Page 2 - The News Argus - February, 1977.
Editorial Comments
Registration — Always A Hassle
COMMENTARY
Why A Student Exodus?
“Why are more and more and entertained whenever
students moving off cam- desired.
pi;s? Have you stopped to There were other com-
take a look around campus ments mentioned such as
lately? Campus housing is escaping from the same
becommg less of a problem surroundings of campus life,
at WSSU. Students find that studying when you feel like it
it is of an advantsge to them without all the interruptions
as well as their parents if of loud music, and also
they move off campus. The moving off campus will help
fee for boarding students prepare students for the life
was increased by $50 this of the outside world after
semester, bringing the total completion of college,
in-state tuition fees to $1818 For many it could be a
and the total for out-of-state very good idea to move off
students to $3271. campus, but this does not
After asking a few hold true of all. You must
students what their reasons consider the bills, electric,
were for moving off campus, heating, water, food, and
they responded with three because you are now
popular answers. commuting, the cost of
First, the cost of tuition is transportation. Now you
putting a greater strain on must ask yourself, is it worth
parents and students, and it all? On campus all the
financial aid to off-campus facilities are to your
residents is increasing. The advantage. Sure the food
next popular answer was the isn't what it should be, but it
food. These past few weeks is there - already prepared,
have presented some pro- Most of the dormitories are
blems as far as dining hall over-heated, so there s no
meals are concerned. The problem of being cold,
low quantity and bad quality There’s no telephone bill to
has been somewhat the pay, and as far as social life
center of discussion. Last, is concerned, there are
but not least, the social life always the weekends away
on campus is lousy. If from campus,
students move off campus, Althea Bailey
guests can be invited over Staff Reporter
Opportunities For Black Grads
SREB Examines Job Market
Congratulations fellow
students you made it back in
“77”. You are the ones who
feel it is possible to endure
the trials and tribulations of
another semester. Some
things have changed at
W.S.S.U., but unfortunately
the registration procedures
have not.
Please don’t think I’m
being over critical of our
administration. I know they
try hard and many things
they carry out quite
efficiently. Registering stu
dents just doesn’t happen to
be one of those things. Since
the Registrar’s Office tried a
new procedure this time I
must commend them, but
since they failed to see it
through I must upbraid
them.
I arrived at the gym about
7:45 a.m. on the morning of
registration. To my disap
pointment I found that the
tables and equipment need
ed for registration were not
yet in the gym although the
procedure was to begin at
8:30 a.m. My first criticism
of the Registrar’s Office is
that they never start
anything on time. They know
the date and time of
registration months before it
is to take place, but it always
starts late. This time it
began about 9:15 a.m.
The Registrar’s Office
passed out numbers this
time. I was one of the
fortunate ones (or so I
thought) I got #14. It’s hard
to believe that #55 succeeded
in registering before #14
isn’t it? The reason, nobody
bothered to call for the
numbers. So if you didn’t
weigh 250 pounds and
couldn’t plow your way
through ho£U"ds of students
registration was a long and
tiring process. I finished
registering about 10:00 after
standing and waiting for
hours. For many students
registration consimies the
better psui; of the morning
and half of the afternoon.
I fail to understand how
huge universities can regi
ster thousands and thou-
semds of people in consider
ably less time than we can
register our comparatively
small amount of students.
Our registration procedure
would go more smoothly
if the Registrar’s Office
would start on time and try
to follow the numbers they
pass out. Registration would
also improve if the workers
Appalled at the conduct or
should I say the misconduct
of a few of our fellow friends
at the Dick Gregory lecture, I
felt a dire need to interrogate
you the students of WSSU
and ask, “What are we
coming to?” The disrespect
shown to Mr. Gregory was
an embarrassment to the
university, therefore it was
an embarrassment to you
because you are the
university. Such behavior
should not be tolerated no
matter who it is. Mr.
Gregory presented viable
information that all of us
needed to hear and to
understand. The time for fun
and games is rapidly passing
by. We, the future genera
tion, are faced with serious
problems that must be taken
care of before they take care
of us.
We must open our eyes,
ears, and minds to the things
that are happening on our
campus, and in our com-
and the students would try to
be a little more courteous to
one another. Some of the
workers act as if they’ll die if
a student has to ask them a
question. They seem to
forget that if it wasn’t for
students they wouldn’t have
a job at all. Don’t think that
I’m impljring that all the
students at W.S.S.U. are
angels because some of them
are just as disrespectful as
the workers. I just feel that a
little more respect on both
sides could work wonders for
everyone concerned.
-Cheryl Brandon
Feature Editor
munities. Don’t misunder
stand me, because I don’t
mean the weekend parties
and the insignificant gossip
circulating the campus,
because we gain nothing
from these. We have the
right to question anything
that we do not understand,
and the power to make
positive changes wherever
they are needed. Now is the
time for all of you sisters and
brothers to find yourselves
and to start exercising your
powers.
Much effort is put forward
to arrange progreuns and
speakers on campus. Guests
are invited for the benefit of
the students and at the
expense of the students. If
there is a particular speaker
or program that does not
appeal to you, then excuse
yourself or remain silent,
after all, there are times
when silence is golden.
Janet Brower
Assignment Editor
ATLANTA - Black college
students presently choosing
fields such as social
sciences, home economics,
and education may face
better employment pro
spects if some will shift to
other majors.
A new report on manpowe
and education forecasts
more favorable job opportu
nities for black graduates in
those fields where job
openings exceed the overall
supply of college gradutes
and in areas where blacks
are especially underrepre
sented.
Some fields meeting both
of those conditions include
the health specialities,
engineering, accounting,
computer sciences, public
administration and urban
and regional planning,
according to Black College
Graduates and the Job
Market in the South, 1980,
published by the Southern
Regional Education Board.
In health specialties, for
example, the bachelor’s
degree-level fields show
scant black representation,
while demand in the South is
estimated to outstrip the
supply of all graduates
through 1980. Allied health
fields such as nursing,
therapy, hospital and health
care administration, as well
as the health professions
(medicine, dentistry, opto
metry, veterinary medicine
and podiatry), offer excellent
employment opportunities.
Black em'ollment in busi
ness and management has
risen sharply. This shift of
black students is a healthy
trend because of continuing
black underrepresentation in
the business sector, accord
ing to the report.
Black women, traditionally
inclined toward the more
career-oriented studies,
have greater representation
than white women in what
were traditionally male-
dominated fields. Employ
ment outlook is favorable if
black women continue to
See BLACK GRADS, p- 4
CO-EDITORS Beverly Blackwell, Cheryl Brandon, Janet Brower
BUSINESS MANAGER Wanda Brovra
REPORTERS Althea Bailey, Phyllis Battle, Brenda Poole, Norris
Sutton, William Penn, Michael Smith, Julius Wilson
TYPISTS Marsha Graddy, Gwendolyn Moore, Jannie Williams ,
Gwendolyn Kendricks
PHOTOGRAPHER Ja^et Brower
CjrcULA'TION Cathey Mason, Vicie Walker
ADVISOR Charisse Fountain
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