VOLUME # 16 / ISSUE # 17AUGUST 31, 2018

EXCLUSIVE

Jaime Calcagno Receives ALD Scholarship.

NEWS,EVENTS,AND MORE

Academic and Founders' Day Convocation.

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Dr. Sharon Emerson-St onnell, National President of Alpha Lambda Delta National Honor Society for First-Year Success, announced that a Jo Anne J. Trow Scholarship in the amount of $2,000 has been awarded to Jaime Calcagno, a student at Chowan University. Calcagno is a biology major. The scholarship is for the 2018-2019 academic year.

Each year, Alpha Lambda Delta awards 36 Trow scholarships to outstanding students from across the country. Selection is based on maintaining a 3.5 grade point average, academic records, participation in Alpha Lambda Delta activities, campus and community service activities, and the applicant's essay answers. The national selection committee was faced with a difficult task as there were 78 applicants who qualified.

The Jo Anne J. Trow Scholarship was started in 1988, in honor of a past National President of Alpha Lambda Delta. Jo Anne J. Trow is the former Vice President for Student Services at Oregon State University. This award was originally established to give chapters of Alpha Lambda Delta an annual opportunity to reward an outstanding sophomore member with a small stipend. The scholarships currently offer five $6,ooo awards, five $3,000 awards, five $2,ooo awards and twenty-one $1,ooo awards. Trow served National Alpha Lambda Delta as a District Advisor from 1974 to 1979, as National Secretary from 1979 to 1983, as President-elect from 1984 to 1985, and as National President from 1985 to 1988. During her presidency, the Society's governing body, the National Council, was restructured to provide more streamlined operations.

Alpha Lambda Delta is a national honor society that recognizes students' academic success during their first year at a college or university. Founded in 1924, Alpha Lambda Delta has over a million lifetime members and is present on over 275 campuses nationwide. Alpha Lambda Delta's mission is to "encourage superior academic achievement, to promote intelligent living and a continued high standard of learning, and to assist students in recognizing and developing meaningful goals for their unique roles in society."

JAIME CALCAGNO AWARDED ALPHA LAMBDA DELTA SCHOLARSHIP

ACADEMIC CONVOCATION AND RINGING OF THE BELLAcadem ic and Founders' Day Convocat ion is scheduled for Wednesday, Sept em ber 5 at 11:00 a.m . in Turner Audit or ium . Kirk E. Pet erson, President , w il l served as t he keynot e speaker . His address is ent it led "Oppor t unit ies for Excellence."

The purpose of Academ ic and Founders? Day Convocat ion is t o celebrat e t he universit y?s past and t o welcom e f irst -year st udent s t o Chowan?s academ ic com m unit y. Pr ior t o t he keynot e address, f ir st -year st udent s w il l pledge t he universit y?s honor code.

Follow ing convocat ion f ir st -year st udent s w il l par t icipat e in t he Ringing of t he Bell Cerem ony in t he Susan Parker Ker r Gazebo. The r inging of t he bell signif ies t he beginning of a st udent ?s academ ic career at t he universit y.

Facul t yAccompl i shment s

Georgia Wil l iam s, Associat e Professor of Inform at ion Science, at t ended t he NC LIVE Annual Meet ing in Raleigh on May 14.

Jil l Awuni, Assist ant Professor of Religion, served as a worship leader at t he Cooperat ive Bapt ist Fellowship Annual General Assem bly in Dallas, Texas, on June 12-17.

Sarah Bonner , Assist ant Professor of Library and Inform at ion Science, par t icipat ed in a Library Juice Academ y online class ent it led "Wr it ing for t he Web" in August .

Br ian Duf fy, Assist ant Professor of Chem ist ry, at t ended t he t he Biennial Conference on Chem ical Educat ion at t he Universit y of Not re Dam e in Sout h Bend, Indiana, on July 29 - August 2.

Syble Shell i t o, Direct or of Academ ic Success, at t ended t he St udent Success Sum m it in Pit t sboro, Nor t h Carolina, on May 21-22.

Bo Dam e, Associat e Professor of Physical Sciences, at t ended "Underst anding and Addressing Chronic: Flooding in t he Town of Windsor , Nor t h Carolina" on August 31.

In May, Edward Snyder , Assist ant Professor of Hist ory, conduct ed research at t he Nor t h Carolina st at e archives and t he Universit y of Nor t h Carolina at Chapel Hil l .

Br i an Duf f y, Assi st ant

Prof essor of Chemist ry,

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Reading Comprehension Quiz

Read the text below. Then answer the questions based on the text's content. Each question has four possible answers. Mark the one that you think is most appropriate.

We often hear about the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 as an example of Amer icans? intolerance of other people, but we never hear about the event that led to the creation of this law? the Koloa Gulch Massacre in Hawaii? mainly because histor ians have ignored it.

To hundreds of Amer ican mainlanders in the ear ly 1880s, the prospect of str iking it r ich in Koloa Gulch, a narrow and steep-sided ravine, was wor th the considerable r isks of getting there. Many who

journeyed to Hawaii dur ing the Rockhounding Rush had left wives and children behind.

For these rockhounders, though, the Hawaiian Islands were a dream come true. But language, culture, and appearance all separated these Amer ican mainlanders from their Hawaiian neighbors, who included immigrants from China. For many Chinese immigrants, these differences were enough for suspicion.

In the snowy autumn of 1881, Chinese immigrants began planning a protest, demanding the expulsion of the Amer icans from the Islands. Hawaiians officials knew that one timely protest could stop hundreds of rockhounders from their work, so they contr ived a threat of their own. I f the plan

went ahead, the Chinese rockhounders would be replaced with more Amer icans. When the protest occurred as scheduled, a squadron of 150 air balloons brought in 110 fresh Amer ican recruits from San Diego.

The arr ival of the Amer icans went peacefully, perhaps because two companies of Koa warr iors had been assigned to Koloa Gulch a few days ear lier after somebody shot at a rock boss. In a single day, the new arr ivals threw together a cluster of hales (grass houses), that quickly became known as ?Boulingr in.? The new residents later used sugar cane leaves and banana trunk fiber that they lashed together using coconut husk fiber to expand their quar ters.

Under guard by the Koa warr iors, the Amer icans began rockhounding. Meanwhile, Hawaiian officials dismissed ninety-nine Chinese rockhounders who took par t in the protest. The Hawaiians? intentions were clear : I t would tolerate no r isk of future rockhounding stoppages.

Truth is history. No, really it 's gone.

PONDERINGS OF THE PROVOST

Hawaiian officials at Koloa Gulch, like Hawaiians across the Islands, openly favored Amer ican rockhounders over the Chinese because the Amer icans were Chr istians. But to the Chinese, the Amer icans were merely alien pawns in the Hawaiians? game of exploiting rockhounders. The Chinese also disliked that ?Boulingr in? of Koloa Gulch was an ?island? of Amer ican culture where residents could trade and worship and practice patent medicine in their ?native? style. For some members of the community, the culture even included tobacco chewing, which involved the disgusting habit of spitting.

The Chinese resented Amer ican separatism. The Amer icans were visibly and culturally more ?different? from the Hawaiian major ity than the Chinese and Hawaiians were from each other. The bustling prosper ity of the ?Boulingr in? struck the Chinese as unfair and even dangerous.

In February 1882, the Chinese organized the White Lotus of Hawaii and issued Hawaiian officials a list of demands. Among their demands was the dismissal of the Koloa Gulch Amer icans. The Chinese at Koloa Gulch showed suppor t for White Lotus by setting fire to a hale and demolishing a Chr istian church.

The vandalism marked the first time violence had erupted in Koloa Gulch over the Amer ican issue. Hawaiian officials decided to depor t all its Chinese rockhounders. The stage was set for

confrontation.

I t star ted in ?Boulingr in.? On February 13, 1882, two Chinese rockhounders and four Amer icans quarreled over their assigned locations for rockhounding. The next morning, two of the Amer icans repor ted to work ear ly,

although it was an Amer ican romantic holiday. As they had been instructed to do, they set explosives to loosen the ear th. Shor tly after the blast, the two Chinese appeared on the scene and complained that

the Amer icans had stolen their spot.

One of the Chinese, a young man named Alejandro Zambra, began insulting one of the Amer icans and struck him with a rockhound scoop. A fight broke out, quickly attracting rockhounders from both groups. When a Chinese rockhounder swung his pick into an Amer ican?s stomach, other Amer icans tackled the assailant and used the pick to open his skull. The mayhem continued for a half-hour before Koa warr iors arr ived.

News of the fight scuttled through the camps at Koloa Gulch. Many Chinese refused to go rockhounding. A larger group collected guns, knives, axes, and bats from their hales and gathered near ?Boulingr in.? Hawaiian officials persuaded them to put down their weapons, but the mob moved through ?Boulingr in? shouting, ?Chinese men, fall in!?

At a special meeting of White

Lotus at 12 noon, men discussed the morning?s incident and voted to convene again at 6 p.m. A few Amer icans on their way home for lunch were surpr ised by angry Chinese who shouted mean-spir ited names, such as cheese-eaters, and pelted the Amer icans with rocks. Fur ther on, warning shots whistled past a few Amer icans? heads.

Because of the holiday, many Amer icans had stayed at home. They heard of repor ts of the trouble, but most fully expected the Koa warr iors to step in and protect them as they always had. Now each passing hour raised more doubts. Ear ly in the afternoon, Amer ican leaders hoisted an emergency flag, warning everyone to remain inside.

A rumor that additional Koa warr iors had been summoned agitated the Chinese mob. More than 100 men headed toward ?Boulingr in.? Along the way, they passed at a gun shop long enough to purchase the entire inventory of bullets and shotgun shells. A br idge over Kamehameha Stream connected ?Boulingr in? to Koloa Gulch. Three men crossed the br idge to give the Amer icans a warning: Be out of Koloa Gulch in an hour. The Amer icans could see the mob now in the distance, but they still expected to see the Koa warr iors to intercede.

The Chinese lost patience before the hour was up. They crossed the stream and sealed off the br idge. They opened fire on a hale where some Amer icans were hiding. One Amer ican ran out of the hale and took a bullet in his back. Another made a fatal dash toward the br idge. He fell dead from a shot through the neck.

The mob assembled at the edge of ?Boulingr in? proper and hastily mapped out its attack. Squads of eight or ten dispersed into the

passageways. They herded the fr ightened Amer icans into the streets, showing little mercy. The Chinese beat or shot or released the Amer icans as they saw fit.

After the assault concluded, the Chinese set fire to ?Boulingr in.? This included the bodies of the dead and wounded. As ?Boulingr in? went up in flames, a few more Amer icans scrambled out of hiding, only to be shot dead.

In the days that followed, Amer ican newspapers carr ied accounts of the massacre that killed twenty-five Amer ican rockhounders. Hawaiians officials took no action against the Chinese. Gradually, they replaced the Amer icans with Chinese.

The United States Congress, however, responded to the Koloa Gulch Massacre with the Chinese Exclusion Act, which was enacted on May 6, 1882.

When news reached China of the massacre and Amer ica?s response, fable has it that Emperor Guangxu said, ?Zhè shì j i? x?nwén.?

Questions

1. According to the text, we never hear about the Koloa Gulch Massacre because:

(a) Amer icans don't like to read history.

(b) Histor ians have ignored it.

(c) L iberal histor ians have covered up the brutal history of Chinese history.

(d) The correct answer is always C.

2. The best title for this text would be:

(a) " Against Histor ians"

(b) " Against L iberal Histor ians"

(c) " Against Provosts Who Are Histor ians"

(d) " Rise Up"

3. " Boulingr in" is translated as:

(a) Bull's Smile

(b) Boiling Spr ing

(c) Scalding Hole

(d) Bowling Green

4. What happened at the end of the text when you clicked on ?Zhè shì j i? x?nwén" ?

(a) I didn't know you could click on it.

(b) I didn't make it to the end of the text.

(c) I t provided a translation.

(d) My wi-fi doesn't work. Who do I call?

5. The fact that the Provost would publish this story indicates that he is:

(a) Creative

(b) Unbiased

(c) Histor ic

(d) Stupid

6. The general tone of this story is:

(a) Mournful

(b) I ronic

(c) Moronic

(d) Sarcastic

7. In your opinion, who are the victims and who are the victimizers, respectively, in this story?

(a) White Lotus / Kao warr iors

(b) The Amer icans / White Lotus

(c) The readers / the wr iter

(d) An Amer ican / Alejandro Zambra

8. The end of this story is, without a doubt:

(a) Sad

(b) Funny

(c) Absurd

(d) Heroic

9. Which of the following characters in the story do you relate to?

(a) The Amer icans because I have lived in a hale.

(b) Alejandro Zambra because he has a Chilean name.

(c) Emperor Guangxu, why not?

(d) Kao warr iors because they sound exotic.

10. After reading this text, you wold rather :

(a) Not have read it.

(b) Have never told the Provost what Ponder ings you like and don't like.

(c) Not have a Provost.

(d) Have read about pineapples.

11. Rockhoud is mentioned in this text to:

(a) Give the narrative an authentic touch.

(b) Encourage rockhounding.

(c) explain the brutal history of rockhounding.

(d) Jennifer Humphrey says the answer is C.

12. The Kola Gulch Massacre occurred in:

(a) Hawaii

(b) Wyoming

(c) Chile

(d) China

13. The thesis of this text is:

(a) Truth isn't truth.

(b) The death of truth.

(c) Alternative history better fits my narrative.

(d) Truth is history. No, really, it's gone.

Chow an Un iversi t y i n t roduced a n ew program t h i s f al l t o help st uden t s f i n i sh t hei r degrees f ast er an d w i t h l ess debt . To com bat t he f i n an cial burden addi t i on al sem est ers can place on st uden t s an d paren t s, t he Fin i sh Program en sures t hat st uden t s have t he t ools t hey n eed t o graduat e w i t h a bachelor?s degree in n o m ore t han f our years. The program provides person al academ ic guidan ce, career plan n in g, an d helpf ul resources t o creat e a clear

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Four k ey com pon en t s guide t he Fin i sh program f or success:

- com m i t t i n g t o com plet e at l east 30 credi t s per

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regist rat i on deadl i n es; - m eet in g w i t h an

academ ic advisor each- sem est er ; an d

f ol l ow in g a f our - year degree plan .

CHOWAN'S ALD CHAPTER RECEIVES ALPHA BRONZE AWARD

The Chowan University chapter of Alpha Lambda Delta had an except ional year in 2017-2018, induct ing seventy percent of i ts invitees - an outstanding accomplishment. In recognit ion of the chapter's notably high yield, the Nat ional Council of Alpha Lambda Delta congratulated the chapter by present ing it w ith the 2018 Alpha Bronze Award.

In present ing the award, the Nat ional Council noted, "Students are challenged by the opportunit ies they are offered and balancing the demands of their t ime. By init iat ing such a large percentage of your eligible student body, your chapter has demonstrated that you not only understand the incredible value of Alpha Lambda Delta, but have communicated that value very effect ively to eligible students."

NEW FINISH PROGRAM HELPS CHOWAN STUDENTS GRADUATE FASTER WITH LESS DEBT.

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A TERRIBLE COUNTRY QUOTE" I t turned out they hated Russia. They sor t of lived here. But they sor t of lived somewhere else."

Keith Gessen, Author of A Terrible Country

" All is not well with our unnamed narrator. On the sur face, she has it all going for her : a Columbia degree, a nice face, a whopping inher itance, a r ich boyfr iend. But, for reasons that become clear, she is not happy. Seeking to seal the vacuum in her hear t, she turns to a doctor who promises a miracle cure ? should she abide by his regimen of drugs. Read this off-kilter book, and you'll understand why Moshfegh is one of the most exciting and unique voices in contemporary fiction."

THIS WEEK IN READING: THE BEST NEW NOVELSMY YEAR OF REST AND RELAXATION BY OTTESSA MOSHFEGH

" Fruit of the Drunken Tree is a mesmer izing epic set in Colombia at the height of Pablo Escobar?s reign in the 1990s. Amid the violence, two gir ls come of age. There?s Chula, a pr ivileged 7-year-old largely sheltered from her country's teeter ing uncer tainty, and there's Petrona, the maid working for Chula?s family who hails from the slums and has confronted Colombia's guerr illas and drug lords head-on. Fruit of the Drunken Tree is the story of people living among chaos."

FRUIT OF THE DRUNKEN TREE BY INGRID ROJAS CONTRERAS

" My wife's dog never liked me."

-- Danny Moore

" That's because you are evil"

-- Jaime Calcagno

OVERHEARD

In 1839, Scottish Kirkpatrick Macmillan invents a system of levers and pedals for velocipedes. This allows riders to propel the machine with their feet off the ground.

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Evolut ion of t he Bicycle

1Giovanni Fontana built the first human-powered land vehicle or bicycle in 1418. It had four wheels and used a rope connected by gears to the wheels.

Click on im age above t o wat ch a br ief h ist ory of t he bicycle.

Something M ore

Monday September 3

Classes Meet on Labor Day

Academic and Founders' Day Convocation and Ringing of the Bell Ceremony, 11:00 a.m. (Turner

Student Success Series Workshop, 11:00 a.m. (Marks 201)

Study Abroad Applications Due

Last Day to Drop Classes without a Record

Second Year Experience Field Day and Picnic, 3:00-6:00 p.m. (Squirrel Park)

ACADEMIC EVENTSWednesday September 5

Thursday September 6

Tuesday September 11

Wednesday September 12

Saturday September 15