Uncivilized Broncos
By Joseph Holden and
Barbara Harris
Are these the Broncos of FSU? It can’t be. They wouldn’t act so
uneducated.'But it seems as though there must be some of us who
just don’t want to act civilized.
There was a play presented March 14, in the Seabrook
Auditorium, by students of Parkton High School. They presented
“A Raisin in the Sun” by Angela Lansberry. The play was beautiful
and could have been more so if they had had respect from the
audience. Most of the time it was impossible to hear because of the
noise, such as yelling, whistling and throwing insults from the back
of the auditorium while others continued to talk and laugh loudly.
The play was not intended to be funny, but some of the students
from the Bronco family saw fit to laugh and clown at everything
that was said. Thus they were being both disrespectful to the cast
and also to the other members of the Bronco family. The audience
in the front couldn’t even hear what was going on. You can imagine
what the ones in back heard. Very important dialogue was being
presented, dialogue that may have been necessary and pertinent to
the impact and meaning of the play. If you weren’t members of the
cast, students that had copies of the play or already knew it, you
couldn’t have understood it.
Some members of the cast’s parents were here visiting. They
commented on how terrible the conduct of the students were.
Not all of FSU’s family was responsible for the bad conduct,
some were genuinely interested, but others are giving FSU a very bad
name. Ail must stop and take into consideration that FSU is what
the student body makes it.
There are other places that conduct isn’t what it should be too.
To name a few, the dining hall, canteen, the grounds, and other
activities.
The canteen for one has been abused for a long time. There is a
tendency of some students to leave all unwanted material on the
tables in other people’s way, waiting for someone else to come and
put it in the tra^. It would take very little time to do that
yourselves. We all know the canteen is a place of relaxation after
exhausting classes, and the overall conduct isn’t very bad.
The general grounds of the campus could be kept a little better.
There is a lot of trash and alcoholic beverage containers being
thrown around. It would help if this wasn’t done.
In the dining hall trays with the remains of the food stacked on
tables, are left making it inconvenient for other students to sit at the
tables and eat their meals in peace.
Some also have a bad habit of throwing food and silverware. You
wouldn’t do this in your dining areas at home, so why do you do it
here? Why stand up in chairs, making loud boisterous remarks that
are not called for? It seems as though one can never eat a meal in
complete, peace before there is an outbreak from someone trying to
clown.
The overall conduct need improving. It is actually embarrassing to
see how some act. Let’s start thinking before we react and try to
improve our conduct for everybody’s sake.
Parkton High Excellent
By Brenda Watson
The students of Parkton Hi^
School presented a very
beautiful production of “A
Raisin In The Sun” last Tuesday
afternoon, March 14 in the
Seabrook Auditorium. The play
was directed by Mrs. Reba
Loibner.
It was a very moving story of
the hardships pressures
emotionally, physically and
mentally endured by a poor
Black family in Chicago. The
characters were very good and
the play was one which was
thoroughly enjoyed.
Linda Brewington, who
played the concerned, sweet and
patient Ruth, was very good.
Her husband, Walter, was played
by Jerome Williams and his
expressive, dynamic
performance held the audience
attention throughout the entire
play. Leola McCrae, who played
the “strong-willed, determined”
Mrs. Younger, also did a very
good job and really made the
audience feel the impact of her^
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anguish felt when her family was
seemingly falUng^ apart. Varice
Love played a very impressive
Bonetha. She was arrogant,
ambitious and selfish and never
failed to stay in character
regardless of the circumstances.
Fred Williams, who played
Travis, did an equally
commendable job in his realistic
portrayal and captivated the
audience’ hearts from the
moment he came on the stage.
Ricky McClain played
Asaiyai, Henry Blovin played
George, David Millsop played
Bobo and Mellissa Cole played
Mrs. Linder. Each played very
penetrating, serious parts which
really caused the audience to sit
up and think.
It Mcas a very moving story
filled with warm moments and
heated moments as well. Mrs.
Loibner, the director, said “it
was really their best
performance. I’m really very
proud of them. ”
DonH Waste Your Time
By Brenda Watson
Students you don’t have time
to shuck and jive. You just don’t
have that much time to waste.
There* are thousands of brothers
and sisters who need your
knowledge, determination and
concern. They are counting on
you and you can’t let them
down. You cannot become the
seeds of your own destruction.
You don’t have time to stand
on the block and profile. You
don’t have time to smoke
marijuana and BS all day. You
don’t have time to cut classes
and “slide” through a
course—this will not prepare you
to cope with the world, it will
not prepare you deal with the
problems you may encounter.
You must begin to become
concerned with yourselves, your
education and your future. For
if you do not help yourselves,
you cannot help your people.
You must begin to create a new
enthusiasm for knowledge
through the cooperation,
dedication and concern of
faculty members. You must stop
wasting time and remember that
your people are depending on
you who are their only hope for
a brighter future. You must stop
robbing yourselves of your own
dignity and begin to rob the
world of all the knowledge
available. Knowledge which may
be used to educate, inform and
prepare your people to also deal
with the world outside. You
must shape your own destiny.
Letter To The Editor
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FAYETTEVILLE STATE UNIVERSITY.
Editor-in-Chief Brenda Watson
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Dear Editor:
I think the sororities and
fraternities at Fayetteville State
university should be recognized
with individual certificates of
merit for proving that the theory
behind mixing colors is not true.
For centuries we have been told
that certain colors, if mixed,
would produce only other
certain colors. For example, a
red and white, they said,
produced a pink; a blue and
yellow, a green; a black and
white, a gray. But now, in 1972,
the black sororities and
fraternities on this campus have
proven that this bull is for the
bull. Through observations of
their reactions, we can conclude
that at FSU, not only will a red
and pink or blue and green not
produce another color, they
won’t mix at all!! The person
who proclaims that a brown and
purple would mix and produce a
beautiful color evidently
overlooked Fayetteville State
when experimenting to see if
•’is theory would always hold
orue.
According to the artistic
abilities which I possess, the
mixture of any two of these
colors should produce the most
beautiful black that any of us
has ever seen. Maybe I’m vrrong,
but I firmly believe tha gold and
pink should produce black; red
and blue should produce black;
green and purple should produce
black; white and brown should
produce black. Since these
beautiful colors won’t mix, and
since the students of FSU have
proven that the old theory is
wrong, I think we should cite
them for their outstanding
accomplishment. Although they
have proven such great artists as
DaVinci, and Michelangelo
incorrect, I hope that some day
they will prove my theory
correct. Perhaps in the near
future, any FSU colors, when
mixed, will produce only a
beautiful, black. Sororities and
fraternities, start working for
ahother certificate. I am
counting on you!
Janice Pauling