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THE VOICE
JANUARY 3 I * I 973
Letter to the Editor
Dear Co-Fditors:
This letter is in reference
to my article printed in the
December 12, 1972, edition of
The Voice.
In my letter I requested that
my name be included and the
Other information. I also re
quested that the article be
printed intact or return it to
me. I also requested that
you forward to me several
copies of the paper. None of
these requests were granted
and no explanation as to why
have been given me.
I must voice vehement oppo
sition to this third rate per
formance which you seem to
call Journalism. One of the
most fundamental aspects of
newspapers and publishing
articles is having the name or'
information concerning the
person who wrote that article.
You did not afford methehon-
or of saying to FSU, I am a
graduate and proud of it. Your
handling of my article indi
cates to me that the quality of
professional student leader
ship on The Voice is still sec
ond rate.
You distorted my title, my
article and left me hanging on
a page without a name or num
ber. The quintessence of bad
Journalism is when the editors
of any paper fail to abide by the
most fundamental of rules --
you and your paper commuted
that sin on a most conspicuous
basis last month. I would ’~e
ashamed to say I was editor
of such a journalistic cala
mity.
If you could not or would print
the article as requested and
in accordance with well de
fined rules of Journalism you
should have mailed it back to
me. The mistake and bad
publication manners are just
an indication of the sorry state
The Voice must still be in to
day.
A friend on the campus for
warded to me several copies
of the article during the Xmas
break and that’s howl received
my copies. I would have paid
for the mailing.
Best of luck in your future
publications and remember -
always include the name about
the author if you have it.
Mr. Jack W, Gravely
1708 Clarkson Road, Apt. G
Richmond, Virginia 23224
Editor^s Reply
Mr. Gravely,
This letter is in reference
to the fiery one that we re
ceived from you dated Jan
uary 4, 1973.
As I well know, you did
make the requests that your
letter be left intact, and that
copies of the paper be for
warded to you.
Explanations follow. As you
may well remember, our final
exams were scheduled Dec
ember 11-15. Actually we had
only a few qualified members
on our staff, excluding Co-
Editors. Students desire to
see their names as a staffer,
but do not fulfill their obli
gations as a bonafide Voice
member. Three dedicated
students put that paper to
gether. All of us carry 15
semester hours. Two of us
have 15 hours of work - study
not on the newspaper staff.
We did, however, put your
name and other vitals at the
head ol your article. Changes
evdently occurred at the
printers. We were rushed
for time, and did not proof the
paper, as the printer's office
is in Fuquay-Varina, and from
there, the paper travels to Mt.
Olive. Space limited your art
icle of its intactness,
I am I'ot ashamed to saylam
editor of The Voice. There
are few dedicated students left
Senseless Killing
By Joseph N, Holden
In the December 9, 1972, edition of “The African World” there
was an article concerning a black brother being shot in the back
because of his last name. Policemen shot Joseph Thomas Harris
in a wooded area in Hanover County, Virginia. He was shot be
cause his last name was Harris,.statedin“The African World.”
Harris was operat’ng a tractor on his own farm when two
white officers drove up in a police car in front of the tractor
causing Harris to stop. The policemen did not state their reason
for doing what they did to Harris. Since they did not, he jumped
off the tractor and ran. As stated in the article, he was prob
ably thinking of the many Black brothers that have been murder
ed for no reason at all. Murdered just for the sake of getting
rid of one more ‘nigger’. The cops were in pursuit of a man who
had escaped from jail but did not hesitate in killing an innocent
man. There was no accident in the shooting of Joseph Harris,
His wife saw the actual incident. She saw from a kitchen win
dow where she was working, the cop take dead aim at her hus
band and shoot him twice in the back. It was immediately proven
that Joseph Harris was innocent. “It never occurred to the police
officers that a brother who had just broken out of jail would not
stop to do farm work a few miles from that jail,” says “The .A.f-
rican World.”
If black people can’t be done away with like they did in the old
days, such as hanging or torluring ^hem to death, they will do
it on the sly, and call it an accident. The Black man will fight
for themselves these days, more than they did in the past and
everyone probably knows that or should know it.
Senseless killing on anyone’s part is uncalled for. No one
should take another’s life, because if ifs a mistake, they cannot
give the life back to you. It seems as though there are some
people that don’t care if someone is killed by mistake, as long
as it’s a Black man.
Published monthly by .students at Fayetteville State Univer- g;
S: slty. S
g: Co-Kditors — Joseph N. Holden ^
Judy K. Moore
^ Staff Writers Virginia L. Graham
•g Edward Wilfoiig
J? Sport.s Wrlter.s Uoiitiie Allen g
jtj William Murphy
Photographers -Doiini(' Campbell
>!• rJrMfitii' >!•
Lawrence Ci'eene
?; Clr-ulatlon Managers Corinth Davis
Valiiida Carter
? Faculty Advl.sor Mr. John H. Heiiflerson
Staff MetulH'rs Pri.scilla Graliam, Ijilli* l^'IU* Cai i • ;.*.
V Velinda Dorsey §■
and two of them, excluding my
self, are on The Voice staff.
I knew that we would receive
your letter because I saw
the “quintessense ofbad Jour
nalism” (as you call it) after
the paper came from the print
ers.
I did feel that your letter de
served some space - that’s
why it was printed.
Thank you for your interest
in The Voice. I wish we could
generate concern from stu
dents on camous.
Miss Judy K. Moore
Co-Editor of The Voice
Fayettev'lle State University
Fayetteville, N. C. 28301
Soul Music
it^s Future In ^73
According to M. Cordell
Thompson in Jet Magazine,
January 25, 1973, “soul
music” has a great future
in ‘73.
When Jerry Butler walks onto
a stage and slides into the
lyrics of the song NEVER
GONNA GIVE YOU UP, NO
MATTER HOW YOU TREAT
ME, the poem - song becomes
a plaintive but affirmative love
statement for men who have
been spurned by a loved one.
The melancholy but deter
mined words strike a “right-
on” note to many men's
hearts, but while the song
symbolizes any lover’s reso
lution to stay on the romantic
case, the song and its deliv
ery more than attest to But
ler's own faithfulness to the
gf)ddess of the muse and his
superiority as the best weaver
of the modern-day love song.
Butler has been on the case
for more than 13 years, turning
out the kind of music that
reaches into the human heart
with a tug that would be plea
surable or painful at times, but
it reaches with a pull that has
urged more than two million
of his fans to buy 15 million
of his single releases and
more than three million copies
of his 20 altiums to date.
Butler’s overwhelming con
cern for struggling artists and
certainly his many years m the
recording industry as a per
former, writer and business
man, more than qualify hinilo
critically analyze nnjsical
trends of today and perhaps
forecast the direction in which
that trend is moving.
Probably one of the biggest
achievements for any single
Black artist during the past
year was Isaac Hayes'wiiuiing
an Academj- Award for what he
did with the theme from Shaft,
and Buth'r is willing to give
Hayes his due.
“We can all thank tirother
Isaac for o[)(^ning the door and
proving that Blacks are e-
ually cai)at)l(‘ of com;)osing a
quality scon%" Butler told
JI-:T. “The album was a per
sonal gratification to him. but
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Addiction Scene
By Judy K. Moore, Co-Editor
Mention the “addiction scene” to a friend and the majority
of the time that friend will admonish you that the addiction
topic is a worn out subject.
To be addicted is to be a slave. And to say the very least,
slavery is a harsh experience. For over 200 years we have
been trying to rid ourselves of the slave experience and I won
der how many of us can say that we are free.
I don’t mean free from discrimination, injustice, prejudice,
I mean free from addiction. Don’t get “hung-up” on addict
ion to heroin, marijuana or cocaine. I mean addiction to that
extra sandwich or piece of pie; addiction to two-and-a half packs
of cigarettes a day; addiction to a pill to make you sleep, several
to get you up and a few more to just keep you going throughout
the day; addiction to bourbon, vodka, or even Boones’ Farm.
To many of us, happiness is good health. Any good physician
will tell you that excessive use of liquor hardens the arteries
and liver, and eventually results in death. The surgeon general
warns us that cigarette smoking is dangerous to our health.
Obesity causes heart disease. Drag addiction is detrimental
to the nervous system, and an overdose is fatal.
A quick review and we find that any excessive addiction is
harmful, if it involves your health.
I think that you have gotten the message; to drink, to eat,
or to shoot up, in any form, addiction is dangerous.
FSU ADDS ONE TO FACULTY
TWO STAFFERS
Alma Jean Billingslea, a native of East Orange, New Jersey,
has been named to the faculty as an instructor -n English in
the FSU Communicative Arts Department, according to Chan
cellor Charles “A” Lyons, Jr.
Miss Billingslea received her undergraduate degree from
Rutgers University with a major in English and was a 1969
rec’pient of the Masters Degree in English from Atlanta Uni
versity.
Before assuming her duties at FSU, Miss Billingslea was an
instructor at Newark State College, June, 1971-September. 1971;
and Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Atlanta, Georgia,
and Editor of Soul Force (newsletter) June 1939-February, 1971.
Two new members added to the staff for the second semester
are Mrs. Gloria Coleman and Mrs. Catherine F. Powell.
Mrs. Coleman, a native of Pinehurst, is a clerk typist in
the Registrar’s Office.
Mrs. Powell, a Tarboro, N.C. native, is a University Resi
dence Assistant.
NOTICE
Upon request from the post office this the format of letters
addressed to members of the Bronco family:
EXAMPLE
NAMIO Miss Jerry A. Thompson
BOX >f Post Office Box 973
PLACE Fayetteville State University
CiXY Fayetteville, North Carolina, 28301
Dr. Lyons Speaks At IVat^l Meet
Fayetteville State University's Chancellor, Dr. Charles “A”
Lyons, Jr., spoke at the Annual Meeting of the National Assoc
iation for Equal Opportunity in Higher Fducation. The Meeting
was held in New Orleans. “FJdu';ational Goals and Objectives —
Implications for Black Colleges” was the topic of Chancellor
Lyons' speech.
According to Miles Mark Fisher, IV, Executive Secretary of
NAFEOHl’,, the meeting dealt with problems peculiar to pre
dominantly black institutions and the question of survival for
institutions.
Fisher indicated that the National Association for Equal Op
portunity in Higher P’ducation has actively engaged in long range
planning for member institutions. Through these efforts they
have been able to make a significant impact on the present
national administration which resulted in a resource assist
ance presentation last year from President Richard M. Nixon.
The result of this presentation was the appropriation of addi
tional fuids for developing institutions.
From The Vice Chancellor’s Desk
According to W. C. Brown, Vice Chancellor for Academic
Affairs, all seniors contemplating graduation on May 13, 1973,
and who have not filed an application should do so no later
than February 1, 1973, Graduation application forms may be
obtained from ‘.tie Office of the Registrar.
Each Department Chairman h.as assigned each .student in
his department to an academic advisor. Students who do not
know who their academic advi.sor is should clieck with their
Department Chairman.
A syllabus for each course will t)e prepared and made avail
able to the students no later than P'ebruary 1, 1973. and a copy
of each syllabus will be filed in the office if the appropriate
departmental chairman and the Office of the Vice Chancellor
for Academic Affairs.
By February 1, 1973, a grading system for each c(nirse will
be developed, and a copy will be filed in ttie office of the ap
propriate departmental chairman and the Office of the Vice
Chancellor for Academic Affairs.
FSU HAS WORKSHOP
Fayetteville State University
was the site of the Fayette
ville Human Relations De
partment and Advisory Com
mission Crime Workshop. The
anri')unce;ni-nt was made l>y
Dr. Charles “A” Lyons, Jr..
Chancellor of Fayetteville
State University.
Registration was held at nine
a.m. in FayettevilleStateUni
versity’s Rosenthal Building.
Chales Dunn, Director, North
Carolina State Bureau of In-
vestigatio.i was the featured
guest speaker for the one-
day workshop. The workshop
had a morning and afternoon
session which included panel
discussions, films, and pre-
sentatiort's of certificates.