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THE VOICE
FEBRUARY, 1979
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Elson Floyd, SGA President
NO RESPECT
At the December I4th
meeting of the Board of
Trustees of FSU, Albert
Rumm4ngs (trustee) through
Chancellor Lyons submitted
the following resolution.
RESOLUTION
AUTHORITZING THE
CHANCELLOR TO IN
CREASE ATHLETIC FEES
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, The Board of
Trustees of Fayetteville State
University has authorized the
consolidation of Student
Activity Fees, and
WHEREAS, Athletics is a
student activity, but budgeted
separately, and
WHEREAS, the Athletic
Program is suffering due to
the increased cost of
operation,
funds into athletics. However,
to take potential funds out of
the reach of the SGA is
limiting the support the SGA
could render in the form
financing buses to follow the
teams to away games,
financing Pep Club equip
ment, and financing Pep
rallies and other programs
which boost the morale of the
NOW THEREFORE, BE
IT RESOLVED BY THE
BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF
FAYETTEVILLE STATE
UNIVERSITY:
That the Chancellor be
authorized to increase the
athletic fee from $40.00 to
$60.00 per year by reducing
the consolidated activity fee
by the amount of increase
affecting this change without
any increase in fees to the
student.
The undersigned,
Secretary of the Board of
Trustees of Fayetteville State
University, hereby certifies
that the foregoing resolution
was adopted at a meeting of
the Board of Trustees
properly called and held on
Decemter 14, 1978.
The adoption of this
resolution further limits the
potential funds that could be
channeled into the Marching
Band the University Choir and
the Student Government
Association.
We are aware of the
necessity to channel more
athletes and motivate them to
strive harder in the role in
which they are playing on
behalf of the University.
During the later part of
the summer we (SGA) spent
numerous hours preparing a
ten page comprehensive and
explanatory budget for the
school year 1978-79. The
budget was prepared
cognizant of the fact that there
was other monies in which the
SGA could possibly have
access outside if the set for
that would comprise our
budget based on enrollment to
aid us in our efforts to enhance
true student input toward our
goal of sophisticating the
system and offering more
opportunities for students to
be self governed which is
stated in the preamble of the
constitution of the student
body. After submitting the
comprehensive document
which consisted of a letter to
the budgeting officials ex
pressing the need for ex-
ceptance for budget A to
operate at a pace which would
aid us in reaching our goals
and objectives a page by page
break down of exactly how the
monies would be spent (some
of which would save us
money) and condensed
budgets B and C pending
disapproval of Budget A, the
SGA waited for a reply on the
Budgets we submitted.
Waiting restlessly on a reply
from the budgeting officials in
order that we may adjust our
priority of allocations in order
to plan in more detail how the
monies would be spent geared
us (SGA) to constantly inquire
as to the processing stage of
our proposal. After several
weeks we got word that our
budget had been rejected
based solely on its in
consistency with previous
years budgets by Vice
Chancellor of Student
Development, Dean C.C.
Hatcher who is not a
Guyana Experience
by FIdele Essoiio
Undoubtedly religion is the
predominent philosophy in
which human beings are
mostly devoted to express
their beliefs in supernatural
forces. The strength of one’s
belief depends on the at
mosphere and spiritual
quality of the religion.
Sometimes the theology
confounds the zeal which
somehow leads the disciples
deep down in the grave in
stead of helping people save
their souls and to better
manage faith and maintain
beliefs.
First of all, regardless of
one’s religious preference the
believer needs to stay alive.
People who believe the Bible’s
truth and respect it, often
refer to one of its statements,
“Be aware of false prophets.”
Alumni Search
(Continued from Page 1)
media. He stated that there
will be an intensive effort over
the next three months and
hopefully the bulk of the
alumni will be identified.
The coordinators for the
project are Ms. Caletha
Powell, a public relations
officer and Dr. Bruce Winston
of Institutional Research.
Greene stated that,
“Locating alumni is not a
problem endemic to FSU. It is
a concern of many of the other
universities in the North
Carolina System. However,
we must locate and actively
involve the alumni in the
financial and moral support of
FSU.”
The Guayana case is a typical
example that anybody can
proclaim himself a prophet.
There will always be enough
people to provide a following
for anybody who professes
religion. The prophet Jim
Jones, who exhorted people to
follow his path to arrive holily
to Jonestown's heaven,
“worked so hard” with the
“Lord’s inspiration” to build
missions for welcoming all
souls to that sacred place.
This century has had its shar£
of heretics, including the
Kamikazes on the action in the
Pacific War. But in 1978,
Guyana’s kamikazes had no
aims. They didn’t have any
gods to reach for which they
couldn't reach at home. The
question is what happened to
Jones’ followers before they
made the final sacrifice? No
possible commentary can be
made on the most confessional
scandal of our history. The
real truth seems to be that the
mass killing was a form of
murder. There seems to be no
evidence that the structure of
Jones’ dogma lead to anything
but to program the people to
commit suicide at Jones’
command. There is no other
way to define it than murder
in the first degree. We are
convinced that the real
believer is one who un
derstands by imaginating
logic accordingly to the faith
expectations, not in over
doing. The tragedy was
completely immoral and
incr^ible to people living in
the 20th Century. Fanaticism
always misleads instead of
exhorting people to do seek
righteousness. We know of
many experiences from the
past. Christian Crusaders
fought to save Jerusalem in
the 11th and 13th Century from
Moslems. Bloodshed wars
between two libanese
religious factions laid on
confessional fanaticism.
Presently we have a “Born
Again” cold war: Religion is
not an intrapersonal matter
but the exploration of a
divinity. This does not require
any transposition or a mer-
cernary act to fight in behalf
of the Omnipotent Power. It
does require communication
between adorator and Lord.
Guayana’s experience must
serve as a reference not to let
oneself be abused by an ar
tificial prophet injecting a
deadly doctrine. The only
advisable suggestion that
might be useful for future
disciples, of such alienated
philosophies, is to constantly
search for the truth by con
tinuously examining one’s
faith. Overall, the preacher’s
role is as a leader and in
terpreter of the teachings of
one’s religion, a protector not
an exterminator.
Guayana has brought a
new awareness to a lot of us.
The seriousness of religion is
not a game-it can be an un
forgettable mistake when
f>erformed on an unsafe stage.
Guayana has in some ways
altered the religious
physiognomy of the
benefactor of religion. For us
who are still alive and who
will conserve religious
dignity, we must keep religion
and its realities as strong as
we can. Even with different
congregations, the final goal
is the same.
budgeting official and who
had no prior knowledge of
other monies in which the SGA
could possibly obtain to in
crease our budget ap
propriation. After these facts
of other monies were brought
to the attention of’ Vice
Chancellor for Student
Development subsequent to a
meeting with of Vice president
of SGA Harold Little, advisor
to the SGA. Irving Veazie,
University accountant, Terry
Merit and Elson L. Floyd,
President of the SGA, a
meeting was arranged bet
ween Dean Hatcher and the
Vice Chancellor for Business
Affairs (J.V. Parham) in
order to trace the amount of
funds that were available.
NOTE: The SGA budget is
approved or disapproved on
the basis of what we submit
with central funds cash
available not just a per
centage of the activity fee.
After waiting weeks for a
decision as to the amount of
money in the central fund and
an exceptance or rejection of
one of the three submitted
budgets and receiving no
answer we they proceded to
communicate with the
chancellor the means and
modes related to our budget
proposal. After bringing the
matter to the attention of Dr.
Lyons there was an assurance
that the matter would be given
attendance. After weeks and
weeks of no word on our
proposed budget from the
Chancellor and numerous
efforts to meet, talk, and-or
discuss our proposed budget
with the chancellor, the SGA
gave up trying to find out how
much money was in the
central fund and how much of
these funds could go into the
SGA budget.
Up until December 14,
1975 there was nothing else
said about the auspices of our
budget. It was than at the
December meeting of the
Board of Trustees where the
matter of budget was brought
back up. What this resolution
does it take potential allocable
funds out of the central fund
out of the reach of the band,
choir, and student govern
ment and channels, straight
Summer
Internship
Program
Sophomores, juniors and
seniors enrolled in a North
Carolina college or North
Carolina residents attending
an out-of-state college have
until February 10 to apply for
the Institute of Government
Summer Internship Program
in state government.
Twenty-four students will
be selected by an advisory
committee to participate in a
living-learning internship in
North Carolina state govern
ment directed by the Institute
of Government. The Institute
of Government Interns will
work from May 29 through
August 10.
Students will work 40
hours each week in a
responsible position in a state
department, participate in
evening educational seminars
and be paid approximately
$125 per week.
Students interested in the
program should secure a
brochure announcing the
program and a State of North
Carolina application form
from their college or
university placement office.
Students interested in the
Institute of Government
program should mail an
application to the Institute of
Government, University of
North Carolina, Chapel Hill,
North Carolina 27514 by
February 10, 1979.
into athletics which is
budgeted separately.
After hours of hard work
preparing the budget; after
weeks of waiting for the
budgeting officials yea or nea
and reasons on the proposal
and to no avail our budget was
rejected solely on its in
consistency by a non
budgeting official who had no
knowledge of the central fund;
after matters were clear on
possible allocable monies;
after a planned meeting
between the Vice Chancellor
of Business Affairs and Vice
Chancellor of Student
Development to determine the
amount of monies in the
central fund and therefore
have some basis to determine
our actual budget; after no
response from the Vice-
Chancellor of Student
Development; after no
response of the Chancellor;
and in light of the whole
matter our funds being
allocated to athletics from
monies previously budgeted
for by the SGA which would
have helped us out tremen
dously.
In waiting for our budget
decision several possible
actions were on stand by such
as, purchase of televisions for
Hood and New Residence
Halls, $1000.00 allocation of
cash to the cheerleaders
squad for uniforms, pep club
equipment, disco system
$2500.00 allocation to the
communication center, a
series of well known lectures,
poets, and musicians to name
a few.
In light of all that has
transpiraled the SGA has been,
handicapped due to the lack of
respect via red tape, rheteric
passing to bulk and down right
unconcern. It is the endeavor
of the 1978-79 Student
Government Association that
students will be more
cognizant of the things that
hender their productivity,
moreover, we hope that the
administration whom we do
our everyday communication
will treat us with a lot more
respect and possibly try to see
eye to eye on our goals and
objectives in order that we
may grow together rather
than apart.
Elson L. Floyd
President SGA 1978-79
Member of the Board of
Trustees, FSU; Member of
the Board of Directors of
National Organization of
Black College and University
Students
Member Board of Directors of
the National Third World
Student Coalition of the United
States Student Association.
Editor’s note: This letter was
printed as submitted. No
material was deleted or ad
ded.
Campus Digest
]\ews Service
American manufacturers
are stepping up production of
non-tobacco cigarettes and
some optimistic producers
feel they can make a dent in
the cigarette market within a
few years.
Cigarettes made from
ginseng roots, cocoa beans,
marigold leaves and coltsfoot
have been sold only in health
food stores and as a novelty in
the past, but manufacturers
feel they have solved the taste
problem which has limited its
marketability.
The manufacturers of
Free, a product made from
cocoa beans, feel they can
gain control over one percent
of the cigarette market within
a few years.
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