Vol. XV. No. 5
Winston-Salem State University
February 1981
Campus Prepares For
Black History Month
photo by Millard James
A New Semester
With a new semester comes adjustments and readjustments. Wendell Ramsey,
a senior, adjusts to studying after a long Christmas vacation and Donna Corham
adjusts to having her snack in the gym which is currently the location for the can
teen.
By Shara Burt
February is Black History Month
and the faculty, staff and students at
Winston-Saiem State University have
made plans to observe this event. Stu
dent organizations, local groups and
campus personnel will host various ac
tivities in observance of this occasion.
There are plans for events ranging
from dances to lectures concerning
Black culture.
During Black History Week,
February 8-14, there will be a film
festival. Movies such as “Malcolm X,”
“Together Brothers” and “Blue Col
lar” will be shown in the Hill Hall lec
ture Room. Also during this week, the
Gospel Choir will sponsor a Gospel
Workshop on February 13 and 14 at
7:30 p.m.
The Omega and Tho Zeta Chapters
of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. will
observe Black History Month in con
junction with their annual celebration
of Finer Womanhood, February 11,
from 6:30-8 p.m. in the Green Room
of the K.R. Williams Auditorium. Of
ficers of the eight true Greek letter
organizations-Alpha Kappa Alpha,
Alphi Phi Alpha, Delta Sigma Theta,
Snack Bar Relocates In New Gym
By Renee Wilkins
WSSU students were surprised to
return to school this semester and
discover that the snack bar was moved
from M.M. Hauser Student Union to
the C.E. Gaines Center. Willie
Grissom, vice chancellor for Business
Affairs, stated that the main objective
of the move was connected to the
renovation of Kennedy Dining Hall.
The original snack bar location will be
used as a food preparation area, which
will prepare the food for students, staff
and faculty. The food will be served ir
other areas: The areas that are being
considered, said Grissom, are the stu
dent union ballroom and gameroom.
A Committee consisting of students
and various staff members decided that
the snack bar would be the best place
for the change because of the kitchen
facilities already housed there. The en
tire process includes: the transforma
tion of the snack bar into a food
preparation area, the renovation of
Kennedy Dining Hall, and the
transformation of the preparation area
back to the snack bar. Mr. Grissom
said that the process will take 15 to 18
months. Completion of the Dining
Hall is expected to be in January, 1982.
Mr. Grissom feels that the plan will be
a success if students will cooperate and
eat quickly because of the limited
amount of space.
Some students contacted feel that
the location of the snack bar is an in
convenience to the day students.
Audrey Manuel, a junior, commented,
“When I’m hungry I do not want to
walk all the way across campus to get
something to eat.”
Malcolm Pharr, a boarding student,
stated, “It’s not sanitary for a person
to have to eat in an atmosphere such as
the gym.” An overall view of the
students contacted is that the new loca
tion is too far to walk and prices are
too high.
Also being discussed is the possibili
ty of a quick sandwich location to be
set-up in the old location of the Beauty
Parlor downstairs in the Student
Union. In this location, sandwich
machines and microwave ovens will be
present.
INSIDE...
Black History Events...page 6
Recruitment Schedule...page 7
Zeta Phi Beta, Kappa Alpha Psi,
Sigma Gammo Rho, Phi Beta Sigma
and Omega Psi Phi-will be par
ticipating in this program. The pro
gram will include exhibits and a brief
history of the development of Greek
letter organizations. Literature about
black history will be distributed.
Other activities that are scheduled
during Black History Week are a Red,
Black and Green Disco, a Valentine
Ball (semi-formal) and an art exhibit.
Students will be involved in a panel
discussion held by Drs. Claiburne
Thorpe and Ralph Von T. Knapp.
Notable blacks such as Harriet Tub
man, W.E.B. DuBois and George
Washington Carver, will be portrayed
as the students present different views
of how Blacks adjusted after the pass
ing of the Emancipation Proclamation.
The discussion is scheduled for
February 24 at 4 p.m. in the student
union building.
Another discussion will take place ai
7:30 p.m., Feb. 26, in the student
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Ticket Sales Begin
February 9
The WSSU Lyceum Series will present
“A Chorus Line”,a Broadway
musical, Sunday,March l,at 8 p.m.
This broadway production has been
critically acclaimed as “the biggest in
ternational hit of the decade.” This
musical drama has been the recipient
of nine Tony Awards, the Pulitzer
Prize for Drama, and the New York
Drama Critics’ Award.
Tickets may be picked up in the
ticket office of the K.R. Williams
Auditorium between the hours of 10:00
a.m. and 2:00 p.m. Ticket rates are
$3.00 for students and $5.00, $7.00 and
$9.00 for the general public. Tickets
will be on sale February 9-28.
The Lyceum Series will also present
“Drums Of Fire,” a production
featuring genuine African folklore,
songs and dances. This program is
scheduled for March 21.
Admission for'students is free with
tickets that may be picked up at the
ticket office of the K.R. Williams
Auditorium. General admission tickets
will be sold between the hours of 10:00
a.m. and 2:00 p.m., March 2-20.
Ticket rates will be $4.00, $6.00 and
$8.00