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THE BENNETT BANNER
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1982
Reagan’s freshman flop
If the fjovernment exists to aid the people, we wonder whom
the Reagan administration is helping. As President Miller’s re
cent trip to Washington shows, it isn’t Black students, and, as
recent headlines indicate, it isn’t collegians Black or white. Evi
dently, the cause of education is the very last concern of this
regime.
Who, then, is Vjenefiting from the New Federalism? Unem
ployment is rising to near Depression peaks, but due to slashes in
federal spending, many state employment offices will soon be
closing around the country. Moreover, President Reagan recently
pointed out, in defen.se of his policies, that there were 24 pages
in The WaHhin(jt(m Pont advertising job opportunities. Most of
those nositions, however, required specialized training beyond
the skills of most Americans standing in unemployment lines.
Reagan’s solution to the need for technical expertise was to
suggest that his administration is in the business of encouraging
the acquisition of specialized abilities. Kindly corporations, stim
ulated bv tax breaks and a supposedly improving economy, will
sunply the training and create the jobs, according to the Pres
ident and his apostles. But, who of us has heard of any such
possibilities since Mr. Reagan took office? Where are these
benevolent corporations? The lines are growing longer in front
of job offices that will soon be vacant.
If students and workers aren’t prospering from government
consideration, then perhans some other segment of the popula
tion is. Could it be the elderly? Not very likely. During a fall
conference for senior citizens, Reagan’s representatives were
ridiculed by the old for their false promises and oh-so-solicitous
concern.
Somebody has to be getting fat. Perhaps the bureaucrats.
Guess again. Reagan is attempting to phase out the Department
of Education and to reduce the influence of Department of the
Interior. It is becomintr somewhat uncomfortable to work in
Washington. Recently, 40 high-level government officials were
forced to take lie detector tests to determine w'hich of them were
guiltv of leaking news. Everyone passed the test—a fact which
proves one of two thinrs, the fallibility of the polygraph or the
necessity of lying well in order to survive in D. C.
Then it must be children who are growing healthy, wealthy
and wise under the paternal care of Mssrs. Reagan, Meese,
Letters to tlie editor:
Student lauds consortium opportunity
To the Editor:
The school has every right to
offer the opportunity to study at
an outside institution. This is in
order to promote social and intel
lectual growth. As an education
program, the idea of consortium
is to ease the demand for particu
lar courses when the need for
these courses may not be great
enough at one school.
Walking is healthy, and stimu
lating, and in addition, great exer
cise for those of us too busy to set
aside time for it. Weather prob
lems are overcome by simply
dressing properly. Telephones can
bo used to find out about can
cellation of classes. In the case of
assignments the student should be
well kept up with the subject so
that he will be ahead of the
instructor, if possible.
The syllabus serves a purpose;
it guides the student through the
course. The money paid to the
college to pay instructors, and fees,
is more than legit. The consortium
is in a sense extending finances
for students to meet the full sub
ject or credit requirements for her
major. Moreover, the sisters can
take advantage of this program to
bccome creative and productive.
Isn’t this the purpose of a school,
to mold from the average individ
ual a promising intellectual? Con
sortium offers the student the en
vironment for increased academic
expansion.
Students will benefit from the
opportunity to compare the large
campus with the small, the co-ed’s
with the woman’s, the predomi
nantly Black with the predomi
nantly white, and so on. She can
meet new people, and gain new
and enlightening experiences.
Thus, the student is stimulated to
continue her education.
Minor shortcomings of the
school, and missing a few meals
cannot possibly constitute a de
mand for major improvement on
the part of the college. I would
reckon on the correction of stu
dents who don’t apply themselves,
or on the monstrosity of instruc
tors getting paid to teach, but who
do all else.
Harolyn Stevenson-Smith
(See page 3)
ann^t
Editor-in-chief Myra George
Associate editor Wanda Edwards
Adviser Michael Gaspeny
Circulation manager Tina Johnson
Business manager Wanda Dick
Cartoonists Norman Barbee
Venus McDowell
Photographers Shelly Coston
Reporters
Andrea Burch Melinda Lowery
Theresa Coleman Bonita McClain
Mary Cook Arlene McNeil
Shelly Coston Karen Shields
Diane Ewings Lynn Stevenson
Evelyn Glenn P Baylor
Karen Heck ' .
Tina Johnson Tywanna Watkms
Jennifer Jones Denise Wilder
Baker, et. al. We’re afraid not. Last fall, the New Federalism
was responsible for trying to list ketchup
tables on school lunch menus so that costs could be cut, Jrienc ,
for millions of Americans, inexpensive, well-balanced lunches
are going the way of food stamps, CETA jobs and college loans.
Only V.I.P.’s are prospering under the caring leadership of
Mr. Reagan. His preferred list includes corporations, million
aires, conservative ideologues and dictators receiving bank vau ^ s
of American aid in order to check the menace of democracy in
Third World nations.
No one else is doing too well.
In keeping with the national media’s penchant for giving
grades to politicians, The Banner awards an ‘_‘F” to the Reagan
administration for its performance during its first year in offic^
However, there is only one thing worse than the Reagan record
so far, and that’s for'him to repeat the course. Four years will
be more than long enough. We’ll gladly waive the requirement
Voters, incidentally, waived all requirements when they elected
the gentleman from California.
Next Banner
February 26;
Copy Due Date
February 17;
Lay-Out Session
February 21
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Thou shalt’s for Belles
Most parents and elders
complain that today’s young
people have no values or mor
als. These people say that the
w'orld is experiencing a crisis
because people no longer be
lieve in the Word of God.
Youngsters in specific,
these people say, abide by dif
ferent rules than their par
ents. If this is so, perhaps the
following version of the Ten
Commandments is one exam
ple of changing rules:
This version of the Ten
Commandments is directed at
college students, Bennett
Belles in particular:
(1) Study and learn—you
shall have no other
goals before this.
(2) You shall not worship
any graven image, or
disco or A&T Aggie.
(3) You shall not take the
name of the Lord, your
God, or Bennett, your
Alma Mater, in vain.
(4) Remember to keep holy
the Sabbath day. Don’t
(5)
(6)
(7)
(8)
(9)
(10)
waste your weekend
and try to do all your
work on Sunday.
Honor your father,
your mother and your
teacher.
You shall not cheat.
You shall not lie.
You shall not steal.
You shall not bear
false witness against
your classmate.
You shall not covet
anything that is your
classmate’s.