Campbell University - Pine Burr Yearbook (Buies Creek, NC)

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' Something for the modern stage ' As school opened the curtain rose. No matter how people explained their presence they began a new phase of life. Everyone searched for something but what? Students searched for a major that hopefully would lead to a prosperous career. Some looked for a new approach to life. Like the leaves that change each season the people change each semester. Ezra Pound ' s statement in Hugh Sewlyn Mauberley that the age demanded Something for the modern stage exemplified the year. The Something was new relationships, classes, ideas and progress or whatever students needed to prepare themselves for the modern stage by taking a heavy course load, working part-time and being involved with on or off-campus groups. I want to be qualified to take any job offer, was the way one student responded. People sought to identify themselves by reaching out through the modern age of technology. While the characters changed, the backdrop remained the same. Buies Creek, bordered by the Cape Fear River and small rural towns, provides residents with good farmland. Slightly rolling hills ladened with rich soil produces tobacco, soy beans, corn and sweet potatoes. Nestled among the pine trees, old farm houses remain from early days of tenant farming. However, modern televisions and newspapers reminded the residents of the present. The community watched the international stage with interest. People held their breath as Great Britain and Argentina raced to war. Americans listened with hope and fear as President Reagan voiced his support for a $98.5 billion tax bill. North Carolina tobacco farmers were shocked when their two United States Senators voted in favor of the bill that doubled the cigarette tax. While tobacco farmers struggled, movie producers and video arcades flourished. Steven Spielberg became the On Tuesdays and Thursdays students are re- quired to attend CEP in Turner Auditorium. Im- mediately afterwards, there is a made rush to the cafeteria. Mr. Robert Gauldin, a Buies Creek resident, walks among his tomato bushes. He is one of many small farm owners in this area. During the Beach Party, Donnie Seagle and Bren- da Furr dance to the music of the Castaways dres- sed in their summer attire. Prologue 7

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Jon Braxton enjoys traveling around campus on his skateboard. In his spare time, he practices new stunts. He makes calisthenics look easy- Surrounding the campus is a quiet rural commu- nity. Buies Creek, with a population of about 400, is ten miles from Dunn and 45 miles from Raleigh. 8 Prologue