out in the big game, and Eammon always
puts bis team in a position to win. Randy
Schwartz said about th e young man:
"Port ice is one of the most dominating
pitchers I've p layed behind, and it's a different feeling when you are in the lineup
while he is on the mound. As a teammate
he's enco ura ging, more by actions than
words; he leads by example. He treats
every game with the same intent and the
same intensity. The whole team feeds off
bis energy and fierce com petitiven ess on
the mound; you feel it and you can't help
but be involved."
Regar dless of the outcome of the tournament , without question 2005 has been
instrumental in the rebuilding process.
This Panther unit is stacked with talented
freshmen who will continue to improve
and take this program a long way in the
years ahead.
Democrats, continued from
page4
the sexual oncntation of that couple
agam, it is not moral support. but
rather a belief in one's nghts, liberties
and freedoms.
Democrats believe m protecting
our most important resource - the environment. I would like for my children to still have forests and clean waters. and without environmental policies that protect these resources, that
won't be a possibility. If that is considered immoral. then I don't know
what moral sourceyou are relytng on.
This is a countrybuilt on freedom
andindependmc:cfrom strict.controlling rule. andit 1salso a country often
considered a melting pot because of
its immigrant composition. With the
varie~ of cultures, religions and beliefs represented among the population, I can't support a party that wishes
to make everyone the same. The
Democratic Party allows for differences and encourages freedom rather
than attcmptmg to contain 1t.
l don •t expect everyone to agree
with me , hccause without difference s
and dissent. we would never mak e
progress. The poht1cal party system
al1ov.s for a fonun for these differences and encourages intellectual and
pol11ical discourse . l however, know
that I will alwavs remam on the same
side of the fence