VOLUME # 15 / ISSUE # 22OCTOBER 6, 2017

EXCLUSIVE

CU Announces Spring 2017

President's List

NEWS,EVENTS,AND MORE

Chowan Reports Stable

Enrollment

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Students studying in Squirrel Park.

To earn placement on the President's L ist, a student must have a GPA of 3.8 or higher. The following students made the Spr ing 2017 President's L ist:

CU ANNOUNCES SPRING 2017 PRESIDENT'S LIST

Makya Ann AlexanderAnthony Manray AlfonsoShonte Danielle ArtisHeather Danielle BaccusHeather BakerShelby Lynnette BarloweTara Pasiley BatsonSydney Lynn BellCharin Samone Lyric BennettAndi Madison BlodgettCarrie Elizabeth BloweKimberlyn Alexis BolamOlivia Rae BorerCalvin Jerome BoweJeremy Kagan BrookerSierra Janee' BurstonJordan Andrew ButnerJaime Nicole CalcagnoCynthia Jennifer CarrierMakayla CastroSuraya Ann ChaseWhitnee Chenelle CheekJulia Emilia ChmielewskaMariah Rose CokerGiselle Naomi ColonElijah Q ConnollyZachary Andrew CooperDhyamond Montania Crenshaw

Kayla Christine DavisNatalia De AndradeAlexander Raven DendyMona Lissa DerenoncourtZabre' Zyone DinnersonCharles Richard DonaldsonMicaea'La Ariana DorseyAisha EdwardsLeslie Nataly EscobarNaiyhani Iman EtheridgeRaven Renee Finley-Flowers

Rayven S FreemanSarah H GhaffoorIsaac Allen GibbsLashaunna Cornesha GodwinRafael dos Santos GoncalvesAngelique GouinGabrielle Yvette GrantZoe Anne GrayRobert Jacob GrubbsAllison Long GuptonSamara Leoni HardimanKatrina Emma HodgeSarah Hope HullJacob Kobe HunterCourtney Britt HuxMackenzie ImamuraMateusz Michal IzyckiCurtis JarvisQeashaunda Marie JohnsonIvan Antoine JonesKevin Tyler JonesGeorge Charly KattanConnor Marshal KilleenDeja Michelle KingMcKaela Danielle LaneJodie Flanagan LawrenceTorrion Rashawn LeeTasita' Monte'ana LewisJuan Mishael LopezHarry Wayne MarkotayTrevor Lane MarshallLoricia Renee' MartinCarlos Henrique MartinsJoshua Robert NicholsonRebeccah Rose NollShernita Denise NormanDjordje NovovicKjahna Miccollette OCourtney Ann Marie O'Keefe

Franca Valentina PacelliShakendra Inez PeayLouis Adrien ProulxSamantha Taylor ReeceLauren Danielle RiceGabriella Teresa Rivera-GarciaChantel Alisaeya RobertsInecia Janelle RolleIsaiah JB SandersTerrain Deshae SharpAshley Nicole SkipperAmber Leigh SmaltzJames Earl SmithKelly Marie-Moore SmithMadison Hope SpainEmily Joyce StaffordBryce Michael SteeleJessica Nicole StefanskiAshley Jane TackettKevin William TaylorCheryl Denise ThomasEdwin Ja'shard ThomasNayson Omar TiangaSean Michael TimmonsMichael Dillon ToddJordan Michael WatkinsLee Paul WattamCody Neil WellsCourtni Cecilia WilliamsAkevia C WilsonKevin Ishmael WilsonSterling Peyton YcoMariano Lucas Yeh

CHOWAN REPORTS STABLE ENROLLMENTEnrollm ent at Chowan Universit y is st able w it h 1,503 st udent s. This is t he t h ird consecut ive year t hat enrollm ent has exceeded 1,500 st udent s. Never before has Chowan been able t o sust ain an enrollm ent of 1,500 plus st udent s for m ore t han one year .

New st udent enrollm ent t opped 610 for t he four t h consecut ive year . The num ber of ret urning st udent s increased for t he t h ir t eent h consecut ive t im e, m ak ing t h is ret urning class t he largest in t he inst it ut ion's h ist ory.

The fall 2017 enrollm ent at Chowan Universit y t el ls t he t ale of an inst it ut ion t hat cont inues t o prosper . Chowan Universit y President M. Chr ist opher Whit e says it does not com e down t o one single, sim ple explanat ion. ?Yet , I suspect ,? he says, ?t hat it has som et hing t o do w it h our em phasis on Chr ist ian values.? Whit e also credit s t he ?great cloud of w it nesses? who give t o and pray for Chowan Universit y. "Wit hout t hat suppor t ," he added, " it would not be possible.?

Facul t yAccompl i shment s

John Davis, Professor of English, present ed at t he Popular Cult ure Associat ion in t he Sout h/Am er ican Cult ure Associat ion in t he Sout h annual conference in Savannah, Georgia, on Oct ober 5-7. The t it le of t he present at ion he gave is "The Monst er at t he End of t he St ory: Anot her Look at St ephen Crane's 'The Monst er .'"

Gladys DeJesus, Dist inguished Professor of Econom ics, at t ended t he 84t h Int ernat ional At lant ic Econom ic Conference in Mont real, Canada, on Oct ober 5-8.

Benjam in Thorburn, Associat e Professor of Music, at t ended t he Nor t h Carolina Am er ican Choral Direct ors Associat ion Fall Conference in Raleigh on Oct ober 6-7.

Brenda Tinkham , Associat e Provost for Ext ernal Relat ions, host ed t he Boy Scout s Mer it Badge College on cam pus on Sat urday, Sept em ber 29 - Oct ober 1. Chowan facult y and st af f who assist ed w it h t he event included Chr ist opher Evans, Audrey Gr if f in, Benjam in Thorburn, Br ian Duf fy, Richard Todd, David Ballew , Edward Snyder , J Brabban, Jennifer Newt on, Jim Ham m ond, Kevin Misenheim er , Mukt a Bhandar i, Parker Wil l iam s, Rob Buller , and St eve Harders.

Georgia Wil l iam s, Universit y Librar ian, at t ended t he Nor t h Carolina Library Associat ion conference planning m eet ing on Sept em ber 22 at t he Wake Count y West

Frank St ephenson,

Di rect or of Upward

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Historically, there are two types of pat riots in the United States.

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The f irst t ype of pat riot turns to a leader, who he or she believes has been endorsed by God. These pat riots demand of this leader a return to nat ional greatness. In turn, the leader demands the pat riot to worship nat ional power. This power has no limit s and is used over other cit izens.

Devoted to nat ional symbols and icons, these pat riots display the f lag on their lapel pins, t ies, shirt s, shorts, and caps. They proudly recite the Pledge of Allegiance and sway to the steady, unpretent ious music and lyrics of "America the Beaut if ul."

This t ype of pat riot subst itutes f lag waving -- somet imes even a f lag of t reason -- f or reason. These pat riots reject the not ion that the right to hold ideas that are dif f erent goes hand-in-hand w ith pat riot ism, insist ing on blind

loyalt y to their vision of America and interpretat ion of the Const itut ion.

They f ind glory in puf f ing up the nat ion, including it s history, and shout ing down anyone they think is pull ing the count ry down. Thus, they believe kneeling during the Nat ional Anthem as a means of protest is ant i-pat riot ic, even ant i-American.

In 1828, Noah Webster best def ined this pat riot : the t rue pat riot "is a person who loves his count ry, and zealously supports and def ends it ."

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The second type of pat riot displays his or her pat riot ism by demonst rat ing not only his or her love of count ry, but his or her love of the best ideals of the nat ion, which are f reedom, opportunit y, equalit y, and just ice. This t ype of pat riot is not af raid to say when the count ry has f ai led to l ive up to these ideals.

They are uncomf ortable w ith the concept of "pat riot ism" because of i t s associat ion w ith the f lag waving and pin wearing nat ionalist ic pat riots. As a result , they of ten reject the icons and songs of the nat ion.

They believe w rapping oneself in a f lag and blindly f ollow ing a leader is not t rue pat riot ism. Rather, t rue pat riot ism requires one to advance the rights of his or f ellow cit izens and hold the leaders accountable to the Const itut ion and it s evolving interpretat ion.

They reject a common historical, insist ing a common view f ai ls to accommodate the nat ion's diversit y and history of intolerance. Thus, they think protest ing social injust ice somet imes requires such pat riot ic acts as kneeling during the Nat ional Anthem.

In 1903, John Havermayor best def ined this t ype of pat riot : the t rue pat riot "interprets ' love of count ry' to signif y love f or the people who are in i t ."

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I ronically, the f irst t ype proudly recites the Pledge of Allegiance or sings "America the Beaut if ul," which were composed by the second type, and the second type rejects these words and lyrics because they associate them w ith the nat ionalism of the f irst t ype.

Historically, there are two types of pat riots in the United States.

PONDERINGS OF THE PROVOST

The Upward Bound Program at Chowan University has been making a dif ference in the lives of high school students for the past forty years. The summer program, led by Frank Stephenson, targets f irst generat ion college students and helps push them to accomplish great things. In its forty years. the program has served over 3,200 students in Hert ford, Bert ie, and Northampton Count ies.  

This summer, Upward Bound students visited museums in Washington, D.C., and part icipated in an Academic Outreach program hosted at Whitaker Library on the Chowan University campus. The students went on a li teracy t reasure hunt , answering a series of quest ions that led them to a t reasure chest .

PRESIDENT WHITE TO TRANSITION FROM PRESIDENT TO CHANCELLOR

In a statement released by Board Chair W. Frank Rose, Jr. on September 14, 2017, the Chowan University Board of Trustees announced that Dr. M. Christopher White will t ransit ion from the role of President of Chowan University to Chancellor at the end of the academic year.

Dr. White will have served Chowan as president for 15 years, a period of the inst itut ion?s most signif icant growth. Including his prior service at another university, his president ial career will have spanned thirty-two years.

?Chris White?s leadership rescued our school and has t ruly t ransformed the University, solidifying its place among North Carolina?s leading colleges and universit ies,? Rose said.

CHOWAN UNIVERSITY'S UPWARD BOUND, WHICH IS LED BY FRANK STEPHENSON, COMPLETED ITS FORTIETH YEAR THIS SUMMER.

UPWARD BOUND

SWAMPLANDIA! QUOTE?The beginning of the end can feel a lot like the middle when you are living in it.?

Karen Russell, Author of Swamplandia!

" U R MY MILF! Send me a naked pic!! Divorced mother Eve Fletcher has never, ever, received a text like this before. Could it be from one of her son Brendan?s fr iends? What exactly is a MILF anyway? A quick Google search catapults Eve into a seemingly endless wor ld of porn; a week later, she?s watched more Milfateria than she?d care to admit. Eve?s porn discovery prompts her to push the boundar ies in real life with both cr inge-worthy and exhilarating consequences."

THIS WEEK IN READING: THE BEST NEW NOVELSMRS. FLETCHER BY TOM PERROTTA

" A When her fiancé skips out for another woman, Ruth tentatively accepts her mother 's invitation to move back home. But when her father Howard, a revered history professor suffer ing from Alzheimer 's Disease, flings his pants (and most of the rest of his wardrobe) into the Chr istmas-lit trees lining their street, Ruth begins to realize this homecoming isn't going to be what she expected."

GOODBYE, VITAMIN BY RACHEL KHONG

" The provost is never under the stress and anxiety that afflicts the rest of us because he delegates everything."

OVERHEARD

MondayOctober 9

Breakfast cereal, an American invent ion, began in 1863. The f irst , Granula, a concentrated grain cake, which had to be soaked overnight , was invented by James Caleb Jackson, a vegetarian who managed a wellness ret reat in Danville, New York.

In 1895, C.W. Post int roduced Postum, a "cereal beverage intended to replace coffee in the morning."

John Harvey and Will Keith Kellogg produced the f irst commercial cereal f lake in 1896. Init ially called Granose Flakes, the name changed to Corn Flakes.

The f irst puffed cereal appeared in 1937. Made by General Mills, i t was called Kix.

Classes Resume, 8:00 a.m.

Mid-term Grades Due, 12 noon

Homecoming Alpha Chi Honor Society Induction Ceremony, 2:00 p.m. (Turner Auditorium)

Advising DayCU Visit Day

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POSTUM GRANOSE FLAKES KIX

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