The Monday Message
January 11, 2010
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SOFTBALL
TEAM FINDS SUCCESS
ON AND OFF THE FIELD
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Fourteen
of the eighteen players on the women’s softball team recceived a GPA of 3.0 or better last semester. The team GPA for Fall ‘09
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was a 3.3, with players Amanda Woolard and Megan Murray having
tthe two highest GPAs on the team at 3.8. On Saturday October 3rd,
tthe team hosted its first and highly successful Hurricane Classic Softball
b Tournament. Look for the Lady ‘Canes to have a strong season
this
t spring!
FACULTY AND STAFF CAMPAIGN
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Special thanks to all who have donated money to the Faculty and Staff Campaign! If you have not participated yet,
please consider supporting the College with a donation -- we only need 29 more donors to reach our participation
goal of 60%! Every gift counts, no matter the size.
KEEPING THE DREAM ALIVE
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Please join us for a memorial service honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on Friday, January 15,
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at 11:00 am in Benson Chapel; a reception will follow in the chapel.
BACK ON THE COURT
The basketball teams returned to the court last week after a long holiday break. After just a few practices, the
teams showed no signs of fatigue and were ready for competition. The Hurricanes opened the new year with two
wins. They hosted Carolina Prep Academy on Wednesday, beating them 95-87. Then they took it on the road Saturday to face rivals Pitt Community College where they were victorious, 77-64. The Lady ‘Canes came back strong,
devastating Brunswick Community College 94-36. Saturday they traveled to Catawba Valley Community College,
posting another win at 73-52. Go Hurricanes!
JANUARY STUDENT LIFE EVENTS
Jan 11th
Jan 12th
Jan 12th
Jan 14th
Jan 15th
Jan 16th
Jan 20th
Jan 21st
Jan 25th
Jan 27th
Jan 28th
Jan 29th
3 on 3 Basketball sign-ups begin
Banana Rama (Banana Splits)
Movie: G.I. Joe
Bean Bag Toss Tournament
MLK Day Memorial Services
Bumper Cars
UNO and Spades Tournament
Bongo Ball Mania
Pool and Ping Pong Tournament
Chess and Checkers Tournament
Carolina Hurricanes College Night
3 on 3 Basketball sign-ups End
8:30 pm
9:00 pm
7:30-8:30 pm
11:00 am
4:00-8:00 pm
7:30-8:30 pm
4:00-10:00 pm
7:30-8:30 pm
7:30-8:30 pm
7:00 pm
The Eye
MPR
MPR
Chapel
MPR
MPR
MPR or Intramural Field
The Eye
MPR
Raleigh
COMPOSITION STUDENTS FIND MEANING IN PRISON
ARTIST’S PAINTINGS
Students in English Instructor Wanda Mukherjee’s English 111 classes recently had the opportunity to ponder their own beliefs about
retribution and forgiveness through the study
of paintings by Joe Aulisio, a man who is serving
a life sentence in a Pennsylvania prison for the
murder of two children he committed when he
was fifteen years old. As a teenager, Aulisio was
initially placed on death row for the murder, but
his sentence was eventually reduced to life without parole. He began
painting as a way to express himself and to use
his time productively,
knowing that he would
never live life outside of
prison.
A few years ago, after
receiving a letter from
Aulisio and getting to
know the artist through
letter exchanges, LC Art
Professor Will Hinton
procured a number of
Aulisio’s paintings on
behalf of the College.
He also made the paintings available in the art
building for students to
contemplate.
After a lecture and display of Aulisio’s paintings by Hinton, Mukherjee’s students were asked to use their expository
writing skills to describe and analyze one of the
paintings. The students trekked over to the building to view the paintings and to write about their
experience. They also viewed a DVD about Joe-his voice superimposed over photographs of his
paintings.
They were then asked to write a letter to Aulisio
about their conclusions. Prior to beginning the
unit on Aulisio, the class spent a week discussing
and writing about their own “prisons”-- areas in
their lives which held them back from reaching
their full potential.
“Like many Louisburg College instructors, I am
always seeking relevant and experiential writing opportunities for my students,” explains
Mukherjee. “Joe’s paintings provide a rich opportunity for students to get to know a ‘real’
artist and a ‘real’ human being versus reading
about writers or artists.
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Court ruled that juveniles
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he is imprisoned for life
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many respects, he is still
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His life experience and art
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ponder their own beliefs
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Will,” she continues, “who
ccould have tossed Joe Aullisio’s letter in the trash.
IInstead, Will opened up
a door of opportunity for
our students to ask questions of society and of
themselves. In a way, Joe helped some of my
students understand that the only thing holding
them back was themselves. I don’t think I could
have done that just through a lecture or a 20
minute conference. One student even wrote his
final exam about Joe.”
Some students, not all, chose to send Joe their
letters. Here is Joe’s response to some of them:
If you have news or events to share, please email them to me at
[email protected], call at 919.497.3330,
or stop by my office in the Main building.
Submission deadlines are every Monday before 9:00 am.
I look forward to hearing from you!
Amy Scoggin McManus, Director of Marketing and Communications