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Joel Lawson Michael Sutton Wallace Hatcher SGA Candidates 1981 7/ Fourteen students are vying for the executive cabinet positions of the Stu dent Government Association. The positions are president, vice-president, director of financial affairs, director of secretarial affairs, director of social af fairs, secretary of day student affairs, and director of judicial affairs. On the next few pages will be descriptions of each candidate. The in formation was compiled by the follow ing staff members: Von Corbett, Debra Foriest, Michael Hampton, Angela Jackson, and Janet Martin. Speical thanks are given to Millard James and Winston Lassiter for their photography. President “I would basically like to be SGA president because it mingles with my major, political science. This office will not only give me practical ex perience, but also tone functional skills taught within my major,” remarked Harold Nathan Burton. Harold, a junior, is a native of Asheville, N.C. Born under the sign of Taurus, his hobbies are collecting albums, building model cars, and skiing. Harold feels that he knows everything about the position ranging from the school constitution to the ad ministrative guidelines, and in general, the basis of the university structure. In high school, Harold was a member of the football team, the track team and advisor assistant to academic affairs. At WSSU, he played football for one year and served as Junior Class president. He has also chaired the Planning Placement Council and the International Council. Harold considers himself to be a stu dent activist. He feels he can do some positive things for the students with a position in the SGA. “I can stimulate student awareness, pertaining to not only the school’s affairs, but also issues facing blacks abroad.” He went on to say, “In dealing with these basic institutional affairs, I could enlighten students’ perception of social pro blems, facing our black race. This ideology is not only encompassing blacks’ needs, but using unification to establish an equilibrium between the races on and around our campus.” Qualities which Harold feels enable him for the position include: Knowledge assimilated through the social sciences, being a political science major, leadership, and ability to relate to all types of characters, personalities, races, ethnic groups and cultural stan dings. Harold believes the SGA is not chief ly perceived as a social organization. He commented, “No it’s not, because the office administers to a more exten sive administration, than merely social activities.” “I will make an attempt for unifica tion of the entire student body,” con cluded the candidate. Joel Lawson, a junior political science major with a public administra tion tract, is seeking the position of president of the SGA. “I am running Renee Allison Rodney Tillman Dennis Turnage Chris Wilson Ramona Pearson Cheryl Powell
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